Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-10
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New York. January 9.--By a head-on
collision between two passenger trains
on the Lchgh Valley railroad at West
punellen. n. j.. at 12:47 p. m. to-day
thirteen persons were killed and over
twenty-five were injured. The dead are:
Martin Keenan,. hotel keeper, Mount
Carmel. Pa.
w. II. Hinkel, contractor, Mount Car
MEL Pa.
Jacob Heller, taller. Mount Carmel.
Pa.
II. f. welken. % years old, Mount
Carmel. Pa.
Frank Fischer. shoe dealer. Mount
Carmel, Pa.
William II. Leader. "a years old. dry
goods dealer. Mount Carmel. Pa He Is j
n son OF c. C. Leader. president OF a
bank in Shamokin. He was only re-
Gently married.
Frank Markell. 81 years old. Shamo-
kin. Pa.
Theodore S. Kohn. shamoltin, Pa.
Abner s. Keller. carpet dealer. Potts.
vile, Pa.
William H. Markell. Shamokin. Pa.
James Jarvis. IL years old, Mount
Carmel, Pa.
Two women who are still to be identi-
fed.
Most of the wounded are from Penn
sylvania. Some OF them are badly hurt
and several may die.
SCENE or THE WRECK.
West Dunnellen is three miles from
Bound Brook and about thirty miles
from New York city. At the spot where
the disaster occurred there is L; sharp
curve in the Lehigh Valley tracks and
Il steep cutting, but the accident was
due in the first place to some terrible
mistake i'll train, orders. and in the Sec
ond place TO another accident that oc-
CURED At Bound Brook earlier III the
day. The scenes which accompanied
the collision, the sufferngs OF the In
jured and the panic that relgned among
the four hundred passengers were we'll
nigh ndescribable The blood stained
wreck OF tangled and twisted iron and
wood that was still on the railroad
tracks tonight bore witness to the
truth of the general verdict OF railroad
men that this was one of the worst
collisions in recent years.
MOVEMENT OF THE TRAINS.
y head-on collision on Il double
track road was made possible only by
Il freight wreck which occurred at
Bound Brook at o'clock this morn
ing, when the axle of Il freight car
broke and nine cars were piled on top
OF each other. This completely blocked
the westbound track, and all through
morning Lehigh Valley trains bound
for NDNV York switched from their
track to the westbound track, going
over these rails from Bound Brook to
New Market. Il distance OF six miles.
and changing at the latter place back
to their right side OF The road. To per-
NIT this mode of traffic all westbound
trains were held at South Piainfeld un-
til their own line was clear of trains
going in the opposite direction.
Train No. 90 which left Shamokin,
Pa, at { u M. was so heavy with hu-s <.
man freight that it had to be broken
into three sections. The first TWO SEE
lions arrived at Bound Brook, SWITCH
ed over 10 the other track, switched
back to New Market and reached New
York in safety. The third section OF
this train was almost an hour late.
It's seven cars were crowded with
four hundred eXcursionists, most Of
them from Mount Carmel and Shaino-
kin. Atahony City, Hazleton, Ashland
and PottsViile, Pennsylvania The party
was travelling under the auspices os
the Business Mems Excursion, an an
nual event which many patronize for a
three days trip to New York Not a
few OF the eNcursionists were cominp.
TO witness the McCoy-Sharkey fight.
Their train switched over at Bound
Brook and proceeded, like the proceed
ing sections. on the westbound track.
Meanwhile there had been waiting at
New Market local train that plies
regularly between New York and
~
ulc is Il, and it was due in Bornf,
Brook at l:59 a. m. Owing to the traf.
tlc all going on one track it was almost
an hour late. At las. the train dis
patcher at South Plainfield gave Ii per-
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