Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1908-02-14
Members of Philadelphia
Orchestra on Returning
From Wilmington in a
Crash Near Chester, and
Eighteen of Them Were
Injured.

A rear-end collision between a spe-
cial northbound train bearing the mem
bers Of the Philadelphia Orchestra from
Wilmington after their farewell concert
and a freight train which was stand
ing on the northbound track, which oc-
CURED just east of FELTON, station. near
Chester. on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road about 10.43 o'clock last night re-
suited in the deaths of the engineer
and gflreman of the special train, and
the injury of eighteen others. The lat
ter were musicians, who are today con-
fined to their homes.
The following is a list Of the dead
and injured:
Killed.
Elliott. Thomas J., 5625 woodland
avenue engineer on special train, cut
to pieces.
Williamson. silas. s2Os Elmwood ave-
nue.. fireman on special, died in Ches-
ter Hospital.
Injured.
Bourbon, Rosario, violoncellist. 1888
Pine street, Philadelphia, fractured nose
Lennartz, Alfred. musician, 1s45
Ridge avenue. contusions Of head.
Haltnorth. Erhardt,. musician, 450
Marshall street, cut on the head.
Meyer, Harry w, musician, 1912 w.
Ontario street, cut on the head.
Schlechtweg. William, musician, 1910
Walton avenue, cut on the head.
Suinsky, Max, musician, HOS Pine
street, fractured elbow.
Others less seriously injured:
George Heildmuth. head federated.
I fa1A Ia Il
Richard Haltworth, scalp cut.
William Schleter, head federated.
Erith Ritter, head larcerated
Alrich Haltmont, head Iacerated.
Howard Schelle, head lacerated.
Otto Hougeureinst, body bruised and
lacerated.
William H. Guyon. head federated.
Thaddeus Rich, concertmeister. shock
Horace Britt, lacerations and bruises.
Louis Mattson, assistant 10 Business
Manager Charles Augustus Davis, cut
on left ear bruise on forehead, and con-
tusions; was knocked senseless.
Practically all the members of the
orchestra are unnerved as a result of
their experience.
Lying in bed at his residence, 1105
Spruce street. Philadelphia, Carl Poh-
lig, conductor of the orchestra, told OF
the accident, which he said had left an
impression on his memory that would
enver be erased. The noted musician
had both arms sprained and his back
hurt and is afraid one of his ribs is
broken. Asdek first if the concert
scheduled for this afternoon in Phlla-
delphia would be called off he said:
There will be no concert this after
noon. 1 am unable TO lead and the
/ concertmeister ,Thaddeus Rich, is also
disabled. There is nobody else to
lead. and if there were, too many OF
the men aree ither physically hurt OF
suffering from nervous shock. 1t was
a terrible affair.
II was in teh second car. don't
know how the accident occurred, but
suddenly there was crash and / was
thrown out of my seat Seventy mem-
bers of the orchestra were on the train
and it was fortunate, indeed, that none
of them was killed. do not think
more than six were. seriously hurt and
not more than eighteen or twenty were
injured at all
Another unfortunate feature of the
wreck was that we were Obliged &c
wait about two hours for the relief
train. and in the meantime we got
along as we'll as we could"
Alfred Lennartz, cello player, has
severe contusions and shattered nerves
as a result of the wreck.
At the residences Of Max Salinsky
110S Pine street, and Rosario Bourbon
1889 Pine street. Philadelphia, neither
of these musicians could be seen. Botf
reached home at about 3 o'clock thi:
morning in cabs, and by the middle OF
thea fternoon they were still in bed.
At Salinslxy's residence it was learned
that he was suffering from severe
bruises Of the right shoulder and arm
and from general cOntusions and shock
AS he was a violinist. such injuries as
those to his arm and shoulder COM
pletely disable him.
William Scheele, who plays the viola
was almost completely unnerved as q
result of the collision, when seen at his
home. 5110 Walton avenue, to-day. lie
I said:
Il was sitting in the rear car with
[ other members OF the orchestra. Th'
train had been running along for about
half an hour at good speed. Suddenly