Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-10
IS CARS SMASHED
IN p. r. r. WRECK
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sideswipe freight train bound from
Jersey City for Harrisburg which was
passing on another track. Locomotive
and cars were upset. many of the latter
being smashed into splinters. The
wreckage covered all the tracks, making
passage of other trains impossible. The
wreclSage was not cleared away until
noon.
The train for Jersey City was on track
two, and the Harrisburg train on track
four The cars of the first train left the
tracks and jumped over the rails inter-
vening between the two tracks.
The spot were the wreck occurred is
1871 miles east of Philadelphia. There
were ~ cars i'm the train which jumped
the track and 26 cars in the other train.
Although loaded with freight both trains
were running at rapid rate OF speed
and the force of the collision was so
great that the tracks were strewn with
wreckage for n distance Of 500 feet. The
rails were torn up and otherwise badly
damaged and had TO be replaced. Tracks
one and two were repaired and opened
to traffic shortly after o'clock but
tracks three and four were not repaired
until noon.
INJURED MAN STAYS ON SCENE.
The freight train going east was known
as No. 6, and the locomotive was in
charge of Engineer Mount. Harry Trout,
of Trenton, was the engineer of the west
bound train. Harry Il. Sake, fireman OF
the west-bound train, was one of the men
hurt He refused to leave the scene of
the wreck until daylight. He was not
seriously hurt. Both he and Engineer
Trout were pinned in the cab of their
engine and had to crawl out over the
wreckage Salke, although suffering
great PAIN insisted on helping the wreck
ing crew. He took up his place on the
tracks, as flagman, to warn approaching
trains of danger.
The other man hurt was c. NJ. Guyott
brakeman of the west-bound train. He
was climbing n ladder to the roof of the
car when the smash-up took place. He
was hurled distance Of . feet through
the air and landed in a field. He fell In
a pile of soft earth and only sufered
shaking up. Both he and Sake were
sent to Jersey City, where they live, in
one Of the wrecklng trains.
GIVE THANKS FOR DELGvERANCE
Following the wreck two members of
the crews knelt on field and Joined in
n prayer of thanks for their deliverance.
Two of the cars wrecked contained
chocolate candy destined for Christmas
delivery. Another car was filled with
toys, also to be sold for Christmas. They
were scattered over the tracks and many
of the workmen in the wrecking crew
which arrived picked up the remains
when they had finished their work.
Although not so many cars were de-
mollshed as was the case in the wreck
of November 20, the loss was greater
today because of the costliness of the
contents of the cars. A number of
graphophones, pianos, typewriters and
expensive rugs were destroyed. Many
boxes of cotton yarn were in the cars and
bundles were strewn about the tracks.
The workmen found 1t useful, for they
picked up large bundles and tied them
to their caps to protect their ears against
the early morning cold.
800 IN WRECKING CREWS.
NJ. 4. Tomlnson. freight traffic man
nger, arrived on the scene from his home
in Elizabeth shortly after 5 o'clock. He
had 900 men working under his direction.
EWreciing trains We're sent from Tacony,
Morrisville New Brunswick, West Phil
adelphia and Paoli.
The railroad company announced that
1t would canoe! the Q o'clock train to
New York, but when 1t was found the
work of clearing the track was progress
ing so rapidly the train finally left tho
station and was the first to pass Anda-
lusia after the wreck. 1t arrived there
at $40. A short time later. few min
utes after 10 o'clock, Chicago express
from New York passed by.
The accident occurred about 100 yards
west of the station at Andalusia. but in
spite of the terrific crash Mrs. s. II.
Williams, in charge of the station, and
the members of her family were not
awakened. This was due 20 the high
wind, which carried the sound in the