The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-05
FLYER JUMPS
into RIVER

utipHld nyeTi On Tue OtHtTdi thufOhu
of New Jersey, which left here at
$3.50 tonight, crowded with passengers,
jumped the track near Penn Haven
Junction and fell into the Lehigh
river.
The killed and injured are said to be
very many. but there is no way at
present of securing any details ,as all
wires are down on both sides of the
scene of the wreck
The train was made up of Pull
man car and three day coaches.
The word of the wreck was brought
to Penn Haver ny brakeman, who
walked the entire distance with both
arms broken. He asked that all the
doctors that could be secured be sent
at once. He did not know how many
were killed or injured. Z
The point where the wreck occurred
was Stony Creek, the brakeman said.
He did not explain how the wreck oc-
Cured. G h ij.t
So far as is positively known here,
the fireman and engineer and six pas
sengers are killed, but rumors are to
the effect that all the occupants of the
coaches were killed.
Relief trains have been dispatched
from here and from Reading. All wires
to the scene of the wreck are down,
but it is generally accepted that the
death list will not exceed dozan. as
most Of the passengers who were in the
two cars thrown down the embank-
ment are reported to have been res
cued
Engineer Willis and his fireman are
reported killed in railroad circles,
while another report has them only
seriously hurt
A long distance telephone message
from Mauch Chunk. just received, says
that a railroad man just from the
wreck claims that only two men are
dead and less than dozan hurt.
This report like the Others that
have preceded II, lacks confirmation.
The weather is very cold and the in
Jared are supposed to have suffered
terribly
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Mauch Chunk. Pa. Dec. 1.-1:3e
a. m--The Scranton and New York
flyer on the Jersey Central railroad
due in Philadelphia at 1880 this morn
ing. jumped the track at Stoney Greek
Ok Bow curve, four miles above here
while running fully so miles an hour
and the engine and three, cars were
carried into the Lehigh river, whose
banks the railroad tracks skirt at this
point Owing to the fact that all the
telegraph wires are down, 1t is impos-
slble to secure definite information al
to theanumber of casualties. but trust
worthy reports Jat,hand state that En-
Sineer George Willis of Scranton, anG
hisrfireman, - Lippert of Mauch
Chunk, are killed; and nine persons are
hurt, probably fatally, while numer-
Gus others are more or less seriously
injured. a, ,lJ- ,L,,s-,.
1t is feared that there may be others
dead In the wreckage, but this will NOS
be known until 1t Is cleared away by
the wrecking. crew, 4 which is now Oh
the scene. ,.-sl ~. 9r.s5.i
A sudden drop of so degrees In tenn
perature in twenty-four hours, witlt
a contraction of the rails. is supposed
to have been the cause of the wreck
At the point where it occurred the
CentraPs tracks are but five feet from
the banks, and as the heavy engine
struck the damaged rails, it fairly
leaped down the bank, to be followed
by the combination car next behind,
and a heavy yestibule day coach. Only
the Pullman car, the last OF the train,
remained above the embankment, and
it was derailed and turned almost
completely around. There were 20 peo-
pie in 1t, and although badly shaken
up, none were seriously hurt.
The wreckage carried away two tele-
graph poles, throwing down all wires
and putting out of commission the
automatic block signal system and the
eslaph service.
1t was impossible to send any mes
sage from Penn Haven Junction, h
mile above and Brakeman Charles
Headmann, both of whose arms were
broken, walked four miles to Mauch
Chunk, arriving here jus. before mid
night with the first story OF the wreck.
The officials Immediately ordered
the Reading Wrecking crew to the
scene while another one was hurried
down from Scranton. They were
quickly at work wi h heir huge cranes
and the vestibule passenger coach
was hauled back up the bank. When
the. relief train with three doctors
and score OF helpers reached the
scene. they were in time 10 aid the
uninjured passengers and members Of
the train crew who, by means of saws
and axes were getting out the passen-
gers imprisoned In the debris.
The injured were carried at once
into the Pullman and given such al 4
as possible, af,er which they wers
brought to this city and taken to the
Mauch Chunk hospital.