The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-14
COW WRECKS A
PASSENGER TRAIN
Serious Accident on The LChigh Valley
Railroad Near Hazleton.
ENGINEER WILLIAM DOWD KILLED
The Bovine on the Track Became
Entangled in the Machinery Of the
Locomotive and Caused 1t to Leap
Down an Embankm emit. Many Pas.
sengers Injured.

Wilkes Barre. July ia serious
wreck occurred on the Hazleton branch
of the Lehigh Valley railroad between
White Haven and Freeland this after
noon by which one man, the engineer,
was killed and quite a number We're
more or less seriously injured. 1t was
the most serious passenger wreck since
the memorable Mud Run disaster
The train consisting of an engine
and three passenger coaches left Hazle-
ton at Las p. m. for White Haven. 1t
was In charge Of Engineer William
Down, Conductor Joseph Holler and
Fireman Il. Mooney, all of HazlstOn.
When the train reached a point about
200 yards from Pond Creek Junction,
where the Highland branch Of the Le-
high Valley and the Upper Lshigh
Branch Of the Central railroad come
together. 1t rounded a sharp curve
at good rate Of speed, probably 30
miles an hour. Just as the train was
shooting along the curve the engine
struck cow and the animal became
entangled In the machinery Of the en-
gine. The big machine ran along the
ties for a distance of over 200 yards
and then broke loose from the tender
and rolled down an embankment nearly
fifty feet. The engine ploughed
through the ground, steamed and
puffed, then turned over and over, and
In a moment was at the foot Of the en-
bankment. The fireman, Mr.. Mooney,
Jumped out Of the cab window and fol-
lowed the engine down the bank, re-
ceiving serious injury, while Engineer
Dowd was pinned under the engine
when found He was so terribly in
jured and scalded that he died soon
after being taken out from under the
wreck.
When the engine broke loose from the
coaches the latter bumped over the ties
for a distance OF over 200 wards and
then ran into an embankment and all
three Of the coaches turned over on
their sides. The passengers We're thrown
over the seats in all directions The
following were injured:
THE INJURED.
F. McCloskey. Of Philadelphia. arm
broken.
Henry Brcdhun, Of Wilkes Barre. arm
broken and back injured.
Mrs. H. Brodhun, Wilkes-Barre, serious
ly irjured about the back and chest.
Mary 9. Bauer. Towands, Gu. on head aud
face.
Miss Rose Ann Clark, Ashland, arm. back
and hip injured.
Daniel GonsaGa. Philadelphia, bruised
about body.
James Mcdonald. Fresland, three ribs
broken.
r. L. Clark, Ashley, injured upon head
and his daughter slightly bruised.
Mrs Lorenzo, Ashley, cut on head, and
her daughter slightly hurt.
Frank Lorenzo, Ashley, cut on head and
shoulder.
Dixon Green, Philadelphia, cut on head.
Charles Gaier, Baltimore, scalp wound.
A. D. Humphrey. Towanda. hip bruised.
Il. e. Richards. Boston, bruised on limbs.
James W. Hoyt,, Binghamton, leg and
arm bruised.
Nathaniel Gale. New York, leg bruised
and right hand injured.
Attorney Bernard Mooney, Wilkes-Barre,
knee cap injured.
James Mcdonald. three ribs broken.
Among those badly shaken up were
Ida O'Donnell. Of Ashley; Bessie Eagan
Of Darkwater: Mrs. H. D. Jones ano
son, Scranton; Jennie Lowry, Scran-
ton; Max Schmitt and four children, OF
Shenandoah. None Of them were serl-
| ously hurt.