The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-01-13
HEAD ON COLLISION.
Two Passenger Trains Meet
on the Lehigh Valley.
THIRTEEN KILLED AND MANY HURT
Lhe accident Occurred Near Bound
BroOk-Due to Some Mistake In
Train Orders-Panic Among the
Four Hundred I1Esengers.

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-By a head on
collision between two passenger trains
Of the Lehgh Valley railroad at West
Dunellen. N j., yesterday afternoon 1S
persons were killed and over rs were
injured.
The dead are:
Martin keenan,. hotel keeper. Mount
Carmel. Pa.
w. H. Hinkle contractor, Mount Car
mel. Pa.
Jacob Heller. tailor. 40 years old,
Mount Carmel, Pa.
H. e. Wekell, 25 years old, Mount
Carmel, Pa.
Frank Fis her, 2S years old, shoe deal
or of Mount Carmel Pa.
William II. Leader "a years old, dry
goods dealer, Mount Carmel, Pa. He is
q son of G. C. Leader, president of a
bank in Shamokin. He was only recent
" married
Frank Markell 54 years old, Shamo-
kin, Pa
Theodore steckla Kohn, shamokin,
Pa.
Abner S. Keifer, carpet dealer, Potts
VILE Pa.
William II. Markell Shamokin, Pa.
Carmel, Pa.
Two women who are still to be iden-
tilted.
Following is the list of injured: Ar
thur Tregambo, Llewellyn Pa. both legs
broken, Plainfield hospital; Nicholas
Parecca, Shamokin. Pa, legs crushed,
Plainfield hospital; Henry John Parec-
ca, Shamokin. Pa, legs crushed, Plain
r. n Shnmnlxin
Pa, legs crushed. Plainfeld hospital;
Mrs. Mary Parecca. shamolsin, Pa, in
ternal injuries. may die, Plainfield hos
pita1; o. e. Schaeffer, fireman, South
Easton. Pa. skull fractured, may die.
Plainfied hospital; Edward w. Rick.
engineer, legs broken body crushed, ex-
pected to die. Plainfeld hospital; Jo-
seph Malesky. Shenandoah, Pa; Mary
Jarville, Mount Carmel Pa. Plainfieid
hospital: MaiaOsta Shenandoah,
Pa. Plainfeld hospital; George Laune-
sky. Mount Carmel Pa. Plainfield hos
pital; unidentified man with -. J." on
his cuffs, Plainfield hospital: James
Prendergast. engineer, Easton, Pa. like
ly to die. Pa'ndeld hospital; Jo-
sephs. full name and residence un-
known, Plainfeld hospitals OrlaRd=
Stane, Sunbury Pa. bruised ankle
badly sprained st. Francis hospitsi
Jersey city; Harry r. Foster, plumber.
Pottsville. Pa. both legs broken. sent
home; Mrs. Henry Lochaven, Big Mile
Run. legs crushed sent home; Mrs.
Gochaven's mother. legs crushed, sent
nome Mrs. Loudenslager. not very Sc
rfously; Miss Annie Johns, Shamokin
Pa, seriously in 'ured about the legs, st.
i3Vincent's hospital, New York: John
Prentice, Marblehead Mass not seri-
ously, proceeded home: Frank T.. McTn-
tyre, Mauch Chunk. Pa. cut and bruis-
ed went to a hotel in New York: L. 5.
Waoter, lawyer. Mount Carmel Pa.
legs broken. left in house at Dunellen:
William Feely Pottsvlle, Pa. leg frac-
tnred. taken to a hotel in New York:
Mrs John Ballou Sunbury. Pa. shock.
severe bruises: John Ballou husband of
Mrs Ballou. similar injuries: Abraham
Algier. Mount Carmel Pa. slightly in
Jured. taken to a hotel in New York;
Mrs 1Sitz. Ashland Pa. both legs bro
Ken, sent home: II. r. Foster Pottsville.
Pa, both legs broken: Conductor Price
Of the local. slightly injured: Harry Rid
dle conductor of excursion train, slight
" injured: Ralph L. Reed, baggage
Master of local, slightly injured: P. O.
Hein, Sunbury, Pa, scalp wound, hands
injured; Stanley Day Newmarket. N.
J., bruised about body and legs; VIII
lam Corrie. Newmarket, N. j.. similar
injuries.
West Dunellen is three miles from
sound Brook and about 80 miles from
New York city. At the spot where the
disaster occurred there is a sharp curve
IN The Lehigh Valley tracks and a steep
cutting, but the accident was due in the
ffst place to some terrible mistake in
train orders, and in the second place to
another accident that occurred at Bound
Brook earlier in the day. The scenes
winch accompanied the collision, the
sunerings of the injured and the panic
tnat reigned among the 400 passengers
were well nigh indescribable. The blood
stained wreck of tangled and twisted
IRON and wood that was still on the
Railroad tracks last night bore witness
to the truth Of the general verdict Of
railroad men that this was one Of the
wonst collisions in recent years.
head on collision on double track
road was only made possible BY a
wreck which occurred at Bound Brook
at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, when
the axle OF freight car broke. and
nine cars We're piled on top Of each 9th
er' This completely blocked the east
pound track, and all through the morn
ln4 Lehigh Valley trains bound for
New York switched from their own
tIaek to the west bound track, going
ovef these rails from Bound Brook to
NeWmarket, distance Of six miles
ana changing at the latter place back
- 'nelr .h' rlsns s'ae Of the road. To per-