Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-10
Victims Of the Lshiyh Valley Coli
sion Of Yesterday.
TRYING 70 FIX RESPONSIBILITY
Operator Who Let Train Pass Has
Been Suspended.
M ANY BADLY INJURED


be ascertained today the total victims Of
the Lehigh Valley collision at West Dunel-
Ion. n. J.. yesterday number sixteen. Three
died during the night. They were two
identified men and a woman. One of the
men is thought to be Mr.. Josephs, from
Shamokin
At the Muhlenburg Hospital Piainfield ii
was said today that all the seventeen in
jured there had passed fairly good night.
Engineer Rick of the local is in a critical
condition, and the Parecca baby, from
Shamokin, may die With the exception of
these two it is scarcely likely that the
death list will be increased. Prendergast,
engineer of the Shamokin train. is doing
well. He frequently asks for some papers
which he had with him, and claims that
these will clear him of all responsibility.
The injured are so scattered that it is
hard to ascertain with certainty their con-
dition, or even loca ton. The bodies OF the
dead in several cases are SO disiigured that
Identification is hard matter. 1t IS pos
sibe that another of the unidentified dead
is r. Wekel of Shamokin. Pa. II. e. Wei
kel was in the death list last night, and 1t
is supposed that R. Weikel is his brother.
Admitting that R. Weikel and Josephs are
the two additions to the list sent out last
night, this leaves the bodies of three wo-
men to be identified.
County Makes Investigation.
Besides the investigation being made by
the officials of the railroad. the authorities
of Middlesex county. in which county the
accident occurred, are making an indie
pendent attempt to fix the responsibility.
Coroner Moke of New Brunswick has i'm
paneled a jury and the preliminaries OF
the inquest are in progress. 1t is reported
that Rutland, the Lehigh Valley operator
at South Plainfeld, who let the local pro
I1C.rl nd hnG hear dad
Following is a list of the killed and in
tured:
Altgeyer, Mount Carmel; George H.
Cope, Mount Carmel; Jacob Heller tailor.
Mount Carmel: W. B. Hinkle, Mount Car
mel died at Muhlenberg Hospital, Plain
field: James Jarvis Mount Carmel; Martin
Keenan,. Mount Carmel: Abner S. keiser,
Pottsville, Pa; Theodore d. kohan Cor
Steckler), a salesman; W. G. Leader Mount
Carmel: Warren H. Markell, printer, of
s5hamokin. Pa: Frank Rybecki Mount Car
mel; Richard Weikel, Mount Carmel; un-
known woman. about ferty-five years old,
medium build, slightly gray hair wedding
ring and opal ring on third finger of right
hand.
Unknown woman about thirty years old,
brown hair and rough hands, of rather
stocky build blue skirt and white petit
coat. gray stockings. In pocket was
found an envelope announcing the dues OF
Wrelik treasurer No. 236 Center street,
Shenandoah, Pa. Unknown woman, me-
dunn build, about thirty years old: gray
dress, trimmed with two rows of black
braid. black stockings Unknown man
about twenty-five years old; tan. slender,
with sandy hair and mustache and blue
eyes; brown suit and handkerchief marked
with the letter H"
Nicholas Borreo, Shamokin, Pa: leg
crushed. Mrs. Mary Borreo, wife of the
above; internal injuries; may die. Henry,
John, Albert and Louis Borreo. children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Borreo: suffering from crushed
legs Commissions and shock. William Che
shire, fireman, Bound Brook; body crushed.
many bones broken; may die. Arthur Pre-
dento. Llewellyn, Pa: legs crushed and
broken; badly injured. o. E. Schaeffer,
and internal injuries; will probably die.
+. W. Rick, engine driver. Bound Brook:
legs broken. body crushed: little chance of
recovery. Joseph Mallisky, Shenandoah,
Pa
Martin Keenan,, Locust Gap: Mrs. Will
lam Jarvis. Mount Carmel. Pa. leg broken,
internal injuries and shock; Miss Margaret
Jarvis, Mount Carmel, Pa, daughter of
above, both legs broken. internal injuries;
George Lansky, Mount Carmel, injuries I'M
known: Domenico Maieconsta, Shenandoah
Pa: unknown man, wearing ring made of
horseshoe nail with the initials y. j.
Joseph Pendergast, engine driver, Easton,
Pa, badly crushed about body, may die:
James Joseph unconscious and fractured
skull: Michael PoIlesko. Shenandoah, Pa.
Mr.. Ballou, Sunbury. Pa, shock, severe
bruises: Mrs. Ballou. similar injuries; E. H.
Cope, Mount Carmel. Pa, Commissions and
shock: William Freley: Mount Carmel, bad
ly bruised and leg broken: Mrs. Ii. Lock
hoven, Ashland, Pa, legs broken; Lock
hoven, infant child of above, contusions;
A. Allgive. Mount Carmel, Pa; l. S. Wat
ties. Mount Carmel, Pa: William Marliel,
Shenandoah, Pa: Arthur Trendade, Shen-
andoah, Pa; Mrs Biltz, Ashland, Pa, both
legs broken; H. R. Foster, Pottsville Pa,
both legs broken: James Price, conductor of
the local train. slightly injured; Ralph l..
Reed, baggage master of the local train,
slightly injured; T. o. Helm, Sunbury, Pa,
scalp wounds. hands injured Stanley Day,
Newmarket, N. J., bruised about body and
legs: William Corriel, Newmarket, N J.,
slightly injured: Mrs. Mary Loudenstager,
Sunbury, Pa, ankle sprained and leg cut;
o. B. Slime. Sunbury, Pa; Henry Riddle,
conductor of excursion train, slightly in
jured.
Among the injured who were able to be
sent to their homes last night We're L. r.
Walters. lawyer Bethlehem, Pa, both legs
fractured; H. r. Foster, forty-nine years
old, a plumber and contractor, PottsviEe
Pa, one leg broken, the other crushed:
Mrs. Augusta BiltZ, Ashland, Pa, slightly
injured her daughter, twenty-four years
old and baby