The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
SWIFT TRAINS
COME TOGETHER
Lehigh Valley Accident in Out
skirts of Rochester.
CAR THROWN INTO CANAL
INJURED NARROWLY ESCAPE
DEATH BY DROWNING.

n OCHESTER. N Y, July 20-Two
Il Lehigh Valley trains. running at a
high rate of speed. eollided nead-on
in the outskirts OF the city this evening
An engine and one passenger coach IN one
of the trains was thrown from the track
down an enbankment and into the Enc
canal feeder and WIS completely wrecked
The other engine was demolished, but re-
manned on the track. One person. ire
man. was killed. and twenty others were
more or less seriously hurt, TWO perhops
fatally.
Peter w. Putnam. aged S. of Rochester.
fireman west-bound train.
injured.
Emma J. Bailey. Rochester; injured in
ternallys recovery doubtful.
Mrs. ]. g. Longfellow, Rochester; badly
injured Internally, severe Commissions; will
J. e. Longfellow. Rochester; badly
wrenehed shoulders, hands and arms cut;
will recover.
Gladys Vogen. years old. Rochester;
scalp wound.
Robert Mathews, Lima, n. Y; shoulder
badly bruised.
Byron G. Vary Lima; wrist badly cut.
Fred McVittie, Rochester; face cut bad
ly and seriously bruised
Charles Hoffman,, Rochester, furrier;
artery of wrist cut, and bruised; serious
ternal injuries: serious
Charles n. Barnard, Rochester; bad
cuts; serious.
der badly injured. internal injuries feared.
Sidney G.. Tyler, husband of Mrs. Tyler;
severely bruised; not DANGEROUS
Mrs. HOnderf, Rochester; hurt about
head and shoulder; not serious.
Mr.. Zorn, Rochester; cut on face; not
serious.
Mrs zorn, Rochester; both legs hurt al
lrY,ae
Mr.. Mercer, New York City; badly
bruised.
Mrs. Mercer. New York City; cuts and
Charles Daniels. Rochester; engineer in
coming train, perhaps internally injured.
Charles Schultz, Rochester; baggage
master, incoming train; serious.
Frank De La Vergne, Rochester: con-
ductor; scalp wound, mind badly affected
Running at Full Speed.
The incoming train, which consisted
| of a combination smoker and baggage cal
and two day coaches, was due in tins
city at $50 o'clock, but was few minute:
| late The outgoing train. consisting OF
| combination smoker and baggage car anc
| one day coach left promptly on time al
| $50 O'Clock. The two trains came TO,
1 gether with terrific force on a straight
| line of track, one-hah mile south o.
/ Clarissa street bridge, near Hope hos
/ pital Just before the crash came. tht
| crew of each engine, with the eXceDtiof
| of Fireman Putnam of the incoming train
| jumped and escaped with slight injuries
i Putnam was caught in the wreekage o
/ his engine and horribly mangied, deatf
On the east side of the track. at the
scene of the wreck is the Erie cana
/ feeder, while on the west side is th'
| Genesee river. The force of the collision
was so great that both engines reboundet
! fifty feet. The engine of the incoming
and reduced TO scrap iron. The eombina
| ton smoker and baggage car following
| jumped the track to the east side. slipped
by the engine, turned on its s SIDE and lei
The day coach following the comblna
| ton car also jumped to the eastward an
buried its forward end in the feeder. IN;
| remaining coach of the incoming tran
| remained on the road bed.
Car in the Water.
From the combination ear and da!
| coach, which went into the feeder, all o
the injured were taken. The uninluTe
! passengers Immediately rushed TO IN
| rescue, but they were handicapped by IN
| thrush of water, which. in the brlefes
| space. had almost filled the cars Mos
| of the injured, bruised and bleeding, an
| CRYING piteOuSly for assistance were toun
| floating about in the water inside of tn
! wrecked cars. With much difficulty the
/ were pulled through the windows OF IN
| overturned car or dragged through mole
| in the coach caused by the wreck. 1t !
| miraculous that many were not drowned
| 1t is believed that all were safely LANDED
The engine of the south-bound tral
was thrown to the west. and lies on n
side 4 complete wreck. on the river Dam
| No one was injured on the soutn-ooun
train. except Conductor Frank De l.
| Vergne, who has an ugly scalp wound
| Eater-It is now admitted by the ere
| of the incoming train that they mad re-
| ceived orders to meet the outgoing tral
at Mount Hope siding. which is shOl
! distance south of the scene of the wreci
They saw that having habitually met n
| outgoing train at Rochester. the order I
meet it at Mount Hope siding was FOL
| ,otter until foo late