The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-26
ELEVEN DEAD.
Terrible Railroad Accident at
Harrisburg.

HARRlsBURG. Pa, June 25-ISpeciall
The western express on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, leaving New York at
6:3o' p. M and Philadelphia at 0:20, is
due at Harrisburg at 1915 a. m. This
morning, however, it was several min
utes late leaving Philadelphia, and had
not made up the lost time when it
reached here. 1t was made up of one
baggage car, 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 Westinp.
house party.
AS the train rolled into Harrisburg it
was stopped for five minutes at Dock
street, east of the station, to allow some
shifting in the yards, a hagman 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 asharp curve.a few yards
away. Then came horrible grinding
and crushing sound and Immediately
afterward groans and shrieks of the in
Jured and dying passengers.
1t was but few minutes until the in
dustrial establishments in South Har-
rlsburg supplied an army of willing
men who did all in their power to res
cue the imprisoned men, women and
children and alleviate their suffering.
The firemen and police force. under
Mayor Fritchey's directions, also did
excellent service and assisted in get.
ting the injured to the City Hospital as
soon as possible. Physicians and sur
geons we're also summoned and abored
throughout the night to relieve the pain
OF the bruised and lacerated pa ssengers.
The total number dead at 9 o'clock
this morning was ten, as follows:
Robert S. Raymond, Columbus, Ohio,
horse dealer.
+. Nj. Whittlock 1873 Arlington street,
Cleveland, Ohio, chief clerk of the rail
road company.
Daniel Mason, Hagerstown, Md,
telegraph operator on the middle divis-
ion Of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Rev. de Costa Pamoren, 3,Gl1 Hauil.
t. n street, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Uriah Heebner, Morristown and
Wingdeld Heebner, her son, aged II
years.
Chas. e. L. Lee, OF No. / Windsor
street, Allegheny City. supposed to be
Il GelcPrapn operator.
Richard Adams, IIarl ,burg, furniture
dealer.
Two unidentified bodies. one that OF
young man supposed to be a telegraph
operator named Clark. of Altoona, and
the other that Of a young woman, with
black hair and wearing garnet dress,
supposed to have boarded the train at
Lancaster. In her purse was found
card with the name. John Blair" and
on piece OF ribbon was Il word, "Alya"
Among her effects was also perforated
leather belt.
Many of the slightly injured only
stopped at the hospital long enough to
have their injuries dressed when thev
left for their homes. 1t was stated at
the City Hospital this morning that
eighteen OF the injured passengers occL.
pied cots in that institution, and that
with probably one or two exceptions all
would survive. The ospital staff have
been busy since An hour after the acct
dent amputating limbs. stitching great
gashes. and in every possible way min.
istering to the comfort OF the vic inns OF
somebody's blunder.
Later-Prof. & L. Smith, OF Balti.
more. died this afternoon making the
eleventh death. Mrs Granger, of Phil
adelphia, is also in dangerous condi-
ton. The railroad authorities this az.
ternoon issued the following statement:
THE cause of the accident has not
been fully investigated but the indica.
tions are that the engineer of the sec
ond section approached the BLOCK at
Dock street, Harrisburg, without hav-
ing his train under proper coutrol ac.
cOrding to the rnles"