Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-01-14

lision was near West Dunellen station,
on the Lehigh Valley road, and about
80 miles from New York city. Follow
ing is partial list of the dead:
The Victims.
Martin Keenan,, hotel keeper, Mount
Carmel, Pa. w. II. Hinkel, contractor,
Mount Carmel Pa. Jacob Heller, tailor,
Mount Carmel Pa; II. e. Weikell. 25 years
old, Mount Carmel Pa; Frank Fischer,
shoe dealer. Mount Carmel, Pa; William
Fl. Leader, "a years old, dry goods dealer,
Mount Carmel Pa; Frank Markell 81 years
of age. shamokin. Pa; Theodore s. Kohn.
Shamokin, Pa. Abner s. Keifer carpet
dealer, Pottsville, Pa; William H. Mar
kel, Shamokin. Pa; James Jarvis. II years
old Mount Carmel, Pa; two women, who
are still to be identified.
Due to Another Wreck.
A head-on collision on double track
road was made possible only by a
freight wreck which occurred at Bound
Brook at six o'clock Monday morning,
when the axle of a freight car broke and
nine cars were piled on top of each
other. This completely blocked the
east bound track, and all through the
morning Lehigh Valley trains bound
for New York switched from their own
track to the west-bound track, going
over these rails from Bound Brook to
Newmarket, distance of six miles, and
changing at the latter place back to
their right side of the road. To permit
this mode of traffic all west-bound
trains were held at South Plaintield un-
til their own line was clear of trains GO
ing in the opposite direction. Train
No. 20, which left Shamokin, Pa, at
seven a. m, was so heavy with human
freight that it had to be broken into
three sections. The first two sections
arrived at Bound Brook, switched over
to the other track, switched back at
Newmarket and reached New York in
safety. The third section of this train
was almost an hour late. Its seven cars
were crowded with 400 eXcursionists,
most of them from Mount Carmel and
Shamollin, Mahanoy City, Hazleton,
Ashland and Pottsville, Pa. The party
was travelling under the auspices of the
business mems excursion, an annual
event which many patronize for three
days' visit to New York. Not few of
the excursionists were coming to wit
ness the McCoy-Sharkey fight. Their
train ONSA oh 1IOuhh 1OLOOh
and proceeded, like the preceding Sec
ton. on the west-bound track.
Meanwhile there had been waiting at
Newmarket a local train that plies reg
u!arly between New York and Bound
Brook. Its number on the sched ule
is II and it is due in Bound Brook at
11:50 a. m. Owing to the traffic all 60
ing on one track it was almost an hour
late. At last the train dispatcher at
South Plainfield gave it permission to
go. Just before reaching West Dunel-
len Engineer Rick slowed his train
down, because he stops for passengers
II there are any. Martin Brennan, the
signal man, threw up his arms and
waved them, as if to say there were no
passengers, so the local put on steam
and headed round the curve, going at
about 25 miles an hour. There were
cnly four passengers on the local.
In the cab of the excursion train was
James Prendergast, the engineer, with
his fireman, George Cheshire. They
saw the local as it started on the curve.
With shrieking whistle and brakes
grinding sparks from the wheels the
excursion train bore down to what
| seemed certain destruction. The pas
| sengers, alarmed at the cont t'nued
| whistle, opened the windows, mothers
| snatched their children in their arms,
| men started from their seats; but be-
| fore they had time to find out what was
the matter they were hurled headlong,
knocked senseless and many killed out
| ~; M The ttun oiDeS from w n ioh n
both crews had jumped, came together
with an awful crash. The excursion
train was probably going at about IL
| miles an hour. The local engine, as if
| t-ipped in it's faster fight, turned a
| complete somersault and came crash
ing down beside its now demolished OBJ.
struction. But its career was not ended
before it had jammed the tender of the
excursion train almost from one to the
other of the first car from Shamokin
The tender stopped few seats frou
the rear door. The car, or what was left
of it, rolled over, carrying with it the
imbedded tender, the fragments of &
dozen bodies and the imprisoned
| wounded, who had been carried will
the Jagged iron on its relentless course
through the coach
1t was in the first car of the eXcur
sion train that all the deaths and mos
OF the casualties occurred. The othel
carr, though their occupants were bad
ly shaken. stayed on the track and wer'
IT. condition to be hauled off The bag
gage car in the front of the local traiI
was rather badly smashed up.
Some Ons BIundered.
Engineer RicA, of the local. wa
found on the tracAs so badly injured
that little hope was entertained of BIZ
recovery. Despite the blood that fioweC
from his mouth, Rick gurgled out
"Some one gave wrong orders. know
how it happened, but can't speal
now" In this connection w, o. Sprigg
the superintendent of the Easton Il Am
boy division of the Lehigh valley, said
The accident is evidently due to