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WHERE 20 DIED IN OHIO TRAIN WRECK—Aerial view above show* wrecking crew* clearing debris and searching for victims after the Pennsylvania Railroad’s westbound flyer, The Golden Triangle, crashed into the wreckage of two freight trains which had previously collided near Mansfield, Ohio. Twenty persons were killed, including four trainmen, and 50 other* were injured. (NEA Telephoto)19 Reported Dead in 3-Train Collision; Engineer Denies Missing Block SignalS(rlt;MANSFIELD— —One more I said Louis Petoskey, 55, of Toledo, soldier died Saturday increasing to engineer on a freight train which 19 the number of dead in the knocked another into the path ofthree-train collision on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Coulter, 12 miles southeast of here.They were among the more than 150 soldiers aboard the “Golden Triangle headed for home on a Christmas furlough before leaving for Japan.The injured list totaled 50, also mostly soldiers, four of them in critical condition here.The “Golden Triangle piled Up on two east bound freight trains that had crashed a few seconds1 earlier at 2:45 a.m. Friday.Twelve hours later, rescue crews i completed their search of the J.?/isted Jtleel cars for bodies, free-ii,|£ many of the dead and injured with acetylene torches.The Pennsylvania Railroad Sat* urday announced a hearing to fix responsibility for the wreck.J. W- Leonard, superintendent of the road’s Pittsburgh division,the speeding Pittsburgh-Chicago flyer “Golden Triangle Friday morning, probably would be given a hearing before a “general manager’s committee.”A railroad spokesman said shortly after the crash that Pe-Bar Stools Are UnfairTavern Expert AdvocatesReturn of ‘Fooi*on*K(aP Position.SAN FRANCISCO— lt;*» —Bar stools are unfair to bartenders.Richard E. Collins of Redding, Calif., retiring member of the tavem-controlling California Board of Equalization hadtoskey ignored signal to slow down. Petoskey asserted at his home that he had clear signals until his fireman, Robert E. Keith, 31, also of Toledo, yelled that he saw red flares seconds before the crash.Keith and Petoskey scrambled over the coal tender after setting the brake* about “20 lengths from the other freight,” Petoskey related. Keith was killed, but Petoskey escaped with minor injuries in a leap from the tender ladder.,F. J- Hughes of Sandusky, brakeman on the second freight, and E. H. Patterson of Canton, engineer on the second passenger train’s two locomotives, also were killed. Charles Reed* 24, of Smith-viUe,„ fireman on the second passenger 'locomotive, died in a hospital a few hours later.H. E. Karbaugh of Louisville, engineer on the passenger’s lead locomotive, escaped with slight injuries when he was thrown from his cab.
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Athens Sunday Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Sun, Dec 15, 1946
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