The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-02-23
Two Collisions on. Pennsylvania Rail.
roads and Broken Rail In
Indiana.
Eleven Persons Killed and Many 9th
ers Seriously Injured, Some OF
Them Fatally.
A Report That the Presidents Train
Was I'm One of the Collisions
Proves Untrue.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23.--The South
ern express on the Pennsylvania rail-
road which left Broad street station at
1920 a. m, collided with the Morton,
Pa, accommodation train near South
street station. West Philadelphia.
Three cars OF the accommodation train
were wrecked. 4
A rumor gained wide circulation that
the special train bearing President Har-
rison from Washington to New York
was one of the trains in the collision.
This, however, was untrue. The presi-
dents special train passed through here
for New York about on schedule time.
The train was crossing 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 middle. The express was
made up entirely of heavy Pullmans
and the light passenger car was hurled
90 feet from the track, broken and
smashed by the terrible force of the
blow.
Express Train Escaped Injury.
The express train escaped injury and
the engineer immediately stopped his
train. The crash of the colliding trains
and the screams and shrieks of the nm
fortunate people pinned down beneath
the broken timbers of the wrecked car
speedily attracted an excited crowd to
the scene. The Twenty first district
police station is but few feet from the
place where the accident occurred. and
squad of officers was soon ON the scene.
The workof extricating the injured pas
sengers was soon accomplished. Five
persons were killed and dozen injured.
The hurt were hurried to the Univer-
sity hospital two blocks away and their
injuries attended to. The names of the
killed. and injured have not vet been
obtained.
Delayed the Presidents Train.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23.--It has since
been learned that it was the north
bound Southern express from Washing
ton for New York that crashed into the
Morton accommodation from the CEN
tral division OF the Philadelphia, VIII
mington and Baltimore road. The
president was ON q special train follow.
ing the express. His train was delayed
about half an hour and then proceeded
to New York. The accident happened
at 1895 The tracks of the Central di-
vision and the main line cross this point,
the former trains running into the
Thirty-second and Chestnut street sta
tion and the latter running into
Broad street station The accom-
mediation had the right of way,
the express being blocked, but owing to
the slippery condition Of the tracks the
engineer of the express was unable to
control his train, and the locomotive,
No. 1915, crashed into the third car Of
the accommodation. The engineer oi
the express was unhurt, as was also the
fireman. No one ON the express was in.
jured and the engine was damaged sc
slightly that it proceeded to New York
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
persons were killed and ten injured.
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