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" 2. Thomas Jones, Minersville ; married. 

 " 3. William Jones, Minersville ; single. 

 " 4. William Wehman, Minersville. 

 " 5. James Hartzel, Llewellyn. 

 4< 6. George Kreiss, Middle Creek. 

 " 7. Herman Werner, St. Clair ; leaves a widow 

 and eight children. 



" 8. Anthony Putchlavage, Pottsville. 



" Those known to have been injured are : 



" Anthony Stock, boy, leg broken and burned ; 



" NINE PERSONS WERE KILLED, AND THE 

 INJURED LIST IS A LONG ONE. 



"A Dense Fog Prevailed at the Time, and the Accused En- 

 gineer Claims he could not See the Signals Rear Coach 

 of the Passenger Train Smashed, and Few of the Travellers 

 Escaped Uninjured List of the Dead. 



" [SPECIAL TO THE ' WORLD.'] 



" BOSTON, MASS., Sept. 13. To a dense fog and 

 apparent carelessness on the part of the en'gineer of 

 the freight train is to be charged the fatal accident 

 on the Fitchburg Railroad shortly before n o'clock 

 last evening, at West Cambridge, by which eight 

 were killed and many injured. 



" The dead are : 



" i. Adams, Miss Margaret, 35 years, Water- 

 town. 



" 2. Barnes, John H., 61 years, Newtown. 



" 3. Feyler, Miss Rhita, 23 years, Waltham. 



