The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-09-29
Express Train on the Main Line
Crashed Into Local Passen
ger Train
BRoTHER.lN-LAW OF GENERAL
MANAGER ONE OF VICTIMS
Private Car of Manager Atterbury
Vas Demolished and other Cars
Badly Damaged,
ONE OHIO MAN AMONG lpJuRED
Men Must Have Been Killed Instantly,
and Were Badly Mansled-Miss
ing Man In the List.

ing Man In the List.
Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 25.-Five
men were killed and u injured at Pa
oil Station, on the main line of the
Pennsylvania railroad, at o'clock this
afternoon, when an express train
crashed into a local passenger train.
One of the dead was F.. A. BrGktow of
Haverford, Pa, brother-!n-law of w.
w. Atterbury, general manager of the
Pennsylvania railroad. The five people
killed were taken to Berwyn. The in
jured were brought to Philadelphia in
a special train and taken to the Uni
versity and the Presbyterian hospitals.
The express train was the st. Louis
limited, due in Broad street station at
3:1S. The passenger train, the last
car of which was Mr.. Atterbury's pri-
vate car, was standing at Paoli Sta
ton, slowly filling with passengers. In
some unexplained manner the express
ran into an open switch leading to the
local track and crashed into the rear
of the passenger train.
Mr.. Atterbury's car was demolished
and the others damaged. The five
bodies were at once taken out. Mr..
Atterbury's brother-in-law, F. A. Bras
tow, wore ring bearing that name.
Traffic was delayed for some time.
Special trains soon took away the dead
and injured.
The four railroad employees who were
killed were in the passenger car di-
rectly ahead of the private car. This
car was splintered when the heavy pri-
vate car was driven into it by the force
of the collision. The men must have
been killed instantly. They we're bad
ly mangled. The express engine was
damaged and another one was needed
to bring the train into Broad street
station, where it arrived two hours
later, andlwent on to New York
Among the injured was Clinton B.
Fisk, formerly city editor of the New
York Evening Journal, who has been
missing from his home in New York.
He disappeared last Saturday morning,
and his friends have been telegraph
ing all over the country for him. He
was evidently on his way home from
some point in the west
The dead:
Frank "A. Brastow of Haverford, a
suburb of tuis city, general agent at
Philadelphia of the Safety Car Heating
& Lighting Co, and distant relative
by marriage of w. w. Atterbury, gen.
eral manager of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Co.
George NJ. PennypacKer of Philadel-
phia, foreman of car inspectors in the
West Philadelphia yards.
S. S. Walton, Altoona, Pa, steam
heat inspector at the Altoona shops of
the Pennsylvania railroad.
Richard Y. Garland, Narberth SUBJ
urb of this city, general foreman of
West Philadelphia shops of the Penn
sylvania railroad.
Carl Danhaur, Philadelphia, rail-
road employe.
Among the injured are the follow
ing:
Mrs. J. Fl. Voorhees,, Haverford, Pa;
injured back.
Mrs A c. Reingier, New York;
shock.
Miss E. K Spangler, Merchantville,
N. j.; back hurt.
Clinton B. Fisk, New York; leg
bruised.
o. Milentz, st. Louis; back injured.
John Ford, Jersey City, dining car
cook; back hurt.
j. Travis, Montclair, N. j.; face
bruised
Mrs. Lamotte, Ursona Hotel, st.
Louis; ear cut and shock.
c. o. Denoist, S-year-old boy, st.
Louis; back hurt.
d. e. Bolt, Dayton, o.; head cut.
J. A. Flaline, dining car conductor;
head injured.
M, C. Radfeld, Jersey City; back in
jured.
d. r. Ryan, Philadelphia; master
mechanic in railroad shops; arm and
two ribs broken.
NJ F. Elliott, Philadelphia; face cut
and arm broken.