Evening journal., 1915-12-10
.22 CARS Piled HIGH
IN FREIGHT Wreck
Broken Wheel Causes De-
railpent of One Train, An
other SideSwipeS II
CAUSES DELAY FOR
AWHILE IN TRAFFIC

One man was hurt and twenty-five
loaded box cars and a locomotive
were smashed up early this morning
in the second freight wreck the Penn
sylyania Railroad has had near Phil
adelphia in twelve days.
This mornings wreck, freight
crash. like that which preceded il.
occurred at Andalusia, Bucks county.
on the New York division. and only
a mile from Cornwells, where there
was a wreck twelve days ago. An
dalusia is sixteen miles from Phila-
delphia
The wreck of this morning occurred
at 135 o'clock. and traffic between
Philadelphia and New York was
blocked until o'clock, when two
through tracks were cleared. Through
trains from New York to Wilmington
were delayed somewhat by the wreck.
A broken wheel ON a freight caused
the wreck, and led to the sideswiping
of two trains.
The man who was hurt is Harry
| Il. Sake, of Jersey City, a fireman.
He was thrown through the window
/ of the locomotive cab, but was not
] ntNtltll AuJuAtuf alla AAt nbA HAAA A.
necessary TO go TO a hospital.
A dramatic feature OF the wreck was
a prayer of Thanksgiving for their es
cape which the conductor and enginemar
of one of the trains offered up IN a field
a few yards away from the tangled pii'
OF wreckaee.
Roadbed Torn Up.
Rails for a distance OF POO feet wer'
torn from the roadbed in the wreck
The statement that a broken wheel on
freight bound from this city 20 Jersey
CITY was the cause of the accident wa
made by VI. r. Tomlinson. Jersey City
freight traffic manager of the division.
1--WE have heard reports that th'
wreck 1yas due to spies but our inyesti
CATION reveals il was an accident an'
that il is only a coincidence that th
wrecks occurred 30 closely together an'
under such similar circumstances, Nh
Tomlinson said.
A freight. bound east and known a
Ne was composed Of forty-for car
and was travelling ON track No. ,. Ae
cording to Mr.. Tomlinson. the tiange oi
wheel Of one of the cars broke and
after several cars were derailed and ha'
pounded over ties for about 400 feet
they crashed into the ears OF west
oaad freight, bound for Harrisburg. hit
ling them just below the locomotive
The impact jolted the west-boun'
locomotive from the tracks, upsettin
it, Cars telescoped and the wreckag
was scattered over all tracks of In
line. The engineman and hrema
crawled from beneath the overturne
locomotive, the fireman having hi
back bruised.
A broken piece Of the wheel abot
! quarter in size. was found alon
! the roadbed by Mr.. Tomlinson. II
3 said its discovery. together with I'll
r dents in the ties, caused by the pound
2 ing OF the derailed cars. indicated th;
2 the cracked fiange was responsible
= for the crash.
The wind was so high that Mrs.
2 II. Williams. station-agent, who live
l I in the station at Andalusia, about
} block from where the accident oC
{ CURED. did not hear the sounds {
I the impact. Not until 6 o'clock, whe
3 her family awoke and peered froI
the wreck were they apprised of
] Residents OF the town also were vi
aware, but soon joined 400 workmel
: members of five wrechng crews, VIII
5 were rushed to the scene.