The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-03
Excursion Train Crashed Into
Milk Train at Hatfield, Pa.
SEVERAL WOMEN AMONG THE DEAD
There Are Conflicting Stories AS to the
Responsibility For the Accident
The Coroner Will Conduct
Rigorous Investigation

Philadelphia, September 2.-Thirteen per-
sens killed and over thirty others injured
is the appalling record of a rear-end COL
lison between an excursion train and
milk train on the Bethlehem branch OF
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad this
morning at Hatfield. The killed:
MISS ANNIE SHERRY, aged q, of
South Bethlehem.
ROBERT MILLER, aged q, of South
Bethlehem.
IRA ECHET. aged 20, of South Bethle-
hem
WILLIAM ECHET, his brother, of South
Bethlehem
JOSEPH MoRDAUNT, aged %, of South
Bethlehem.
CHARLES McGONIGEL, of Allentown.
THOMAS DAY, of Allentown.
MISS MAMIE KAELIN, aged IA, of Tel
ferd.
GOELFRO KAELIN, her father.
WILLIAM BLACKBURN, of Amber.
HAROLD lands, of Hatfield
- ACKERMANN, of Philadelphia.
The injured:
John David, of Philadelphia, engineer of
the excursion train; skull fractured, criti-
cal.
Albert j. Wagner, of Philadelphia, fire.
man excursion train; contusions of legs
and chest, serious.
Wilson Grassland, of South Bethlehem,
baggagemaster of milk train; head lacer-
ated, serious.
Michael ]. Tighe, of Allentown; legs
crushed and burned, serious.
John German, of South Bethlehem; foot
crushed.
John McHugh, of South Bethlehem; leg
and thigh injured and hurt internally, not
serious.
Abraham Transue, Jr, South Bethlehem,
deep scalp wounds, confusion of back and
internally; serious.
Mrs. William Burkhardt, South Bethle-
hem injured internally.
Miss Gertrude Burkhardt, South Bethle-
hem both legs broken.
P. j. Mcmahon, South Bethlehem, ankle
broken.
John Reichley, South Bethlehem, inter-
nally injured.
Mrs. George Harrison, arm broken and
confusion of body.
Irven Newhard, head badly cut.
Mary Newhard, South Bethlehem, crush
ed ribs.
Miss Carrie Bachman, daughter of Rich
ard Bachman, who was killed, chest
crushed; serious.
Miss Brennan, South Bethlehem, arm
broken.
L. T. Hartzog, South Bethlehem, leg con-
fused.
Harry Schlott, South Bethlehem, arm
broken.
Edward Reese, Allentown. confusion of
shoulder and legs.
Mrs. s. H. Aber, Allentown both legs
broken.
John Schantz, Allentown, toes crushed
William Schant Allentown, thigh injured.
Miss Schaeffer, Allentown, legs broken.
Mary Koch, fractured.
Lewis Knecht, South Bethlehem, badly
iacerated.
Annie Miller, South Bethlehem, hips badly
crushed.
William wilmeyer, South Bethlehem, bad
ly lacerated
Mrs. Wilmeyer, legs crushed.
Train of Ten Coaches
The wrecked train consisted of ten day
coaches and was the first section of the
large excursion made up of people from
Bethlehem, Allentown and surrounding
towns to Atlantic City This section car
ried only those persons who lived In Beth
lehem and Allentown and left the union
depot in Bethlehem at sos a. m, thirty-five
minutes behind the milk train. The latter
train consisted of two milk cars and two
passenger coaches and had stopped at
every station on the road from Bethlehem
en- route to Philadelphia.
At 6:54 the milk train drew up at the
milk platform at Hatfield, and in less than
two minutes the special excursion train,
running at the rate of 35 miles an hour,
crashed into the rear of the milk train.
The locomotive ploughed through the two
Messenger coaches and crushed them as
~ thew were egg shells. The milk car i'm
mediately in front was also badly wreck
ed. Four persons, Golefro Kaelin, his
daushte, Mamie, Harold Lands and Will
lam Blackburn, on the passenger car of
the milk train, were almost instantly kill
ed Fortunately there were very few per-
sons on this train.
The excursion train was picture of In
describable horror. The locotive was a
mass of bent and broken iron and firmly
held the bodies of its engineer and fireman
beneath it's great weight. Behind the en-
sine, six of the ten cars were also mass
of wreckage. The first car was broken in