Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-02-23
PASSENGER TRAIN COLLISION.

A Car Of a Local Erain Run Down
by the Pennsylvania,s Southern Ex-
press In West Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. % The southern
express on the Pennsylvania road which
left Broad street station at 1920 O'Clock
this morning came in collision with the
MOI ton, Pa, accommodation train near the
South street station, West Philadelphia.
Three cars of the accommodation train
were wrecked and five persons were killed.
Twelve others were injured. The injured
have been removed to the Presbyterian
hospital.
A rumor gained circulation that the spe-
cial train bearing President Harrison from
Washington to New York was one of the
trains in collision. This, however, was
untrue The presidents special passed
through here for New York about on
| schedule time.
The accommodation train was crossing q
switch to pull into the 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 pas
| senger car that was upon the switch full
in the middle The express was made nj
entirely Of heavy Pullman cars, and the
light passenger car was hurled fifty feet
from the track, broken and smashed by thu
terrible force of the blow. The express
train I' escaped injury T., and the engineer I'm
The crash Of tho colliding trains and The
screams and sh1ieks of the unfortuoat'
people pinned down benesth the broker
timbers of the wrecked cars speedily at
tracted an excited crowd to the scene Th
Twenty first district police station is but
few squares from the place where the &C
cident occurred, and squad of officer
was soon on the scene, and the work o
extricating the injured passengers wa
soon accomplished. Five persons wer
taken out dead aud dozen injured. Tn
latter were hurried to the University hos
pital two blocks away, and their injurie
! are being attended to.
The killed are: Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Miner of Media; Miss Maria Reed {
, Media aud the Rev. James Walker of Lei
l nj. Injured: George W. Haines of Medii
r Miss Genevive Zane Of Swarthmore, Re,
1 Jacob Wiseman of Clifton Heights, Mif
Q Rachel W. Hillborn of Swarthmore, Mr.
: James Walker. wife of the Mr.. Wslk,
who was killed, Miss Kate Archer of Mo
ton, Mrs. Lindermuth of Morton, J.
i | dunLl6y OF 0WartuWOT6, miss Lllll0 =
Lewis, George Turner, Francis McAleef {
Clifton Heights, Harry Ssrvsn, soho
Q boy; 81. W Purchase of Lsnsdowne, Ma
v G.. Armour of Morton, A. R. Armour
Media.
7 None of the above are seriously hurt.
half dozen others, whose names cannot
learned, had their injuries dressed at Il
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Minzer had their hea
severed from their bodies. Among t
q passengers were congressman Dingel
y and Belknsp, ex-Postmaster General Fra
Hatton, Senator Washburne, Major Jol
70 NJ. Carson and U. b. Painter. q well know
70 correspondent All rendered what Q
\. they could to the injured.
Several of those on the express trai
10 who had left Washington for New Yo
r with the object of witnessing the unfu
ing of the American flag on the steam
a. New York, were 80 overcome by the d
. tressing scenes that they abandoned tn
trip to New York.