The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-10
twenty-five More Of the Passenger
More or Less Injured.
SCENES At THE WRECK APPALLING.
Bodies Of the Dead Extrlcsled from TIE
Debris BY Plecemesl.
A MISTAKE IN ORDERS WAS THE CAUSE.
A Dying Engsneer says Somebody
Gave Him wronR Orders--The
Wounded suRerinE.

ID . ~ y
New York. January BY a head on
collision between two passenger trains on
the Lchigh Valley railroad at West Dunel-
len. N. j., at 1a:47 p M, today thirteen
persons were Killed and over forty-avs
injured
THE DEAD.
| MARTIN KEENAN,, hotel keeper. Mt.
| Carmel.
w. II. HINKEL. contractor.
JACOB HELLER, tailor.
I II, II. WEIKELL.
FRANK FISCHER, shoe dealer.
WILLIAM LEADER, dry goods dealer.
all of Mount Carmel 3
| FRANK MARTEL,
THEODORE s. KoHN, shamokin.
| ABNER s. KEIFER, carpet dealer.
I Pottsville, Pa.
WILLIAM n, MARTE1.. shamokin.
4 JAMES H.. JARVIS, Mount Carmel.
Two women, who are still to be idcnti.
fed.
THE INJURED.
Arthur Tregbo Leweiyn. Pa, both legs
broken.
| Nicholas Parreca, shamokin. leg
crushed
Louis Parreca. Shnmekin. legs crushed.
Henry John Parreca, Shamokin, legs
crushed
Mrs. Mary rarrecn, shamokin, internal
INJURIES; may die. Id.
I O. S. Shnefer South Easton, Pa, skull
fractured; may die,
Edward w. Rick, engineer: legs broken,
body crushed expected To die.
Joseph Malesky, Shenondoan.
Mary Jarville, Mount Carmal.
Maiosta. Shenandoah.
George Launsky, Mount Carmel. Az
I ITnidentinad nnrl. with 81. II ~ on hl1
cuffs.
james Prendergast, engineer, Easton.
Pa; likely die.
n. Josephs, full name and address un-
3. staine, sunbury, Pa; bruised, ankle
Harry R. Foster Pottsvflle, Pa; both
legs broken.
Henry Lockhayen, Big Mine Run. legs
crushed.
Mrs. Iockhaven's mother, legs crushed
Mrs. Loudenschlager, not very seriously
Miss Annie Johns. Shamokin. severely
injured.
John prentixs. Marbiehead. Mass, se-
verely Injured,
Frank II. Mcintyre Mauch Chunk,
bruised.
l. s. Walters. Mt, Carmel. leg broken.
William FeelIn Pottsvile. Pa. legs frac-
tuied.
Mrs John Ballou, sunbury, shock, se-
vetely bruised.
John Ballou, husband of Mrs. Bailou.
Abraham Algier, Mt Carmel. slightly In
jurod.
Mrs. witt. Ashland, Pa. both legs bro-
ken.
Conductor Price OF the local. slightly
injured
Harry Riddle. conductor of the excur-
sion train, slightly injured.
Ralph l. Reed. baggagemaster local.
slightly injured.
p. o. Helm. sunbury, Pa, SCALP
wound. hands injured
Stanley Day. Newmarket, N. j.. bruised
about body and legs
I. william, Corrie. Newmarket, N. j.. sim
lar injuries.
West Dunellen Is three miles west from
Bound Brook. At the spot where the dis
aster occurred there Is sharp curve in the
Lehigh Valley tracks and steep cutting.
but the accident was due In the first piacs
10 some terrible mistake in train ordess
and in the second place to another accI-
lent that occurred at Bound Brook earlier.
rhe scenes which accompanied the COLI
sion. the sufferings OF the injured and the
JnIlC WuicH IelgHSu aulOuk Tue fuu poo-
,engers were well nigh indescrlhable. The
blood stained wreck OF tangled and twist
ID iron that was still on the tracks to-
light bore witness OF the HORRIBLE acci-
lent. &
There was n freight wreck which oe-
urred at Bound Brook ut o'clock this
morning. when the axle Of a freight car
,roke and nine cars were piled ON top Of
ach other. This completely blocked the
astbound track and all through the morn-
ny Lehigh Valley trains bound for Nav
fork switched from their own track y
he westbound track, going over theee
ails from Bound brook 70 Newmarket.
istuncc of six miles. and changed At he
after place hack to the right side Of The
cad. TO permit this mode Of tvaiAc III
trains were held q South
'laInneld until their own ltne Vas clesy
I trains. going b the 'oppo6lts hireptlop H H II
Train No. 70. which len ahsmekin' Z.