Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-05-13
PRIGHIFUL DISASTER.
Trains Collide on Philadelphia
& Reading Railroad.
Tw.nty-Eight Passengers Killed
and Forty More Badly Injured.
Death OF Ex-Governor Flower Causes q
slump In the Stock Market.
ADMIRAL DEWEY WANTS TO REST.

Reading, Pa. May 13--A terrible rear
end collision OF passenger trains oc
Cured last night on the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad, at Exeter, a small
station. six miles below Reading, re
sulting In the loss Of at least twenty.
eight lives and probably forty Others
badly injured. The Cannon Gall ex.
press for Philadelphia wss about halt
AN hour late. The number OF Harris.
burg passengers being too great TO be
accommodated. II was decided 10 send an
extra to Philadelphia TO run as the
second section OF the express. The
heavy travel was due 10 the Hsrtranft
monument unveiling yesterday, ri
Harrisburg. The second section left here
about twenty minutes after the express
train. AT Exeter the hrst train stopped
for orders, and while standing still was
crashed into by the second section with
terrible force. The locomotive plowed
clear through tina two rear cars, reducing
them to splinters. and then mounted the
end OF the third car from the rear. The
iisst car Of the second train was also
wrecked. Many occupants we're crushed
10 death instantly and hers mangled In
u horrible mf nner.
Desd-Ffank ID. Shsner. Norristown;
es-Postmaster George ". Schall, Nor.
TistOwn; Captain 3. T. Stirk, Phila-
dslphia; Miss Annie Mc6raw, Ash
land; Harry Hunchland, Gulf Mills
Frank Sewers, Norrist0wn; George II
Anders, deputy county treasurer. Norris
town; Samuel Batty. CoBshohocken; Hi
ram Shelly, Thomas Lees, Bridgeport; I;
William Cram, NorristOwn; Holmes, 13
years old; Taylo resi lence unknown
man supposed TO be- c. n. Harlan, Phila.
delphia; John Johnson. Mount Carmel
supposed te he Lewis Fisher, residence
unknown; William Staiher. NOrristown;
supposed 10 be Daniel Yoder, Pottstown
supposed To be Wm. NJ Keen, Norris.
town; Capt. George H. Colston, Norris.
town: e. l.. Layerty, Harrisburg; four
unidentified.
Injured-George ". Holmes, Norris
town; n. 7. johnson, Philadelphia; Ed.
ward Smith. NoIristOwn; Charles White,
Norris'own; Nathan 0'Nsil, NOrristOwn;
John Johnson. Montclaire; Robert Brown,
POttst0wn; Patsey Kern, NOrristOwn; p.
Walters, Swedelsnd; henry II. Leyster
Phoenixvillp; l.. b. VaDderslice, Phoenix.
Vile; Thaddeus s. Bndle, NOrrist0wn
Chss. Maths, Conshoh0cken; Lucien Gus
ter. P0ttst0wB; Harry kautz, Norris.
town; Harry Jacobs, NorristOwD; Special
ofilcer Kirkpatrick, Philadelphia; David
Carney, NorristOwD; william Erieden
No. ris.SwD, BeDj. Snvie, Reading; Geo.
". Lewis, NorristowD; j. II. Ashenfelder
NOrristown; George Holmes. NOrristown
Harry Stsuffer. NorristOwn.
PROMINENT CITIZENS.
N0rristown, Pa, May l3.-Thirteen
we'll known citizens Of this place were
killed in the wreck on the Reading road
last night, and over thirty seriously in
jlred. John Slingluff, one OF the killed,
WAS the chief OF the volunteer fire de-
partment, president OF the Montgomery
National bank, police inspector and a
director OF the Reading railway. The
others we're prominent In business
circles and city merchants.
MORE DEATHS.
Charles II. White and Captain Echoltz
died this morning shortly after being
admitted TO the hospital.
UNITED STATES APPRAISERS KILLED.
Philadelphia, May l3.-Three killed In
the Reading wreck were employed In the
United States appraisers department In
this city. They we're: Captain George
Z. NJ EchOlz, Captain G. I. Street and
Elmer +. Schelly.
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
Philadelphia, May l3.-General Su.
ing railway, gave out q statement this
afternoon. in which no places the mum.
ber OF killed In the wreck near Exeter,
Pa, last night at twenty. five; injured,
tfty.
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