The Washington times., 1909-01-23
Trains Collide in Fog With
Terrific Impact Near
Pittsburg.
THREE LOSE LIVES;
MANY ARE INJURED
Chicago and St. Louis Expresses.
From New York, in Crash
at Summer Hill.

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sons are dead, twenty-flve.injurad. and
+ thirty slightly hurt, as the result of a
[ Iear-end collision at Summer Hiu.
/ eleven miles east OF Johustown, early
/ today. The trains in the wreck were
| Chicago ana St Louis expresses, which
/ were running as the first and second
! sections Of train No, q, west bound
! from New York.
The dead:
S. l. TAYLOR, Brooklyn. travelling
+ n J.. KELLY. Pullman conductor.
CHARLES COLEMAN. Philadelphia.
Pullman porter.
Among the seriously injured are:
Mrs. Adam Rankin, Henderson. kv..
/ ID. kiehl. FittshurE. N. f. H. John
SOM Cincinnati; Dorsey Ash. Berkeley,
( CAL head laCerated, Miss Attiiia Fry.
/ columbus, Tenn; Harry Hide, Chicago.
confusion on left knee and body, A. W.
Moore Chicago, confusion OF ieft Shout
deri H. NJ Phillips, Topeka. Kan. body
I bruised Mrs. Alice Levine. Calumet
I Mich.s suffering from bruises 2 ahOut the
/ body Louis Runkle, Cincinnati left
leg badly bruised and crushed; Mrs
sarah Brewer, Careyvile. N J.. bruised
about the body. Mrs. Carrie Brewer
CareyYille, n. j.. bruised about the
BODY ". s. Johnson. PittsburE, Pa
lacerated about the hlpi Estelle Mum
ster, Bedford Park y. j., left arm
bruised; Roy Munster. brother, of
Bedford Park. n. J., bruised about the
body Mrs. T. Munster, Bedford Park,
n. J.. decorations of scalp Mrs. John
HaaE' Careyvillel n. j., bruised about
the body.
Slightly Injured.
The slightly injured: c. c.. SpInEeI
Altoona; William Rowland Johnstowu,
Pat Charles Legue, Duquesne, Pas
john Anderson, Philadelphia; r. @. Bull
TUT, JohnstoWn. Pa: Mrs. Helen Hamils I
JohnstowH. Pa J. j. Kaylor, Pitts
burg; Miss Bessie Pitt. Altoona. Pa 3
Z. n. softer. Phiupsburg, Pal Mrs. |
Scott, PittsbuTE; Mrs. 81. j.. Grue. Pitts
burg. Mrs Elsie Harris, Brtdgetons ~ /
j.; A. Smoke. Atlantic city n. J.i
Joseph Blauchl, Greensburgs Pa MISS
j. 3. Lanchi, Greenspurs5 Pa Joseph
H. LansauEki, WaVnesbuTE, Pa John
Lasanskt, WsynesboTo, Pa NV. S.
Johnson, Cincinnati. cut and bruised
about the BODY James Nathan, Mem Z
phis, Tenn, laCerated about the headf /
William +. ITlmbie, Seattle WASH /
bruised about body, ~. NJ Riley. Gin
Cinnati, suffering from body bruises; J.. .
j.. Merrill, Louisville KY bruised I
about the body; L. j. smith, Louisville I
Ky, cut about the face and head /
Charles Taussis, aged twelve years. OF /
New York city: q. +. Henderson. of /
Eastern Maryland, bruised about the I
body; Mrs. G. j. Henderson Of East /
eru Maryland, bruised about the body /
Henry GOddon, Butte Mont suffering +
from bruises on head and body,
Train No. u came into Altoona last /
night from the East in three sections /
running twenty-five minutes late. The /
second and third sections we're coIaz /.
biued into one train and followed the /
first section up the mountain at regular /
intervals
In Dense Fog.
The second section was hauled by two /
engines, and the presumption Is that the /
dense fog made SC impossible 10 correct /
ly interpret the signals The train crept /
I'D upon the first section which was /
Standing at Summer Hill station, coIlid- /
ing with it with terrific impact
IL was also reported this mCrulu&g /
that tramp who was riding the blind .
baggage had also been killed. but the /
railroad authorities did not receive of
fetal confirmation Of this story
At the office of the general supeTiu-
teudenr Of The Pennsylvania railroad lL |
was stated that the first section had
stopped at Summer Hill station that the
second section crashed into DO. IT. was
not explained how the train passed
safety blocks, but r. is inferred that
the dense fog prevented the engineer
from reading the signals.
The responsibility for the accident
Will not be determined until after an
official Investigation is made.
Eight Cars Wrecked.
Six cars Of the first section and two
Of the second were wrecked. consisting
OF express cars. baggage cars. two
sIeepers and dining car. Three tracks
were blocked. but one has been cleared.
permitting the moving OF trains east
and west.
Conductor Kelly, one Of the unror-
tuuate tralumeu, had been in the SER
vice fifteen years. and this is said 20 .
have been his first accident.
s. l. Taylor was a travelling repre-
sentative of "a New York brokerage lrm
and his destination was J0hnstOvu.
The bodies Of the dead men and Fire 4
man kissel were brought TO Altoona.
this morning on philadelphia special
which arrived here am hour and q half
late. kissel was taken TO the Altoona
Hospital and the dead were turned
over 10 an undertaken TO DE prepared
for burial
The FIRST section. which was uracti-
eaIly demolished was iu charge of Con-
iuCtOr D. r. Lane, Engineer A. THCmU-
son, and Fireman Roe Griffin. The sec
Jud section was drawn by TWO engines.
manned by Engineer j. Mccartney and
". 3. kissel. Of the lead engine. and
by Engineer II. O. Kennedy and Fire
man J, il Freeman. all PittsbuIs men.