The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-01-10

COLLISION.



blunder in orders"
Block system Not in Use.
On this section of the Lehigh Valley
the block system is not in use. The
train dispatcher at Easton, who has
charge of the territory, is said to have
wired the operator at South Plainfield
to let No. n the local, come through.
but later there was a message from
Easton to bold all westbound traffic
II is alleged that the latter message
was overlooked. Some say it was not
handed to the operator, but whichever
way IL was the westbound train was
allowed on its track, and from every
thing that could be learned the col
lision was plainly due to a mistake in
orders and to no negligence of the
train crews. Signalman Brennan. at
West Dunellen, who threw up his arms
as the local passed, has no wire and
nothing to do with the dispatching of
trains.
The loss of life inflicted would prob
ably have been nothing like what il
was had it not been for the fact that
at Mauch Chunk the baggage car OF
the excursion train was found to have
hot box and was taken off, thus leav-
ing the crowded day coach next to
the engine. If this coach had retained
the position it held when the train left
Shamokin probably only few lives
would have been lost.
DR.. Brakely, of Dunellen. was one of
the first on the scene. He said: I'VE
got into the overturned car and groped
among the debris for the dead Teeth.
arms, brains, splintered wood and
twisted iron were mixed up in an in
describable mess. The wounded mos
OF them suffering from broken legs.
were all iammed together at the rear
end. The dead we got out piecemeal
Among the ruins we found a baby
about 4 months old, in long clothes.
We thought it was dead and laid IL
on the bank beside the half dozen other
mangled bodies we had extricated
Just as I was leaving I noticed signs
of life. The baby was alive, and "a
careful examination showed it had sus-
tanned only a bruise of the head. We
put it in the cars for Plainfield"
A Baby's Marvellous Escape.
This baby belonged to Mrs. Mary
PaTreca, of Mount Carmel, who was ac f..
companied on the train by her hus~
band, two young sons and the infant in
question. Mrs. PaTTeca said:
81 was nursing the baby, when the
whistle began to blow. My husband
pfa 10 hn (
was thrown to the back of the car and
lost consciousness. My baby was gone.
l almost went frantic when / awoke,
but at last / found my child peacefully
sleeping in the other train, and ap-
parently none the worse for the eX-
perience."
L. S. Walter, lawyer of Mount Car
mel, was pinned in the debris of the
front car for two hours. Despite the
fact that he was seriously, if not ia
tally, injured Mr.. Walter directed the
attention of the rescuers to other suf-
ferers and from his point of vantage
superintended their efforts. When
finally taken out Mr.. Walter was car
ried to a nearby vacant house, where
he was cared for The vicinity of the
railroad crossing where the trains
crashed is somewhat deserted. The oc-
cupants of the few houses nearby did
everything in their power to assist the
wounded, the women tearing up sheets
as bandages for the wounded and cas-
ing in countless ways their sufferings.
The Killed and Injured.
Nha Na1
keeper, Mount Carmel, Pa; w. H.
Hinkle, contractor, Mount Carmel; ia
cob Heller tailor, Mount Carmel; H
E. Weikell, % years old, Mount Car
mel; Frank Fischer, shoe dealer, Mount
Carmel; William H. Leader, "a year.
old, dry goods dealer, Mount Carmel;
only recently married; Frank Markell
81 years old, Shamokin, Pa; Theodore
S. Kohn, Shamokin; Abner S. Keifer
carpet dealer, Pottsville, Pa; William
H Markell, Shamokin; James Jarvis
II years old, Mount Carmel; two wo-
men, who are still to be Unidentified
The injured are: Arthur Tregembo
Llewellyn, Pa, both legs broken;
Nicholas Parecca, Shamokin, legs
crushed; Henry John Parecca, Shamo-
kin, legs crushed; Louis Parecca, Sha-
mokin, legs crushed: Mrs Mary Parec-
ca, Shamokin, Internal injuries, may
die; o. E. Schaeffer, fireman, South
Easton, Pa, skull fractured, may die;
Edward w Rick, engineer, legs broken
and body crushed, expected to die;
Joseph Malesky, Shenandoah; Mary
Jarville. Mount Carmel; - Maieosta
Shenandoah; George Launesky, Mount
Carmel; unidentified man with y. j.
on his cuffs; James PTendergast, en-
gineer, Easton, Pa, likely to die; -
Josephs, full name and residence not
known; Orlando Staine, SunbuFy
bruised and ankle sprained; Harry K
Foster, plumber, Pottsville, both leg
broken, sent home; Mrs. Henry Lock.
haven, Big Mine Run, legs crushed
sent home; Mrs. Lockhaven's mother
legs crushed. sent home; Mrs. Louden
slayer, not very seriously; Miss Annie
Johns, Shamokin, seriously injuret
about the legs; John Prentice, Marble
head, Mass, not seriously, proceeded
home; Frank e. Mcintyre. Mauch
Chunk, cut and bruised, went to hote
in New York; l.. S. Walter, lawyer
Mount Carmel, legs brohen, left In g
house in Dunellen; William Feely
Pottsville, leg fractured, taken to g
hotel in New York; Mrs. John Ballou
o