Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-10-27
SEVEN KILLED, FIFTEEN INJURED

An Awrui Accident ON the Philadelphia
e. Reading Railroad, This Morning, ut
West ManHyunkA Fast Tram Runs
Into a Freight Engine, with Disas-
trnus Resnlts---Seyen Killed and Fifteen
Wounded.
PHILADELPHIA, IA, oct. 2l--l0 a. n.-
The fast express train from Shamokin, on
the Philadelphia e Reading railroad, due
here at g.iD o'clock this morning, ran into
a coal train IN the West Manaytnk tunnel
and frightful wreck resulted. y number
of persons are reported killed. The cars
caught fire and are now burning in the
tunnel
TEN KILLED AND FIFTEEN INJURED
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2i.-At noon Pest
dent Mcleod of the Reading system re-
ceived a telegram from his representative
at the scene of the wreck, stating that as
near as could be ascertained 10 persons
were killed and - injured.
The Inflated train was known as passen-
| ger No. ., which leaves Shamokm at 3 q.
! m, Pottsvlle at n. m, Reading an hour
| later, and is due at the Broad and Callow-
hill station of the Reading company At
| $50 a. IN.
The train is All express and makes but
| few stops between Reading and this city.
| 1t was running on the north-bonnd track,
| the south-bound track being IN use be
l
| other traffic.
The tracks had been ordered clear for
| No. ?. and that train was rushing south
| ward towards Philadelphia when, at few
| minutes after 0 O'clock, it crashed into
engine No. 53s, runnng north, just north
of the western exit to the tunnel.
| The first report received here was 70 the
| effect thar the collision had occurred i'll the
! tunnel, but later information proved this
report had been false.
The engineer of No. as had been ordered
| to lie at Pcncoyd station, a short distance
south Of the scene of the accident, and il
was due to his disregard of these orders
that the accident occurred. Had he re-
NAMED at Pencoyd minute or two
| longer, the loss of nearly n dozen lives
and the injuring Of nearly a score of per
sons would have been avoided.
Both locomotives Were badly wrecked
| and both tracks were blocked In addition
portions Of the wreckage were thrown
against a telegraph pole, causing the
breakage Of the wires and rendering com
| munication between the main Offices here
| and the scene of the wreck difficult.
A few minutes after the smashup the
| wrecked passenger ears caught fire, thus
adding 10 the horror Of the occasion. Al
| alarm brought out the fire engines, but il
was some time before the iittmes,wcre ex
tinguished. Undertakers' wagons and othei
vehicles from Manayunk were soon ut tht
scene of the accident and willing hand,
quickly eStricatcd from the mass of wreck
age the dead, dying and MANNED passengers
Up to noon 10 injured persons had beer
removed to st. Timothy Hospital ut RnX
borough, Il short distance away. len deat
bodies had been taken charge of by under
takers, and this was reported to be th'
extent Of the casualties resulting from TIL
disobeyancc of his orders by the enginec
of No. ass.
ONLY FIVE WERE KILLED.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. A--At / o'clock in
formation was received by President Nc
l.end that but five persons had been killed
The killed are Thomas Welsh, tiremal
of passenger engine; Jacob klrain, brake
man of engine No. o3S; three unknown
persons, two Of them supposed to b.
mother and daughter named Smith, from
Phn'niNville.
Among those injured in hospital is
Miss Hines. She has leg broken
Those killed were David $. Herr of Har
risburg a member of the state House 0
Representatives; Mrs. Margaret Devine O
years, and Annie Ackerson, 2S wears, boil
, of Minersville. and Edwin NJ. Boynton .
years. of Reading, all passengers; Thoma
A. Welsh, 81 years, of Auburn, fireman
on the express train; John Stiett l6 years
of Reading, newsboy on the express train
James kilrain, So years, brakeman on tn
coal tram.
Of the injured, Hiram Gottshall. A
years, of Reading; Thomas Fitch, . years
OF Reading, engineer of the express train
S, u. Rhodes, 30 years, of PhmniXvil!e; II
9. Print, y years, Reading railroad cor
ductOr, and Annie Il. Sides, As years, !
Reading, are reported in critical culd
! ton. Twenty Of the injured were take
to 81. Timothy's Hospital, RoXborongh.
The trains were running upOn the sam