02399nkm a2200349 a 4500 000262381 20230712165127.0 kj ho 050425s1856 paunnn kneng u 10 PH-2007-21-13 ppl PPL gihc Rease, W. H., artist. 12186 Awful accident on the North Pennsylvania Rail Road on Thursday July 17th 1856. [graphic] / from [sic] a sketch by Boerum; lith. W. H. Rease n.e. cor. 4th & Chesnut sts., Phila. Philadelphia: Printed & for sale by S. Boerum north east cor. 4th & New sts., c1856. 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 26 x 36 cm.(10.25 x 14 in.) Not in Wainwright. Disaster scene showing the "Picnic Train Tragedy", the worst rail disaster at that time. Shows the burning wreck near Ambler, Pa. from the collision of North Pennsylvania excursion trains "Shakamoxon," departed from the Cohocksink depot, and "Aramingo" departed from the Wissahickon station. Burning tangled engines and train cars pile up on the single track line in the middle of farmland. Rear cars remain unscathed and a horse pulling a buggy rears up as it approaches the wreck site. Bodies lay near an overturned car in the foreground. One train carried hundreds of children from St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church Sunday School in Philadelphia. The crash occurred due to an attempt by the "Shakamoxon" engineer to make up time for its late departure. It collided with the regularly scheduled Aramingo, before arriving at a siding pass. The boilers of the trains collided and caused an explosion that decimated the front cars, but left the rear cars intact. Around 60 persons died and 100 were injured from the crash. Philadelphia on Stone POSP 12 Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 674 N 811 Gift of David Doret. North Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 58608 Railroad accidents Pennsylvania. lctgm Disaster victims Pennsylvania. lctgm Lithographs 1850-1860. gmgpc SP10 Philadelphia artists. Boerum, Simeon. 61942 Imprint PA. Philadelphia. 1856. Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT *BW - Disasters [P.2007.21.13] P.2007.21.13 250146 250146 000262381 ERIKA 40 20071220 1345 000262381 ERIKA 40 20071220 1349 000262381 ERIKA 40 20071220 1351 000262381 ERIKA 40 20071220 1441 000262381 ERIKA 40 20080207 1359 000262381 ERIKA 40 20090206 1513 000262381 ERIKA 40 20100319 1513 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1856. Imprint