Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-07-06
Frightful Accident on Little
Coal Railroad in Pennsyl-
vania Costs Lives Of Twen-
ty-0ne Passengers.
DOZENS OF INJURED
CARRIED TO HOSPITALS
Local Train Consisting of
Single Crowded Car Pushed
by Locomotive Crashed Into
Double Header Freight.


tDy Evenias usFaid a. 2. issassa wlrel
LiRonier. Pa. Jnly s.--Twcnty-ono
passengers were Killed according 10
the official liat. in tne accident ON
the LlE0nior Valley railroad last
nlEhi. when passenger coach on the
llttle coal road wns crushed between
two locomotives on steep grade.
Nearly 3 score Of injured are IN
Pittsburg hospitals where they weFe
taken BY special train last night.
or the missing that were thought
10 be- in the wfeckags. all hut two
were found among the list OF In
jured. Mrs. Ncttie Gray of Wllpen
and Roy Gray. y foster son. were
found In the wreckaGe this morning.
claspcd In each others arms.
The dead.
Ars. Harry Dillon and baby OF VIII.
pen. orushed TO death.
Willihm Campbell OF Wilpen.
Frank Mcconnauehey OF LigoRier
engineer. acnlded 20 death.
George Hyers of LAgonicr. fire nan.
crushed and scalded.
Louise Rheddy. aged 3, Of Mc.
cAoeo. crttlhrH
Elizabeth llhoddy. aged "a. a sister
John N. Ankoy ~ LlEonlcr. fire.
man. died on way 20 hospital.
Mrs NJ EaBe Of Fiipep.
Thopas Muir of Lstrobe, head
crushed.
George Tosh or wnpen. body
smashed.
Mike Hudoek Of wilpch aide
crushed.
FRANK oyer,on, aged 10. " wnpsn.
mutilated.
Mrs John overton. mother Of
Frank. died ON train hound for Pitts
hurgI.
Uaidcntlfled boy aged az.
Two unidentified foreigners, badly
crushed.
a majority Of the injured we're
residents along the Wilpen branch
They were brought 10 u hospital AZ
introbe or sent 60 hospitals ~ Pitts
burgh when II was found thoy were
IN critical c0ndltiop.
The puanongrr train had started
from Llgonier. Il consisted OF an en-.
glne ana coach, tho engine pnhhlnn
the coach. Tho freight train wal
made up 0f coal cars and vas beine
pulled by two heavy locomotives
Every seat ~ the lone coach was oc.
cupiod with parsons returnlng from
e Fourth ~ Inly holiday. The i'm.
pact was terrific The freight cnalnei
plowed through the wooden coach
crushing Il Hn II woiaid paper, Al
the occupants were hurled 20 the
r0adbed. SOME fell IN the path ol
the cn-fushlnk engines whlte Others
we're inbeaded partly IN the oinderi
ana crushed stones beside the rails
The first engine of fhe frelshs tralT
stopped soon after tearing through
the paeaengaF train. turned half Wal
around and fell over on ltu side. I'm
gineer MecennauEhey was scaldod q
death while his fireman, George ~
efa, jumped only % meet drath un'
der the wheels Engineer amitl
Beatty Of the second engine jumped
and escaped with q broken leK. iIil
fireman. Jehn Anhsy, feii beneath Z
car. fio WAS eruthed and died whii'
on tho way % q hospital.
A pathetic scene was the injury o
Miss Esther N, Matthew'S. nafAe
and the death OF two and The l1jur'
Of four children she was takina 4
the wood near Wllpon for an after
noon'u cutting.
INo fonnNtFAuIa faliroHu Or WuirI
the Llanni1r road Il a branch, sent
special train from Pittsburgh 10 IA
tfobo 10 fako aomo " The injured
from the oyefnaed hospital there i
rlltaburnh
nut one person On the tran
eacaped without injury ne wen /
railroad employr
TWO MORE VICTIMS op LACK.
hWANNA fiuititON iDENTlfInl
coFnlne. y. ". july 6 Two mon
pf ehe two score pefannt killed ln ~
inchnwnnnN wreck near hoTe Wefl
Identified gnany They arci
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llfltg.
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dnfe|opta |N4| At RHmblf ~ ota|
was lI||sIt|n|tI 4|Kh one fN'NHlfH fh
Ialief d fh4 FteaI sold faeehie
80 NJ Hnt MId Within AfuNfHon
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kll|ee