Altoona, Pennsylvania
Train Wreck
October 16, 1895
SERIOUS TRAIN WRECK.
Altoona, Pa., Oct. 16. --- Two men were
killed, one was fatally and two more slightly
injured in a collision on the Martinsburg branch
of the Pennsylvania railway today.
The dead are W. F. GOOD
of Henrietta, fireman of the Martinsburg train;
J. C. WOODING
of Tyrone, brakeman of the water train,
both legs cut off and head crushed. The wreck
occurred between the Martinsburg mixed train
while hauling milk and Altoona shop workmen, and
a water train one mile west of this city. The
water train, consisting of several tank cars,
had been ordered to proceed to the “Y” switches
near Holidaysburg to get water for the Altoona
shops, and was just pulling from a siding to the
main track when the Martinsburg train came
around the curve at full speed. The collision
completely demolished both locomotives and
smashed several tank cars.
The following are injured:
DAVID ARTHUR of Altoona, engineer of
the Martinsburg train, was so badly scalded and
injured internally that he cannot recover;
HENRY BLACKBURN, engineer of the
water train, seriously but not fatally hurt;
WILLIAM JONES of Burkett station was
thrown through the door and painfully injured;
BEN WEYANDT of Roaring Springs, a
passenger, badly cut about the arms. A number of
others were more or less cut by flying glass. A
confusion of orders is responsible for the
accident.
Aspen Weekly Times Colorado 1895-10-19
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
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