Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-24
May Injured, But No One Killed
in Wreck Of Pennsy|-
VaRIa Special.
THREE CARS ROLLED INTO RIVER
Official Statement Says Accident
Was Caused BY Dropping Of Brave
Hanger While Train Was on Curve
Ono Man Reported Dying
: Praise Service Held BY Minister.
LRy Associated Press. /,

H. NbS aSSOClHltN PrcSS.o
( JOHNSTOWN PA. Feb. 23.-Tho
PENNSYLVANIA, the famouse IS hour
New fork-Gh.cago train OF the Penn
. Syivania Railroad, was wrecked a.
Mineral Point. seven miles east Of
here last night about midnight.
None OF the passengers were Killed,
and but one, John II. Kline, Of Jol-
lei His probably fatally Injured.
me train crew also escaped serious
injury.
Practically all the fifty four pass.
engers on the train were more or
less hurt. Ten of the injured we're
taken TO the Altoona hospital and
the others were able to continue
their Journey.
Miraculous Escape.
: The escape of tho occupants Of
the train from death. was little
short OF miraculous The train was
! running nj the high speed OF more
than mr. miles az hour when the
last three cars OF tho train. two
pullman sleeDers, and mn observation
car suddenly left the rails. They
-ssned over twice. then slid down
.ilhe GU, foot efnbankment into the
pToneniauRh river. Thu cnrs went
through tho heavy ice but there was
so Ettlc water in the river that
there was no danger OF drowning.
caus, Of Wreck.
The wreck. Is Thought was cansec
by the dropping of the brake rigging
on tho tender Of the locomotive. Tho
rigging lodged under tic. derailing
the -four cars. The locomotive and
combination car remained OH the
track
Relief trains were at once dcs.
patched from .Tohstown Altoona and
Pittsburs. Zig; injured ones were
taken to Altoona hospital four
more were sent to ?ittsburg and
taken To the Allcchany general hos
ps'ai. The other passengers. I'm
Insufficient clothing. many with notn,
ing To cover them but blankets and
ped clothing, were also sent to
Pltlshnrg.
The railroad supplied them with
food. medical attention ana clothing,
and sent them ON Wcst on n special
train which, left PittsburS al ten
O'Clock today.
Praise Service Held.
shortly after the relief passenger
train LEFT Mineral Point for pitts,
nurE praise service was held In
The coaches. Rev. Edgar Cope mas.
Tor OF ST, Simeon Protestant Epis.
copas church Philadelphia, deliver.
cd an address ana led in PRAYER.
Let us thank God" nc said, "tha,
every man. woman and child on this
III lated train escaped death"
or the thirty injured passengers
VINO went West in special train
1our we're taken to Pittsbnrg hos.
pitai seriously. but not fatally In.
lurcd, They arc j. Wood Wilson
Marion. Ind; W. II. Baker, Chicago:
ihomas Bauer. Lafayette. Ind; and
a. Y. Urion Chicago. chief counsel
lot Armour and Company. The three
hrst named are at the Allegheny
general hospital and urion Is at tho
Hotel. Henry.
One Reported Dying.
Postmaster 1'usse, Chicago, sam
nel +, Nixon. Philadelphia and Felix
lsman. Philadelphia were taken To
Altoona hospital arc not seriously
injured but John p. Kline, who also
is IN the Altoon hospital Is report.
ed 10 be d,inS.
George S. Wood. of the Colonial
theatre, Chicago. was passenger
In car of the train. and said: ~
want to say to the credit of tic
lour women on the train that ,bcy
acted nobly. There was no crying
or hyscrics by the three women on
ne train. and girl. whose name !
nd not Learn. managed to ret
Inc women fixed UP. giving one of
them m" ovcrcoat. frlt pretty
sorry for them because they were IN
thc1r night clothes.
When the accident occurred their
wearing apparel was strewn In every
direction.
An Awful Experience.
The experience of rolling down
tuat cmbanknent was simply NV.
mr. continued Mr.. Wood. Il did not
KNOW IL VIC were going down the
side Of mountain or what had
lfippened was asleep and II an.
peaTed to Mo an age before that
car finally struck. II landed with
lerri'lie force. breaking the car In.
TO splintor4 and how any of us ,cs,
captcd death Is a mystrry Really