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Jacob fVrahiefcer, an old and prominent evident of CaHieoon Depot, 8uDivan Co., N. V., died at hit borne at rhat place on Wf'dnr-fdav last, as the result of j n paralvtir stroke. He was agrd aboui 7# years, Mr. Pershacbcr was employed on the Delaware Division of the Erie Railroad, until a few years ago, as sec-lion mason foreman, and had charge of the building of bridge abutments and all hettvv rock work on that division, and served in I,hip capacity for a period ofthirty-five years. Mr. Persbacker andJohn Voightp of tshohola, helped dig the trench in which were deposited the remains of the victims of a terrible railroad diesster on the Krie, at King and Fuller’s Cut, on Friday, July 15, I8ft4, which was caused by the careleasnetw of n drunken operator at Lorkawaaen, four miles west of the disaster. The accident was the colliding of a coal train w ith the passenger train which contained K'TJ Confederate prisoners, and 150 Pnion guards. There w ere 51 Confederates and 19 Tnion soldiers killed, and the wounded numbered 123, some of whom died later. The trench dug for the remains was seventy feet long, eight feet wide and eia feet deep. It was the common grave of both the blue and the gray.
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Honesdale Citizen
Honesdale, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Dec 23, 1908
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