Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-05
One Was The Chicago Fast Nail, 10.
iS, and the Other the St,
Louis Express, No. 2l.
PRECEDED BY A FREIGHT WRECK
The Crash Occurred at a Point
Where There Is a Sim
gle Track.
ROAD BLOCKED BY THE wRtCEAGE
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Altoona Pa. May 5.-The Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Co. last night experienced \
the most fatal and disastrous passenger 4
wreck since the disaster just east of Har- /
rishurg, % year ago. lt occurred at Clover /
Greek Junction. ON the Petersburg branch /
no l045 o'clock, when express trains Nos /
2l, westbound, and Is. eastbounG ran |
together on The single track at that point |
with the result that no persons were
killed and 25 injured The two engines,
one coach and i've express and mail ears
we're piled up and damaged, and the
track wns completely blocked 20 an
traffic The company hurried doctors
to the scene from Williamsburg, Holidays
burg and Huntingdon, and wrecklng
crews were sent from this city and Miiilin
TO clear away the debris
KILLED.
J. W Wagner. postal clerk on No. 49,
Miiiiin, died en- route to hospital
j. w Cox, postal clerk on No. 49, Down
ingtown, killed instantly.
r. H. Shultz postal clerk on No. rs,
Washingtonboro, Pa, died en- route TO
hospital
H. T. Jones. postal clerk, residence un-
known. killed instantly.
H. g. Harder brakeman on No. Is,
Harrisburg, killed Instantly.
J. W. Herr, haggagemaster on No. 2l,
died en- route 20 hospital
Unknown woman, supposed to be Mrs.
W. n Trinkle, Duncannon, Pa, killed
instantly
J. ID. Conover travelling salesman for
Hunkcr, Neil & Forbes, l47 Fifth avenue,
New York, killed instantly.
INJURED on CHICAGO FAST MAIL TRAIN,
NO Is.
Oscar Anderson, Nclva, N. ID, legs hurt.
j. "A. Van Hook, 100 South Twenty
second street, Philadelphia, leg injured.
w. W. Applegrath, 1911 West Fayette
street Baltimore. legs injured.
W. u Dickman, West Fair View, Pa
slightly injured
A. N. Livingstone, $40 West James
street. Lancaster, slightly injured.
John A. Camp, railway postal clerk,
2l26 North Sixth street, Harrisburg,
badly bruised.
NJ RI Bcam, railway postal clerk. 125
Sylvan Terrace. Harrisburg, face cut
j. 7. Gearioh, railway postal clerk,
residence unknown, foot punctured by
nail
o. L. Hoffman, railway postal clerk,
Petersburg, Pa, slightly injured.
w. ID Mccullough railway postal
clerk, Altoona, slightly injured.
! II. G. X Irwin, go Knox avenue, Pitts
burg ankle slightly cut
G.. J. Scott, express messenger, Fort
| Wayne, Ind, slightly injured
H. j McDcrmott, RAILWAY postal clerk
] Tyrone slightly injured
David Miller. Harrisburg, dead-heading
home. slightly injured
Engineer j. S. Fickea, shoulder dis
located
Fireman A. r. Cook, left leg broken.
Conductor j. IL. Collins, badly shaken
up.
Fireman w. Osborne, Harrisburg, dead
heading home leg and head cut,
INJURED on ST. LOUIS EXPRESS TRAIN
NO.2l.
J.R. Carpenter, 6l9 West Third street
| Wlliamsport. head slightly cut.
Nr Nora Tregingier, ,3lS Grand Route
New Orleans, head bruised.
J. u Mirienet, train portes, 420 GRAND
street, Jersey City, right eye cut.
Rnnerie Fornasto, Pennsylvania Rail
road employe Altoona, head cut.
Giuseppe Mazaran, Pennsylvania Rail
road employe. Altoona, back hurt
Portuando Sariavi, Altoona, head ant
back hurt
q. II. smith, road foreman Of engines
on the Philadelphia division Of the fenn
sylvania Railroad, arm and head injured
The disaster Ia one sense was the result
OF costly freight wreck which occurred
at Union Furnace At s24 o'clock Ira
night. An eastbound freight tram hat
an air-hose 10 break near the forward
end OF the train. and p loaded cars piled
10 over and blocked all tracks. un suel
occasions the Petersburg branch Is use'
bv the company for the movement Of IL
Messenger traffic. and fast passenger train
both eastbound and westbond, ar
ordered to use this branch. The Chicag
a ST. Louis express train, No. p was on
of the trains to be caught behind th
wreck, and il was given orders 70 com
west to Altoona by way of the Peters
burq branch. II was the first train TO b
started west over the branch About th
same time train No. Is, known as IN
Cbicaeo mail. LETT this city to round tn
wreck bv the way of the branch IN
, two trains met short distance east Q
: clover Creek Junction, while running q
I fair speed. as the result of nisundel
I standing 81 orders on the part Of the cre'
I'd tbe Chicago and St. Louis express
The two engines plowed into each othe
E ma were wrecked as We're also the coac
70 attached to train No IS and five ma
h cars The Chicago mail, on reachln
+ Altoona. had the coach attached 70 q
ram N the train, but when It was ser
south over the Petersburg branch ti
coach was directly back Of the engln
N carried about 25 Or 80 passengers K
+ ,be east t was almost demolishe'
ME wreckage covered the track for q 6, e9l
a siderable distance and some Of the kihe
r and injured were pinned under tho coae
y The news OF the Wvok was convey,
S to this city as quickly as possible, ana q
4 frt orders received here We're 20 qlsp91'
pbvsicians 10 the esene from hunt ln
r aoa. Williamsburg and Houhaayseut
and next send wreckers 70 the aeens