Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-25
THE DEAD AND DYING
Details of the Terrible Wreck at
Harrisburg.
A WRONG SIGNAL WAS GIVEN.
Escape Of the Trainmen From In
jury.
VICTIMS IN THE HOSPITAL
Escape of the Trainmen From In
VICTIMS IN THE HOSPITAL.
GIVEN THE WRONG SIGNAL.
Rear-End Collision on the Pennsylvania
Road at Harrisburg.

New York at 80 m. and Philadelphia at 800 is
due in Harrisburg at l2:l5 O'Clock a. m. This
morning, however. it was several minutes late
leaving Philadelphia, and had not made
up the lost time when ii reached here. 1t was
made up of one baggage car and one express
car, three day coaches. and the private car of
George Westinghouse, the Pittsburg inventor
of the air brake. Robert Pitcairn Of
Pittsburg was also with the West
inghouse party. As the train rolled
into Harrisburg it was stopped few minutes at
Dock street east of the station to allow some
shifting in the yards, the fagman 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.
HORRIBLE GRINDING SOUND.
Then came horrible grinding and crushing
sound and Immediately after the groans and
shrieks Of the injured and dying passengers.
1t was an awful moment and the only wonder
is that SO many escaped from the terrible
wreck
1t was but q few minutes until the industrial
establishments in South Harrisburg supplied an
to rescue the imprisoned men. women and
children and alleviate their suffer-
ing. The fremen and police force un-
der Mayor Fritchey's direction also
did excellent service and assisted in getting the
injured to the city hospital as soon as possible.
The physicians and surgeons were also sum-
moned and labored throughout the night to
relieve the pain Of the bruised and lacerated
passengers.
The total number dead at 9 O'Clock this
morning was ten, as follows:
Robert s. Raymond, Columbus, Ohio. horse
dealer.
E. NJ. Whitlock, 1873 Arlington street, Cleve-
land. Ohio. chief clerk of a railroad company.
Daniel Mason, Hagerstown. Nd, a telegraph
operator on the middle division, Pennsylvania
railroad.
Rev. Da Costa Pomeren, 36Il Hamilton street,
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Uriah Heebner, Norristown, and VIM
field Heebner, her son, aged seventeen wears.
Lizzie Blair, 2ls Dickinson street, Philadel-
phia-
Charles T. L. Fee Of 1 Windsor street, Ale
gheny City supposed to be q telegraph operator.
Richard Adams, Harrisburg, furniture dealer
One body, supposed to be that of a telegraph
operator named Clark of Altoona
Some of the injured stopped at the hospital
only long enough to have their injuries dressed,
when they left for home or departed on the
trains for their homes.
THE INJURED.
Among the injured are the following: wR.
Fluck, All Commerce street, Philadelphia,
scalp wounds and contusions Of the right hand
and leg; F. g. o. Ehle and Thomas w. Earth
ing of Buffalo. n. Y, Commissions Of head and
body. able to be around; Ed. Tmmins, travel
ing railroad agent, hurt about head and
hand, not dangerously. John Aiken, Philadel-
phia, baggage master on second division,
slightly injured; Frederick Golberg, BROOKLYN,
n. Y, terribly injured and can hardly
recover. w. B. Parsons, New York,
saa civil engineer s badly cut ,bout the
Pa, lacerated wound Of the scalp and painful
cuts and bruises on the legs and body. Mrs.
Whiteman, Pittsburg ankle broken. Mrs.
Mary Granger, Philadelphia, cut about the
head and arms. ]. j. Cone, Jersey City,
severely bruised, but able to be about.
Mary Ann Anderson Of Sap avenue, Jersey City
Heights, is slightly injured. Miss Alma Kar-
stetter. aged about twenty-eight. Of Ickesburg.
Perry county, has confusion Of both ankle joints
and lacerated wounds of arms. George Burnett
of Newton, n. J.. broken leg. W. T. Eastwick
Of Mellin street, pittsburg, broken leg. Il is
Fluck Of Palmyra, N. j., slightly injured; H
B. sensabaugh Of Mattoon, III, slightly in
jured; John j. Cone of Jersey City, n. j.,
slightly injured; Percy n. Landis, aged about
twenty-siI, of AS North 18th street,
and ankle joints.
Nearrie Golden of Lehigh avenue, Phila-
delphia, slightly injured.
Maggie Smith. aged twenty-five, Of Safe
Harbor, n. j., jumped from a car window and
fell on her head, producing scalp wound.
There are also contusions of the chest and limbs.
1t was stated at the City Hospital this morn
ing that eighteen Of the injured passengers oc-
cupied cots in the institution, and, that with
probably one or two exceptions, all would
survive. The hospital staff has been busy since
ban hour after the accident amputating limbs,
stitching great gashes and in every possible
way ministering to the comfort Of the victims
Of somebody's blunder.
STORY OF THE ACCIDENT.
The story of the accident is brief.
The first section stopped within few hum
dred yards Of the Union station and was just
starting when the second section, heavy train
made MP OF Pullman sleepers and one express
and baggage car combined. plunged into the
handsome private car Of Westinghouse and
drove IL forward, crushing the three day
coaches ahead into hndling wood In the twink
ling Of an eye.
The locomotive ploughed its way through The
rear Of the private car, but mot single mann
ber Of the Westinghouse party was scratched
The porter, however, W. h woodyard of Phils-
delphiA, vas slighfly hurt In tie day coaches
the awful carnage wN taking place. Many
passengers were half asleep and we're sxskened
BY the horrible craahng and grinding Of ~
timbes, the bssaking Of gia0 and TIE hiskng
Of escaping steam, while others never lmsw tho
fate which overlook them. Enginesr Hngh
Kelly and Fireman Harry Neal, both of phfIa-
deiphia, at In the cab Of the locomotive which
buried itself In the Westnghouss or.
A. their train rounded the curve a4 Dock
street they realised the swful blundsr thss
somebody bad committed, bgt 4 vas tse InSs 70
avert the catastroPhe. wifA pisrcing sAriek Shs
engine crashsd into the hrss section and the
baggAgs car bshind, pressed forward BY ths
ponasrous Pullman slsepers. clipped he lsoe-
motive with fh splintered fragments.
Ths smokestack vas also fnocked
OF and the Locomotive wss practically
dismantled. A. II by miracle IL csb n
which eat ths snginssf and fireman vs. noI
touched, and icy ssnpsd 10 tall q thsir Won
dsrful deliyEanes. Both wsrs stumstby -
Tremendous coneunuion- Two Of u day
eoaehss wsre partly overturned and - hsai-
- occupants scrsamed N thsfr agony.