Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
FAST TRAIN GOES OVER eo.FooT
ENHANCEMENT INTO RIVER AT
BLACK DIAMOND, PA.
ALL PASSENGERS AND
TRAIN GREW INJURED
Postmaster Busse, Of Chicago, Among
the Victims, Suffering Broken Arm
Disaster Occurs While Running
at High Speed.

the pennsylvania special, the fast 18
hour train on the Pennsylvania rail
road between New York and Chicago
which occurred at sharp curve at
Black Diamond, Pa, seven miles east
OF Johnstown, shortly after midnight
No one was killed, and all the pas.
sengers have been accounted for.
Down go Feet to River.
The engine and combination smok-
ing car remained on the rails, but
the three Pullmans plunged over a
60-foot embankmeat into the Cone
maugh river. Fortunately the cars
were not submerged.
A scene of wild confusion resulted.
All Of the passengers were in their
berths and were thrown promiscuous-
ly around the cars. All the passengers
on the train were injured more or less,
but with the exception of John F.
Kline of Joliet, it is said none of the
injuries are dangerous.
Chicago Postmaster In Wreck.
The injuries of Fred A. Busse,
postmaster of Chicago, who was on
the train, are not of serious nature
They consist of an abrasion over the
right eye, laceration of the scalp,
a broken arm and flesh wound in
the thigh. The first reports regarding
the postmaster were of the most
! alarming character. It was said that
Mr.. Busse had been fatally injured,
and one even asserted that he was
dead.
List Of the Injured.
Following is a list of those injured:
]. Wood Wilson, Marion, Ind;
Frederick A. Busse, Chicago, postmas.
ter; Samuel F. Nixon, New York, of
Nixon & Zimmerman theatrical pro-
moters; Felix Ishman, Philadelphia,
real estate dealer; Mrs. L. Miller, Chi
cago; G. B. Coates. Chicago; P. E. Fer
guson, st. Louis; James Blakeley (col-
oredl, New York; Charles Dickinson,
Chicago; Mrs. H. Sanborn Smith,
Troy, N. Y; Theodore Douglas, New
YORK; H. S. Beardsley, New York; H.
S. Piepintrink, Joliet, ILL.,; Alfred r.
Ureon. attorney, Chicago; H. Tyree,
Salt Lake City, Utah; Rev. Edgar
Cape, Philadelphia; w. o. Duntley,
Chicago; Frank L. Brown, Chicago;
E. ]. Murphy, Joliet, ILL.,; Mrs. Carl ].
Fransioli and nine-year-old daughter
Margaret, Tacoma, Wash; Mrs. G. s.
Garnet, Jersey City; w. R. Beall and
wife, Reading, CAL; w. E. virts, Pull
man conductor; S. w. Prince, Chi.
cago; Frank A. O'Neill, Chicago;
Charles s. Knight, Jr.. Chicago; ]. R.
s. Mcleod, Brooklyn; D. W. Wisin,
Chicago; A. E. Berts, Jersey City; A.
w. Macarthur, Railway, N. j.; M. c.
Harrison, Pittsburg; w. H. Freeman,
Brooklyn; E. G. Gutes, Fort Scott;
Mr.. Leo A. Loeb, and wife, Chicago;
Miss Irva Rothschilds, Chicago; Miss
Beatria Rosenberg, Chicago; Thomas
Baur, Lafayette, Ind; John F. Kline,
Joliet, ILL.,; George s. Wood, Chicago;
M. A. Singer. Chicago; Frank H. Hub
bard, New York; Jacob ]. Kern, Chi
cago; w. H. Wells, Chicago; Herman
Fehr, theatrical manager, Milwaukee;
S. B. Fleming, Fort Wayne, Ind; Emil
Paur, Pittsburg, director Pittsburg or
chestra; j. M. Davis, Brooklyn, N. VI
Congressman B. G. Dawes, of Ohio;
D. I. Wayman, Chicago. !,
Going at Terrific Speed.
The train left Altoona 46 minutes
late and was running at high speed
trying to make up lost time down the
western slope of the Allegheny noun
tains when the brake rigging on the
first car fell and derailed the train.
The speed at which the train was
travelling when it left the rails was
terrific. Every rail for considerable
distance was torn up.
There is curve about where the
first rail was loosened. There were
no trees or distractions in the way
to hinder the cars as they started
down the declivity and they remained
upright until they reached the bot
tom. The first car then overturned
and slid along on Its side for quite
a distance. The second car did like
wise. The third car turned over com.
pletely and had its top crushed in.
The fourth car is on it's side.
Fortunately the water in the river
was very shallow. Had it not been
for this it is probable many of the
passengers would have drowned be.
fore assistance could have reached
them. AS it was their escape from
death was very narrow.
Without clothing and exposed to the
elements of one of the coolest nights
of the year, the sufferings of the pas.
sengers for time was extreme. The
arrival of the train from the West
and the prompt response of the doc
tors from Johnstown and South Fork
saved them from suffering serious
consequences from the extreme cold
weather.
The Injured were taken to hospitals
at Altoona, Greensburg and this city.
"A majority of them, however, proceed
ed west on a special train. The train
was the finest on the Pennsylvania
railroad.