The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-08-16
Twelve Killed Coming From Funeral.
lehigh And New England Train Crashes int
Omnibus Near Slatington- Others
Injured. Most OF Whom Cannot
Recover.

| Slatington and Walnutport were
stirred up to the highest pitch of ex-
citement and grief Sunday night by
one of the most horrible catastrophes
that ever occurred in that region. AS
a result several families were wiped
out of existence and many homes
were rendered desoate. Thus far
twelve are dead and nine persons are
lying in hospitals, most of whom can
not recover. Out of party of twenty
four only three escaped.
The dead are:
Samuel Mummy, aged 90 years, of
Walnutport.
Mrs. Samuel Mummy, aged So
years, Walnutport.
Eli S. Remaley, 10 years, Stating
ton.
Mrs. Eli S. Remaley, aged 65 years.
Mrs. James Kern, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Eli S. Remaley, aged 80
years.
Mrs. Elias Sourwine, a widow, s,
years, Slatington.
Mrs. William Kane, aged 81, Wal
nutport.
Miss Carrie Smith, az years, Wal
nu:port
Mrs. Tilgham Kuntz, aged s. years
Walnutport
| Mrs. James Minnich, aged 50, Wal
nutport.
The three-year-old son of Mrs.
James Kern, of Slatington, died to-
night at his home.
One unaccounted for.
The injured follow:
Mrs. William Resch, of Walnut
port, seriously hurt internally, will die.
Miss Alice Nagle, Walnutport,
slightly bruised, will recover.
Louis Kuntz, Slatington, danger
ously cut about head and hurt intern
ally.
Miss Carrie Nagle, Walnutport,
badly hurt internally, may die.
Harry Minnich, Satington, aged 10
years, may die.
George Minnich, brother of Harry,
badly cut about head, seriously injur-
ed internally, will not recover.
Byan Walp, Walnutport, badly hurt
internally, will die.
Miss Lizzie Jones, Slatington, hurt
internally and badly cut about head
and face, cannot live.
Miss Distler, Walnutport, hurt in
ternally, may recover.
An omnibus, driven by four horses
containing twenty.four persons, mostly
women, left Slatington shortly after
O'Clock Sunday to attend the funeral
services of Mrs. James Shafer, at Wal
nutport. The services were held in
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Walnut
port, and interment took place in the
Cherryville Cemetery, about three
miles distant. The burial services
were concluded at about 4.3o p. M,
and the party started on their return
journey.
The journey soon came to an end,
however, for many OF them. About
one mile from Cherryville the Lehigh
and New England Railroad crosses
the road at grade. There is also
very sharp curve at this point, and, it
is said, that it is impossible to hear
train approaching the crossing. At
any rate the 4:5o p. m. train from
Slatington, drawn by Engine IS,
bound for Portland, hove in sight just
as the vehicle was on the tracks. The
driver, it appears, was powerless TO
avoid what followed, for the next mo-
ment the mighty iron monster plough
ed through the centre of the bus, hurl-
ing death and desolation in all direc-
tions. So great was the momentum
that two of the bodies were picked up
sixteen hundred feet from the scene
of the catastrophe.
The train was stopped short dis
tance above the crossing, and when
the train hands returned to the scene
it was found that eleven of the occu-
pants of the vehicle had been instant
ly killed and ten of them so badly in
jured that their lives are despaired of.
Only three OF the party escaped in
jury.
A peculiar coincidence connected
with the accident is the fact that none
of the horses attached to the bus was
hurt. When the train struck the bus
the force of the collision broke the
traces and the shaft and the horses
ran down the road a shoit distance,
where they were caught by a farm
hand.
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