The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
.. MANY KILLED.
Serious Railway Collision Near
Philadelphia,
Five Persons Killed and a Number
lnjured-A Bad Wreck Occurs
in Indiana.
DANGERS OF RAILWAY TRAVEL.

DANGERS OF RAILWAY TRAVEL.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23.-The south.
ern express on the Pennsylvania road
which left Broad street station
at 1920 a. IN. collided with the
| Morton accommod alton train near
South street station, West Phila-
| delphia. Three cars of the ac-
| commodation train were wrecked. A
rumor gained wide circulation that the
special train bearing President Harri-
SON from Washington to New York
was one of the trains in collision.
This, however, was untrue. The pres
ident's special passed through here for
New York about on schedule time
The Collision.
The Morton train was crossing a
switch to pull into South street station
All the cars but the last one had
crossed when the southern express
came rushing down the track and
struck the local passenger car that
was upon the switch full in the mid
die. The express was made up entire
ly of heavy Pullmans and the light
passenger car was hurled so feet from
the track, bI oxen and smashed by the
terrible force of the blow. The express
train escaped injury.
Five Killed.
The crash of the colliding trains and
the screams and shrieks of the unfor-
tunate people pinned down beneath the
broken timbers of the wrecked
car attracted an excited crowd
to the scene. Five persons
were killed and dozen in
jured The hurt were hurried to the
University hospital, two blocks away,
and their injuries attended to.
The killed were Mr.. and Mrs. E. L.
Miner, of Media: Miss Maria Read, of
Media; Rev. James Walker, of Lenny.
Terrible Disaster in Indiana.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Feb. 25.-The
east-bound mail and express No. 20 on
the ttsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago
road. due here at 1910 p. M, was
wrecked 2 miles east of Columbia City
about 1880 a. m. by broken rail
The engine, mail and baggage cars
passed safely over the break, but the
last two cars were precipitated down
an embankment 90 feet high, the cars
turning entirely over One person was
killed and twenty dangerously wound
ed Several of the latter will die.
The Victims.
The name of the passenger killed is
John w Paramore, of Hebron, Ind.
The injured were all brought to this
city, where they are being cared for.
The list is as follows:
DR.. ]. w. Younge, Fort Wayne, Ind, leg
broken; DR.. White, Laude Ind, head hurt;
Susan Strayer, De Groff, Ind, head hurt:
Louise kOcher, Huntington. Ind scalp wound;
child of Mrs. w. p Orr, PiQua, O., head in
iured; Miss Hunt, Etna Green, Ind, head in
jurfd; Rev. c. Hover. North Webster, Ind
slightly injured: J. L Peterson, Warsaw, Ind,
mail clerk back badly injured; Mrs. Schaefer,
Columbia City, Ind, head injured; James
A Pough, No So Fifth avenue, hicago,
leg and back hurt; C. b. johnson, Van Vert
O.. hand crushed; Mrs. j D. Collins, Valpar-
also, Ind, hurt on face; John Netzenbarger
Van Vert, o., badly injured; Myrtle Brice
Fort Wayne Ind, slightly injured Mrs. John A.
Brown, South Whitley, Ind, bruised slightly;
G. A. Radclin, Pierceton, Ind, slight injuries;
F. G. Barber, Rochester, Pa, hand hurt;
Freight Conductor C. w. Bell, badly injured:
Amanda Goble, residence unknown, head and
knee injured: Con Finnell, Fort Wayne, Ind
bad scalp wound
Trainmen Perish.
READING. Pa, Feb. 23.-A wreck oc-
Cured on the Pennsylvania Schuylkill
Valley road, between Pknnixville
and Spring City, Tuesday night. A
shifting engine going east with
an empty train of forty coal
cars collided with an extra freight
running west. The shifting engine
was demolished and both engines lay
on their sides with fourteen coal cars
completely broken up Watson Weller,