The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-10

New York, Jan. 9.-By a head-oni
collision between two passenger trains
of the Lehigh Valley railroad at West
Dunellen, N J., at 12:45 p. m today.
thirteen persons were killed and over
twenty-five wounded. The dead are:
The dead are: Martin keenan,. hotel
keeper, Mount Carmel, Pa; William
Hinkel, contractor, Mount Carmel; Ja-
cob Heller, tailor Mount Carmel; H. E
Weikell, % years of age, Mount Car
mel; Frank Fischer, shoe dealer, Mount
Carmel; William H. Leader, "A years of
age, dry goods dealer, Mount Carmel;
Frank Marked, "a years Of age, Shamo-
kin, Pa; Theodore s. -kohn, ShamOkin:
Abner Kedfer, carpet dealer, Pottsville,
Pa; William II. Markell, Shamol1in;
James Jarvis, Z years of age, Mount
Carmel; two women who are still to be
identified.
Injured: Arthur Tregembo, LleweI-
lyn, Pa, both legs broken: Nicholas
Parecca- Shamokin, legs crushed;
Henry John Parecca, Shamokin, legs
crushed; Louis Parecca, Shamokin. legs
crushed; Mrs. Mary Parecca, Shame
kin, internal injuries, may die; D. S.
Schaefer, fireman, South Easton, Pa,
skull fractured, may die; Edward w
Rick, engineer, legs broken, body
crushed, expected to die; Joseph Ma
lesky. Shenandoah, Pa; Mary Jarville,
Mount Carmel; - Maiosta, Shenan-
dOah, Pa; George LanSki. Mount Car
mel; unidentified man with "J. j. on
his cuffs; James Prendergast, engineer,
EaStOn, Pa, likely to die; - Joseph,
full name and residence unknown; Or
lando S. Lane, Sunbury, Pa, bruised,
ankles sprained; Harry r. Foster,
plumber, Pottsville, both legs broken;
Mrs. Henry Lockhaven, Big Mine Run,
legs broken; Mrs. LOckhaven'S mother,
legs crushed; Mrs. Harry Johns, Sha-
mokin, seriously injured about the legs.
ST. Vincent hospital, New York; L. S
Water, lawyer, Mount Carmel, legs
broken; William Feelin, POttsville, leg
fractured; Mrs. Biltz, Ashland, Pa,
both legs broken.
West Dunnellen 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 in the I4ehigh Valley track
and steep cut, but the accident was
due in the first place to some terrible
mistake in train orders and in the sec
Ond place to another accident that Oc-
Cured at Bound Brook earlier in the
day.
The blood-stained wreck of tangled
and twisted iron and wood that was
still on the tracks tonight bore witness
railroad men that this was one of the
worst collisions in recent years.
n head-on collision on a. double track
was made possible only by a. freight
freight wreck which occurred at Bound
Brook at 6 o'clock this morning, when
the axle of a 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 westbound 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 per-
nit this mode of traffic all westbound
trains were held at South Plainsfeld
until their own line was clear of trains
going in the opposite direction.
FOUR HUNDRED PASSENGERS
Train No. 20, which left Shamokin.
Penna., at Z a. m. was so heavy with
human freight that it had to be broken
into three sections. The first two sec
tons arrived at Bound Brook. switch
ed over to the other track, switched
back at New Market and reached New
York in safety. The third section Of
this train was almost an hour late. It's
seven cars were crowded with 400 ex-
Carmel and ShamOkin. MahOney City,
Ashland, and POttSville Pa
The party was travelling under the
auspices of the Businessmen'S excur-
sion, an annual event which many
patroniZe for a three days visit to
New York. Not a few of the excur-
SiOniStS were coming to witness the
Mccoy -Sharkey fight. Their train
switched over at Bound Brook and pro-
ceeded like the preceding sections, on
the westbound track.
Meanwhile there had been waiting at
New Market a local train that plies be-
tween New York and Bound Brook. it
is due in Bound Brook at 11:59 am.
Owing to the traffic all going on one
track, it was almost an hour late At
last the train dispatcher at South
Flainfield gave it permission to go.
Just before reaching West Dunellen.
Engineer Rick slowed his train down.
because he stops for passengers If there
are any. Martin Brennan, the signal
man, threw I'D his arms and waved
them as if to say there were no pas
sengers, so the local put on steam and
headed round the curve, going at about
twenty-five miles an hour. There We're
only four passengers on the local.
In the cab of the excursion train was
James Pendergast, the engineer. with
his fireman, George Cheshire. They
saw the local as IL SldTleu OA Tue Sui NS-
With shrieking whistle and brakes
sparks from the wheels. the
excursion train bore down to what
seemed certain destruction
AN AWFUL CRASH.
The passengers. alarmed at the con-
Iinued whiStling, opened the windows.
mothers snatched their children in their
arms, men started from their seats. but
before they had time TO find out what
was the matter they were hurled head
ong, knocked senseless and many killed
outright The two engines, from which
both crews had jumped came together
with an awful crash The excursion
train was probably going at about fif-
teen miles an hour. The local engine
as if tripped in its faster flight. turned
4 complete somersault and came crash
ing down beside it's now demolished OBJ