The sun., 1901-09-11
TRAIN WRECK
AT LANDLITH
Several People Hurt in Rear End
Collision.
NO ONE SERIOUSLY HURT
Train No. 90 Crashed Into the Fed
eral Express Which Was at
Standstill. Traffic Was
Blocked Two Hours.
JO ONE SERIOUSLY HURT

| In rear end collision OH the p, w. s.
Il. railroad at Landlith station about
1926 o'clock last night between passenger
trains No. SO and So, northbOund, several
Of the crews of the two trains and a
| number of passengers Were injured.
Engine No. 119 attached to train No. 96
and the baggage coach, which was the
rear ear on train No. 81, We're badly
damaged The wreck delayed traffic On
| both tracks for about two hours.
The injured as far AS could be learned
last night are as follows:
Engineer Henry Il. Schreeves of train
No. 96, No. 906 Pine street, left leg bruis-
ed and other slight injuries, sent to his
home.
Fireman Ernest Driscoll Of train No.
SO, ankle sprained and arm bruised. He
was removed to the Delaware Hospital
in the Phoenix Ambulance, but later
went TO his home, No. 233 North Frank
lin street.
Conductor Amos Rie Of train NJ. 20
was slightly injured but went on to
Philadelphia with his train.
The ba.gagenaSter on train No. 60 was
! also slightly injured.
Mrs. Il. Il. Claggett of Baltimore, a
passenger on train No. 90, shoulder blade
injured and severe shock, removed to the
Delaware Hospital. Mrs. Claggett was
going to New York.
Several other passengers on train No
y were slightly injured by being thrown
from their seats and by broken glass.
They went on to their destinations.
The accident was caused by train No.
16 crashed into train No. SO. the latter
train being almost mt q standstill short
distance south of Landlith station. Train
No. SO is Il Delaware railroad train and is
'lue TO leave French street station at
l.01 o'clock. Train No. 62 is what is
known as the Federal express due to
leave at III. The Delaware road train
was Is minutes late and therefore did
not arrive Mt French street station until
40 o'clock. its regular schedule time t.
arrive being 6.55 o'clock. As the Federal
express is Il much faster train than No
16, the latter was held Mt the station and
he Federal express pulled out ahead of
| t. At Iandlith the Federal express was
given the red signal on account of u
| freight train being on the track Mt Edge
Moor. Train No. 90 was but a few min
ties behind and crashed into the rear nf
the Federal express jnst as that train
started. The sudden crash caused a
small panic among those in the coaches
Many were thrown from their seats and
70 add to the excitement several window
panes We're broken. the glass flying all
around the cars. Some women tainted
md others began to scream. The cooler
heads assured those in the cars that the
accident was not serious and in few
minutes the excitement subsidized. Tn tn"
Pullman coaches which We're attached to
he train no one was injured.
The report of the wreck was Immediate
" Scnt to the main office. Drs. James A
Draper. Sr.. James A. Draper. Jr. and
')r. Iohn Palmer We're summoned and
we're taken to the scene from French
trert station in a special car. The ply
ic:nS services We're not badly need
ii. however. as no one was seriously
injured. The Phoenix Ambulance was
cnt for and renewed Fireman Driscoll
o the Delaware Hospital The wreck
NJ train was called out and started the
work. of clearing the track at once.
The force of the collision drove engine
10. ll9 back against the tender. MASKING
II the cab and otherwise damaging the
locomotive. Fireman Driscoll is said to
have jumped lust before the crash came
which caused his injuries. Engineer
Ncnfe''NeS was pinned IN the can. hut was
'nly slightly injured. A baggage car was
N the rear of train No. e2. It was
brown from the track and badly dam.
lgcl.. Passengers from train No. %
we're transferred to the Federal express.
The injured were placed in the paSseii-
.er coaches of the Delaware road train
which were taken to French street sta
ion by n shifting engine. The wreckinr
train worked for two hours getting on
'ine No. lla and the baggage coach on
tn" track. Iar,lmaster Cantwell Train
masters lIyland and Reynolds and other
tflcinls superintended the work.
The crew of tram No. sc was Con
lnctor Frank Seither. Engineer Henry
r. Schre"ves. Fireman Ernest Driscoll.
Brakeman White and Baggagemastar
Reese Crew. Conductor Amos Riley
was N charge Of train No. 62,
Superintendent Barnard stated last
night that he would ne unable to tell tho
tNart cause of tn" accident until the af-
air is properly investigated.
Fireman Driscoll who was injured in
| tn" wreck last night is son Of Engineer
priscoll wh, was killed at the Lombard
street coal schute about five years aga.