Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-17

HURT, ENGINEER
DIES in WRECK
Train Crashes Into Freight
Smashup in Lancaster
Cutoff
FLAMES DESTROY DEBRIS
City Firemen Rescue Two
Pinned Beneath Burning
Wreckage
FLAMES DESTROY DEBRIS

one engineer was killed. a brake
man seriously sinjured and two mas
sehgers and fireman slightly in
Jured in wreck on the i,arco ster
cuton about 7.45 this morning. The
engineer on an eastbound freight
ran py stop signal and went off the
oerall, piling up eleven cars. Pas
senger train No. 576, leaving Har-
risDurg at 6.55 this morning. with
eisht cars. crashed into the wreck.
Inc Killed and injured are:
Killed
+. j. Flynn, New York, engineer
on the freight engine.
Injured
T. r. McManus, New York, fire.
man on the freight engine. seriously
injured. Was buried under his en-
slhe. Injured internally and suffer-
ing from shock.
j. T. McNally. New York, brake
man on freight, badly injured
idken to the Lancaster Hospital
May not recover.
MRS. +. ii. Bayman, 1897 East
seVenty-iifth street. Cleveland Ohio.
confusion of abdomen Passenger
- \. "A: kaddura, S14 First avenue,
troy n. Y. sprained muscles of the
mead and neck.
Wreck Takes Fire
The wreck caught fire and the
Lancaster fire department was called
out to extinguish the blaze and as
sisted IN getting Brakeman McNalIv
and Fireman McManus from under
the wreckage. The official report
received at the office of William Ell
mer' superintendent of the Philadel-
phia division, reads:
About TAG this morning. extra
freight east, engine No. 1877. Con
ductor G. e. Womelsdorf and En-
gineer T.. j. Flynn, hauling train
f-2 on No. track, ran by the sig
nal at &C tower on the Lancaster
cuton and off the derail, upsetting
the engine and wrecking eleven cars.
passenger train No. 576, Conductor
y Il. stephens and Engineer ]. E.
shaw which was running on the
middle track. ran into the wreck.
oVerturnlng the engine and wreck
ing TWO cars. Engineer Flynn, of
the frelght- train, was killed and
fears are entertained for the fire
man. All four tracks were blocked.
Iraln movement is being detoured
through the Lancaster passenger
station"
The injured passengers were in the
second car from the two that turned
over and were injured when the lar
Jammed them against the seats. They
were given immediate attention and
sent to a Lancaster hospital and
later resumed their journey on an
other train. Other passengers on
the train were transferred to the
train leaving Harrisburg at 7.15.
The freight train was in charge
of u New York division crew and
left Enola about $50 this morning.
1t was made up of cars loaded with
general merchandise and coal. The
cars that We're wrecked Included
four cars loaded with poultry and
enroute to New York. Many of the
fowls were killed, others got away
and were scattered all over the fields
in the immediate vicinity.
The passenger crew was made up
of Philadelphia employees. The train
was on schedule time, and was run
ming at the usual rate of speed over
the cut off. When the engine turned
over. Engineer Shaw jumped.
Wreck crews were sent from Lam
caster Columbia and Harrisburg.
Elmer of the Phila-
delphia division was also at the
wreck and directed the men and
firemen. 1t is said that considerable
freight was burned including furni-
ture and clothing. All trains were
running through Lancaster station
until late this afternoon when two
of the tracks on the cut off were re-
ported open.
Freight Train Wrecked
The Pennsy had another serious
wreck at 11.50 last night. 1t &C.
Cured at Howellsville on the Tren-
ton cutoff. An eastbound freight
with 40 cars was running at a speed
Of 30 miles an hour when two cars
ouckled piling UP 10 cars. This ives
one of the worst wrecks that oc-
on the Trenton cutoff in
several years. All traffic was blocked
until late to-day. Trains to and
rom New York were run into Phila-
lelpkia. No one was hurt The
rain, 1t is said, was in charge of
Morrisville, New Jersey crew.
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