Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-02-22
FAST FREIGHT IN
BAD WRECK

The S. H. & w. branch of the Penn
sylvania railroad at Bluff, otherwise
known as the Roaring creek siding,
about O'Clock yesterday morning was
the scene of a spectacular freight
wreck, in which the track was torn
up for long distance and every car
was derailed, four rolling down over
the bank into the river.
The train which came so nearly be-
ing wiped out of existence was fast
freight Lis, which runs at nearly
passenger train speed The train, which
passes through South Danville with
out stopping, reached Bluff on time yes
terday morning. 1t was bowling along
at the usual rate of speed and had
reached point just west of the tower
when a fange broke on one of the
front wheels of the first car.
In an instant there was a crash and
rattle of colliding cars that echoed and
re-echoed among the mountains as the
iron rails were wrested from the cross
| ties and the % cars forming the train,
one after another left the track and,
thrown right and left, were dragged
over the frozen roadbed by the power
full engine running at high speed.
| When the locomotive was stopped a
scene of confusion and much destruc-
tion presented itself. Nothing remain
ed on the tracks but the engine and
caboose. Four of the cars lay down
over the bank in the river. The most
of the cars remained upon their trucks
but were standing nearly sidewise
| blocking both main track and siding.
The track was torn up for nearly
quarter of mile; beyond this, it is
true. the damage is not so great as it
might have been considering the whole
sale derailment of cars, although the
wreck is considered unique in that the
whole train was thrown from the
track.
| What is equally remarkable is the
fact that no one was injured, which
was probably due to the circumstance
that the trainmen were riding in the
caboose or were on the engine.
Pursuant to directions two wreck
trains were soon at the scene of the
accident, one coming down from Greasy
and the other up from Sunbury. 1t
was an enormous proposition to get
| the road open and it was not until
noon that the wreckage was removed
from the siding, so that the passenger
train due to arrive at South Danville
at 12 10 could get through. The latter
train was over an hour late. Previous
to the noon train the passengers were
transferred at the wreck. the result be-
ing that each of the forenoon trains
was DELAYED for nearly an hour.
One of the cars of the fast freight
was loaded with coke; all the other
cars of the train carried merchandise.
tuberculosis Hospital.
DR.. Cameron Shultz. of this city,
has been appointed as one of the 15
charter members of the corporation
connected with the new hospital for
INDECENT tuberculosis patients, which
it is proposed to erect at Ellenton, this
State. The appointments were made
by the committee appointed by the
Lycoming medical society to promote
the hospital.
The fifteen charter members of the
hospital corporation have been select
ed from the counties for which the
hospital is intended to be used They
are Lycoming county, the committee
of the Medical Society composed of
DR.. B. H. Detwiler, chairman. and
DR.. @. w. Youngman, both of Will
Transport, and DR.. W. B. Konkle. OF
Montoursville also the Rev. Robert
f. Gibson, rector of Trinity Episcop'
al church, and the Rev. Father John
Costello, rector of the Church of the
Annunciation. Sullivan. DR. W. F
Randall, of Dushore Columbia, DR.. ]
W. Bruner, of Bloomsbury. Montour
DR.. @. Schultz, of Danville. North
umberland, DIR. H. W. Gass, of Sun
bury; SNYDER, DR.. B. f. Wagenseller
of Selinsgrove. Union, DR.. G. G.
Graft, of Lewisburg; Center, DR.. j
Y. Dale, of Lamont; Clinton, DR.. f. P
Rall, of Look Haven. Tioga, DR.. S. P
Hicks, of Tioga. Bradford, the Hon
@. i. Stevens.