The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-30
SCHOOL TEACHERS
KILLED IN WRECK
Three Charred Bodies Found In the
Ruins Of the Train Which
Was Burned up After
the Accident.
EIGHT ARE MISSING
Excursion of School Teachers From
New York Points Going to
Washington Results
In Deaths.
LGate city Leased wire Service.l

EASTON, Pa, April 29.--Five per-
sons were killed, thirty per-
sons were injured, some of them ser
iously, and eight are missing in the
wreck of a Delaware, Lackawana and
Western excursion train near Martins
Creek, six miles north of Easton,
! this afternoon.
The train, which at the time was
travelling on the north tracks, had on
board 1856 passengers, -nostly school
| teachers from Utica, Syracuse ana
Other New York points, bound for
Washington, D. G.
While the train was going at the
rate of fifty miles an hour, spreading
\ rails caused the engine to topple over.
The three passenger cv~cnes and bag
gage car also left the track. but the
diner remained on the rails. Inc
wreckage quickly caught fire ana
within an hour after the wreck there
was nothing left of the entire train
but the trucks and tangled masses
of iron work. Early reports reaching
:. this CITY gave an exaggerated account
, at least twenty-five persons had been
killed. Physicians from all the neigh
boring towns rushed to the scene fof
: the injured. who were placed aboard
! special train and brought to the
q Easton hospital.
: The eight missing are schoo
"a teachers from Utica:
Miss Elizabeth Walker, Miss Susaf
: Sessions Miss Sarah James, Miss Lou
d isa I,insman, Miss Mary Allen, Miss
Sophie Kineouki and Miss Marlal
Y Brown.
James B;cknell, Philadelphia, tours
I, agent q. the Pennsylvania railroad !
aisc missing.
e The conductor of the train, Charlie
II n Persons. OF Strongburg, Pa, wa
probably mcrtally injured. !.
searchers tonight found in IN
wreckase the charred bones OF thre
e bodies. which it was impossible t
" identify. When the engine topple
te over it dragged all the cars excel
e. tho diner down the embankment VII
ct IT oae of me cars humping into an 0
e. tank car on an adjoining track an
n starting the blaze that destroyed u
,i train AS the cars slid down u
bank they carried with 'nem TEL
pbone and telegraph poles, Whlcn u
layed the summoning of aid for co
&c siderable period until the teiegral
as onarators at Martins Creek fixed up
,e temporary line.
g Late tonight the sound OF an e
IN plosion in the direction OF tne "re'
3D. was heard. 1t was believed to be u
no blowing up of locomotive or 9
nj. tank. owing to the interruption
be taIoqranh service the details could n
be learned.
Fireman George Parsons, who W
among the injured, said: I'VE we
no going along at fair rate OF spec
,as when suddenly felt the engine bun
~ ing over the ties. The next thing
~, knew was being picked up out OF t
~. ditch beside the track. The engi
was upside down and the cars we
afre How any one escaped, do I
understand
Fifteen or the hoSe eoiiouSi'
- ured were taken to Easton on sp
,or' ial train, the others to nearby Ia
~. houses.
iNe The known dead:
va P. r. PERSON. of Scranton, died
nu- Easton hospital, fractured skull
'ec ELEANOR F. RusI HERfoi
An Utica. died in hospital, burns.
Seriously injured.
ich- w. NJ vanoy, Trenton, n, Ja ell
ola neer; head, arms injured, hurt IN
nally.
Ter Augusta light, New Hartford,
EN- Y, burns, face lacerated
nan Ethel Smith Waterviiie, n.
10y ,,isas hurns
lese j Frances Hall, face and al
burned, not dangerous.
the Minnie and Frederika Schwf
to Utica. both burned about face; III
has erika's right arm broken
Ike Cora Baynes, Rome, n Y. shoci
ia'e bruised
to Mary Condor, Utica, arm broi
ilhs cuts and burns.