Evening journal., 1922-07-11
WRECK PILES
Up 10 CARS
AT STANTON
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probably due TO the flange OF a
wheel OF one OF the wrecked cars
breaking.
Cars were piled up on all the
tracks and on each side Of the
tracks. The pile up of cars was just
south OF the Stanton freight station
and not more than one hundred
yards below the passenger station.
The remainder of the night the
| Pennsylvania trains were run over
the Baltimore and Ohio tracks be-
| tween West Yard and Bay View. Md,
with as little delay as possible. The
wreck train was on the scene
within a short time and by 6 o'clock
this morning some rails had been re-
laid and one track was opened so
that trains could move over it slow
ly, but It will take all day at least
to put all the tracks in shape.
In addition TO the five cars OF
chickens some OF the cars derailed
contained cattle. sheep and hogs but
fortunately none of these were up
set and consequently the animals |
apparently not seriously injured.
With the five cars of chickens It |
was different. These cars were evil
IDENTIFY in the section OF the train |
where the trouble occurred as they ,
were damaged to a larger extent |
than any of the other cars. The in
stant the wreck happened cars were
thrown over on the south4bound
tracks and dragged some distance
At this point there are three tracks.
The train was running on the out.
side northbound track. The rails of
the two other tracks evidently by the
dragged cars were torn up and the
four rails in some places were
showed almost together. Some sec
tions of the rails were bent and
twisted and other sections torn en-
tirely loose from the roadbed and
were found along the side OF the
road. One section was found in the
yard of a house just below the
Stanton freight station occupied by a
track foreman. The northbound
track on which the train was run
ming was also torn up for some dis !
tance. II
Five of the seven men in charge !
of the feeding Of the live chickens !
en- route had a miraculous escape.
Smith was one of the five who at
the time of the wreck were eating /
their supper in aRe end of one of I
the cars containing the chickens. {
This particular car left the track and
Is said to have turned over three or Y
four times on the side OF the road {
All the men suffered some bruises a
and from shock but Smith was the
only one seriously injured. Z
One freak of the wreck was the Il
manner in which three of the chicken d
cars were twisted around. Two OF C
hem were turned completely cross d
Ways of the tracks and the third was v
thrown on top OF the Two a
giving the appearance of a bridge u
'ver them. Two of the other chicken "
'ars were thrown clear OF the tracks e
llong the side of the road. "
The noise of the animals a few b
minutes after the wreck could be
leard for some distance. Hundreds a
" the chickens in the cars that T
urned over were killed. At day n
reak this morning hundreds of 4
thers started crawling through the -,
ides and ends of the cars where the 4
wire had been bent or broken. A
emporary pen was erected on the
property and many of the >
rounded up and pleced in -
here, but there was still a large -
lumber wandering around loose at a.
o'clock this morning and more u
citing out of the cars every min ci
te. NJ
One of the poultry cars that had 81
cen turned over was just north Of
he tracks near the freight station NJ
his morning. This car had COM al
letely turned turtle the top of II d.
eing on the ground. Large numbers pl
Z chickens especially in what was st
the upper layers but then
{ the bottom, were dead having been b
rushed and smothered to death. &C
ne other poultry car was north of tn
ie tracks and three of them south TO
Z the tracks, one of them having ca
imbled into the race. All of them 81
ere badly damaged and many dead
lickens could be seen in them. Il
BY 3 o'clock this morning all the r
irs derailed had been gotten back
n the tracks with the exception of
le five poultry cars and moved
way. A large gang Of men were al
ork all night putting in new track
nd cleaning away the wreckage.
Many persons visited the scene Of
lie wreck early this morning The
lrs of live stock were among those nj
owed away during the night. The ii,
nmlt-u ca rs ruera lnadad In Tenn.