Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-09-03

Philadelphia, Sept. 3.-Thirteen per
sons killed aud over 80 others injured
IS the appalling record of rear-end
collision between an excursion train
branch of the Philadelphia and Read
ing railway at Hatfield, Pa, % miles
north of this city.
Tire Dead.
MINNIE SHERIDAN, q years, of
! South Bethlehem.
ROBT. MILLER. y. South Bethlehem.
RICHARD BAGHMAN, 10, South
! Bethlehem.
IRA EHRET, 20, brother of William,
South Bethlehem
WM. EHRET. brother of ira South
Bethlehem.
JOS. MoRDA1HNT, %. South Beth
| lehem
| CHAS. McFONIGLE. Allentown.
THOS. DAY. Allentown.
] MISS MAMIE kAELfN, ii. Telford
! GODFRAY GAEL1N. father of Mamie
WILLIAM BLACKBURN. 81. Amber
! HAROLD lands. Hatfield.
.----- ACKERMANN. Philadelphia.
| The Injured.
John David Philadelphia, the en-
/ gineer OF the excursion train skull
fractured: critical. Albert J. Wagner,
| Philadelphia. fireman, excursion train.
Commissions of chest and legs; serious
! Wilson GroSland South Bethlehem,
| baggagemaster of milk train. head lac
Grated. serious. Michael ]. Tighe. Al
] i
rious. John German. South Bethlehem,
! foot crushed John McHugh. South
! Bethlehem. leg and thigh injured and
! hurt internally: not serious. abraham
| Transue. Jr. South Bethlehem. deep
scalp wounds, confusion of back and
internally injured: serious Mrs Will
| lam Rufkhardt. South Bethlehem, in
| iured Internally Miss Gertrude Burk-
| hardt, South Bethlehem, both legs
broken T. J. Mcmahon South Beth
| lehem. ankle broken John Reichley.
! South Bethlehem. internally injured.
Mrs George Harrison. arm broken and
confusion of body irwin Newhardt.
head badly cut. Mary Newhard, South
! Bethlehem crushed ribs Miss Carrie
Bachman, daughter of Richard Bach
man, who was killed; chest crushed
| serious. Miss Brennan. South Beth
/ lehem, arm broken. l.. + Hartzog,
South Bethlehem. arm broken Harry
/ Schlott. South Bethlehem, leg con-
/ fused. Edward Reese. Allentown con-
| fusion Of shoulder and legs Mrs s.
! Haber. Allentown, both legs broken
! John SehantZ. Allentown. toes crushed.
William Sehantz, Allentown. thigh in
| iured. Miss Schaeffer, Allentown legs
| broken. Mary Koch. fractured legs.
| Lewis Knecht. Bethlehem. confusion
of legs. George Lands. Bethlehem,
scalp wounds. Mrs. Alfred Schoyer.
Bethlehem. badly lacerated. Annie
| Miller South Bethlehem, hips crush
ed. William Milmeyer. South Bethle-
| hem. badlY lacerated. Mrs Wilmeyer.
| legs crushed. Wellington H. RoSenber-
! ry. laHSdalc Jaw broken and internal
! " injured serious Michael Tighe.
! car inspector on excursion train Ger
| tie Buchman. South Bethlehem. aged
20, fractured skull probably fatally
| injured Walter Frickinger, South
| Bethlehem. lacerated finger dislocated
wrist and severe bruises Annie Ed
| wards, 10 wears. South Bethlehem, leg
| broken. Clinton j. Strauss. Allentown.
scalp wounds and internal injuries.
| Iennie Shafer. Allentown. u. leg hrok-
en- Il. 7. Keiser. Allentown, foot
crushed. 4, Slough. Allentown. 81.
both legs broken Carl Rentz. 20.
South Bethlehem, cut about head,
eyes badly injured. Edward Rodgers.
%, Easton scalp wound. Mrs Howard
| Ihlmann. South Bethlehem body
wounds and internal injuries Chas.
| Lafaw. West Bethlehem. bruised.
Mrs Chas. Lafaw bruised. John Con
| H. "a, South Bethlehem scalp wound.
| Miss Nav Davis. Is South Bethlehem.
internal injuries. Miss Annie McLarn,
%. South Bethlehem. shock and inter
! nal injuries. Miss Mabel Kluge. Beth
| lehem foot crushed. John Krause,
South bethlehem. bruised and cut.
Trims Too Close To ether.
The wrecked train consisted of ten
| day coaches. and was the first section
| of Il large excursion made up of peo-
| pie from South Bethlehem. Allentown
and surrounding towns to Atlantic
! City. This section carried only those
| persons WHO lived in Bethlehem and
! Allentown. and left the Union depot in
| Bethlehem at 6:O5 a. m. exactly 80
| 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 Ell route to Philadel-
| phia. Vt 6:43 the milk train drew up
at the milk platform at Hatfield and IN
| less than two minutes the special ex-
| cursion train, running at the rate of
80 miles an hour. crashed into the rear
| Of the milk train. The locomotive
| plowed through the two passenger
| coaches and crushed them as If they
We're egg shells. The milk car i'm
mediately in front was also badly
wrecked. -Four persons, Godfray kae-
! lin. his daughter Mamie, Harold Ian
| dis and VIVA. Blackburn, on the pas
senger car of the milk train were al
| most instantly killed. Fortunately
there were very few persons on this
train.
The excursion train was picture OF
indeScribable horror The locomotive