Lying on the cot in one of the side rooms down stairs is the badly-hacked-up body of Ferdinand Colberg of Brooklyn. Colberg is a big, heavy-set man, and his matted beard and stained shirt give ample evidence of the serious nature of the injuries he has sustained. His leg is broken and his face badly cut. He vomited a great deal of blood after a drink which was probably swallowed; the physicians do not think the man's lungs are affected. The chances are against his recovery.
The wife of Prof. G. R. Smith of the Normal School at Baltimore, Md., who is at Canandaiqua, N. Y., was immediately informed of her husband's serious condition. PROF. SMITH had his left leg cut off at the thigh and sustained a fracture of the left shoulder joint. He died in the hospital.
W. B. Parsons, aged about thirty-five, an engineer residing at 22 William Street, New-York, is suffering from a severe contusion about the head and wrist, but will recover.
The REV. DA COSTA POMERENE of Philadelphia, was a graduate of Princeton College, class of '84 and was about thirty-two years old. He had charge of a Presbyterian congregation at Salem, Ohio, and was the brother of Atlee Pomerene, City Solicitor of Canton, Ohio. He left Salem and was later engaged with the Presbyterian Board of Publication at Philadelphia. He was partially blind and his classmates in this city say he was a bright young man and always stood well in his class.
F. G. O. Ehle of Buffalo and two or three friends were in conversation when the accident occurred, and he says the scenes in the car were beyond description. Passengers were thrown violently forward and wedged in among the broken and splintered seats. Two men in the rear of the car were instantly killed and others were terribly injured. Ehle, who is a large man, was jammed into a small space, and was walking about the streets shortly after with a bandage tied about his head. His straw hat is streaked with blood, and a gentleman who sat near him, W. R. Fluck of 411 Commerce Street, Philadelphia, wears a linen duster that is crimsoned with his own blood.
The wrecking crews were put to work clearing away the debris, and by 8 o'clock this morning the tracks were open and trains were running regularly.
The trunks and satchels in the baggage car of the second section were broken and twisted out of all semblance to their original shapes. Engineer Kelly was able to take his broken locomotive to the roundhouse. The wreck caught fire, but a few buckets of water extinguished the blaze.
MRS. URIAH HEEBNER, the REV. DR. POMERENE, E. M. WHITLOCK, and DANIEL MASON were all alive when taken to the hospital, but all died before daylight. MRS. HEEBNER, with her husband and son and little granddaughter, Sadie Cox, aged five years, were going to visit friends at McKeesport. As the father lay upon his couch of pain this morning he anxiously inquired for his son, WINFIELD, who was at that moment in the hands of the undertakers. Beside him on the cot was his little granddaughter, sound asleep, the fatigue and excitement of the night having exhausted the child.
H. S. Hayes, the telegraph operator at the Steelton tower, practically admitted before the Coroner's inquest this afternoon that he was responsible for the wreck. Hayes, who is a young man of twenty-two, was arrested to-night at the instance of Coroner Hoy on a charge of manslaughter. He is now in jail, and his mental distress is terrible to witness. Fears are expressed that he may lose his mind.
The young man has not been in the service of the company more than a few months, and has been an extra operator, going wherever he was ordered. Last night he was on duty at the Steelton tower as a substitute for William Good, the regular operator. He allowed the second section of the express to enter the block before the first section had passed out at the western end, against the rules of the company, and the disaster is the direct result of the violation of the rules.
When informed of the wreck and loss of life he became almost frantic, and the day operator was ordered on duty. He simply assumed that the first section had passed the block without troubling himself about any notification from the Dock Street tower to that effect. Hayes was closely questioned, and during his examination was greatly agitated, frequently breaking down and weeping bitterly. He is an unsophisticated youth and but lately left a farm in York County. He frankly admitted that he gave Engineer Kelly the white signal to go on without first having been notified that the block was clear, but he thought he was not wholly responsible for the accident. He said the other operators had made the same mistake of which he had been guilty, but the consequences had not been so terrible.
Hayes also admitted that there had been two other persons in the tower with him, and that in that he had broken another rigid rule of the company. He withheld nothing from the jury and cried as though his heart would break as he finished his testimony.
The New York Times, New York, NY 26 Jun 1892
The wife of Prof. G. R. Smith of the Normal School at Baltimore, Md., who is at Canandaiqua, N. Y., was immediately informed of her husband's serious condition. PROF. SMITH had his left leg cut off at the thigh and sustained a fracture of the left shoulder joint. He died in the hospital.
W. B. Parsons, aged about thirty-five, an engineer residing at 22 William Street, New-York, is suffering from a severe contusion about the head and wrist, but will recover.
The REV. DA COSTA POMERENE of Philadelphia, was a graduate of Princeton College, class of '84 and was about thirty-two years old. He had charge of a Presbyterian congregation at Salem, Ohio, and was the brother of Atlee Pomerene, City Solicitor of Canton, Ohio. He left Salem and was later engaged with the Presbyterian Board of Publication at Philadelphia. He was partially blind and his classmates in this city say he was a bright young man and always stood well in his class.
F. G. O. Ehle of Buffalo and two or three friends were in conversation when the accident occurred, and he says the scenes in the car were beyond description. Passengers were thrown violently forward and wedged in among the broken and splintered seats. Two men in the rear of the car were instantly killed and others were terribly injured. Ehle, who is a large man, was jammed into a small space, and was walking about the streets shortly after with a bandage tied about his head. His straw hat is streaked with blood, and a gentleman who sat near him, W. R. Fluck of 411 Commerce Street, Philadelphia, wears a linen duster that is crimsoned with his own blood.
The wrecking crews were put to work clearing away the debris, and by 8 o'clock this morning the tracks were open and trains were running regularly.
The trunks and satchels in the baggage car of the second section were broken and twisted out of all semblance to their original shapes. Engineer Kelly was able to take his broken locomotive to the roundhouse. The wreck caught fire, but a few buckets of water extinguished the blaze.
MRS. URIAH HEEBNER, the REV. DR. POMERENE, E. M. WHITLOCK, and DANIEL MASON were all alive when taken to the hospital, but all died before daylight. MRS. HEEBNER, with her husband and son and little granddaughter, Sadie Cox, aged five years, were going to visit friends at McKeesport. As the father lay upon his couch of pain this morning he anxiously inquired for his son, WINFIELD, who was at that moment in the hands of the undertakers. Beside him on the cot was his little granddaughter, sound asleep, the fatigue and excitement of the night having exhausted the child.
H. S. Hayes, the telegraph operator at the Steelton tower, practically admitted before the Coroner's inquest this afternoon that he was responsible for the wreck. Hayes, who is a young man of twenty-two, was arrested to-night at the instance of Coroner Hoy on a charge of manslaughter. He is now in jail, and his mental distress is terrible to witness. Fears are expressed that he may lose his mind.
The young man has not been in the service of the company more than a few months, and has been an extra operator, going wherever he was ordered. Last night he was on duty at the Steelton tower as a substitute for William Good, the regular operator. He allowed the second section of the express to enter the block before the first section had passed out at the western end, against the rules of the company, and the disaster is the direct result of the violation of the rules.
When informed of the wreck and loss of life he became almost frantic, and the day operator was ordered on duty. He simply assumed that the first section had passed the block without troubling himself about any notification from the Dock Street tower to that effect. Hayes was closely questioned, and during his examination was greatly agitated, frequently breaking down and weeping bitterly. He is an unsophisticated youth and but lately left a farm in York County. He frankly admitted that he gave Engineer Kelly the white signal to go on without first having been notified that the block was clear, but he thought he was not wholly responsible for the accident. He said the other operators had made the same mistake of which he had been guilty, but the consequences had not been so terrible.
Hayes also admitted that there had been two other persons in the tower with him, and that in that he had broken another rigid rule of the company. He withheld nothing from the jury and cried as though his heart would break as he finished his testimony.
The New York Times, New York, NY 26 Jun 1892
Lying on the cot in one of the side rooms down stairs is the badly-hacked-up body of Ferdinand Colberg of Brooklyn. Colberg is a big, heavy-set man, and his matted beard and stained shirt give ample evidence of the serious nature of the injuries he has sustained. His leg is broken and his face badly cut. He vomited a great deal of blood after a drink which was probably swallowed; the physicians do not think the man's lungs are affected. The chances are against his recovery.
The wife of Prof. G. R. Smith of the Normal School at Baltimore, Md., who is at Canandaiqua, N. Y., was immediately informed of her husband's serious condition. PROF. SMITH had his left leg cut off at the thigh and sustained a fracture of the left shoulder joint. He died in the hospital.
W. B. Parsons, aged about thirty-five, an engineer residing at 22 William Street, New-York, is suffering from a severe contusion about the head and wrist, but will recover.
The REV. DA COSTA POMERENE of Philadelphia, was a graduate of Princeton College, class of '84 and was about thirty-two years old. He had charge of a Presbyterian congregation at Salem, Ohio, and was the brother of Atlee Pomerene, City Solicitor of Canton, Ohio. He left Salem and was later engaged with the Presbyterian Board of Publication at Philadelphia. He was partially blind and his classmates in this city say he was a bright young man and always stood well in his class.
F. G. O. Ehle of Buffalo and two or three friends were in conversation when the accident occurred, and he says the scenes in the car were beyond description. Passengers were thrown violently forward and wedged in among the broken and splintered seats. Two men in the rear of the car were instantly killed and others were terribly injured. Ehle, who is a large man, was jammed into a small space, and was walking about the streets shortly after with a bandage tied about his head. His straw hat is streaked with blood, and a gentleman who sat near him, W. R. Fluck of 411 Commerce Street, Philadelphia, wears a linen duster that is crimsoned with his own blood.
The wrecking crews were put to work clearing away the debris, and by 8 o'clock this morning the tracks were open and trains were running regularly.
The trunks and satchels in the baggage car of the second section were broken and twisted out of all semblance to their original shapes. Engineer Kelly was able to take his broken locomotive to the roundhouse. The wreck caught fire, but a few buckets of water extinguished the blaze.
MRS. URIAH HEEBNER, the REV. DR. POMERENE, E. M. WHITLOCK, and DANIEL MASON were all alive when taken to the hospital, but all died before daylight. MRS. HEEBNER, with her husband and son and little granddaughter, Sadie Cox, aged five years, were going to visit friends at McKeesport. As the father lay upon his couch of pain this morning he anxiously inquired for his son, WINFIELD, who was at that moment in the hands of the undertakers. Beside him on the cot was his little granddaughter, sound asleep, the fatigue and excitement of the night having exhausted the child.
H. S. Hayes, the telegraph operator at the Steelton tower, practically admitted before the Coroner's inquest this afternoon that he was responsible for the wreck. Hayes, who is a young man of twenty-two, was arrested to-night at the instance of Coroner Hoy on a charge of manslaughter. He is now in jail, and his mental distress is terrible to witness. Fears are expressed that he may lose his mind.
The young man has not been in the service of the company more than a few months, and has been an extra operator, going wherever he was ordered. Last night he was on duty at the Steelton tower as a substitute for William Good, the regular operator. He allowed the second section of the express to enter the block before the first section had passed out at the western end, against the rules of the company, and the disaster is the direct result of the violation of the rules.
When informed of the wreck and loss of life he became almost frantic, and the day operator was ordered on duty. He simply assumed that the first section had passed the block without troubling himself about any notification from the Dock Street tower to that effect. Hayes was closely questioned, and during his examination was greatly agitated, frequently breaking down and weeping bitterly. He is an unsophisticated youth and but lately left a farm in York County. He frankly admitted that he gave Engineer Kelly the white signal to go on without first having been notified that the block was clear, but he thought he was not wholly responsible for the accident. He said the other operators had made the same mistake of which he had been guilty, but the consequences had not been so terrible.
Hayes also admitted that there had been two other persons in the tower with him, and that in that he had broken another rigid rule of the company. He withheld nothing from the jury and cried as though his heart would break as he finished his testimony.
The New York Times, New York, NY 26 Jun 1892
The wife of Prof. G. R. Smith of the Normal School at Baltimore, Md., who is at Canandaiqua, N. Y., was immediately informed of her husband's serious condition. PROF. SMITH had his left leg cut off at the thigh and sustained a fracture of the left shoulder joint. He died in the hospital.
W. B. Parsons, aged about thirty-five, an engineer residing at 22 William Street, New-York, is suffering from a severe contusion about the head and wrist, but will recover.
The REV. DA COSTA POMERENE of Philadelphia, was a graduate of Princeton College, class of '84 and was about thirty-two years old. He had charge of a Presbyterian congregation at Salem, Ohio, and was the brother of Atlee Pomerene, City Solicitor of Canton, Ohio. He left Salem and was later engaged with the Presbyterian Board of Publication at Philadelphia. He was partially blind and his classmates in this city say he was a bright young man and always stood well in his class.
F. G. O. Ehle of Buffalo and two or three friends were in conversation when the accident occurred, and he says the scenes in the car were beyond description. Passengers were thrown violently forward and wedged in among the broken and splintered seats. Two men in the rear of the car were instantly killed and others were terribly injured. Ehle, who is a large man, was jammed into a small space, and was walking about the streets shortly after with a bandage tied about his head. His straw hat is streaked with blood, and a gentleman who sat near him, W. R. Fluck of 411 Commerce Street, Philadelphia, wears a linen duster that is crimsoned with his own blood.
The wrecking crews were put to work clearing away the debris, and by 8 o'clock this morning the tracks were open and trains were running regularly.
The trunks and satchels in the baggage car of the second section were broken and twisted out of all semblance to their original shapes. Engineer Kelly was able to take his broken locomotive to the roundhouse. The wreck caught fire, but a few buckets of water extinguished the blaze.
MRS. URIAH HEEBNER, the REV. DR. POMERENE, E. M. WHITLOCK, and DANIEL MASON were all alive when taken to the hospital, but all died before daylight. MRS. HEEBNER, with her husband and son and little granddaughter, Sadie Cox, aged five years, were going to visit friends at McKeesport. As the father lay upon his couch of pain this morning he anxiously inquired for his son, WINFIELD, who was at that moment in the hands of the undertakers. Beside him on the cot was his little granddaughter, sound asleep, the fatigue and excitement of the night having exhausted the child.
H. S. Hayes, the telegraph operator at the Steelton tower, practically admitted before the Coroner's inquest this afternoon that he was responsible for the wreck. Hayes, who is a young man of twenty-two, was arrested to-night at the instance of Coroner Hoy on a charge of manslaughter. He is now in jail, and his mental distress is terrible to witness. Fears are expressed that he may lose his mind.
The young man has not been in the service of the company more than a few months, and has been an extra operator, going wherever he was ordered. Last night he was on duty at the Steelton tower as a substitute for William Good, the regular operator. He allowed the second section of the express to enter the block before the first section had passed out at the western end, against the rules of the company, and the disaster is the direct result of the violation of the rules.
When informed of the wreck and loss of life he became almost frantic, and the day operator was ordered on duty. He simply assumed that the first section had passed the block without troubling himself about any notification from the Dock Street tower to that effect. Hayes was closely questioned, and during his examination was greatly agitated, frequently breaking down and weeping bitterly. He is an unsophisticated youth and but lately left a farm in York County. He frankly admitted that he gave Engineer Kelly the white signal to go on without first having been notified that the block was clear, but he thought he was not wholly responsible for the accident. He said the other operators had made the same mistake of which he had been guilty, but the consequences had not been so terrible.
Hayes also admitted that there had been two other persons in the tower with him, and that in that he had broken another rigid rule of the company. He withheld nothing from the jury and cried as though his heart would break as he finished his testimony.
The New York Times, New York, NY 26 Jun 1892
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