Evening star., 1945-06-15
Train Wreck
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Mrs. Mildred Double. AZ, of 1913
Seventeeth street Sc.
Mrs. Troutman, wife of an
Army lieutenant, is employed at
the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics.
She left last night for Buffalo to
visit her husbands parents and
her two small children. who are
living with them.
Mrs. Wright is the wife of
David Wright. a furrier
Mrs. Double is the wife of
James R. Double. civilian en-
ploye at the Navy Yard. She
and her husband left last night
for visit at their former home
in Pittsburgh.
The wreck occurred shortly after
! am Offlcials said the freight
train had stopped at Milton few
minutes earlier and was moving at
low rate of speed while the pas
senger trains speed was estimated
at it's usual running rates. miles
an hour.
Trains were being detoured over
o 40-mile stretch between Williams
port and Sunbury on the Reading
Co. lines and officials said they ey-
pected to have the eastbound track
cleared by pm. and the westbound
by midnight.
Mrs. Troutman said she had just
stepped on the platform of her
coach when the crash came She
tried to open the coach door, but
1t was jammed and she had to wait
until rescue crews freed her. Her
forehead was cut.
Mr.. Double said.
There was a terrific jolt, our
coach went off the rails, rolled along
several hundred yards and then
keeled over, leaning against the
freight train. 1t was lucky coach
Soldiers Aid in Rescues.
Thanks to soldiers on the coach
every one seemed to keep cool be-
cause they could see that the SOL
diers were doing swell job of get
ting us out
H. L. NancarroW, general manager
of the Pennsylvania Railroads east.
ern division, said preliminary inves.
tigation indicated broken iourna,
on the 34th car of the freight train
carrying 103 loaded cars, caused the
freak collision.
ut has been definitely determined
that no warning could have beer
given the engine crew of the passen.
ger train,' he said, "as the fireman
of the freight train has stated thai
when he felt the brakes of his
train 60 on as result of the de.
ralment, the engine of the passen.
ger train had already passed his
engine and was alongside the freight
train"
Those HospitaIized.
Others hospitalized as announced
by railroad officials included:
Mrs. Miriam MacMurray, 80, Will
Transport, Pa; Mrs. Ralph Marshall
Williamsport: Pvt. Edward Craig
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
John Rohr, 80, Cheektowaga
N. Y; Corpl. Hilga Price, 10
Portland, Greg; Donald Morrison
80, Elmira. N. Y; Mrs. Margaret Si.
curanda, 81, Renova, Pa; Miss Adele
Leonard, 81, Shamokin, Pa: John
Krohn, baggage master on passenge,
train, 20, Penbrook, Pa; Mrs. Cath
crime Innes, So, London, Ontario
Canada; Carl Gamble, brakeman or
passenger train, Sunbury, Pa; Corpl
Richard Meyers, Hamburg, N. Y.
discharged.
Genevieve Cohen, 40, and David
Bookman IS, both of PHILADELPHIA
Joseph Donegan, SO, express mes.
senger, Sunbury, Pa; Fred Bonnat
%, Hamburg, N. Y; Frank Merch.
aency, Buffalo, N. Y, discharged
William S. Ronney, Carlisle, Pa.
discharged; E. L. Burr, Mechanics.
burg, Pa, discharged, and o. D
Dennis, Mechanicsburg, Pa, dis.
charged.
Sergt. Dwight zassenbraker, Is
Trent, Mich; Mrs. Catherine AIMS
ss, London, Ontario, Canada; Mis-.
Miriam Hoen, 20, Buffalo; Pvt. vii.
Yam r. Gristoff, Ridgeway, Pa.
Mrs. Blanche Kelley, Toronto, Can
ada; Doris Larkin, 20, Buffalo, dis.
charged; Mrs. Alice Rock, go, Bal
timore, discharged; Jean Rock, 13
Baltimore, discharged; Conductor
George L. Sneeder, passenger train
56, Harrisburg, Pa.
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