New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-03
LEHIGH VALLEY SUFFERS.
MANY DISASTROUS WRECKS ON THE ROAD.
ONE AT wHIrEHAyEN, PENN RESULTS 4" LIE
LOSS OF SEVERAL LIVES AND 0oN-
FLAGRATION THAT COSTS 5000

ONE AT WIilTEHANEN, lI'.>N'
LOSS OF SEVERAL LIVES AND CON
FLAGRATIoN THAT COSTS 5000 co'
wbitehaven. Penn, Dec. 2.-Early this morn
ing two freight trains came into co'S'on y" III ."e
I,ehigh Valley road in the heart of the town. FIRE
fouowsd burning the cars. and, 1t is thought NJ
least three men are burned to death Inc iiai'es
communicated Ruhnke Hotel anu one VI
the worst CONGREGATIONS which mas 'is''e" "
MANY wears took place. The trains were mai'heo
-, - ,,nior mon and no one knows them here.
If was about O'Clock this morning. hcaVs
train came down the mountain at soou 'p1
When the level reached just ABOVE 'ne '"'
., seems the engineer put full head OF steam
and the new trainmen failed To refaSc VI. '
,.h ,ho resul, that the train parted in three
nlaces Instead of repairing the breaN inc "
gineer with a portion OF his uali SUI ,~. ,,.u
inc the cars behind the main me. inv '
after running a short distance s'oppe" J"'' 80 Wv
middle OF the town -. ,ooL
.nort distance to flag approaching trains lie was
II is said not more than Sixty !a'"' i 80
train when Engine No III, drawing '
,raigbt cars dashed around the curve at speech
80 af,v miles an hour. To stop was nhPoHSi''''
- g., arotber moment the engine struck the sla-
.,r.ry train with tremendous force. turning 'he
hugo locomotive completely around. Inc momentum
a, the train drove the cars on top OF eacn o'nei'
which a moment later fell mass Oh oIohen VII"
49,. Those who witnessed the collision had barely
d, .,,od what had occurred when flames burst
: from the wreck y heavy wind was Dio"hs DIT ''e
time and not long before the en',e NO
= was enveloped In FIRE Townspeople hurrieo 10 '"e
..ora In hundreds. ard the widest exci'eiheh'
Tho ora had already communicated TO
~. pvhrko Hotel which stood near by The wreck
- a.serted for the time, and all energies urec'eu
40 s,ve the hotel guests This, II IS pehe'eu' was
accomplished. - hooIod and
The fury of the flames could not be checheu anu
y, w Ricker's store next burning herces'
fire.
,h,o owned BIZ Edward Cramer of Eastoh rol
n time il looked If the town was uooh'eu' O"'
a fortunate change in the wind gave 'he i"e''e''
an advantage and the flames were got uNuei 'o,'
tro, Attention was again turned to the "ie''''
Four cars of grain and flour were stiii puri''n ~,
,-rbe only man to be who rode on the III
fated train was the engineer. who ha' pia'e',
stuck to his post. How he escaped lion" "'' ~
Is mystery. ., o. No
,,rder control broke out again 1880 o'clock and
extended resulting in the burning of the buildings
! which comprised the entire block In auui'io" -
the structures destroyed, as named ABOVE ','e
following were consumed b. the second OUTBREAK
Smiths Hotel. briggs Hotel briggs drug store w.
w. Rooms dry-Sood5 store. Fischer JeweiI! S'o''
Foerchner's jewelry store and several dwelhnsS'
= At l o'clock this afternoon the north-pouio ""ON
had been sufficiently cleared to permit trains pas
ing The souh-bound track. however is sun
blocked with smoking wreckage. The engineer h'V-
man and one brakeman Of engine No. III are ac-
counted for. The engineer sustained broken arm,
and severe bodily COMMISSIONS The hremah anu
brakeman are injured internally. Three other me"
were among the crew. il is certain, but no" many
more no knows. OF these nothing can oe
learned. The caboose and four cars containing
grain are piles of burning ruins. When Inc IRE
started this morning, fumes of burning nesh per
meated the air, but the excitement attending the
rescue of hotel guests was so great ina.
the wreck was forgotten for a time. This ana
the fact that no one has seer the men lead 10 'he
belief that their bodies will be recovered IN the
fragments when the wreck shall have been h eea v
ley Company has sen; as many as ten ana twe, ely
suspicion that there more than three uniortu-
mates. AS the men now taking the strikers places
Knows them Few Of them have given their correct
snassf w Fl me Of he Thsh Valley
arr ON ns scene Of the Mrscs he
OF the strikers themselves in the emergency has
aid sfh in n MOVING pne cars Witch were LETT intact
The loss here to-day viii reach s2".Gn ..
wrecks on The LeGlgh yssy system esprsialy
the one today a, have Yen Fsa ,ne
agement to the men who are out The wrecks
sS NOT b Sn oS se to s
ment Of other trains thus PROMOTING the ends o,
OF affairs has strengthened the determination and
more confident than ever that the officials must
sooner or later surrender and secede to their de-
e subordna,es take just the opposite view Of the
naon to run are the ROAD soa the
OF the strikers although their efforts in that
day by the many wrecks blocking travel at various
points on the line For this General 1 Man
ing FOR the purpose OF again assuming personal
ward appearances the officials OF the company
are not in the least worried over the continuance
Chairman Z. r. Clark, Of the brotherhood lead
err to-day authorized the following statement;
Tor one dollars worth of damage That has occurred
A statement was issued here tonight by General
Manager voorhees, in which he charges The strik
wreck. The statement says:
ers pulling pins freight train that stopped in
front OF the station. The engineer made several
in two sir fresh pacd ana rhe s so
detention resulting from this that before the train
caused the collision Ever since the strike began
been active in all manner of malicious mischief
1T is idle for any party to say that this action
trains in that vicinity have not been caused by
strikers. for the reason hat in egery case where
have been made for assaults, etc. large proportion
Panys officers believe that the moderation that has
been shown in the utterances OF President Wilbur
have been by some OF the men regarded as cv-
S esee v OF sy VIII nd that they
se letter 10 carry G o1l ITS n as
ures will from this time forth be put into execu-
coal branches handling little Of anything TO-
day. There is big block Packerton, which
prevents any quantity of freight coal being
delivered to the coal branches. The coilieries
are only working few hours to-day
Wilkesbarre Penn. Dec. 1.-THE many wrecks on
the Lehgh Valley have tendency keep strlk-
ers firmly united. They convinced more
than ever that the company cannot operate the
Wyoming Division 6f it's road with any degree OF
success with its non-union force OF employees. The
wreck at Whtehaven to-day will alone cost the
company less than $35 90, and has delayed "A
passenger traffic. The situation the freight yards
here and at Coxton to-day Is unchanged. The
force of special officers Increased II O'Clock
to-day by the arrival of fifty men, but the com
pany cannot accomplish much In making up trains
In Its yards here when its main line is blocked