The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
Eg.APE WAS
 MIRACULOUS None Killed in Pennysl-
 vania Wreck. HFTY-FIvE ARE INJURED No Deaths Will Result from Seem-
 ingly Tragic Accident. Cars Tumbled Down Steep Embank- ment and were Demolished But
 All the Passengers Escaped
 With Their Lives.

Wttn Tnetf LAVess
 Jamestown. Pa. Feb. 23.--In one of the most remarkable and miraculous wrecks that has ever occurred on the Pennsylvania Railroad. ffty.five passen- gers and a crew of eleven trainmen were more or .ess Inl .IeD Ltst nie when the Pennsylvania Special. the eighteen-hour train between New York and Chicago was wrecked while round ing d sharp curve near South Fork. six miles from this city.
 Of the injured passengers seven sus- tained serious hurts, necessltating their removal to hospitals. They are Fred- rick Busse, postmaster of Chicago; John F. Kline. postmaster of Joliet. ILL: Felix Isman. real estate broker. Philadelphia. and Samuel F. Nixon of Nixon & Zimmerman, taken to the AL toona hospital Thomas Bauer, La Fayette. I. Wood Wilson. Marion. Ind, and w. H. Baker, Chicago. are at the Allegheny General Hospital at Pitts burg.
 All of these will be able to leave the hospita.s within a couple of days except Postrnastet Kline of Joliet, III.
 The train was running about fifty minutes late and was travelling over fifty miles an hour when It reached the curve. The accident was caused by brake rigging dropping to the track on the first Pullman coach following the engine and combination smoking car
 Much disorder followed the accident and in the midst of the confusion number of foreigners were detected p.undering the Pullman cars. One was arrested and the others driven away by a display of firearms. Considerable iewelry and valuable wearing apparei xs,o. Yf.ah ..u q ra@iI1f. hOWGV0r.
 The four Pullman coaches tore down oyer the bank. The speed at which the train was travelling when 1t left the rails was terrific.
 There is a curve apout where the first rail was loosened. The cars did mol oyerturn going down the steep hill There were no trees or obstrue- ttons in the way to hinder them re- mafninr upright until they reached the fbotfoni ssfhe fiFst car overturned and l slid, along on It's side for quite . dis- [ tanre.
 The second ear did likewise The | third car turned over completely and it's top is crushed in. The fourth car is on its side Most of the passengers on the train were in their berths when l the cars left the tracks Attempts to ascertain the accurate and definite casualty list have been hamperde by the railroad officials.
 Running nt High speed The train left Altoona forty-six min utes late and was running at high speed down the western slope of the | Allegheny Mountains when the brake | rigging on the first car fell and de- railed the train. Most of the passen- l gers escaped from the wreck with 1 little or no clothing.
 The New York and Chicago special. l eastbound. arrived on the scene soon
 
 crew and passengers turned out and gave their attention to caring for the 1 injured Some of the more seriously | injured were brought to this city, i few were taken to Johnstown. but the greater number. whose injuries were slight, continued their journey west 1 ward on a special train made up tc 1 take the place of the wrecked train 1 when the train left the rails. in- stead of falling over. the cars slipper 1 down the steep embankment. which was covered with snow, into the river. 1 Fortunately the water was very shal- l low Had 1t not been for this 1t is would have been drowned before as- sistance could have reached them. As fl was, their escape from death was very narrow.
 Without clothing and exposed to the clements of one of the coldest nights of the year, the sufferings of the passen- gers for time was extreme. Emil Paur, conductor of the Pittsburg orchestra. and William NJ. Hall a well known Pittsburg attorney. who were travelling together, escaped without in- jury. Felix Isman. a well known real estate operator, and Samuel F. Nixon, the theatrical manager. both of Phila- delphia, were thrown from their berths and were painfully but not seriously 1 hurt
 Attire Was COmIcnI. 1 The attire of somo of the passengers ! was comical. as they were wearing ! somebody's clothing. unmindful of tho | rightful owner. They told many sto ries of a miraculous nature. | The Rev. Dr. Cope. rector of St. Sim cons Episcopal Church of Philadelphia. escaped without scratch although his | car was completely demolished He at- l tributed this to the will of Providence He even secured all of hls clothing and when the passengers of the wrecked train finally sought shelter In relief train sent to their assistance. he held short service of prayer and thanks. | in which every man and women able to 1 do SO. pq~ticiuated When all had been safely ruartered on the train which came to their assistance, the minister ad 1ressed tho pssenPers in this way. "J.et us give thanks to God that all l of our lives have been spared" and l thtre was a profound silence and for 9 few rn'nutee poured out words of i blessing to Go1 that He had been so 1 roe~eiFrl to ail
 George 8. Wood. of the Colonial Thaa.re. chicsoo. was q nassenger In
 oar nf the tra'n. and said:
 T want 70 say 70 the cred'o of these women that they acted nohlv."
 said MT. Wood. "There was no crying
 or bvsterics bv the three women on
 inc train and girl whose name I did
 not learn, I managed to get the wo-
 men fixed up. giving one of them my
 oyercoat. felt pretty sorry for
 the,~. Because they were in their
 night clothing and vten the accident
 occurred their wearing apparel was
 strewn in every direction.
 ''The experience of rolling down
 that embankment was simply awful. l [ did not know If we were going down 1 the side of a mountain or what had
 happened, was asleep and if ap-
 neared to me an age before that car | finally struck the bottom. It landed
 with terrific force. breaking the car