Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
THREE KILLED
ANOMANY HURT.
IN DERA|LMENT
Passenger Train on Penna.
R. R. Fell Down Embark
ment on Top Of Coal Car:
Iowan Injured.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 2S.--Thre
persons are known to have bee1 kille
and more than two score were injure
some probably fatally, when the Cir
cinnati express on the Pennsylrani
railroad which left here at 1914
O'Clock last night was derailed at Glel
Loeb about twenty-five miles west o
this city shortly before midnight. On
day coach and three sleeping cars fel
twenty feet down an embankmen
onto train Of coal cars on the freigh
line which at this point runs parable
to the passenger tracks.
The dead:
H. L. BALDWIN, New York, Pull
man conductor.
| JONES, Pullman conductor.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN PASSENGER
Among the injured in West Chester
hospital are:
Miss Jane Kelly, Chicago; suffering
from shock .
Mrs. Mary Hunnet, New York; two
fractured ribs.
l
Pa; conclusion of the brain.
| Victor Vallene, Philadelphia; scalp
wound and commissions of the hip.
Bertrans Bush, Harrisburg; badly
bruised.
Rev. H. G. Wilson Of Indiana county,
Pa; sprained back.
Mrs. H. C. Miller, Altoona, Pa; right
side and hip injured.
| Elizabeth Sarode, Youngstown,
Ohio: cuts on face and contusions on
hip. ..-.
Additional names Of injured were
given out by the railroad authorities
in Harrisburg as follows:
J. A. Marquis, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
confusion Of head not serious.
Mrs. Elizabeth Santrily, New York:
face cut.
Think Broken Rail Was Cause.
The train was composed OF two loco
motives, postal car, combination
baggage and smoker one day coach and
nine Pullmans, mostly sleepers. The
railroad officials believe the accident
was caused by broken rail. Relief
trains were rushed to the scene Of the
wreck from Philadelphia and Ian
caster and the injured removed to
West Chester and Harrisburg, while
some were cared for in neighboring
farm houses. The majority Of the
passengers in the day coaches were
lounging in their seats preparing fST
the long night ride and those in the
sleepers had retired when the acci-
dent occurred.
Few of the passengers had any idea
of what caused the wreck. Some
blamed a broken rail and all agreed
that but for the steel cars there would
have been many more casualties.
PASSENGERS Wrapped In Blankets.
A party Of railroad officials left
Philadelphia early today for the scene
OF the accident to conduct an official
investigation. A special train was
made up at Harrisburg to take west all
passengers for Pittsburgh and beyond.
Several of the passengers reached
Harrisburg without overcoats and were
wrapped in blankets. They were pro-
vided with clothing and given places
on the special.
Many of the travellers recovered their
baggage. After the first shock, when
the cars toppled over and they found
no fire or serious damage, tney were
able to- grope their way back to
berths and dressed by the light OF
lanterns. Some of the passengers
hustled into their clothes while stand
ing in vestibules.
Explosion Kills One, Injuries Three.
Chillicothe, Mo-. Nov. 2S.-The ex.
plosion of gasoline lamp In the home
Of E. J.. Johnson in this city caused
the death of 3-year-old Ruby Ander-
son and the serious injury of three
other members of the family, two of
whom are girls. and years old.
Louise. the eldest child, was so badly |
burned about the face and body that |
little hope Is entertained for her re-
,pvery. Mr.. Robinson was seriously |
burned in his desperate battle to save !
he chiIdren's lives