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Runaway Freight Train Crashes At Portage Junction
In Altoona Pennsylvania on November 7 a heavy gun and freight train ran away for ten miles on the New Portage branch and struck four light locomotives at New Portage Junction killing seven, injuring two, with forty seven coal cars piling into twisted steel and fire breaking out afterward. Firemen raced from nearby towns to combat the blaze as rescuers assessed the scene and casualties.
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Altoona
New Portage Branch
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Portage Junction
A. L. Rising
Derry
R. C. Schrum
Conemaugh
Frank Fry
W. M. Thompson
R.C. Jackson
Altoons
J. N. Gorton
W. A. Baker
Juniata
F. J. Smith
Reman
Conneaut
W. E. Horner
Crade
Clyde Hall
Oliver Baumgardner
Muleshco Curve