El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
= SCENES OF HORROR
Attend the Advent Of Day.
light, And the Worst
May Be Yet to
Come.

READING, Pa, May 13.-Just befor'
ten O'Clock last night an awful collision
occurred at Exeter on the Philadelphia
and Reading road, between an excur
sion train returning from the Hart
ranft unveilipg at Harrisburg and the
cannon ball express bound from Read
iug to Philadelphia.
1t is not yet known exactly how
maDydeaths resulted from the accident
but already the list reaches twenty.
three and of the injured ten will die.
Who is to blame for the wreck has
not yet been ascertained. It is said
that when Exeter was reached the en-
gineer of the express saw that the
board was turned against him. He
backed to the station slowly to receive
an order to cross over and pass around
q coal train ahead.
Before another start could be made
the special excursion train crashed into
the rear car of the express, smashing it
to splinters and driving the Pullman
into the coach ahead. The Pullman
was nearly cut in half. It is thought
that every passenger in the rear coach
was instantly killed.
AS soon as the news of the wreck
was received in this city wrecking
trains with surgeons and nurses were
sent to the rescue. A number of Off
GERS also left for the scene.
When the relief train returned fully
1000 persons crowded around the sta
tion. The victims presented q pitiable
sight. Every seat contained an in
'jured man, some with hands bandsged,
some with legs and arms wrapped in
splints, others with blood trickling
from their wounds.
A number of women on the cannon
ball express, who escaped injury,
rendered great assistance in helping to
care for the wounded as they were |
brought from the wreck.
Daylight revealed in glaring lights |
the horror of last nights collision. A |
big pile of wreckage, splintered tim
hers, twisted iron and broken car |
wheels and axles tell of the terrible
impact of the trains. The whole is a
grim and horrible witness to the great
loss of life that occurred.
From the ruins have been taken %
bodies, some of them dead and some Of
them go badly injured that they have
died since. Beneath the wrecxage are
still more mangled forms. Men are
heroically to remove them,
for it is hoped almost without a thought
that the hope can come true, that life
NAV be left in some of them.
The list of the dead may reach 35.
PHILADELPHIA, May 13.-Whst re-
n aimed of the i'll fated special train
which was wrecked near Reading last
night came into the Reading terminal
his morning.
The trip from Exeter, the scene of ,
The wreck, to Norristown was one of
horror. The dying were made as COM
ortable as possible. All were more or
ess bloodsta1ned and their means and
,ries as the train rolled along were
,
When the train reached Norristown
me man was found dead and while i
hey were being removed two others I
Who had never regained consciousness
lied.
Engineer Orville and Fireman Eve
EFT were taken to Hahnemapn hOspi- {
al. The formers head was badly cut c
nd he was suffering severe bruises of L
he body and limbs. In speaking of
he accident Orville said: My sig
lsls were all right. We were clipping
long at about 35 or 40 miles an hour
nd had Just round ed the curve at
lxeter when saw just ahead of me
he express. t
81 reversed ard we had lost some a
peed when we struck the rear car and /
lowed right through it, striking the v
'ullman and sending that half way t
trough the car ahead"
SIT was all blur for a minute and
hen L found myself on the ground z
overed with timbers and iron. There c