Barree, Pennsylvania
Train Wreck
March 22, 1888
A Serious Accident
HUNTINGDON, March 22. - A broken axle caused
a serious wreck to an eastbound freight train at
Barree, this county, this afternoon. Fifteen
cars loaded with coal, coke and flour were
demolished and their debris piled upon and into
the passenger station, and from which the
passengers and employees barely escaped with
their lives. Four of the six tramps who were
riding on the train were caught in the wreck,
one of whom, James
Cousins, of Scranton, was instantly
killed. John Madden,
of Wilkesbarre;
Thomas Murray, of Youngstown, Ohio;
James McDonald,
of Hyde Place, Scranton, all tramps, were so
badly injured that they cannot survive over
night. A brakeman at Altoona, who was making his
third trip, had both legs cut off and will die.
Two unknown boys are buried under a lot of coke
and suppose to have been either killed or
smothered. They have not yet been taken out. The
remains of the dead tramp and the injured were
taken to Altoona this evening. The loss to the
company will be very heavy.
The Indiana Democrat, Indiana, PA 22 Mar
1888
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