The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-01
DISASTROUS WRECK.
Occurred ct Harrisburg at an Eariy
Hour.
THIRTEEN BODIES RECOVERED.
Number o. Injured Place. ~ Forty Man.
eled Bodies In Several Instances
Unrecognfsabic SAN Operator
laid to ia Responsible.


HARRisDuRa, Pa, June 25.-Thc most
disastrous wreck that has ever occurred
In this city took place this morning ut
1880 o'clock at Dock street.
The second section Of the western
express ran into the first section, conn
plctely ~telcscoping two cars.
Among the killed are:
Richard Adams and wife, a furniture
man Of this city; an unknown man
from Altoona; q man from New York.
A Judy OF the train, who was unin-
jured, missed her infant and IL has not
been fornd. Five dead bodies have
been sent to the morgue. The number
of injured Ia placed Mt forty, but at this
hour, $3.50, II Ia impossible to authentic
ate this report
II is raihing hard, which greatly re-
tards the work of rescue. Robert Pit
cairn and Mr.. Westinghouse and family,
Of Pittsburgh, were on the Inflated
train, but escaped unhurt Thirteen
bodies have been recovered, including
that Of the infant mentioned.
The hrst section Of the train was
stopped on Dock street tower for orders.
When IL was about TO start the second
section crashed into IL, wrecking five
r and the locomotive Of the second
section. One car fell ON its side and the
Dire department was called ont, IL
being reported that the wreck was
on fra This proved false, however,
Surgeons Of the city were aroused and
oil hurried TO the hospital. where the
wounded and dying were tal:en as fast
"a recovered from the wreck.
The accident occurred shortly before
I O'clock and the workmen at the In.
dustrial plants In South Harrisburg Mt
once responded TO the call for help.
Tho passengers were hemmed in the
broken cars and many were assisted to
places Of safety by those who first
reached the Gene.
Superintendent Clelland Of the mid
die division and the Pennsylvania Of
dcials were ut once summoned and the
wrecking crews are ut work clearing
the tracks which have been blocked
since the wreck.
The operator at Stcelton Il alleged to
have been responsible for the accident
In having given Engineer Kelly the
wrong signal. The sharp curve ut
Dock street also made the disaster more
serious than IL would otherwise have
been. The baggage car next to the en-
sgine was the only mi In the second Sec
tion wrecked. None Of the trainmen
were hurt.
The private car Of George Westing.
house was the last on the first train
and its weight crushed the day coaches
ahead Of II into kindling wood.
Nobody In the Westinghouse car was
hurt, except the porter, and he was but
slightly injured. A d~renching rain
made the work of rescue exceedingly
difficult, and owing to the excitement
1t 10 almost impossible to obtain names
Of the dead and injured.
The city hospital Is full Of the injured,
and their means and cries can be heard
. square away.
Raymond, one Of tho three brothers,
horse dealers Of this city, IL among the
dead. At the morgue nobody was I'D
mittcd, and the names Of the dead could
not he obtained.
Hugh Kelley and Harry Neill, the en-
ksnuSA " Va tuC bcCtlOu, HTc
both from Philadelphia. They stuck to
their posts, the fireman explaining after
the accident that they had not even
time to think or jump. it all came SO
suddenly. The mangled bodies were
In several instances unrecognizable.
A FREIGHT WRECK.
Mexico, Mo-, June 25.-A fast Wa
bash freight was wrecked q mile and
one-half west of here Mt Q o'clock yes
terday morning. Eight cars of wheat
and three empty oil cars went down in
tho creek. The cars were smashed into
s~plinters.
The train was a fast one from Kansas
City, loaded with grain, meat, Califor-
mia fruit and one a of fancy horses.
Two horses were killed and several
badly hurt. j. w. Duncan, of Chilli
-cothe, was badly hurt. The Wabash
trims run v the Chicago h Alton
track to Centralia from here. A loose
truck on one Of the cars caused the
wreck.