The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-05-20
DISASTER ON
The READING
Twenty-Eight Persons Killed and.
Scores Injured in a Wreck
at Exeter, Pa.
AN EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED
Crashes Into a Fast Express, Three
Coaches Being Demol-
ished.
AN EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED
PROMINENT MEN ON THE TRAIN
Senator Penrose and General Grubb
Among the Fortunate Ones Who
Escaped Injury--List of
the Victims.

Reading. Pa, May 15.-Daylight to-
day revealed last nights accident on
the Philadelphia and Reading railway
at Exeter, as one of the most disas-
trous in the history of the company.
The number of killed is at least TWEEN
ty-eight. Following are the known
dead:
FRANK d. SPANER, Norristown.
EN-POSTMASTER GEORGE w.
SCHALL, Norristown.
CAPTAIN S. II. TREET, Philadel-
phia.
MISS ANNIE M'CRAW, Ashland.
HARRY HUNCHBERGER, Gulf
Mills.
FRANK Sewers, Norristown.
GEORGE II. ANDERS, deputy coun-
ty treasurer, Norristown.
SAMUEL BATTI, C~onshockcn.
HIRAM S. KELLY.
THOMAS LEES. Bridgeport.
WILLIAM CRAMM, Norristown.
- HOLMES, a boy.
Two men, unidentified, badly man
gled.
- TAYLOR, residence unknown.
Man not identified, 40 years old.
c. II. HARTMAN (probably), resi-
dence, Philadelphia.
JOHN JOHNSON, Mt. Carmel.
LEWIS FISHER (probably), resi-
dence unknown.
WILLIAM STAPLER, Norristown.
DANIEL YODER Probubly), Potts
town.
Body of a man wearing a ring with
initials, "H. L. H."
WILLIAM NJ. KEEN (probably),
Norristown.
CAPTAIN GEORGE r. CoULsToN,
Norristown.
c. l.. LAVERTY. Harrisburg.
LUCIAN j. CUSTER, Pottstown.
The Injured.
The seriously injured:
George w. Holmes, Norristown, bro
ken leg, body badly lacerated, leg
amputated.
S. T. johnson, Philadelphia, deep
cut in scalp.
Edward Smith, Norristown.
Charles White, Norristown.
Nathan O'Neill, Norristown.
John johnson, Mont Claire.
Robert Briefly, Pottstown.
Patsy Kern, Norristown.
II. Walters, Swedeland.
Henry +. Leester, PhoeniXville.
Thaddeus S. Andle, Norristown.
Charles Maths, Conshocken.
Lucian Custer, Pottstown.
Harry Kautz, Norristown.
Harry Jacobs, Norristown.
Special Officer Kirkpatrick, Philadel-
phia.
T. H. Able, leg broken and face cut.
David Carney, Norristown, arm frac-
tured and jaw broken.
William Frieden, Norristown, leg
fractured, hurt i'll chest.
Benjamin Silvis, Reading, hurt in
chest and limbs and internally.
George w. Lewis, Norristown, hurt
in limbs.
A. j. Ashenfelder, Norristown, hurt
in chest.
George Holmes, Norristown, injured
in head.
Harry Stauffer, Norristown, injured
in chest, legs and face.
The fast express was held up at Ex-
eter by a coal train. While standing
there a special through train from
Harrisburg, laden with excursionists
from the Hartranft statue unwilling,
came along and dashed into the real
cars of the fast express, wrecking two
day coaches and a Pullman.
Three Cars Demolished.
Philadelphia, Pa, May 15.-Three
cars of the Inflated second section
which crashed into the first section of
the Cannon Ball" express train ut
Exeter last night, arrived here at AIS
o'clock this morning. The second train
was composed of six day coaches, but
three of them were badly wrecked in
the collision. When the three cars ears
which arrived here left the scene of
the wreck they carried q large num-
Der of injured and others who escaped
injury. Some of the injured We're
taken off at Pottstown and fifteen re-
moved to hospitals at Norristown.
While the train was standing at the
latter place two of the injured expired
before they could be removed. Their
names were not learned. When the
train arrived here there were on board
Harry Orrell, engineer of the second
train, and his fireman, w. l.. Everett,
both of whom were hurt. There were
also on the train half Il dozen unin-
jured passengers.
In an interview with q reporter of
the Associated Press Engineer Orrcll
said he could not account for the ac-
cident. He said:.
"We left Reading a little late. We
We're going at the rate of %thirty-five
or forty miles an hour and every
thing appeared to be all right. Just
before reaching Exeter there is a
curve. After we had rounded it and
had Strengthened out l was Mortified to
see loom up, a few hundred yards
ahead, the first section. l instantly
reversed the lever, but before | could
stop the engine we went into the rear
of the train ahead with Il terrible
crash. My engine plowed through the
day coach. which in turn crashed half
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