Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-01-11
Seven Of the Injured Are Serious
ly Hurt aud Five Ii Is Be-
lieyed Will Be Fatal.
ONE TRAIN GIVEN
WRONG ORDERS.
II Was Allowed 10 Proceed While
There Was Another Train on
the same Track between
stations.


collision between two passenger trains
on the Lea.gh Valley railway At West /
Dunellcn, y j., yesterday afternoon l3 d.
persons were killed and over IS were in. /
iurcd.
West Dunollon is three miles from
Bound Brook and about 20 miles from
Sew York city AZ che spot where tho
/ disaster occurred there is a sharp carve
IN the Lehirh Valley tracks and a steep
cutting. tui tho accident was due in the
[ dr.t place o. "a terrible mistake in train
orders, and IN the second psca 20 an-
] other accident that occlrred at Bound
Brook cartier
/ Iha scenes wHirH accompanied the
collision. the suherinrs of the injured
and the panic that reigned among the
800 passengers, were well nigh indescrib-
able. Tho b.ooi.taiuod wreck of tan
I gled and twisted iron and wool that
was sull on the railroad tracks last
night bore witnes. 20 tine truth of the
general verdict of railroad men that this
was one of the worst collisions in recent
year.
4 hrad.on collision on double traCs
road was made only by freight wrocs
/ which occurred az Bound Brook, when
the axle o. a freight car brosa aud nine
| car. were piled on top of each other.
/ This completely blocked tine east bound
/ track. and a.l Lahigh Valley trains
bound Tor New York switched from
their own track 90 the west bound track,
going over thess rails from Bound
Brook 90 Newmarket. distance ui 20
miles. and changing at ths latter place
back Co che ueht sie of the road. TO
permit tni. moio of traffic all west
bound trains were hs.d at South Plain.
field until their own line was clear OF
trains going in the opposite direction.
Train No 20 was 30 h.ayy with hu'
man freight that it had 90 De- broken
into three sections Tho drst two sec.
, tions arrived az Bound Broos, switched
over 90 the other track, switched back al
Newmarket and reached New York IN
safety. The third section oi this train
was almost an hour late. L. seven cars
were crowded with 400 excursiouists,
most Of them from Mount Carmel and
snamokiu. Mahanoy City, Hazolton
Ashland aud Pottsville, Pa. The party
was travelling under the auspices of th,
Business Mems excursion, an annua
event, which many patronze Tor thro,
| days visit 20 New York Not few o
the excursionists were coming 60 wltnes
the McCoy-Srarkey fight Their tran
switched over AZ Bound Brook and pro
: ccoocd, like the preceding sections oi
the westbound track.
Meanwhile thorc hai bc5n waiting "a
Newmarket local train that pile, reg
unr.y between New York and Boan,
Brook. Owing 20 the traffic all goinl
ON one track. it was almost an hou
late At last the train dispatcher q
South Piaindcld gave it permission O
20. just before reaching West Dan
ellen. Engineer Rick slowed his tmi
down. because he Stops for passenger
II there are any. Martin Brunham, th
signal man, threw up his arms an
waved them, as II 90 say there were n
passengers, so the local put on stoa'
and headed round the curve, going d
about % miles an hour. There wer
only four passengers on the local
In the cab of the eycursiou train wa
James Prodegast, the engineer, with hi
fireman, George Cheshire They sa'
the local as &c started on the curv
With shrioking whistle ANA hrak'
grinding sparks from the wheels the e.
cursion train boro down TO what SCENE
, certain destruction Tho passcngel
alarmed at tho continued whistliu
opened the windows, mothers snatcht
their chiiden In their arms, men startg
from their seats, but before they ha
umo to ani ont what was the matt