New-York tribune., 1909-02-16
P. R. R. FLYER DITCHED
Not a Passenger Hurt on Etghfeef-
Hour Tran.

-. D., zaeh. z5.-The eighteen-hour Eyer
-, fbs pennsylvanla Railroad bound rom Ch'C1so @
so New York ran into a Small lsnos-soe IA = -
-. near Newton Hamilton east OF mere. So s
ser o'clock this morning, throwing Ine a
from the track. but in5urfng only one pei' -
9rsrons q bsEzazeman. CT Jersey Nl1y- -
-, -, .eFt Altoona nearly two hours fsOs a11
,ss running al the rase of forSy-fiEe n4es a,,s5 -
ss il approached the cut a heH'S .o - che oh
- n. time and the engineer aid not gee D IT,.
.-,,cr,on until TOO close 10 stop the ram =.
,ocnrnntive combination car Hno Two s-e 80
-ss racks hut did not fan over. me eHs So, -
first car, however were tiiieo ''
about 45 degrees. 49, -. ,.ax-
serrsrs was hurt They were trsIislssIe &c
ar5nhattzn limited a II. ana cohOilN
-, -,-,r Freb x5-some of the pas
.ss - ,be esEbteaa-hour flyer arrived here ts
afternoon ard related their sxPeraeac0' -@o'
engineer said: .,sns
u I'D not know how deep my engine was eoills
,r,o the slide but made up my mind 70 SC1y "a
80 sat ,7nru we stopped The obstruction looAeo
as hiz as a mountain 20 me. and when VIC . ~ - =
ts,e air was on snd the engine reEerse9 -.,
long enough 20 see thai 1oeIe ,. - We snstr71c-
trouble from steam FIRE. and tnen 80 s,t,ns -
-. "a see that tfs FIRE was exunguhshe0' AN
started 20 see about the passengers. =. wi.
? y Coculy and Avery CoOniy, brotnefs' Oh -, -
eago. occupied lower beTfhs IN 'ne - - shayer
-y,er. asleep when the crash came ano W. W. s -.
81 1v.,en the air was applied Eotn We'o V -
ounion that many persons were . kNIoI,
.a,-,rtsed 70 learn that everybody escapT- ., ..,
lanes Jordan. Of New YORK. saio; -. ~ -
-rsre cutie cool: in fact several men ~
sr~ ~, worse than any CT the Trzneh-
y Feres OF Milwaukee,. said he wes selt - %..
- t,+o The end Of his berth by the 9oil' - HI- s
- the optuion that he had reacheo
5bev we're putting another car .,.. +-a,n
--..zs... 20 fbe railroad say that a -tFe4e1N -,
- TEe Mace where the Landslide oocUI- -
-. . hour before the accident happeN0N'
found the> tracks clear
u.-s-s who were the wTecSeo
-. ro,,r train arrived at Jersey Clty al - -
s,-aocar "a the afternoon. They seei"ed W
worse for their experience s-s-,a,
-.,,o,,, a ,s-,or< that the engineer and nrelll- ~
- ,,,s- a committee of the passengers
-.- 4, e,na for their respective fsnalies- 81
-, :, ,sss later learned that neither nan 80
s.ersnl,siv hurt. It wzs decided 70 cN1e ~
4Asrr SO which had already been fD'ieo - .,.
T.-,ss aEscaaeasretser, OF Wisconsin VINO "s 80
= -. = gssnge-s szsd thai the first int1InaiiOn 80
- =, ,he accident when his atoelle'O" -
d-av-n 70 a number or women Qoa1fe1e Is -.
s,eir husbands who were trying 10 set .t, -
- 5he train, while the women refused 70 So "A
they were dressed z,,-a
= str,sssDs the accident, the Rev Bernaru
,xsc.,- rector Of St Paliis Parish Cnurco' a.
-s7-l.rrtor Iowa who is on his way TO ho1ne: 'N
q =vas reading In my reElh saoFtS ~ = = =. e.
-,c5ork when felt & crash that threw me uc @ -
.. - .l,a rar There was e series OF chuSs nAS
- =, sn automobile before the train came 10
sun s4op. and these were accompanied Oy se'A0'
~ to,ts that gave all q lively hIss1ons up'
Y zovoe a lumber merchant Of Chscaee' "ao'
With his wife, was passenger On u1e H~11A -
speaking OF his experiences said;
80 ,,,us. ,,sve sktdde6 along over the Ties ter
-en hundred feet before tie train FFas eroush' =
: 80, We we're all badly shaken Up. but IN al
= - sr,, z,,o-+ snace Of time order was restored
- - .-sre seated At a hastily prepared break
fast"