The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-01
FATALITIES
IN WRECKS.
Manchester Disaster Recalls
Disasters Of Late Years.
519 KILLED SINCE 1907.

In the United States and Canada-17e
Deaths In Railroad Accidents In
1eoe-List Of the Wrecks With Sta
tisties.
The recent wreck Of the Lehigh Val
ley train at Manchester, N Y, when
more than thirty persons were killed
and twice as many injured, recalls
the fact that in thirty nine railroad
wrecks in this country and Canada in
the last three years 319 persons were
killed. In this list the greatest num-
Der of fatalities, ITO, occurred in 1909.
Here is the list:
Feb. 7.-Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad train wrecked on Hacken-
sack meadows; one killed.
Feb. 16.-Toledo and Western Traction line
car hit by train of Michigan Central
seven killed.
Feb. A.-Stage wrecked by Ontario and
Western train at Nyack; six killed.
July 5.-Head-on collision on Rome, Wa
tertown and Ogdensburg railroad near
Boonville; five killed.
luiy lts-N ultc 4hOuHldlIl SApTcSS OI NeW
York, New Haven and Hartford wreck
ed at Greenwich one killed.
1909.
Ian. 17.-Head-on collision on Denver and
Rio Grande railroad between Dotsera
and Spruce Creek, Colo; twenty-one
killed.
Dec. 13-Twentieth Century Limited of
New York Central runs into rear of
delayed express at North East Pa;
six killed.
Ian. H.-Canadian Pacific passenger train
leaps tracks near Espanola; twenty
seven killed.
Ian. 25.-Twentieth| Century Limited on
New York Central wrecked near St.
townsville, N. T.; two killed.
March 2-Avalanche wrecks Great North
ern trains at Wellington, Wash. thir-
ty-five killed.
March 2.-Rock Island train on Chicago
Great Western line wrecked at Green
Mountain, Ia; forty-five killed.
July A-Cincinnati section Twentieth Cen
tury Limited hits freight at Middle
town, O.; nineteen killed
Aug. S.-Passenger train on Northwestern
Pacific collides with work train near
Ignacio, Cal. twelve killed
Aug. A.-Freight trains on Central YER
mont railroad in smashup at North
ueiu n ans seven hllieu.
Aug. 3-Two sections of Montreal and
Boston express of Grand Trunk line
wrecked near Durand. Mich; six
killed.
Sept. 12-Train on Hooking Valley rail-
road derailed near Lemoyne, o.; three
killed.
Oct. 2O.-Hocking Valley train ditched near
Harpster, o.: two killed.
Oct. ae-Electric locomotive on Pennsyl-
vania railroad hits hand car near Har-
rison, N. j.; two killed
Nov. 1a-Michigan Central train hits troll
ley at Kalamazoo, Mich; six killed.
Dec 22-Owl express on Pennsylvania
railroad wrecked near Milestone, NJ J.:
three killed.
Dec A-Eastbound express on Pennsyl-
vania railroad hits westbound train at
Nevada. o.; six killed.
Dec. a - Norfolk and Western train
wrecked near Williamson, w. Va;
four killed.
Ian. 2-Passenger train wrecked on Mol
ler's Creek railway near Van Lear,
KY; six killed
Ian. 4-North Coast Limited on Northern
Pacific conided with Burlington ex-
press at Cheney, Wash. five killed
Feb. 6.-Express train on Grand Trunk
wrecked near Paris, Ont. four killed
Feb. g.. Memphis Special on Southern
TdllrOau Wreckeu near McDOnalQ STA
tion, Chattanooga; ten killed.
Feb. S.-Boiler of Missouri, Kansas and
Texas locomotive exploded at Smith
Vile, Tex; ten killed.
Feb. lS-Philadelphia and Reading train
wrecked near Tamaqua, Pa; one
killed
March t9-Buffaio trolley hit by Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road train; two killed.
March S.-Dixie Filler of Atlantic Coast
line wrecked on trestle over Allapaha
river, near Triton, Ga: ten killed.
June 3.-Train on Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Sault Ste. Marie line wrecked near
Vergas MINI; one killed
June -Four freight trains on New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad col
lide near Fairfield, Conn; five killed.
June 16.-International Limited on Grand
Trunk derailed near Bowmanville. Ont;
one killed
June 8.-Philadelphia and Reading train
wrecked in Philadelphia tunnel; one
killed.
July n.-Federal express on New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad
plunges over embankment at Bridge
port, Conn: fourteen killed; forty-sev-
en- injured.
July $.-Excursion train on Bangor and
Aroostook railroad wrecked near Ban
gor, Me-; fifteen killed.
Aug. Anew York and st. Louis fast train
wrecked on Baltimore and Ohio at Sa-
lem, w. Va two killed.
Aug. B.-The Pennsylvania Special the
eighteen hour fiier, wrecked at Fort
Wayne. Ind; four killed.