Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-05
MAIL AND EXPRESS
 TRAINS COLLIDE
TEN PERSONS ARE DEAD AS THE
 RESULT OF CRASH.
Misunderstanding of Orders Said to Have Been Cause of the Trouble
 Thirty Seven Freight Cars Wrecked Previously.

ALIOONA, Ia, May o.--Ine CHICK 10 mail train and the Chicago and St. Louis express on the Pennsylvania railroad, running at full speed. met head on near Springfield Furnace on the Petersburg cutoff, eighteen miles from this city, at Il o'clock last night. It was at first reported that seven per sons had been killed and twenty-seven injured, but later reports indicate that the casualties were underestimated.
 A few hours before thirty-seven freight cars had been wrecked at Un- ion Furnace, on the middle division, twenty miles east of this city, and all trains were being run around Altoona over the cutoff
 The Chicago mall left this city on time and went as far as Tyrone, where The Chicago and St. Louis express was sent west from Huntington on the cut off. and the two trains met at Spring field Junction, where there is only one track. The cause of the disaster is said to have been a misunderstanding of orders by the operator at Springfield Junction
 Six were killed outright and four died as result of injuries received. About twenty of the passengers and train crew were more or less seriously injured, but as far as Is known all will recover.
 The dead:
 J. w. Wagner, Mifflintown, Pa, postal clerk.
 J. w. Cox, Downingtown, Pa, pos tai clerk.
 Schultz, Washington, D. O., postal clerk.
 Jones. residence not known, postal clerk.
 F. G. Harder Harrisburg, Pa, brakeman.
 Unknown woman supposed to be from Dnncannon. Pa.
 Max Tarloyel South Norwalk. Conn.,, in charge of shipment of horses.
 J. D. Conover. travelling salesman for Hunker, Neil X Forbes, 147 Fifth avenue. N. Y.
 I. W. Herr. Jersey City, baggage master.
 ut tIufHS NSlV u uS -No ips the Chicago mall. east bound. and the first of Chicago section of the Chicago & St Louis express. west-bound.
 With the exception of the last named man. all of those killed were on the east-bound train. Nearly all of the Injured were likewise on the east bound trip.
 The following were injured:
 Oscar Anderson of Belva, N. D.. in- jured legs.
 Joseph A. Van Hook. Philadelphia, injured legs.
 W. W. Applegrap, Baltimore. in- jured legs.
 w. G. Dickman, West Fairview, Pa. slightly hurt.
 A. w. Livingstone, Lancaster, Pa, slightly.
 John A. Camp, postal clerk. Harris. burg. Pa. badly sprained back.
 W. R. Baum. postal clerk, Harris burg. cut in face and wrenched hack.
 !. F. Yearick. postal clerk, residence not known. slightly.
 C. l.. Hoffman. postal clerk, Peters burg. Pa.. slightly.
 W. D. McCulloch. postal clerk. Al. toona. slightly.
 T. C. Irwin. Plttsburg. slightly.
 c. !. Scott. Adams Express messen. ger. Fort Wayne. Ind, slightly.
 IT. !. McDermott. postal clerk, Ty- rome. Pa. slightly.
 David Miller. Altoona, slightly.
 Engineer I. F. Fickes. of No IS. leg broken.
 !. II. Collins. conductor of No IS, slightly.
 W. osborn, fireman of No IS. slight Iy.
 T. R. Carpenter. willIamsport. Pa, slightly.
 Mrs Zera Trifegneir. New Orleans, bruised head
 W. J. l.. Mirauet. train porter. Jer- sey City, cut over eye.
 c. IT. Smith. road foreman of en- zines, Philadelphia division, injured arm and head.
 Two or three others sustained trif- ling injuries.
 With the exception of the four Iast named. all of those injured were of the east-bound train.
 The disaster in one sense is the result of a costly freight wreck which occurred at Union Furnace. Pa. at SPA o'clock last night. An east-bound freight train burst an air hose near the forward end of the train and 27 loaded cars piled up over and blocked all tracks. On such occasions the Petersburg branch l is used by the company for the | movement of It's passenger traffic.
 The Chicago section of the Chi cago & St Louis express train No 21 | was given orders to come west to Altoona by way of the Petersburg branch. About the same time train | No IS. known as the Chicago mail. i left this city to round the wreck by | way of the same branch. which is a single track line. The two trains | met head-on a short distance east of | Clover Creek Junction while running at fair speed. The collision came as | the result of misunderstandfne of | orders on the part of the crew of the Chicago & St Louis express. The | two engines ploughed into each oth- CT and were wrecked. as were also the coach attached to the Chir<o mail train No IS. and five mail can.
 This coach was directly back of | the engine It carried about tven- ty-fve or thirty passengers for the east It was almost demolished The covered the track for a distance and some of the Killed and injured were pinned under the coach. Baegagemsster Herr vas the only one killed on train No 21-