Milford chronicle., 1892-07-01
FATAL BRRoR OF JUDaaEEl1T.
n Results in Twelve Deaths and In
iuries 70 Thirty Others. :.

| n Results in Twelve Deaths and IN
juries to Thirty Others.
HARRisBURG, June 27.-The previous
| dispatches published fail q give any
correct idea of the terrible disaster
! which took place here on Saturday
/ morning at 1915. Six Of the passenger
were dead before they wers taken from
the wreck and FIVE more died shortly af
terward, Thirty or more were wounded
many Of them seriously, To. add to the
horrors Of the situation a violent storm
was raging at the time, and the work
of eXtrieating the sufferers WAS seriOusly
impeded, Another of the injured died
yesterday afternoon, making the total
humber of deaths twelve,
Coroner Hoy began his inquest on Sat
urday afternoon and as a result Of it H.
5. Hayes, the operator on the SteeltOn
tower, was committed to prison for hay
ing been the cause of the terrible acct
dent. Among others he was examined
as a witness. He said that he used
his good Judgment in regard to allowing
the second section on the block be-
fore the first section had left it, not
having received word from the Dock
street operator concerning the first sec
ton having left the block. Mr.. Hayes
was very much agitated during the Civ
ing of his testimony, and said he felt
convinced that his Judgment was very
poor indeed.
The western express on the Pennsyl-
Vanla railroad leaving New York at $3.50
p. III. and Philadelphia at ego, and is
due in Harrisburg at 1915 O'clock a. m.
Saturday morning, however, it was sew
eral minutes late leaving Philadelphia,
and had not made up the lost time
when it reached here. 1t was made I'D
OF one baggage car and one express car,
three day coaches and the private car Of
George Westinghouse, the Pittsburg in
YentOr Of the air brake.
As the train rolled into Harrisburg it
was stopped a few minutes at Dock
street, east of the station, to allow some
shifting 10 the yards, the flagman being
sent back to signal the second section,
which was following close behind. He
was soon called in, and the train had
but started when the second section
dashed around the sharp curve q few
yards away. Then came a horrible
grinding and crushing sound, and i'm
mediately after the grOans and shrieks
of the injured and dying passengers. It
was an awful moment and the only
wonder Is that so many escaped from
the terrible wreck.
The locomotive of the second section
plowed its way through the rear
private car, but not single member aR
the Westinghouse party were scratched.
Engineer Hugh Kelly and Fireman
Harry Mead, both residing in Philadel-
phia, sat in the cab of the engine which
buried itself in the Westinghouse car.
As if by a miracle the cab 10 which
sat the engineer and fireman was net
and they escaped to tell II
their wonderful deliverahce. Both |
were stunned by the tremendous, CON |
3ussion. Two Of the day coachestlEers
partly overturned and the helpless oecu-
pants screamed in their agony. The |
genes in the cars Immediately follow
ng the crash battle description. The
.wo coaches in which most of the cas-
lalties occurred were broken to pieces
md the occupants Of the care were
brown IN every direction.
The killed: Rev. 'Da Costa Polnerene.
.ged 80, Philadeiphias Miss Lizzie Blair,
Philadelphia; Mrs. Ufiah Heebner, Nor
istOWn, Pa; Uriah Winfield Heebnar.
Ter son, aged II; Charles E. Lee, tele-
rapher, Allegheny, Pa; Richard
adams, furniture dealer, Harrisburg;
J. M. WhitelOcke, Cleveland, O.; John
7. Black, Altoona, Pa; Daniel Mason,
lagerstown, Md; Robert S. Raymond,
orse dealer, Columbus, o.; Professor
L. Smith, Baltimore, Nd; Fred
oldburg, Brooklyn.