Republican farmer., 1918-03-22

The relief train brought 10 of the in
jured to the Harrisburg hospital. They
are:
Albert Sheffling, Jersey City, cut on
face and head William Fitzpatrick,
New York, a professor at Columbia
university, cut on leg and body;
Charles DeForest, New York, cut
about head and face; Isadore Risen
berger, New York, lacerated scalp and
face; Archibald Stooran, Montreal,
cut about face; Alice Manning, New
York, cut on left arm and body; Wal
ter Croft, Braddock, Pa, cut on head;
H. H. Steinmetz, Dover, N. j., frac-
tured clavicle and a!brasions; Lewis
Herchberg, Ford City, Pa, slight cuts;
Hugh Soles, Turtle Creek, Pa, slight
cuts; Israel Lebenberger, Youngs-
town, O., slight; cuts about face;
Thomas Shone, New York, cuts on
both arms; Charles Palmer, Morgan
town, w. Va, cuts on both legs; e.
w. Forst, Duncantvi1le, Pa; Leon Co
hen st Louis, and George X. Wright,
East Liberty, Pa, cut about the head
and given attention by soldiers and
railroad men.
The wrecked, cars we're damned
against the side of the cut, making
difficult the work of taking out the
dead and injured. The first two cars
and the last three remained on the
rails, but the sleeping car next to
those wrecked jumped the track and
its passengers were shaken UP.
Several soldiers who were in the
smoking car rendered first aid to the
injured and assisted in the rescue
work until arrival of relief trains
from this city and Lancaster.
Railroad officials who went to the
wreck reported the cars as badly
broken and that it would be hours be
fore the wreckage could be cleared
away. The wrecked cars carried a
total of 46 passengers.
=. E. Edwards of Harrisburg, con-
ductor of the train, suffered fractures
of both legs and internal injuries and
is in serious condition.
None of the passengers was able to
tell any connected story of the acct
dent except that there was a terrific
crash and the two cars toppled over.
Sergeant Ralph Knoe, 45th Infantry,
who was with the soldiers, said the
shock threw men in the first cars out
diers was highly praised by the pas
sengers.
The passengers that escaped injury
were sent west on trains made up
here.
Railroad officials say that steel cars
prevented heavy loss of life. 1t is es-
timated that one of the rocks weigh
ed at least 20 tons and it will have
to be dynamited to remove it from
the rails Two sleeping cars were
thrown across four tracks and if they
had been of the old wooden type they
would have been broken to pieces.
General Superintendent R. v. Mas
sey, who had passed through the cu
going east a short time before the &C
cident, was informed of the wreck il
Lancaster and Immediately went tt
the scene on an engine. He directed
the rescue work and track clearing.
Practically all of the injured wht
required hospital attention were il
the wrecked sleeping cars.
One of the victims was identified
this morning as Miss Palmer of Nor
gantown, w ", whose father, Charles
Palmer, is one of the injured list anC
in the Harrisburg hospital.
The railroad company announced
that in addition to those already give1
the following named had been in
jured:
E. H. Rowley. Pittsburgh, hand in
jured; F. r. Forker, Oil City, Pa
hand and foot hurt; H. M. Wilson
Pittsburgh, bruised; A. Kaplon, New
York; A A. Richardson, Pullman
ter, New York; and Mrs. Mary Pix
ulsky. Harmonic, Pa, minor injur
les.