The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-03

PHILADELPHIA. Sept 2.-Thirteen
persons killed and thirty others
injured is the appalling record OF a rear
end collision between an excursion train
and milk train on the Bethlehem branch
OF the Philadelphia & Reading railway
this morning at Hatfield, Pa. twenty
seven miles north Of this city.
List Of the dead.
Miss Annie Sherry aged n years. South
Bethlehem.
Robert Miller. q, South Bethlehem.
Richard Bachman. 40, South Bethlehem.
Ira Ehret. 20. South Bethlehem.
William Ehret, brother OF Ira, South
Bethlehem
Joseph Mordaunt. %. South bethlehem.
Charles McFonigle, Allentown.
Thomas Day, Allentown.
Miss Mamie Kaein II, Telford.
Godfrey Kaelin. father Of Mamie.
William Blackburn. Amber,
Harold Lands. Hatfield.
- Askermann. Philadelphia.
These Were wounded.
John David. Philadelphia. engineer OF
excursion train, skull fractured. critical;
Albert J. Wagner. Philadelphia. fireman
excursion train. contusions OF chest and
legs. serious Wilson crosland. South
head 'iacerated. serious: Michael J. Tyge.
Allentown. legs crushed and burned, SER
ious: John Gordon. South Bethlehem. foot
crushed John McIiugh. South Bethlehem,
leg and thigh injured and hurt internally;
not serious. Abraham Transua. jr.. South
Bethlehem. deep scalp wounds, confusion
OF back and internally injured. serious;
Mrs. William Burkhardt. South Bethle-
hem. injured internally; Miss Gertrude
Burkhardt. South Bethlehem. both legs
broken: T., J. McMahoh. South bethlehem,
ankle broken; John Reichley, South Beth
lehem. internally injured Mrs George
Harrison. arm broken and confusion OF
body. Irwin Newhard, head badly cut; Ma
ry Newhard. South Bethlehem. crushed
ribs: Miss Carrie Bachman. daughter of
Richard Bachman, who was killed. chest
crushed. serious: Miss Brennan. South
Bethlehem, arm broken: l.. T. Hartxoo,
South Bethlehem. arm brokens Harry
SchIom. Soiith Bethlehem, leg confused.
Edward Reese. Allentown. confusion OF
shoulder and legs: Mrs. Shabcr. Allen
town. both legs broken; John Schantx. Al
lentown. toes crushed, William schsntz.
Allentown. thigh injured. Miss Schaefer.
Allentown, legs broken: Mary Koch. frac-
tured legs; Lewis kicht. Bethlehem. scalp
wound: Mrs. Alfred Schmoyer, Bethlehem,
badly iaoerated. Annie Miller. South Beth
lehem, hips crushed. william Wilimeyer,
south Bethlehem. badly laccrated: Mrs.
wilmeycr. legs crushed.
PIouxhed Through Two Coaches.
The wrecked train consisted of ten day
coaches, which were the first section OF
n 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
,ehem and Allentown. and left the union
depot In Bethlehem at SOS a. m. exactly
thirty minutes behind the milk trails.
The latter train consisted of two milk
cars and two passenger coaches and had
stoppei nt every station on the road from
ne,hIehem, en- route 10 Phiiadeiphia. AT
s.s4 the milk train drew up AZ the milk
plaiform al Hatfield. ana In less than TWO
minute. the special excursion train. run
rtru a, the rate Of thirty-svc miles an
hour. crashed into the rear OF the mix
train. The locomotive pioughed through
me two passenger coaches and crushed
them "a II tkey wee esq shells.
the mix train Immediately IN front WAS
sgso bssly wrecked -Four persons. cFef-
srey Kaeiin. his daughter Mamie. Harold
ranais and wnaam Blackburn on the
passenssr car of this milk train were AZ
,,rst instantly killed Fortunately, there
we're ves few persons on this treia-
rx~ur.foa Train Wrecked.
The excursion train was q picture o.
,as,escrlhable horror. The locomotive WIS
! mass ~ hxnt and broken iron, and
nrralv held the hsliies af its engineer
and nrenian heneath its great weight
pehina the sugine six ~ the ten cars
usro also a mass 81 wfeckAgs The hrsi
ear ~ax nroksa IN twain and the other
ave cars were thrown on their sides. cofn-
ptets,y demolished.
Stre persons were kitieG In the hrst
,us carr. ana the efhers in those coaches
vre~s lssaiy nnaisnea- As soon as the
rrssh came . terrible cry arose from
the smashed ears. and those wAo had
nnt hsen in3sred aaickiy cfavled Or
hgmred from the cars ard wenf 20 the
assistance of the injured Many were
rannea down by wrseSsg@ ard had 20 De
freed - the if5era1 use of axes. with
three or four exceptions, the dead we're
kasea Instantly. the others dying Qnsthelr
wav 10 the hospital
Al the injured were srst taken 10 a
shed al the Hatfield station, and the
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