Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
AWFUL WRECK
Many Persons Killed and Many Injured
in Pennsylvania.
WAS A REAR END COLLISION
People We're Returning From the Un-
yelling Of a Statue.
THE DANGER SIGNAL NOT SHOWN
Second Section Crashed Into the First One--
Many Of the Injured Cannot Recover
"details are Narrowing.
The DANGER SIGNAL NOT SHOWN

Charles White NOrriStOWn.
Nathan ONeill, Norristown.
Luther Custer, serious, POttstown.
John Johnson, serious, Mont Clair.
Patrick Kerr, Norristown.
Pascal Walters, Swedeland.
Harry d. Lester serious, PhoeniXville.
L. B. Vanderslice, Phoenixville.
Thaddeus Ardle, Norristown.
William Friederboro, Norristown.
Charles Maddis, Coshocken.
John Earl, Coshocken, fireman on
special, hurt by jumping.
Harry Kautz, Norristown.
Special Railroad Officer Kirkpatrick,
Philadelphia.
Miss Annie Laddeling, Ashland.
Captain Harry Jacobs, Norristown.
A. J. Ashelfenter, Philadelphia.
George w. Kucker, Philadelphia.
Francis T. Steinbeck, Camden.
G. A. Beaver, Philadelphia.
B. Barney, Philadelphia.
David Carney, Norristown.
Harry Orrell, Philadelphia, engineer on
the second train.
W. l.. Everett, Philadelphia, fireman
Of the second train.
The signal man should have displayed
the red and green danger signal for the
special, but tits said that he failed to do
this, whether on account of the signal
failing to work or not is not known.
While the express was standing on the
track the crowded special came thunder
ing along. On account of the curve the
engineer of the special could not see the
train standing on the track ahead of him
until too late. The special tore into the
express with a crash and shrieks of
agony soon filled the air.
The railroad at the scene of the acci-
dent was near a hollow and an embank-
ment where the tracks are about so feet
high. Several passengers We're hurled to
the bottom of the embankment, but the
cars all remained on the roadbed. The
dead and wounded We're streWn in heaps
in the debris of the two cars. Little dam
age, however, was done to the rest of the
train.
Most Of the injured We're brought to
Reading, but many We're sent to Norris
town and Pottstown, and some were
taken to Philadelphia. General E. Burd
Grubb of New Jersey, ex-United States
minister to Greece, and United States
Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania
We're among the passengers on the Pull
man car on the first train. Both were
badly shaken up, but neither sustained
any injury. Senator Penrose, when
questioned by reporter regarding the
accident, said:
81 was on the ordinary train, but es-
capped with no injuries except a severe
shaking up. The train is what is known
as the cannon BALI express, and the sec
ond section of it crashed into the ordi-
nary train. The regular train passed the
| signal tower all right, but orders We're
given for it to back toward Exeter, and
this was done. We had only gotten back
a very short distance when the second
section crashed into the rear portion of
our train. 1t is said the second section
started within two minutes after our
train started. l do not know how many
were killed, but think there must have
been at least 20 killed and 80 injured.
There were about $50 in our train and
the second section was also crowded
There We're a number of soldiers on the
train, and am glad there were, as they
rendered valuable assistance in getting
the dead and injured out of the cars.
When the crash came l thought we would
have been all killed. 1t was a terrific
crash People We're thrown in all direc-
, tions land those who We're not injured
, by broken wood We're more or less injured
by being bumped against the sides of the
cars. The scene was most distressing
one, and I shall never forget it,"
Henry Schiveley of Jenkintown, a pas
senger on the regular train. said:
II was in a smoking car of the regular
train. Our train ran past the signal
tower, an order was given for it to stop
and another order was given for ii to
reverse and go back. This was immcdi-
ately done, and we had only gone back a
short distance when the second section
crashed into us. There was a terrific
crash. 1t sounded lige a big thunder bolt
or an earthquake. People were thrown
, in all directions and several of the cars
were smashed like match wood. After
the sounds of-ehe crash. the screams and
cries Of men and women could be heard
on every hand. l saw number of bodies
of the killed and wounded. do not know
the number, but there must have been
about 20 killed outright. Many others
were unconscious. There must have been
about 20 injured. The parlor car on our
train Mas smashed. but not badly. Its