The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23
a. TERRIBLE DISASTER.

NNNANANANNSAN SA5EAN AAANN
a Pennsylvania Express COlIides with an
AocommOdatiOn-FiVe Killed and Fif-
teen Wounded.
PHILADEIPHIA, Pa, Feb. 22,-The
Southern Express on the Pennsylvania
railroad, which left Broad street station
at 1920 this morning, coIlided with the
Morton, Pa, accommodation train near
South street station, West Philadelphia.
Three cars OF the accommodation train
were wrecked and five persons killed,
fifteen others were injured. A rumor
gained wide circulation that the special
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 cross-
ing switch to pull into South street
station, All tho cars but the last one
had crossed when the Southern Express
came rushing down the track and
struck the local passenger car that was
on the switch full in the middle.
The express was made up entirely Of
heavy Pullmans and tho light pns-
senger car was hurled so feet from the
track broken and smashed by the ter
able force OF the blow, The express
train escaped injury and the engineer
Immediately stopped his train, The
crash OF the colliding trains and the
screams and shrleks Of the unfortunate
people pinned beneath the timbers Of
tho wrecked car speedily attracted an
excited crowd TO the scene. The
Twenty.frst district police station is
but few squares from the place where
the accident occurred and squad OF
officers were soon on the scene and the
work OF extricating the wounded pas
sengers was soon accomplished. The
hurt were hurried to the University
hospital two blocks away and their in-
juries are being attended to.
Rev. James Walker, ono OF the vic
tins Of the disaster was the rector OF
Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church at
Rockdale, Delaware county, near Lenni
station, where he had been located for
dozen years past. He was ffty.flve
years OF age. Mrs. Walker was thrown
from her seat by the collision and
dashed against the rails OF the seat on
the opposite side OF the car and received
severe scalp wound aud internal in
juries, Edward l.. Mintzer, jr., who was
killed, was about forty-fve years OF age,
and was tho trust officer OF the real
estate Investment company OF this city.
Mrs. Mintzer who was sitting by his
side in the car, was also killed, both
being decapitnted. Miss Maria r.
Reeves, of Medis, the fourth victim, was
taken out OF the wreck alive but she
died on the way to the hospital.
The passengers on the express train
rendered what aid they could to the in-
jured passengers, but no one was more
energetic than Congressman Charles l..
Belknap, OF Michigan. He did splendid
service in rescuing tho wounded and
caring for the dead.
1t has since been learned that it was
the north-bound southern express from
Washington for New York that crashed
into the Mortou accommodation from
the central division OF tho Philadelphia,
Wilmington q Baltimore road. No one
on tho express was injured and the on
gine wns damaged 10 slightly that it
proceeded to New York with the train
half an hour afterward. The killed and
injured we're confined to tho third car
of the accommodation and it was COM
pletely wrecked. Four persons were
killed and ten injured. OF the injured
none are dangerously hurt. The killed
and injured were:
Killed; Mrs. L. l. LINER, OF Media;
Miss Maria Read, OF Media, and the
Rev. James Walker, OF Lenni.
Injured: George W. Hines, OF Media;
Miss Genevieve Zane, OF Swarthmore:
Rev. Jacob Wiseman, OF Clifton Heights;
Miss Rachael II. Hillborn, OF swarth-
more; Mrs. James Walker; Miss Kate
KHrcher, OF Morgan; Mrs. W. II. Tinder-
smith, OF Morton; J. II. Hantley, OF
Swarthmore; Miss Tillie Lewis, George
Turner.
Nearly all the hurt were injured
about the head and face.