New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-25
SEVEN WERE KILLED.
FATAL COLLISION ON THE READING NEAR
PHILADELPHIA.


.,vv PEOPLE INJuREp-A CONFLICT ABOUT
THE ORDERS GIVEN TO COAL TRAIN.
ph,,adc,nb,a Oct. 24.-The Shamokin express
.ho pbi,ade,nbia and Reading Railroad. which
!. due in this city at 9 80 p M ran into tram
=, .untv coal cans. short distance north of west
Wor,vrnl, Tunnel about eight miles north OF this
oitv at a fcw minutes past o'clock this morning
caxon rersons were killed outright nineteen IN
,,rod r.,sons were taken to st. TmOthys Hospital
:, Roxborouqh and several others were treated
at other places.
The following is the list of the dead
..CpIsON Annie. aged twenty-five wears OF Miners
RoYNToN. Edward OF Reading, Penn. machnist.
pEv1NE Mrs. Mo'gare, aged sixty years killed onoef
hfHg Log stature from Harrisburg, Penn.
KILRAIN. james aged twentytree OF Ismaqua' rehh''
forward brakeman OF the Goa tail'
sTIEFF Frank Of Reading. Penn, aSed fifteen years
newsboy the express train
WELSH Thomas F.. Of Auburn, Penn, fireman OF the
passenger train
J. Clayton Epplcr. Of Pottsvi)le, Penn, baggage
master of the express train, is missing.
The injured are as follows At the hospitals.
n Rbodes of PhocniXvilie, Penn. express mes
senser. law fractured and suffering from concus-
non Of the brain. condition very serious; VI. ~
Towcn Harrisburg, city engineer confused leg
Moritl c. Leppert, both legs broken: Mrs NJ IT,
Jeppert. LEG broken Ella Devine. twenty-seven,
No p4I1 Pciot St, Philadelphia lacerated wound
Of thieh: Annie Kemp thirty-thrce Hamburg,
Penn. fracture of leg; Miss Mary Tees, Of Valley
FORGE Penn, fracture of leg: Annie +. Sides.
forty-threc. Reading Penn. leg broken; Mary c.
Pretzman, twenty-five. Pottstown, Penn, contu-
don of ankle: William II. Embrc. thrty-threc,
Reading not dangerous; James +. Buricld,
twenty-nine, Remove, Penn, brakeman on coal
train. scalp laccrated H. c. Print, twenty
Reading conductor of passenger tram, 1ractureu
thigh; Thorhas Fitzpatrick, engineer Il express
coucussion of brain and head, very serious: Hiram
Gottshal forty-two Reading. compound fracture
of both legs: DR.. Joseph f. Wright thirty, Phoe-
nixvile, both legs broken; W. II. Becker thirty
two. Pottstown. leg broken; James H. ChlIlson,
twenty-seven, Reading, plumber employed by tie
company hurt about the body John f. Wyncoop.
forty. Port Kennedy. Penn, hand and forearm
crushed and afteIward amputated; William Hal
sey thirty-siX, Allentown, confused legs.
Clayton Eppler. the baggagemastcr of the eH-
press, reported missing, is at tie hospital with
conclusion of the brain.
TIE others in ured were W. H. Gerlacher,
Tamaaua, Penn, conductor of coal train, scalp
wound and bruised; Charles Blig, Tamaqua. en-
gineer of the coal train, head cut; Bernard Gal
asher fireman Of coal train wrist sprained anu
bruised about the body; The Rev j. VI. Hare,
Phoenixville, night ankle sprained; b. f. Shrcck,
brakeman on coal train, head and ankle injured;
H. Rosefet, New-YOrk, two irgnrs of right hand
broken by Jumping from the train. a number OF
other persons who were only sli-htly hurt went
to rldladelphia without having their injuries at
tended to-
The Shamokin express left PTtsvllle at
o'clock At Phoenixville orders dated Reading
were received 10 run oa the northbound track
m. Il
of only few miles, regardless of all other trains,
which was done. The train was composed OF
FIVE cars including a Pullman parlor-ear. The
s9uthbound track was blocked with freight cars,
and to this fact is primarily due the catastrophe
Train No 53s of empty coal ears started north
from West Manayunk on the northern track shortly
before o'clock. There is a conflict of opinion
as to the orders given the crew OF this train. lhe
crew contend that they had received no orders
to STOP while the railroad officials say that posi-
tive instructions had been given that the coal
train should lie up at West Falls south of wher,
the collision occurred, until the ShamoGin train
had passed
The two trains came together right on a curve
at two minutes past Ocl OK with terrible
crash The express was comfortably filled with
passengers The engines literally ploughed Their
way through each other, and rolled over on their
sides in COL gIOUclat" mass = shdut"ic" H"-
chipery The greatest force OF the collision oc-
CURED between the smOking-car and the passenger
coach next TO it. The smoker tele>c0ped its way
into the other coach fully Onehaf It's length. ana
how any one who was in either car escaped death
is mystery. ,,
The 6a.sa.e car caught fire and was on burned
ND The next two cars kept tn" tracE. although
tfev telcscopcd together and we're almost com
pletely demolished Except for scratches and
bruises. the passengers in the last two cars all
NS the engines approached each other the en-
einccr Billig the conductor, Gerlacher, and tle
fireman. Gallagher OF the coal tram, ali jumped
and escaped with injuries.
Conductor Hamilton at once collected stlli
OF helpers and soon hal tie dead and wounded
ont of the wreck Tho injured were quickly
taken away. and soon row of seven dead bodies
were laid out ON the eiuc Of the r0ad. Dattcied
ard tern almost beyond ne hope or recogmtioh
Word was sent immcciaL ~ III seNeral directions
for medical aid, and III a short time stan OF
physicians were on hand looking after the INJURED
who could not be Immediately removed IN the
ambulances As soon the wOundel nad All
been attended to they were remover Ill 1ui-
balances: those who could 20 home or come 10
the city going to trains. and the others 10 al
iacent hospitals The dead were taken TO the clN
police station at Manayunk. -. NH,
The CorOncr's inquest VIII De hcl1 on lnuisud9'
before which time no arrests will be made