The true northerner., 1900-08-17
FRIGHTFUL
ACCIDENTS
TE,RRrD1E RESULT OF A GRADE
CROSSING ACCIDENT.
ELEVEN KILLED AND sEv11FKAn
DASGEROSsLY INJURED.
TERRXBLN REscLr or ooILTswz
IN FREsCH FI.EIJT.

SlantfnxtOn, Pa, Au&- R-E,leven
persons were instantly k11hs1 and
eleven others srverai Of whom wfn
die, were seriously injured SuDdxy
night IN grade crossing aI,cident,
three niles eas, OF this city. by a pass
seneer train on the Lsshigh Il New Ensl
land Railway, crashing into an o<nnir
tfus containing twenty-five pcrsouz-
All the dead and injured were in the
omnibus. and but three escaped untn-
tured
The dead arce El1 Reunley. ased 70
Of Slantnston, Mrs Eli Remaley, IRIS
wife. aged ea; Mrs. Jas. Kern, their
daughter. aged ~; Sanruel Mummy.
aged TO. OF Wafnntport: Mra Samuel
Mummy. mis- wife, aged re-; Mrs. Eft1s
Sourwin, widow, aged 53, OF Shan
tfngton; Mrs. Wm Kane, aged 81. Of
Walnutport; Miss Carrie SMITH aged
p, of Walnutport; Mrs. Tighman
Kuntz. aged 81 OF Walnntport; Mra
James Minnt>h- aged x1, Of Walnut
port; one yet unaccOmted for.
THE injured are: Miss Dttlcr, Of
WaimtpoSt; VIII die Three year-oid
son ~ Mrs Kern; will die Harry Mfn
nit4h- e"ed 10. OF Sklntington; viii DIE
Mrs. Wm Resch. hurt internally; may
dire Louis KuntA seriously; may die.
Miss Carrie Maggie Of Wainutport, IN
ternal INJURIES; may die Geo. Min
mich; probably dSe. Bryan Walp. Wal
nutport; may die Miss Lizzie Jones.
Walnutport; viii die. Miss Alice Ma
gle: Will recover. One unidentified;
may di.
The accident orsurred afptt s
O'Clock. TIE omnftsss. driven by man
named Peters, was returning 10 Sian
tinGton from n funeral. the occupants
had been attending nj Cherry~vtIle
The coach belonged ~ Henry Rfttncr,
Of Slanttngton. and tte dead and IN
jured were nearly all relatives Of So
Tihia S-hoeffer. at whGse Otlsequies
they had been present The train was
n special and oO1Esisted Of an engine
and one car.
At the point at which tfrc cp.liShrn
occurred there IL a sharp curve in the
road and the omnibus came along at
gOol rate Of speed the occupants nm
corS'iOus N an impending danger. As
the tus swung around tae curve the
engine and CIT cane in sight II WIS
too late TO stop either the omnibus or
the train, and as the driver OF the
former whipped up the four horses To
croSs the Gasck ahead Of The train the
latter crashed into tts middle Tsle o.
tn oil
bruised and bleedinZ
The eheven dead were killed outright
Physicians and a special train were
sent for and the injured We're taken to
South Bethle3sem-
No wat-hman is employed IN warn
teams or pedestrians of any aIproach-
ing trains and those living i'm the vicin-
ity state that Il is impossible To hear
an approaching train
A peculiar feature Of the accident
was nrat the horses drawing the bus
escaped unhurt
Paris ANg. f3-During the mancu-
vers Of the French feet Off Cape So.
Vincent Saturday night n collision oc-
Cured between the first-claSS hattie
ship BrenupS, dying the flag Of Vice
Admiral FODrnier, commander of the
fleet. and the torpedo bnat destroyer
France. The Framee sank immediate
~.
The ac.i,hnt was due To the fact
that the France turned TO the right
when ordered To the left
Details thus far received are very
nea&er; bot only small portion Of
the crew, consisting Of four officers
and fffty-eight men, We're saved. II Is
believed that no fewer than fifty were
lost and great anxiety ts felt here.
The France which was " S13 toms
Displacement was recent addition IN
the French navy.