New Britain herald., 1926-06-17
.l5 KNOWN DEAD
 IN TRAIN WRECK
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wrecked locomotives, seven bodie
 

wrecked locomotives, seven bodies were found.
 Wild Scenes Are Told
 Passengers who escaped with slight hurts told of the wild scenes attending the wreck The moans of the dying and the terrified screams Of the injured pinned in the debris added to the confusion. Those who were able 10 do so struggled from the Pullmans. which, while not wrecked. were thrown from the rails. Most of them were in night clothes.
 Cool heads soon brought some semblance of order. Men were sent a-foot to Blairsvilie intersection to summon aid. Those who remained al the scene tried 10 aid the suffer CTS trapped in The wreckage. They succeeded in bringing out only a few Of inc victims, their work be- ing hampered by the lack Of light and working equipment,
 Relief Crews Sent Out
 Shortly after the reports of the wreck was dashed 10 Pittsburgh wreckinr crews were moving 10 the scene from this city. Altoona, Johns town and other points bearing doe. tors nurses and railroad officials. Automobile ambulances were or dered out and Just before daylight the first of tho rescue crews reached the scene.
 Dawn disclosed the extent of the disaster. The crash vas of such great force that one sleeper was driven its entire length into another. IT. appeared as though the one car had been built around inc other
 Rails Are Ripped Up
 The rails were ripped up for 100 feet on all four tracks of the main line. Wreck cars were brought up as close as possible and the two locomotives hauling the limited were hoisted to one side. In the cab of one was found the bodies of ". s, Gordon, of Altoona. engineer in charge Of the limited, and his fire man, N. l.. Hollingsworth.
 Later the telescoped sleepers were pulled apart. When the top car was lifted away. there were disc}os- ed the bodies of nine victims. Res cuers worked fast. bringing out first the bodies of several men, then woman. and. finally the crushed forms of several small children.
 Killed While Conycr~inG
 Tn the club car on the linr---1 were found a number Of men. their lives snuffed out as they sat in the car talking and reading,
 The injured were removed 10 the Latrobe hospital, where 1t WAS found that three passengers, including Mrs. Essie Bryan of Owentown, Ky, were in critical condition. Those who escaped with slight injuries, were brought 10 Pittsburgh. given medical attention, and placed on other trains to continue their jour neys. Efforts 10 question these sur vivors were fruitless. They were suffering from shock and were ey- iremcly nervous.
 Reports Come Slowly
 Reports of the disaster filtered into general railroad headquarters here very slowly. due 10 the fact thaf the nearest telephone vas sev- rral miles away.
 Efforts 10 identify the dead as the bodies were brought from the cars, in most cases was impossible. Tn some instances where the victims had not undressed. cards and other articles found in the clothing es- abolished the identity.
 Railroads Statement
 Philadelphia, June 17 P,-ChccE- up by Pennsylvania railroad officials Of casualties in the wreck near Blairsville early today showed IS persons were killed md thirteen in iured, the company announced.
 The railroads statement follows:
 At 11:i5 p. m" eastern standard time, June 1G. Train No. 40, the Cincinnati Limited. consisting Of two locomotives, q Pullman club car and nine sleeping cars collided with the rear Of passenger train No 50. the Pittsburgh Washington cN- press. consisting Of one locomotive and nine sleeping cars which had stopped on account of a burst ait hose at Gray 50 miles east Of Pitts burEh.
 Both locomotives of No. 4o were derailcd and upset; the club car de railed and partly upset and the touT following sleepers dcrailad.
 "The three rear slecpers of No. aA were tclescoped and derailed. All four tracks were blocked and bad ly damaged.
 Five passengers who were riding in the club car of No. 4h were killed and nine passengers in the rear sleeping ear Of Train No. 5o were killed.
 "TUir'ecu passengers were iniur- ed. ten being taken 10 I.atroh" hos pitaI. and thrct continued to Johns. town and received attention at that point.
 "All passenger trains are being diverted oH,r thr Co0omaugh diri- sion via East rihcr and Conpjtt Junction with a0 average delay Of two and onc-hoIf hours"