The evening world., 1912-01-22
JAMES !. HARAHAN
AND THREE0THERS
KILLED N WRECK


the rear Of his train. The nssman
apparently shared the bslisf OF othsr
members Of the train crew that thu
engineer Of the limited would slow
down and have his train under control
nv he approached Kinmundy station
Robert Stuart. engineer Of the Limited.
and John Vert. fireman. wWe rscenuy
promoted from q fast freight to . pas
senSer run. Some OF tho railroad mon
say they forgot the order 20 stop NJ kia-
mundy for water.
Al any rate Stuart did not slow down
approaching Kinmundy, The nagnan
from No. - had prOceedsd only a little
way up the track when this li0,it~d
flashed by. and y later nc hoard
the crash.
ANOTHER VERSION HAS TRAIN
b. SToPPED At CITATION.
Another vsrsi0n Of the wreck II that
ths general water ordr vas resclnded
for the limited last niUht and the en-
g,nssr ana conductor we're led TO he
lieve Wat the express wWs . consider.
abk distance ahead and waiting on the
siding ~ k~inrnundy. This vsssion has
u that thc conductor at the sxp~ets. In
stead OF taking the siding Ut once.
stopped tho train 81 tho platform to
d'suharEe passenUsrs and failed so senu
back n fAgman.
However orders were misund<rstood
or mixed. the express wal standing on
the main line with the airbrAkes set
ana u VI tho heaviest and fastest
'rA'ns of the system ON tho same track
was bearing down from behind with the
'orce OF u sreat projectiis. No one ap-
pears 10 have heard the whistle Of tbs
hnnl'ed locomotive for the kinmundy
stop. The wind was high and the train
mon were all apparently IN the shslts q
OF the coaches Or the station.
ATOMS came the limited. with thrott,s
wide open and running nifty miles an
honr. The engineer did not see the
express. standing on the main line, unit
he was right N top OF II. lie shut VI
steam and applied the air. There wa
no time for MIN or his fireman TO jump
fho shock OF the collision Wal ~
taken up by the private oar. although
the heavy limited pusned No. 70. with
al brakes set. Alons the track 100 feet
Thc heavy sie-psrs and steel coaches y
No. u acted as q bufsr aud the private
car Wa smashed bstw cen them and tn,
locomotive of No,
From the crash of the collision A
was supposed ty those In the v~iclnit,
that No. 20 had been pretty completed!
demolished. Hut when the train crew,
and rsstdents Of the town got to tn,
scene they found that the private ca
hal harm. AlsSaA AL- Aa.. =
the collision.
LIMITED PASSENGERS shAkEN
UP, OUT UNhURr.
The locomotive OF the Limited was 4
little Injured that the engineer. VIII
had also escaped serious Injury. wa
able TO back II out OF the WrsckaVc alta
the bodies had LIAM removed. None d
ths hssvy vsstibulsd niespsrs OF III
i.linlted were 1smaged. although ever
pastenSur WAS bsdS Jared by the sue
den stop2aga of the train.
! The prominence % the Victims OF IN
collision stirred the railroad men ~ -
) 'rem. energy IN getting out the bod,
. ana clearing ny the wrsokAs~. Thos
t, who recovered the remains Of AIR, IiAi
ahan are rcticent about their sApsr
: snce. II Is reported that he was force
u clear through the root OF the car AN
that his body was found wedsed again,
the locomotive 90 the limited.
The whole population Of Kinmund
h turned out to ala "a the rascue worl
. Every house In tao town was throw
open 10 the tnjute u. Of which th.i
were many on tho express. But DO,
' tors found the iniuries Of few wei
Z more than bruises and cuts.
A wrvcklng train was hurried fro
ID. 7 NHNA 10 a. ..A.