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TWD KILLED BY EXPLOSION,B. 0, Firtmtn «nJ Braktman iStratha Victims.Cumberland, Mfl., Jan 23.—Baltimore and Ohio Engine No. 2000. exploded about 9 o'clock yesterday morning at a point Just went of the Mountain Lake Park (Md I Depot, killing I wo men. seriously Injuring another and piling up the engine and three cars In a angled mass on the trin ks The killed ate;Fireman. John L Simpson, of CoUim-trim street. Cumberland; aged 32 years; unmarried; non of James Simpson, grower, Columbia street; was so seriously Injured tnat he died at 11;30 o’clock a m. The remains will he brought toCumberland for burial.Front limkeman Frank Johnson, aged 23 years, w ho came here from Dal (more several years ago. and .hoarded It Meg^lough's boarding house. South uml rlaud, was instantly killed.The injured are:Engineer A W. Stanhagen. of South Cumberland. aged 33; married;- hadleg broken and was otherwise Injured.but will recover.Conductor Joseph P. Howell, of Cumberland. was slightly injured by the «udden stopping of the train.Engine JOfwl was drawing an east-bound freight train, and was Just com ing Into Mountain l^ake Park when the pin*ion occurred The noise was•errlflc, and shortly afterwords tht 1 wreck was surrounded by crowds from I Mountain Lake Park and Oakland, the fatter place only two mites away The Djnred wen* taken from the wreck, itid physicians hastily summoned from Oakland and Mountain Lake Park, did everything they could to relieve theirsuffering Johnson died about twohours fitter lietng taken from thewrecks Sianhagen was brought to Cum-berlnd. The wreck train was dla Hatched from this city, and. assisted by other wrecking cress, had the two main tracks cleared by 2 o’clock ye*erdftj afternoon «The wrecked enginewas one orrne new mountain climbers md had only been on the road for a few years The engine had only been out of the hops a few* weeks, and was drawing ast freight No px When the explo Ion occurred the engine was lifted up n the air and fell across the east bound rack, ihe tank car and three loaded ars piling up in a wreck behind H The car following the engine waa oaded with horses, anil several of the mlmaN were badly injured, Whil. he force of the explosion did no dam ige to any of the nearby houses, dishes md pictures In many of them were hrown to the floor and broken. Brake-nan Frank Johnson had his h*ad down off and the body was somewhat r,angled Johnson h parents are dead md he leaves no brother* or sisters. Relatives in Baltimore requested Mrs »annte Headlonjch. his board houseeeper. lo have the remains burled hereFireman Simeon was literally cook'd by the escaping steam from the oller, and was thrown some distance from the engineEngineer Stanhagen was Thrown from bis cab and had his shoulder and leg broken, besides being badly braised, ^tanhagen and Simpson were removed 'o the hospital at Oakland, where Simpson died shortly afterwards. The remains of Johnson and Simpson werebrought to Cumberland. Johnson’s remain* being In charge of the Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen. Mrs dtanhagen went to Oakland to be with ier husband. Fireman Simpson leaves a father, mother, five brothers and four s Let era, ail of Cumberland.
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Roanoke Evening News
Roanoke, Virginia, US
Tue, Jan 24, 1905
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