The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-05-19
EXpL0DES
IN A Train CRASH
Pennsylvania Road Sustained
One Of the Worst Accidents
in States History.
BOILER BLEW UP
Ire .oded to ire Horror, Both IL @
Trains Bursting Into Flames All
most !nstan!y-Many of che
Dead Are Cr.matcd.

most instan!y-Many of the
Dead Are Cr-rnatcd.
Harrisburg. Pa, May l3.-Nlae,een
persons are knowIt to be dead and more
than 100 others Were injured in the
railroad wreck ani dynamite explosion
which occurred Oh che Pennsylvania
railroad il the southern part OF This
city.
That no more persons were killed is
considered remarkable by the Pennsyi-
Nania officials, as IL fu:l boX car OF dyla-
mite exploded directly AT the middle OF
the heavy express train.
The scene OF the wreck was visited
probably by more than 10000 persons.
There were at least 5000 persons con-
stantly at the place. They came from
all towns within fifty miles.
w. r.. McCaieb. superintendent of
the Philadelphia division. whose offices
are in this city, said he was unable as
Yet to fin any responsibility for the ac-
cident. a thorough investigation, he
SAID. is now being made.
Harrisburg. Pa, May !S.-Twenty
persons are believed TO have been
killed and approximately 100 injured
BY the wrecking of IA Cleveland II
Cincinnati express. westbound on the
Pennsylvania railroad, which dashed
into a wrecked freight train exploding
a car filed With $4,000 pounds OF
blasting powder, in the southern part
of Harrisburg at lao O'Clock This
morning.
a Horrible Experience.
1t was one OF the most horrible dis
asters ever experienced by the Penn
sylvania railroad. Several hours will
elapse before the exact number OF dead
and injured will be known. Twelve of
the dead are at the morgue and other
bodies are being brought to The dead
house as quickly as located. There
are about seventy injured persons in
the Harrisburg hospitals. hotels and
private residences, while others are
under the care of physicians in a house
near the scene of the wreck.
t4ow 1t Happened.
The second section of the Cleveland
and Cincinnati express, westbound.
crashed into a wrecked freight train
south of the outskirts OF Harrisburg
at . o'clock this morning.
The freight wreck was caused by the
bursting OF an air hose. and some of
the cars fell across the passenger
plunged. The boiler of the passenger
locomotive blew up. and the coucus-
sion caused the immediate explosion
of two ca;a Of dynamite in the Freight
train.
The force of the collision crushed all
the passenger coaches. and instantly
both trains We're in a mass of flames.
How the Victims Died.
The passengers, all of whom Wee
asleep in their bertl.s. We're hurled in
all directions. Many We're tossed free
from the wrec!sase. ome down the
railroad e-mbankment and some into
the Susquehanna river, which parallels
the railroad. All who We're not pinned
i'll the debris or totally incapacitated
ran away from the perfect volcano,
interming!ed with small explosions.
1t was impossible at the time for those
who escaped 10 render aid To the i'm
p%risomed passengers whose cries zen,
of the dead and injured We're rescued
they We're carried into the Offices of
manufacturing establishments. there
being but a few private dwellings, near
the scene of the disaster.
Help for the Unfortunates.
Everything was done for the man
sled ami dying While waiting for the
conveyanccs to take them TO the Hair
l'isburg hospital, Special trains were
Immediately made UP by the Penn
sylvania company u conveyed the IN
Jured to Union station, whence they
We're taken TO hospitals 81 other places.
AT the hospital here every available
bed was soon filed, ana ali wlc, were
able to walk we,e compelled To give
their cots to more s~c.!nuSIv inn,roai.
The corridors We're flied WITH iiaiurea
waiting their turn FOR treatment. Every
physician. surgeon ami trained nurse
available in The city WAS called up by
telephone and Immediately rendered
their services.
The Known Dead.
one hundred and Twenty-Five persons
rSrnlNpl frtnDtN,aNt Gov n, :,t,,. 49,, -.
hospital, ten Of whom may die. Only
three OF the dead haze been positively
identified. so completely we're The bodies
cremated. Tbs known dead are:
IL. n. THOMAS. engineer of the pas
senssl locomotive. Philadelphia.
MRS: ROBERT DoUGHERTY. Phil
%adelphia.
JACOB f. s1LvERMAN. Briage,on,
!. j.
c. HUFFMAN.
j. y. PHILLIPS. Pittshurg.
VICTOR I. cRABBE. Pittsburg.
UNKNOWN AUSTRIAN CHILD.
II. S WATSON. Cleartield. Pa.
Victor l.. Crabbe. o: Pi,tsburg. SON
in-law of Robert Pitairn. assistant 10
President Cassatt. Of the PENNSYLVANIA
railway. is dying at a Harrisburg hos
pital. IL. $. Watson, of C!eal1leld Pa,
died ut noon.
Many bodies were taken from the
- Hch.y tt!aittu nat Ii Was iEl-
possible 10 lei! whether they were men
or women.
Pathetic Scenes.
Pathos iniesa.iha.!e characterized
the scenes about the wreck. Husbands
separated from wives. little children
bereft OF their parents. sought friends
among the dead and dying. Among the
passengers We're many OF prominence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tiniell. the latter a
daughter of senate Knox: Mrs. AL
bert j. Carr and two daughters. Of the
family of the editor of the Pittsbr1r
IoSt, we'e among those slightly in
iurcd.