New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-26

Philadelphia. Sept. ga rear end collision
to-day between the eastbound New-York Lin
tied Express from st. Louis and a local pas
senger train which was standing at the Paoh
station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, nineteen
miles west of this city. resulted in the death of
five men and the injuring of more than twenty
others. The list of dead and injured follows:
THE DEAD.
BRAsToW, Frank A. Haverford Penn. general agent at
Philadelphia of the Safety Car Heating and Lighting
Company. and relative by marriage of ": W Alter
eobass eoF general manager OF the ii'0a'
DUNHAUR, Carl. Philadelphia: railroad emp'Oye.
GARLAND Richard y Narberth Penn; general fore
man of West Philadelphia shop Of the Pennsylvania
PENNYPAcKER George NJ Philadelphia: foreman Of
s Altoona ssP2 a 6 aeft
THE INJURED
BOLT, D. E. Dayton Ohio; head cut.
So LOUIS s. 9 Back sfh r years Old No So
ELLIOTT, NJ F.. Philadelphia: cut broken
FDALINE, J. A. 231 0iontgomery-ave,, Jersey City
dining cook; back hurt.
LAMoTTE. Mrs. Ursona Hotel. st Louis; ear cut, and
FISK. Mrs, cIin-on b. No. 175 West 5stn-st.. New
M1LENTz o. No. 215O victor-st. St Louis back in
jured.
RADFTELD NJ G. Jersey City; back injured.
RIENGIER. Mrs, A c, Nc 25I West 11Sth-st,. New
York shock.
RYAN. d. M. Philadelphia master mechanic railroad
shops ard two ribs broken.
sPANGLER, Miss E. X. Merchantvie y. J.: back hurt
TRAVIS. j, Montclair, y. J porter face bruised
VOORHEES,. Mrs J. H. Haverford. Penn; injured back
All those who met death were in the private
car of General Manager Atterbury, which was
attached to the rear of the local train. Mr..
Atterbury is on his vacation in Maine. He ex-
pected to return about October l, and his car had
been overhauled preparatory TO sending it to
Maine to bring him home. 1t sent out in
the forenoon for a test rum and was attached
to a late afternoon local train from PaoH for
this city. In the at the time of the col
Iision were about dozen who had been en-
gagged in overhaulng the car. Those who We're
not killed were injured.
Paoli is the terminus of the Pennsylvania
Railroads suburban traffic on the main line.
and a large yard is there for the storage of
cars and engines. The local train was made up
in the yard on the north side of the railroad,
and, having been switched across to the east
bound track No / on the south side, to
a stop at the station, Before the switches
could be set the New-York Limited came along
at moderate speed on No eastbound track,
took the crossover switch and crashed into the
local train.
The force of the collision was great that
the engines Of the limited ploughed ten feet
into the private car, and the latter was forced
half way through the day coach ahead.
At the time of the accident there We're less
than a half dozen passengers in the local train
and they were in the forward cars which were
not damaged. The engineer and fireman OF
the limited were not hurt, but a dozen persons
on this train were injured by being thrown
against seats and the sides of the cars.
Hundreds of railroad men from the yards
came quickly to the rescue. Nearly all the in
jured were at once placed on the forward cars
of the local train. which was run to this city
as a special It stopped at Bryn Mawr, where
a half dozen of the injured were taken to the
/ Bryn Mawr Hospital, and the others were
brought here and sent to vaVous hospitals
Some of the slightly injured on the limited die
not leave that train which also proceeded as
soon as another locomotive could be obtained
from the yards -
-Four OF those who lost their lives were killed
almost instantly. The fifth man, Richard Gar
land, died in the University Hospital, in this
city, tonight.