Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-12-30
AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
Duquesne Limited on B. & 0. Meets
With Terrible Accident.
SIXTY PERSONS KILLED.
Engine Collides with Timbers Protrudinq
on Track and Smoker Goes Over
Embankment

Connellsville, Pa, Dec. 24-When
daylight broke there was known to be
sixty dead as the result Of last
nights wreck Of the Duquesne Limited
on the Baltimore 81 Ohio railroad near
Dawson. These bodies filled the tenn
porary morgues in this city and it is be-
heved nearly score more will be added
to the death list before the day is over.
lIany Not Identified.
Of the bodies recovered forty mine
have been identified and eleven are
designated as unknown" Most of the
latter were foreigners, principally Ital-
ians. There was also one Chinaman.
In the hospitals, three of the injured
were expected to die at any moment and
five others were in critical condition.
The Dead.
THORNLEY,, ENGINEER WILLIAM, of
HazeiWood, Pa.
HEATER, S. G.. assistant engineer In
charge of construction, Glenwood. Pa.
COOK, FIREMAN J. j., of Hazelwood,
Pa.
HOLMES, HERBERT. of Emlenton, Pa
HINES, JESSE T., OF Tarboero, n. c.,
Union News company agent on the train.
EDWARDS, WILLIAM, of Pittsburg, go
DUCKETT, RICHARD, of Baltimore
GOLDsMITH, EDISON, about 81, Of Con
FIEHELLO, REV. FATHER, pastor Of
the Italian Catholic church at Connellsville.
whose new church was dedicated last Sun
day.
HE LEO T. & Ha!s5 "a louis the
Limited conductor, OF Hazelwood.
POWERS, JOHN K, about 80, 10th
North street, South Cumberland
COOK, CHARLES A., no address.
SEAMON, JOHN about 80, of New York.
MURRAY, D., about is, Of 1916 Dallas
PROTZMAN, ATTLES G., no address
GREY, w. CHARLES, Trenton, n. j.
STEWART, CHARLES WALTER, Stew
arts Station, Pa. Letters In clothing show
Ing that his mother is now in Camden, n j.
FARNAN, THOMAS j., of Philadelphia,
general yardmaster for Riverside Iron
wS %TER BeRM9oddt ". " va. 1onns+oun
SHEEDY, WILLIAM, of Patterson Creek,
+ MICKLICHIE, CARMINE NJ, residence
MORRISON, HAROLD D., 100 Flowers
avenue HazelwoOd, age about 80.
VOL, VICTOR. Rochester. Pa
WILLS, JOHN r., about 80, Of Pittsburg:
badges and credentials show him to be
member of Lodge No. II, B. z. G. L. OF
sHUPE, ]. WADE, about 40, of Mount
WIMKLER, G. j., about so, of West
mount, Pa.
RHEIM, GEORGE F., 1909 East Preston
street, Baltimore.
TIPPLER, THOMAS. of 2533 North Car
ret street Philadelphia.
MARTIN, ]. W., lineman Of the Western
Union Telegraph company, of Connellsville,
Pa.
KEEP, WILLIAM A., about 50. of Mount
BARNARD, JAMES, 400 Dewey street,
ROUSH, H. f., about %, of Pittsburg.
MOLKER, f. B.. about 40, of Elkridge,
WAGNER, CHARLES W.. about 80. of
SMITH, III. K. about %, of Connellsville,
Pa. last exalted ruler of the Connellsyillc
lodge Of Elks.
KEILAMB, L. CHARLES, of Christiana,
Sweden.
LARD. w. A., Martinsburs.
k sn2Huus;, ]; A., ,cumberIand. Md.
BRODIE, WILLIAM, Red Bank, N. ].
DAVIDSON, ROBERT, philadelphia.
ZINKARD, SYLVESTER, Chase, w. Va.
REEFER, CHARLES e., Somerset, Pa.
GOOD, w. A, McKeesport, Pa.
BISOR, c: W, Berkeley Syringe, W. Va.
FOX, JAMES, address unknown.
keller, E. A., Somerset, Pa.
PRSNERA, FRANCESCA, italian, en-
route to Rome.
COCKLEY, JAMES W., Rochester. Pa.
WUBBLER, LEO, Beaver Falls, Pa
SHELHAUST, JOSEPH, Rochester, N. Y.
MASKOWITZ, E., address unknown.
PATTERSON, W., Dunbar, Pa
The other dead are mostly foreigners
and negroes, who were riding in the
smoking car.
The work Of Identification has not be-
gun.
The Injured.
The known injured are:
w. H. Hancock Of FittsDurg; slight in
J. w. Bromley Of North Broddock; slight
Annie Reese of Glenwood; slight bruises
and cuts.
Thomas j. Dom of Hardwood; slight IN
juries.
j. A. Allfurter Of Bealton, w. Va; seri-
ously injured.
Henry DAWN of lockwood, Pa; badly
injured; will die.
w. H. Stoddard, Connellsville, Pa.
J. w. Altman of Connelsville Pa.
Aaron Verg Of East Pittsburg.
Many Of the Injured Die
AS fast as recovered from the wreck,
the dead and injured were placed on
trains and brought here. The dead were
taken to the morgues and the injured
were at once removed to the Connells-
vile Cottage State hospital. So severe
were the wounds of twelve victims that
between 10 o'clock last night and day
light this morning they died.
AS the bodies were received at the
morgue they were tabulated and laid in
rows. Most Of them were foreigners
Among the sixty-two there were two no.
groes.
The Duquesne Limited was largely
used by employees Of the Baltimore &
Ohio, who work in Pittsburg, and it was
feared that most Of them had become
victims Of the wreck. A large number
of the engineering corps lived at Con-