The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-22
COLLISION
IN THE FOG.
Pennsylvania Flyer Orushes Into
the Rear of Another Train.
TWO KILLED AND TEN INJURED.


ington Express Plunged Into the Last
Car, Smashing It to spllnters.
Railway, N. j., Dec. 22.--Two Of the
fastest express trains Of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad came into collision early
In the morning at ColOnia, just beyond
Railway. The early Washington ex-
press, No. 6, going at the rate OF 40
miles an hour, crushed into the rear
end of the Pittsburg flyer, No. TO- a
Chicago and New York through train
tearing the rear car into kindling wood
and killing two persons and badly In
juring ten others. A heavy fog pre-
vailed at the time and the Pittsburg
flyer was going slowly, while the engine
driver was endeavoring to read the
signals. The engine driver of the
Washington express supposed he had
a clear track.
The dead are: William o. DeWolfr,
of Parkersburg, w. Va, clerk in the
accountants office of the Ohio River
railroad; L. e. Knight, colored, porter
of the Pullman car Bartholdi.
Injured: Mrs. Julia Levy, Brooklyn,
bruised about the body; ]. e. Welsh,
Jersey City, conductor Of the Pullman
coach Bartholdi both legs broken; b.
f. Mead Brooklyn, left leg broken
Frank Irish, travelling passenger agent
of the Chicago and Northwestern rail .
road, collar bone broken; L. F. Keep
pey, Brooklyn, slightly injured; j. Van
dergriff, Philadelphia, engineer of the
Washington express, cut about the
head; S. Zane, Princeton, N. j., fire
man OF the Washington express, scalp
wounds; G.. T. Roberts, Newark, N. ].
slightly hurt; c. B. Ewing, Newton
Pa, mail clerk, cut about the arms
]. G. Geary, Harrisburg, mail clerk in
jured about the head.
The block system is not in use where
the accident occurred, but the railroad
employs an automatic signal system to
regulate the running OF trains. The
Chicago and New York express was
stopped, according to the engineer, by
signal The eastern express coming UP
from behind dashed into No. 10, send
ing a baggage car off the track and
crushing through into the Pullman
sleeper Bartholdi, which contained Is
passengers, the Pullman conductor and
colored porter. The engine of No.
did not come to a stop until half of
the sleeping car was reduced to kind
ling wood. The colored porter and the
passenger were caught right on top of
the boiler, their bodies twisted to-
gether with the debris and much man.
gled. The engine of No. was badly
damaged, and the tender was thrown
from the track Beyond the smash
ing Of Southern express car and car
platforms train No. 6 sustained no
other damage, and none of It's passen-
gers were seriously hurt. Previous to
the collision John Vanderveer, the en-
gneer of train No. G. and his fireman
jumped off. Both received scalp
wounds.
Train No. 10 was composed of mail
and express cars. The Bartholdl was
the only passenger car It carried. The
rear baggage car was empty and
proved but slight impedlment to the
engine No. 6, which forced its way
through. The passengers on the Bar.
tholdl were thrown forward amid
broken woodwork, escaping steam and
flying glass. The car toppled over on
It's side and lay slanting against the
pank. The unhurt passengers scrambled
through the windows. For two hours
TWO women and two men Law mined
down by debris, suffering from their
injuries. 1t was impossible to get
them out until after the arrival of the
relief train
A Philadelphia and Reading freight
train in the fog of yesterday ran into
the rear of a Jersey Central passenger
train at ROselle, n. ]. The freight was
going slow at the time. The locomotive
was badly damaged and the rear car
Of the Central passenger train was de-
molished. Ne one was injured,
r. H. Whitty, an engineer Of the
Fliladrlphia ana Reading railroad. was
fatally hurt While in the cab of his en-
gine at Westfeld, N. ]. The fog was
thick and Whitty had his head out
or the window on the side of the engine
endeavoring to see ahead of him. Hi.
head hit a signal post and his skull
was crushed In.
In the thick fog late last Tuesday
night a Pennsylvania train struck and
killed two men at the Pearl street
crossing In Elizabeth, n. j. one Of the
men had a card In his pocket from a
New York employment agency made
out In the name of John Nierbier. Boil
appeared to be va@rants.
Two '''l 4 In street Ca Collision.