Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-05-18
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
An Excursion Train Crashes into an
Express with Terrible Results.
TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS ARE KILLED.
The Injured Number Fifty Miners Buried
by a Coal Bank slide Grand stand Goes
Down Tornado in Mexico "A New
York Central Wreck.

DOWn-TOrnauO IN MEXICO a new
York Central Wreck.
Reading, Pa, May 3.-Shortly be-
fore ten O'Clock last night collision
Of passenger trains occurred on the
Philadelphia & Reading at Exeter sta
ton, six miles below Reading. The
express train, which should have left
here at $50 p. IN for Philadelphia, was
behind schedule time in leaving and
stopped at Exeter for orders. A spe-
cial train from Harrisburg bearing ex-
cursionists who had attended the Hart
ranft monument unwilling at the cap
ital left here 20 minutes later than the
express train and at Exeter, while pro-
ceeding at rapid speed, crashed into
the express. Several cars of the ex-
press train were wrecked.
The number of dead is fully rs and
the injured 50, The special train plowed
through three cars Of the forward train
completely wrecling them Eight dead
were brought here at one a, IN. A score
are under the debris. A train load OF
wounded was brought to the hospitals
here. Great excitement prevails
throughout the city. The railroad Off
cials offer no explanation of the acci-
dent. The coroner will institute in
vestgation at once. Returning passen-
gers at 1870 a. IN. said the scenes around
the wreck were of the most fearful de
scription.
United States Senator Penrose and
Gen. Il. B. Grubb We're passengers in
the Pullman car of the wrecked train,
The rear end of the car in which they
were riding was crushed. Senator
Penrose did not know how many OF
the passengers of the rear cars were
killed or injured, but said when the
train left the scene those needing at
tention were being cared for by physl
clans and residents of the neighbour
hood He said he learned that severa
were killed and many badly injured
but as to the number he could not say
A few Of those whose injuries were
slight went on the train to Phlla
delphia, but the train left soon aftel
the accident and the more seriously in
iured were left at the scene ant
brought to Reading. The passengers
could give no connected story OF tn
wreck. According to the account 0
| the passengers, the engine OF the sec
ond train plowed through the rear ca
of the first train then through tn
parlor car and half way through TIL
third car. The first car on the secon
train was also telescoped.
BURIED BY A COAL BANK SLIDE.
shamokin, Pa, May l3.-Four me
were instantly killed yesterday by
, Slide of portion Of large coal ban
, at Centralia. Several were badly II
iured. The four bodies recovered wei
so badly disfgured that ii was Difficult
to identify them, The accident occurre
while a large number of Hungarian
were screening coal in the Central
breaker. The big bank Of coal refus
lowered high above when it was see
to culver and collapse, completely bury
inc the worlsmen. A rescuing fore
Immediately started to work and SUE
ceeded in recovering the four bodie'
Two Hungarians were found wedge
in between piles of timber They wer
badly injured.
A GRAND STAND GOES DOWN,
Paris, Tex, May 3.-About Oh
o'clock last night the grand stand o
which were seated 1000 persons wi
Messing display of fireworks fell wit
, n crash. No one was killed, but a grea
number were injured, some probabl
fatally. The pyrotechnical display wa
the closing entertainment Of the fire
mems convention. The staging wa
: overcrowded and seemed to give way /
MI parts at once, and totally collapsed
il is miraculous that none was killet
TORNADO IN MEXICO.
Eagle Pass, Tex, May 13.-News n
ceived yesterday from the Hondo col
mines places the dead resulting frol
Thursday nights tornado at ~ an
over 100 wounded Many persons III
still missing and probably in the ruin
I A tremendous fall of hail accompanie
| the tornado. Many were injured /
t he hailstones. The mine works WEI
not much damaged and work will
e begun again in few days.
A NEW YORK CENTRAL WRECK.
Utica, N. Y, May 13.-The fast ma
! on the New York Central was in coll
sion here this morning. Seven passe'
ger cars filled with passengers cangl
fire. but the flames were quickly exit
guished As far as known but OF
y man, Barry Neal, of Buffalo, was !
= tally injured.