Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-04-12
ACCIDENTS.

A headend collision occurred be-
tween B. r. s. p. freight trains at
Fennelton at $50 this morning. One
fireman, name not learned, was badly
injured Both engines and a dozen
cars were piled up. The tracks were
cleared ut ten o'clock.
Edward Hartman, B. & o. fireman
whose home was in Foxburg, was In
stantly killed, and brakeman McGinley
of the B. & o. and Engineer james
| Blaisdell of the B. r. & P. injured by
head-on collision between two freight
| trains near Renfrew, last Saturday
afternoon. The accident was caused by
reading orders day late, and the two
freights met on a curve this side OF
Renfrew, at almost full speed. Blals
! dell was taken to his home in Du Bols,
! and MCKINLEY to his home in Pittsburg-
The latter is said to be seriously in
iured. Tuesday evening Coroner Pat
| terson and his Jury rendered verdict
on the Renfrew wreck in which Brake
man Edward Hartman of the B. & o
was killed, in which they charge negil
gence on Conductor II. L. Ward ano
Engineer Blaisdell of the B. r. & T,
train in reading the wrong orders al
Reibold.
| The premature explosion of blast o1
dynamite which was being forced into
place in an excavation for the Bessemel
| & Lake Erie R. R. at Unity, Tuesday
afternoon, terribly injured five men
The unfortunates were loaded on
train and brought to the Butler County
General Hospital, arriving here a0ou'
The injured were Joseph F'lem
ing. aged 81 years. of Culmerville. bos'
| of the gang and four foreigners, o.
| North Bessemer. All had their eye:
badly injured by rock and sand, thell
faces and heads terribly mutilated, ano
eyerv one of them had one or more
broken bones. They were standing
| close around the hole when the blast lie
go.
Paul Byers of Chicora, aged 2 years
who was hurt by coastlng acclden
some weeks ago, died last Friday morn
! ing. He remained unconscious IRON
the time of the accident till his death
Alfred Vensel of Chicora, aged >
wears. shot himself through the head
last Thursday evening. and died almos
instantly. He is survived by his wife
who is blind, one son and thre'
daughters
John G. Miller of Adams twp. AM
Bert Kocher of Lancaster were severel,
burned by a gas explosion at well OF
the Daft farm, Just across the Alleghen.
county line, last Thursday, and wer
taken to their homes. At 715 feet the.
struck a heavy flow of gas which lg
nited from the boiler fire and complete
ly burned the rig.
The body of David Wolf was foun'
under his wagon alon gside the railroa'
track near Breckenridge, few day
ago. It ia supposed the team scared
train and ran away, throwing MI
Wolf under the wagon when 1t wen
over an embankment He was abou
60 years OLD and leaves wife, one Sol
and one daughter.
At festive dinner" in Nagold
Germany, last Thursday, the hotel col
lapsed and two hundred people wer
buried in the ruins.
NJ. J. Eminger, 26 years old, of Kit
tanning, nephew of D. T. McCrea o
the Hotel Butler, was killed by a shift
ing engine at Wickboro, last Saturday
He was railroader and while boarding
train, fell and was dragged and wa
dead when found.
Perry Gilghrist was jostled off ca
at the Car Works, Monday, and had hi
hip dislocated and cash cut in hi
scalp. He was taken to the hospita
and is doing well.
While an old fve-story building a
622 Liberty ST., Pittsburg was beint
taken down, last Tuesday morning. /
collapsed and one man was killed aDt
several injured. The roof and fiftl
floor had been removed and some o
| the wreckage had been allowed to &C
| cummulate on the fourth floor Thi
floor was badly weakened by numerou
| skylights, hatchways and stairways
Suddenly and without warning tn
| front portion OF the floor gave way ant
| by its weight crashed through tn
( third second and first floors, piling tn
mass of debris from the basement al
most to where the second floor hat
been.
Sam Selerren had a foot crushed a
| the Bessie crossing, Tuesday morning
while trying to boar3 freight train
on his way to the Car Works; Jos
| Weiderer had a arm broken at th
Works the same day.
| jos. Weeder had an arm cut at tn,
| Car Works, Tuesday.