The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-28
SIXTY INJURED.
in TRAIN WRECK
Conductor Is Killed and MANY
Hurt in Double Crash on
Lehigh Valley.
DRIVER IGNORED SIGNAL
One Freight Telescopes Another and
Throws Car Against Express Trav-
cling in Opposite Direction.

Allentown. Pa, July 27-one man los
his life, and sixty persons were more o.
less seriously injured in a double wrecl
on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. at Rock
dale. seventeen miles north of this city
\ early today.
4 rigid investigation is in progress I,
| find out why Engineer Elmer Walk, OF
Lehlghton, in charge of fast mea
| freight from Buffalo to New York, rar
| past block signals and torpedos, crashins
into local freight taking water at Ap
plejack tank, sixteen miles north OF
Allentown. Too late. Engineer Walk saw
the tail lights of the local. and sticking
to his post. put on all brakes. while his
| crew jumped. Conductor Henry Woephle
| of Easton. in charge of the local, saw
the danger of the rear-end collision and
ran from the caboose TO a lime car
ahead, his life being crushed out between
the two cars a second later.
The impact of the collision derailed the
lime car and threw it against the tender
of the night Buffalo express, which was
just passing.
Emigrant Car Dttched.
The tender was torn from the express
locomotive and sent to the edge of the
river bank. taking with 1t two of the day
The heavy steel Pullman sleepers behind
did not leave the track, and the passen-
gers were not even awakened. Conduc-
tor Harter, OF the express. was pitched
the entire length of car.
The dead:
HENRY wOEPHLE. Easton, Pa, con-
ductor of the freight train.
Seriously injured:
John Wydcck. Philadelphia: John Hay.
Nil -, To-
ark, n. j.; Daniel Tucker. Allentown
a.: Jesse S. Williams, Rochester. N Y:
Mrs. J. D. Dekalb, Rochester. n. Y; J. E.
Dobbins, colored, Pullman porter. New
ark. n. J.: c. c. Crosby. New York: ].
Walter Wilson, Astoria. Long Island; J.
B. Gillaskey, Mauch Chunk, Pa; w. A.
Zerbey, Philadelphia.
Harry Bamberger, East Mauch Chunk,
Pa: Louis Kane East Mauch Chunk.
Pa: T. Heinze. Nesquehoning, Pa; +.
L. Frink. Brooklyn. n. Y: w. F. Hayes.
Sew York City: Mrs. W. F. Hayes, New
fork City; Lilley Brown. Philadelphia;
Warwick, n. Y: c. A. Bahr. Sugar
Run, \. Y; ". Shapiro, Chicago; w. II.
Post, Nutley. n. J.: George c. Cutter.
Mauch Chunk, Pa; Mrs Albert Dine,
CatasauQua, n. Y; John II. Hover. Mrs.
Frank Hollis. and Abraham Veonlitz. all
of New York; P. X. Knott, Troy: F. S.
Challenger. Philadelphia.
D. J. Peters, New Haven, Conn; p.
J. McCalliston, Buffalo. n. Y; J. n.
Bowman. Rochester. n. Y: ]. n. Cas-
sidus, Philadelphia: Cecilia Boyle.
Ea ston, Pa; Mrs. John Eckert, Mauch
Chunk. Pa; Theodore Kelsey and wife.
Auburn, n. Y: Mrs. Fred H. Dresher.
Port Huron. Mich; Mrs. I. L Haas.
Rochester. n. Y: Mike Steiniskur.
Warren. Pa: Mrs. c. J. Jones. Wilkes
barre. and Mrs. Kulga and five small
children, Niagara Falls, n. Y.
Mrs. Ida Robinson. Toronto: Miss
Ethel Levy. New York City; Mrs. A.
]. Bliss. Sayre, Pa: Miss Helen Kram-
Itch, Allentown, Pa: Oscar Stemler.
East Mauch Chunk. Pa: Louis Gasgoll.
New York: Caroline Zabra, Newark.
\. J., and Steve Clock and Carlo Var
gonitz, addresses unknown.