New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-27
FAST TRAIN GOES OVER so-FooT
EM1ANkMENT INTO RIVER AT
BLACK DIAMOND, PA.
All PASSENGERS AND
TRAIN CREW INJURED
Postmaster Husse, of Chicago, Among
the Victims, Suffering Broken Arm
Disaster Occurs While Running
at High Speed.

passengers and a train crew of about
a dozen were injured in the wreck OF
the Pennsylvania special, the: fast l8-
hour train on the PENNSYLVANIA rail
road between New York and Chicago,
which occurred at a 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 so Feet to River.
The engine and combination smok-
the three Pullmans plunged over
60-foot embankment into the Cone
| maugh river. Fortunately the cars
| were not submerged.
A scene of wild confusion resulted.
| ALI 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
f! injuries are dangerous.
! Chicago Postmaster in Wreck.
The injuries of Fred A. Russe,
postmaster of Chicago, who was on
the train, are not Of serious nature.
They consist Of an abrasion over the
| right eye, a laceration of the scalp,
broken arm and a flesh wound in
the thigh. The first reports regarding
| the postmaster were of the most
alarming character 1t 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:
| J. Wood Wilson, Marion, Ind.
Frederick A. Busse, Chicago, postmas
ter; Samuel F. Nixon, New York, OF
Nixon & Zimmerman theatrical pro
motors; Felix Ishman, Philadelphia
real estate dealer; Mrs. L. Miller Chi
cago; C. B. Coates. Chicago; P. E. Fer
guson, St. Louis; James Blakeley (col
ored), New York; Charles Dickinson
Chicago. Mrs. H. Sanborn Smith
Troy, N. Y; Theodore Douglas, New
York; H. S. Beardsley, New York; II
S. Piepintrink, Joliet, H.; Alfred r
f Ureon, attorney, Chicago; II. Tyree
Salt Lake City, Utah; Rev. Edga
Cape, Philadelphia; w. O. Duntley
Chicago; Frank L. Brown, Chicago
E.. j. Murphy, Joliet, Ill; Mrs. Carl J
FransiOli and nine-year-old daughte
Margaret, Tacoma, Wash; Mrs. G. S
Garnet, Jersey City; w. R. Beall ant
wife, Reading, CAL; w. 3. Virts, Pull
man conductor; S. w Prince, Chi
cago; Frank A. O'Neill, Chicago
Charles S. Knight, Jr.. Chicago; J. R
S. Mcleod Brooklyn; D. w. Wish
Chicago; A.. E. Berts, Jersey City; A
w. Macarthur, Railway, N. j.; NJ. c
Harrison, Pittsburg; w. H. Freeman
Brooklyn; E. c. Gutes, Fort Scott
Mr.. Leo A. Loeb, and wife, Chicago
Miss Irya Rothschilds, Chicago; Mis-
Beatria Rosenberg, Chicago; Thoma
Baur, Lafayette, Ind; John F. Kline
Joliet, ILL.,; George S. Wood, Chicago
NJ. A. Singer, Chicago; Frank H. Hui
bard, New York; Jacob ]. Kern, Oh
cage; W. H. Wells, Chicago; HERNIA
Fehr, theatrical manager, Milwaukee
S. B. Fleming, Fort Wayne, Ind; En-
Paur, Pittsburg, director Pittsburg O.
chestra; ]. M. Davis, Brooklyn, N. Y
, Congressman B. G. Dawes, of Ohio
D. T. Wayman, Chicago.
J Going at Terrific Speed.
, The train left Altoona 46 minute
} late and was running at high spec
/ trying to make up lost time down til
), western slope of the Allegheny moul
tains when the brake rigging on til
first car fell and derailed the trail
The speed at which the train We
travelling when it left the rails We
( terrific. Every rail for a considerab
distance was torn up.
There is a curve about where tt
l first rail was loosened. There wei
i no trees or distractions in the wa
v to hinder the cars as they starte
t down the declivity and they RENAME
e upright until they reached the be
Y tom The first car then overtime
1 and slid along on its side for qui