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I —-Jacob PfTahaefcrr, an old and prominent resident ol Crillicoon I epot, Sullivan Co., N. Y.f dtad at his home at that place -*n Wednesday last, a* the result of j a paralytic stroke. He was aged about 78 years, Mr. Persbacker was employed on the Delaware Division of the Erie Railroad, until a few years ago, an section mason foreman, and had charge of the building of bridge abutments and all henvv rock work on that division, and served in this capacitv for a period of ( thirty-five years. Mr. iVrshacker and John Voighi, of Bhohola, helped dig the trench in which were deposited the re*. mains of the victims of a terrible rail* road di caster on the Erie, at King and Fuller’s Cut, on Friday, July 15, IH4,. which was caused by the carelessness ofn drunken operator at Larkawaien, four miles west of the disaster. The accident was the colliding of a coal train with the passenger train which cnntam‘Ml 833 Oon-| federate prisoners, and 150 Union guards. There were 51 Confederates and 19 Union soldiers killed, and the wounded numbered 12*1, some of whom died later. The trench dag for the remains win aev-enty feet long, eight feet w ide and six 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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