Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-06
WRECK KILLS SIX
AND INJURIES many
Serious Disaster on the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
SIDESWIPED BY FREIGHT CAR
Engine Derailed and Four Cars De-
stroyed.
LIST OF THE DEAD AND INJURED
Freight Car Had Broken Away From
the Train-Accident on
SIDESWIPED BY FREIGHT CAR
IST OF THE DEAD AND INJURED

PITTSBURG, August 6.-The Titusville
express. southbound. on the Buffalo and AL
legheny division Of the Pennsylvania rail-
miles from Kittanning, Pa. about 11:3O
o'clock today. by being side swiped by d
freight car that had broken away from a
northbound freight train.
The engine was derailed, and two baggage
cars, smoker and a passenger car
wrecked. At least six persons are dead. and
about eighteen injured. Among the iden-
titled dead are:
Mrs. Alonzo Huff, Johnstown, Pa.
Son Of Mrs. HUFF. Johnstown Pa
NJ. b. Irwin. engineer Of the passenger
train. residing at Oakmont. Pa body cut
In two and was found under the tender.
Chritzlore. Titusvlle. Pa
Hafrey, Kittanning, ia.
Unidentified man.
Among the injured are:
Three daughters of Mrs. A. HUI, Johns
town. Pa.
John Gissler. Emlenton. Pa.
Samuel Bing, Pittsburg
Robert Michelton. Emlenton. Pa.
The train on leaving Kittanning. was be-
hind time. and it is stated that 1t was run
ming at very high rate OF speed for the
purpose Of making up this lost time. ne
accident occurred at sharp curve of the
road, which prevented the engineer from
seeing any considerable distance ahead of
him In some manner big freight car that
had formed part Of a freight train, north
bound had broken away from this train
and had landed some distance from the
northbound track and projecting over the
southbound track. The express as 1t round
ed the curve, was sdeswiped by this car,
which derailed the engine and wrecked the
four cars
Whole Family Badly Hurt.
The train Is usually a popular one. but
this morning it was unusually we'll filled. as
carried delegation from the First NJ. f.
Church. Kittanning. on visit of inspection
to r.eighboring church. Another delega-
ton was composed of the Armstrong county
committee, and on the train, among others,
were d. B. Hener, collector of internal
revenue. Pittsburg: w. G. Heiner his
brother. Of Kittanning: State Senator
George w. McNess. kittanninS; DR.. C. NJ.
Allison, kittanning; Mrs. Henry Chafant.
wife of Rev. Henry Chaifant, pastor of the
First NJ. E. Church. Kittanning. and her
young daughter These were slightly in
iured. but not enough to require medical at
tention. Nearly all the passengers OF the
train suffered from shock.
One of the most pathetic features of the
wreck was the tragedy in the Huff family.
The father. Alonzo Huff. at the time the
accident happened, was walking up and
down the platform at Kiskiminetas juno
ton. where he had been business and
where he had arranged to board the train
and join his wife and family. AS a result
Of the wreck. however. his wife Is dead, his
son is dead and his three daughters are
among the seriously injured When word
Of the tragedy reached Huff he collapsed.
Railroad Information Scant.
PHILADELPHIA, August Ga telephone
message from. Pitts5urg to the general Of
fees of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany here says that the best information
the railroad officials have is that three per-
sons were killed and twenty-five injured in
the wreck near Ford City.
A message to the company from General
Superintendent ODonnell at Buffalo, n. Y,
in charge of the Allegheny Valley division,
says the train ran INTO a derailed eX-
tending over from tie north to the south
bound track between Iogansport and Ross
ton. and that the passenger train was
ditched. The accident occurred at 11:20
am. The division wires are down. the SUI
perintendent says. and details Of the wreck
are meager.