Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-23
FOUR KILLED, TWELVE INJURED.
Fatal Collision on the p, w. g. 3
Near South Street.

Near south street.
The Nortli-bound Express Dashes Into tho
Morton ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Cars
Wrecked, Four Persons Killed and
Twelve Injured.
United Press Dispatch by Special Wires
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Feb. 29-'rhe south
ern express on the Pennsylvania railroad,
which left Broad street station at 1920
o'clock this morning, collided with the
Morton, Pa, accommodation train near
south street station. Three cars OF the
accommodation train were wrecked and
four persons killed. Twelve others were
injured. The names of the killed and
wounded are not yet learned. The injured
have been removed TO the Presbyterian
Hospital.
A rumor gained wild circulation that
the special train bearing President Harri-
son from Washington to New York was
one Of the trains in collision. This, how.
ever, was untrue. The Presidents special
passed through here for New York about
on schedule time.
HURLED FROM THE TRACK.
The accommodation train was crossing a
switch TO pull into South street siding. All
the cars but the last one had crossed when
the Southern express came rushing up the
track and struck the local passenger car
that was upon the switch full in the middle
The express was made up entirely of
heavy Pullman cars, and the light passen-
ger car was hurled 50 feet from the track
In broken mass by the terrible force of
the blow.
THE sHRIEKs OF THE VICTIMS.
The express train escaped injury and the
engineer Immediately stopped his train.
The crush of the colliding trains and the
screams and shrieks of the unfortunate
people pinned down beneath the bro ken
timbers of the wrecked cars attracted an
excited crowd to the scene.
The Twcnty-first district police station
is but few squares from the place where
the accident occurred, and squad of Off
GERS were soon ON the scene of the wreck.
and extricating the injured passengers was
soon accomplished.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED.
Four persons were killed and dozen in.
jured. The hurt were hurried to the U nj
versity Hospital, two blocks away and
their injuries are being attended to.
IT WAS THE NoRTH-BouND EMPRESS.
It has since been learned that it was the
north-bound southern express from Wash
ington for New York that crashed into
the West Chester accommodation from
the Central division of the p, w. IL b..
road.
The President was on special train fol-
lowing the express. His train was delayed
at South street an hour and then proceeded
to New York.
The accident happened at 1875 o'clock.
The tracks of the Central division and the
main line cross at this point, the former
trains running into the Thirty-second and
Market street station and the latter run
ming into Broad street station. The accom-
mediation had the right of way, the ex-
press being blocked, but owing to the
neer of the express was unable to control
his train and the locomotive No. 1913,
crashed into the third car of the accom-.
mediation.
The engineer of the express was unhurt
as was also the fireman. No one on the
express was injured and the engine was
damaged so slightly that it proceeded with
the train half an hour afterward, when
the tracks had been cleared.
The killed and injured were confined to
the third car Of the accommodation, and
this was completely wrecked.
FOUR KILLED AND TEN INJURED.
-Four persons were killed and ten in
| jured. OF the injured none are danger
| ously hurt. The killed and injured were
Killed-Mr. and Mrs. Il. L. Miner Of
Media; Miss Maria Read, of Media, and
the Rev. James Walker, of Lenni.
lnjured-George W. II. Haines ofsMedia
Miss Geneyieye Sean of SMarthmorc; the
| Rev. Jacob Wiseman of Clifton Heights
Miss Rachel W. Hilborne of Swarthmore
Mrs. James Walker, wife Of the Mr.
Walker killed, Miss Kate Karcher Of
Morton; Mrs. w. II. Lendermuth of Nor
ton; ]. II. Huntry of Swarthmore; Mis-.
Lille NJ. Lewis, George Turner.
Nearly all the hurt were injured about
the head and face.
THE wREcKAGE BURNED.
The tracks were blocked and travel de
| layed over an hour. Meanwhile thu
wrecked cars were dragged to one side Of
| the track and set on fire, us the easies
means of getting rid of the wreckage,