Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-12
One was Loaded With Excursion
lists, of Whom Many Were
Killed or Injured---Vic-
Tins Ianglcd.

& RA3NN tlSSftElt, sIloe uealef, MI.
WIN. II. LEADER. % years old. dry
goods dealer, Mt. Carmel. Pa.
FRANK Markell, 81 years old. Sham
THEO. s. ISoflN, silam8lSin Pa.
ABNER s. KElFER, carpet dealer,
WI MM. HI II. Markell & shamokin. Pa.
JAMES JARVIS, l2 Years old, Mt. Car
mel. Pa.
titled
The injured are:
Arthur 'rrcgme5o, Lewels,n, Pa
Marcus l'arecca, Shamokin Pa
Henry John Pafecca. Shamokin, Pa.
Louis Parecea, Shamoliin. Pa.
Mrs Mary Parecca, Shamokin Pa may
die.
%. S. schacfer. fireman. South Easton
Pa: may die.
die.
5J9{ s,I M luis shsnandoa b, I'm.
- Maiostst, Shenandoah. Pa.
zoe Lousky, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
Unidentified man, with y. j. on his
cuffs.
!, James Prendergast, engineer, Easton
- Josephs; full name and residence
unknown.
Orlando S. y me, Sudbury. Pa.
o. Harry X. oster, plumber, louisville,
Mrs. Henry Loukhavon. Big Mine Run.
Mrs. Lockhaven'S mother.
Mrs Loudenslager
Miss Annie Johns. Shamokin Pa
John Prentice. Marblehcad Mass.
frank q 2. Mcintyre Mauch Chunk, Pa
Y. 5. Walter. lawyer, Mt. Carmel Pa
William Feetin, louisville. Pa.
John Ballou.
M Mps R,i,z A stl,.n Nj G. GARNER, Pa.
Gonductor Price, of the local.
.11affy Bluule, conductor OF excursion
Ralph j.. Reed baggagemaster
z. Q; Helm Snnhury. Pa.
S1tEas,mIley pay, New Market, N. j.
west Dunellen is three miles from
Bound Brook and about thirty miles
from New York city. At the spot
where the disaster occurred there is a
sharp curve i'm the Lehigh Valley
tracks and steep cutting. but the ac-
cldcnt was due in the first place to
some terrible mistake i'm train orders,
and i'm the second place to another ac-
cldent that occurred at Bound Brook
earlier in the day. The scenes which
accompanied the collision, the suffer
ings of the injured and The panic that
reigned among the 100 passengers
were we'll nigh indcscfibable. The
blood stained wreck OF tangled and
twisted iron and wood that was still
on the railroad tracks last night bore
witness to the truth OF the general
verdict of railroad men that this was
one of the worst collisions i'm recent
years.
A heatlon collision on double track
road was made possible only by a
freight wreck which occurred at
Bound Brook at q o'clock Yesterday
morning when the axle of !: freight
car broke and nine cars were piled ON
top of each other. This completely
blocked the eastbound track. and all
through the morning Lehigh Valley
trains bound for New York switched
from their own track TO the west
bound track, going over these rails
from Bound Brook to New Market. a
distance of six miles, and changing at
the latter place back to their right
side of the road. TO permit this mode
of traffic all westbound trains were
held at South IPlainficd until their
own line was clear of trains going in
the opposite direction.
Crowded With Excursionists.
Train No. 20, which left Shamol<in,
"a, at a. M, was so heavy with hui
man freight that it had to be broken
into three sections. The first two sec
tons arrived at Bound Brook, switched
over TO the other track, switched
back at New Market, and reached
New York in safety. The third sec
ton of this train was almost an hour
late. Its seven cars were crowded
with 400 eXcursionists, most of them
from Mt. Carmel and Shamokin MAJ
hanoy City, Hazleton. Ashland and
Pottsville. Pa. Their train switched
over at Bound Brook and proceeded,
like the preceding sections, on the
westbonnd track
Meanwhile there had been waiting
at New Market a local train that plies
regularly between New York and
Bound Brook. Owing 10 the traffic all
going on one track this train became
almost an hour late. AT last the dis.
patcher at South Plainfield gave it
permission to go. just before reach
ing West Duncllen Engineer Ricl,
slowed his train down, and Martin
Brennan, the signal man, threw up his
arms and waved them, and the local
headed round the curve, going at about
were only four passengers ON the local
James Prendergast, the engineer OF
the excursion train, and his fireman..
George Chespire, saw the locdl as II
started on the curve. With shricking
Whistle and brakes grinding sparks
kom the wheels the excursion train
Wore down to what seemed certain de.
stpnction, causing a panic among the
passengers. The two engines, from
which both crews had jumped. came
together with an awful crash. The ex-
cursion train was probably going at
about fifteen miles an hour. The local
engine turned a complete somersault
and the tender of the engine of the ex.
cursion train was forced almost com.
pletely through the forward coach OF
that train. The car rolled over. carry
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