Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

deiphia real estate dealer however was
badly injured.
InJured IN Hospital.
The following list OF injured was given
out here;
At the Altoona hospital
Felix Isman, real estate dealer, Phiia-
delphia, Injuries TO backNnd hand cut.
r, A. Busse. postmaster OF Chicago, badly
bruised but not seriously injured.
Samuel r. Nixon, philadelphia, theatrical
manager, head and shoulder bruised .
and SGhp ~ S SSs SrObaby fatnS n
T. J. Murphy, Joliet, NJ. confusion on
G. ". winEisr, Chicago, secretary and
general manager of Coyington & southern
Tailroad, left arm sprained and body con-
Injured GoIng west.
The following passengers continued their
journey west;
A. T: Rogers, Chicago. cut on head and
". H; Rhodes, train porter. New York,
J. Wood wilson, Marion, Ind, cut on
Jacob ]. Kern, Chicago. bruised hip
| w. H. Wells, Chicago injuries to head
George s. Wood, Chicago, right knee and
| a. e. virto. Jersey City. Pullman con-
ductor, fractured rib
NJ. II. Singer, manager La Sale theater
1
Herman Fair, theatrical manager MIL
Mrs. N. II. Sanford Smith, Rye, n z.
s, B. Fleming. Fort Wayne. Ind. LAGER
a. w; Macarthur, Railway, N. j., LAGER
N. c. Harrison. Pittsburs. confusion of
Thomas Bower, Lafayette, Ind, confusion
Harry Tyree, salt Lake. cut wrist and
a. I. Garnett. Jersey City train porter.
Mrs 1 Paul TJ ;. FTa Franz Tacoma, Wash,
lacerated wounds of foot.
Margaret Francasai. Tacoma; confusion
]. NJ Davis Brooklyn, N Y; both shout
ders slightly injured.
w. o. Duntiey, vice president and general
manager Chicago Pneumatic Tool CONS
pany, Chicago; scalp wound and left hand
hurt
Wilson company, financial agents, New
York and San Francisco; head and right
t Congressman b. q. Dawes Of Ohio who
was cut in the face, returned to Washing
ton.
So far as can be learned from Pennsyl-
vania railroad officials here no one was
killed in the wreck of the eighteen-hour
New York-Chicago flyer near Johnstown
last night. There were ffty-four passen-
gers on the train nearly all of whom were
hurt. Only one passenger, John F. Kline,
postmaster of Joliet. ILL.,, was fatally in
jured He is in hospital here.
The train left this city forty-six minutes
late and was running at high speed down
the western slope of the Allegheny noun
tains, when the brake rigging on the first
car fell and derailed the train. The engine
and first car remained on the roadbed.
while the rear two cars slid down the
sixty-foot embankment into the south fork
Of the Conemaugh river, the cars falling
over on their sides and being partly sub
merged in water. The passengers were
thrown about, many of them from their
berths Most of them escaped from the
wreck with little or no clothing. The
telegraphic lines were torn down when the
train left the track and communication
with railroads was delayed for an hour.
AS soon as possible Superintendent Long
of the Pittsburg division sent a relief train
from Johnstown to the scene of the acct
dent, carrying physicians and supplies. The
Chicago and New York special, east
bound, arrived on the scene soon after the
accident occurred and the crew and pas
sengers turned out and gave their attention
to caring for the injured. Some of the
more seriously injured were brought to
this city and taken to the Altoona hospital.
! A few were taken to the Memorial hospital
at Johnstown, but the greater number,
whose injuries were slight. continued their
Journey west on a special train made up
and sent out of Pittsburg to take the
place of the wrecked train.
Strike shallow Water.
The flyer was composed of the combina-
ton parlor car Kokoma, sleeping cars
Cresheim and Whitford and the observation
car wanatah.
When the train left the rails, instead OF
falling over, the cars slipped down the
steep embankment. which was covered with
Ice and snow, into the river. Fortunately
the water was very shallow. Had It not
been for this it is probable many of the
passengers would have been drowned be-
, fore assistance could have reached them
AS It was their escape from death was very
narrow.
Without clothing and exposed to the ele-
ments of one of the coolest nights of the
, year. the sufferings of the passengers fol
time was extreme. The arrival of the
train from the west and the prompt
response of the doctors from Johnstowr
and South Fork saved them from suffering
serious consequences from the extreme cold
weather. The railroad officials of the Pitts
burg division made every effort to care
for the injured.
There were only four women on the trair
and only one of them escaped injury
Emil Paur, conductor of the Pittsburg or.
chestra, and William NJ Hall, well known
Pittsburg attorney. who were travelling to.
gether, escaped without injury. Felix
Isman, a we'll known real estate operator
and Samuel N. Nixon, the theatrical mana.
ger, both OF Philadelphia, were thrown
from their berths and were painfully but
not seriously hurt.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.-F. H. Hubbard
reported injured in the Pennsylvania wreck
Is believed to be Frank H. Hubbard. a
member of the firm of Charles c. Gates &
Co. OF Ill Broadway.
a 0mciaI Statement.
, PITTSBURG, Feb. "a statement giver
( out from the train dispatchers ONCE OF
2 the Pennsylvania railway gives the fol
lowing account OF the accident
The train consisted of Atlantic type Of
engine and four cars J. T. Small was the
engineer and NJ. w. Forbes was the con.
5 ductor. At l1:42 o'clock last night the traiT
5 was about a mile west of m. p" tower
six miles from JohnstoWn and two miles
from Conemaugh, when the accident hap
n NMW.