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Faulty switch wreck wounds ten on Western Maryland local
A faulty switch on a Western Maryland local near Cumberland sent a passenger coach tumbling down a 20 foot embankment. Ten people were hurt, four passengers and three trainmen released after first aid. Injuries described as not serious for most, with several seriously hurt passengers including Pengy Friend, Mildred Walker, and Carlton Leonard. Engineer Samuel Helen and conductor James Henry led the crew as the train traveled about 20 mph from Elkins to Baltimore along the Potomac flats.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Fotomac River
Joseph Miller
Railroad Division
Weller
Pengy Friend
Mildred Walker
Luke, Md
Carlton G. Leonard
Unknown
Marty J. Woppman
Baltimore
Agnes Galliher
Lite Orleans
Mary Hunter
Frances de Mishele
Luke
James Henry
D. W. Knieley
Hagerstown
Earl M. Haugh
Samuel Helen
Hosier
Elkins
W.va
Potomac