New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-30
TRAIN WRECK AND
FIRE KILL. TEN
Teachers from Utica and Their
Friends End Pleasure Trip
in EaStOn Hospitals,
OIL TANK ADDS TO BLAZE
Physician Organizes Rescue
Work Conductor Dies - The
Missing Passengers Are Be
lieved to Have Perished.

lieved TO Have Perished.
rs,.cr. Pa April 2a-Two persons
Ios, their lives eight are missing and
believed to be dead and half hundred
o,hers we're injured this afternoon at
Martins Crook y. i. in wreck of an
excursion train CARRYING 10 school
teachers and their friends from Utica.
Syracuse and vicinity 10 Washington
ror weeks outing.
The train was one furnished TO the
teachers by the Delaware. Lackawanna
Western Railroad. and the accident
occurred while II was travelling at A
high rate ~ speed over 2 stretch of track
controlled by the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad.
The locomotive Jumped the track. the
mrs torpled over and We're set on fire
nv exploding oil. the wrecked coaches
having side wiped an oil tank along the
track when they left the rains.
The entire train was quickly enveloped
IN flames and was consumed by the
FIRE The missing persons. six Of whom
ufre women and lived in Utica. arc be
po,1d 10 nave been burned 70 death i'm
the vreckaFe The finding Qf charred
homes led the railroad wreckins crews 70
decide that they were dead
The Dead and Injured,
The most seriousl~ injured were re
-,oved - the Fsston Hospital. where two
of them Miss Eleanor =. Rutherford. =
r-,ics teacher and Charles VI. Person. Of
s1roudshurg Penn. PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad conductor. died tonight
The list Of those missing follows
vALgEr. Mss Bessie. Utios '.
SESSIONS Miss. susan. Utics. y y.
Jones Mss sarah Utica, y. y
ALLEN Mrs Narv. Ttics = y.
HNoL1 Miss Sophie, t-tics y.
plNsN.N Miss louisa Utica. y
rrctNrr1 rares Philadelphia. tourist agent
Psnnsvt~anis Railroad
v1LMFR Hsnr,. Trenton. y. r, hagsaFenan
- train
The list of injured follows
'A.I .T5 avn, i1,urs5. ma be hurt int-rnaliy.
PARSONS George ". fireman. LameertNlue.
Y j. burns about the head and face severe
srr-k indicating nterDal injuries
-r-1T Augusta school teacher. New Hartford,
Y: burns and fsce lacerations
SMITH. Ethel teacher. Watervilie. y. u
bruises ann DOrflS
RUTHERFORD. Carrie, sister OF above burns
not seriously injured , ,s
HALL Bertha Waterville y. y, burns cuts
end hruisss: not danserouslS hurt.
EArt J. Frances sister Of Bertha. face and
arms burned; not dangerously hur''
y~HwABE. Minnie and Frederiks. Utica
y :. both burned seou, srossr me race MISS
VrNCHENBACH. Julia. Utica. leg cut ana
bruised.
sAYNEs. cathsriue. teacher in the Utica
schools, slightly injured
psyNFS Cora Rome y. Y. sister of above
ssriousv shocked and bruised
coNpON. Mar. Utica. y. y, arm broken
cu's and burns
All the above are IN Easton Hospital
soc'a,icn Of Utica. severely cut about tho
heso
oBRIEN. Anna. cut about the head by glass
IN window through which che was hurlea
a.hsr fhe train went down tho embankment.
EAYrR. Flora cut about the hands and face
hUt m, seriously hurt
LAWSON Catherine scalp badly lscerated and
severely bruised about the body
RAWLEY Mrs ". c. cut about the hands and
arms and burned about the face
pAWLEY Edith cut about the face and arms
snd bruised about the body
DUFFY. Catherine. cut about the hanos d''
.LJNsMAN. Cecilia cut about the face. arms ana
HANDS and bruised about the body.
CAMPBELL. Anna, bruised about the hands ana
arms.
The physicians AT the hospital said late
tonight that most of those In the hos
f'tsl would get well.
Those not injured. and who were Will
irg n return at once to their homes. left
Martins Creek late tonight.
The cause Of the wreck has not yet
I'll xrrnar
accident occurred had been undergoing
rers'rs and unfinished work may have
hesn responsible for the train leaving
the track.
EXPLOSION at the Wreck.
There was terrific explosion at the
scene Of the wreck tonight. The hash
wss seen for some distance and the re-
port was heard several miles away
There is no communication with the
wreckins party. Local railroad men say
that either the boiler OF the wrecked 10
ccmotive or a gas tank exploded
". r Cummings. district passenger
agent for the Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western at Syracuse. had charge OF the
excursion party He was badly hurt'
but refused 10 20 TO the hospital, and
snsisted on returning 10 Syracuse TO car
~ word TO the families Of the injured.
An automobile took him TO Washington
y J.. where a night express on the
Lackawanna was tagged and he was
taken aboard.
The rain was travelling at rate ot
fifty miles an hour. and when the loco
motive struck a sharp curve, where men
had been repairing the tracks, IT jumped
and ran eiong a hillside. carrying four
OF the five cars with # All of the cars
took ire and burned ike tinder Not
splinter is left
Were Enjoying the Scenery.
The special train left Utica this morn
ing on the Delaware. Lsckawanna q
Western Railroad, and when IL reached
siroudsburg, Penn, pennsylvania
Railroad crew took charge Of it and was
Ia have rim IL tbrouph ia Philade lphld.