The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26
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first and Dickinson streets, Philadelphia,
who was anying Mrs. Mary Granger
TO Seattle. Wash. A portion of the red
dress worn by the dead girl was taken to
Mrs. Granger, who il lying in the City Hos
pital. and she recognized Is Immediately.
Mrs Mary Jange Granger lives IN Phlla-
delphia. and was on her way TO Seattle,
Wash, with her little daughter Mamie.
aged eight. and Lizzie Blair. to JOIN her
husband. who was employod on the steam
ship Seattle, plying IN Puget sound. Her
injuries are about the head. chest and alb
dolnen. and are not of q very serious char
astcer. Several ribs are also probably
fractured. Little Mamie Granger's injuries
may prove serious, but the ply sicinns ex-
press hopes of saving her life.
Lying III a cot In one of the side-rooms
down stairs is the badly hscked-up body
of Fred COiburg, of Brooklyn. Colburg is
q big, h~eavy-set man, and his matted board
and stained shirt give ample evidence of
the serious nature of the injuries he re-
ceived. His log is broken and his face
badly cut. His chances are against recovery.
Prof. Il. g. Smith, of the Normal School of
Baltimore, had his left leg cut of at the
thigh and received a fracture of the loft
shoulder-joint. The physicians look on his
RECEIVERS with considerable dOIbr. W. Is.
Peterson, aged about thirty-five. an en-
gineer residing ut New York, is suffering
from n severe confusion about tho head
and wrist. but will recover.
Rev. DacOsta POmerene. of Philadelphia,
who was killed. was q graduate of Prince
ton College. He had charge of a Presby-
terrain congregation at Salem, o.. and WAS
n brother of Atlee PomereDe. city solicitor
OF Canton. .. He left Salem and was later
engaged with the Presbyterian Board of
Publication ut Philadelphia. He was par
TALLY blind, and his classmates in the city
say ho was q bright young man and al
ways stood well In his class.
L. q. y. Ehle. of Buffalo. and two or three
friends were In con versation when the &c
cidcnt occurred, and he says the scenes in
the car were beyond description. Passen-
gers were thrown violently fOrw ward and
wedRed In among the broken and splln-
tered seats. Two men in the rear OF the car
were instantly killed and others were ter
ribly injured. Ehle. who is q large man,
was damned into - small space, but was
walking about the streets shortly after
with N bandage tied about his head. His
straw hat IS streaked with blood. and q
gentleman who sat near him, w. X. Luck,
OF Philadelphia, wears linen buster that
is crlmsOned with his own blood.
Mrs. Uriah Heebner, Rev. Pomerene. 4.
NJ. WhitlOck and Daniel Mason were alivo
when taken to the hospital, but all died be-
fore daylight. Mrs. Shecbner. with her hus-
band, son and little granddaughter, Sadie
Cox, aged five years, were going to visit
friends at McKeesport. Death rode with
them, and mother and son are no among the
dead. AS the father lay upon his couch of
pain this morning he anxiOusly inquired
for his son, Winfield, who was Mt that mo-
ment In the hands of the undertakers. Be-
side him on the cot was his little grand
daughter, but, except for the fatigue and
excitement of the night. she slept as peace
fully as though at home.
The wrecklng crews were put to work
clearing away the debris, and by s O'clock
this morning the tracks were open and
trains running regularly. The trunks and
satchels in the baggage car of the second
section were broken and twisted out of all
semblance To their original shapes. Engi-
neer Kelley wac able TO take his broken
locomotive TO the round house. The wreck
caught fire. but q few buck cts of water ex-
tinguished the blaze.
The injured at the city hospital are all
doing well, and it is believed all will re-
cover with the exception, possibly, of
Frederick G~ondenbcrg, OF Brooklyn, who
has been unconscious since he WINS brought
to the hospital. He Is a large man, anu his
chief injuries seem to DO internal. The
physicians are afraid he cannot recover.
The number OF passengers still at the hos.
pital is about eighteen. All the dead have
been identified, and the Inst, as sent early
to-day, Is correct. with the exception of
Clark, of Altoona, who should be John
Black. of the same city. The death of
noon. was the eleventh. His body was
taken home this evening.
OPERATOR CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.
III. s. Hayes. the telegraph operator at
the Steelton tower. practically admitted
before the coroner's inquest. this after
noon. that he was responsible for the fright
full wreck this morning, in which eleven
people lost their lives and thrice as many
were seriously injured. Hayes, who is O
young man of twenty-five. was arrested to-
night, at the instance of Coroner Hoy, on q
charge of manslaughter. He IL now in jail.
and his mental distress IL terrible to wit
ness. Fears are expressed that lie may lose
his mind. The young man has not been in
the service of the company more than n few
months, and has been an extra operator,
going wherever he was ordered. Last
night he was on duty at the Steelton tower
as q substitute for William Godd. the regu-
lar operator. He allowed the second SEQ
ton of the cox press To enter the block be-
fore the first section bad passed out at the
western ond. against the rules Of the COM
pany. and the disaster Is the direct result
of the violation of tho rules. When in
formed of the wreck and loss of life he be-
came almost frantic, and the day operator
was ordered on duty. He simply assumed
thar the first section had passed the block
without troubling himself about any noti-
hcaflon from the DOck-street tower to that
effect.
Hayes was closely questioned, and dur
ing his examination was greatly aRitated,
frequently breaking down ana weeping
bitterly. He Is an unsophisticated youth,
and but lately left the farm in York coun-
ty. lie frankly admitted that he gave en-
gineer Kelly the white signal 10 10 on
without first having been notified that the
block was clear, but no thought he was not
wholly responsible for the accident. He
said that other reporters had made the
same mistake of which he had been
guilty; but the consequence had not
been so terrible. Hayes also admitted
that there had been two other persons in
the tower with I'm, and that in that he had
broken another rigid rule of the company.
lie withheld nothing from the jury. and
cried as though his henrt would break as BIO
finished his testimony.
TESTIMONY OF EMPLOYEES.
w. Fl. Fisher. of this city, n passenger
brakeman of the Philadelphia division,
was on the first section as a passenger. He
testified that the flagman had been called
in, and in his opinion he was a careful en-
ploye. Joseph H.. Kirkpatrick, the
engineer of the first section, said he
was stopped at the Dock-street tower, and
that the detention was caused by q freight
train ahead: that when his train was
atruck it was running Mt the rate of eight
miles sn hour. The fiagman. he said. had
ample time TO get back and stop the train
following. He considers engineer Kelly, of
the second section, a capable engineer.
Charles III. Hannah, the fireman of the first
| section, corroborated Kirkpatrick
Harry Neil. of Philadelphia. the fireman
of the second section. regards engineer
Kelly as a tirst-clnss engineer. When they
reached SteeltOn, he said. n white signal
was shown. 1t was raining very hard. No
caps were heard and it was very hard to
distinguish the signals. The train WAS
running about thirty-fve or forty miles an
hour when the accident occurred. He saw
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