Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-23
DEATH IN A WRECK
FnghtfuI Collision on a Pewsy-
ysnia Road.
FOUR PERSONS ARE KILLED
Many Others Woands<i---P --Pron,incpI
knap Aid- In the Work or isescue.

PniLApkIrHIs. Feb. ~ The southern
express on the Pennsylvania road which
left Broad street station at 1920 This
morning collided with the Morton &C.
commodation train near South street
station West Philadelphia. Three cars
of the accommodation train were
wrecked a rnmor gained wide eircuia.
ton that the special train bearing Preri
dent Harrison from Washington to New
York was one of the trains in collision
This. however. was untrue. The pferi
dents special passed through here for
New York about on schedule time. The
Morton train was crossing switch To
pull into South street station. All the
cars but the last one had crossed
when the southern cypress came
rushing down the track and
struck the local passenger ear
that was upon the switch full in the
middle. The express WAS made up en-
tirely of heavy Pullmans and the light
passenger car was hurled nifty feet from
the track. broken and smashed by the
terrible force Of the blow. The express
train escaped injury. The crashed the
colliding trains and the SCREAMS and
shrieks of the unfortunate people pinned
down beneath the broken finibers ~ the
wrecked car attractedaan excited crowd
TO the scene.
The DsRA and Injured. :
-Four persons We killed aud ten in
jurcd. The husf shere hurried 20 the
University hospital. two blocks away.
and their injuries are being attended Ia.
The killed are: Mr. and Mrs. r.. l..
Miner, of Media: Miss Maria Read. 81
Media; the Rev. James Walker. II
Lenni.
Injured; George W. Haines. Of Media;
Miss Genevieve Zane. Of Swarthmore.
the Rev. Jacob Wiseman, 81 Clinton
Heights; Miss Rachael w. Heilborn. IL
Swarthmore; Mrs. James Walker. wife
IL the Mr. Walker killed: Miss Kate
karcher. Of Morton: Mrs. W. III. Linder-
muth. of Morton: j. II. Huntrey. IT
Swarthmore; Miss Lille VI. Lewis.
George Turner.
Nearly all the hurt we're injured about
the head and face.
Bclknap's Heroism.
A number Of prominent persons were
passengers on the express train. among
them Congressman Dingley and Bel
knap. ex Postmaster General Frank
Hatton. Senator Washburn. Mai. John
NJ Carson and L.. II. Painter. we'll
known Washington correspondents. All
rendered what aid they could ID the in
jured passengers. but no one was more
energetic than Congressman Charles f.
Belknap of Michigan He grasped the
awful situation at once and did splendid
service in rescuing the wounded and
caring for the dead.
Mrs. Mines head was severed
from her body and iefi on the
roadway. The very sight 81 II fright
ened people away. Congressman Bel
knap picked il up and placed il 10y the
body Several II those on the express
train who had left Washington for New
York with the object Of Witnessing the
unfurling III the American flag on the
steamship New York. We're SD overcome
by the distressing scenes and terrible
suffering of the injured that they ahan.
doned their trip 10 New York and re-.
turned to the capital this evening.
PHLsDELPHr.. Feb. 22-The respon-
sibility for the accident at South street
station this morning seems To rest on
Engineer Thomas Jones of the express.
Charles Biekus. the fowerman. says that
be had the danger signal up for
the express To- stop. but that IL was
ignored, and the crash followed. Jones
SAYS he did not see the danger signal
displayed until he was almost up to the
accommodation train. lie did everything
in his power Ia stop the train. but the
heavy cars slipped ON the icy tracks.