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CumberLasp, January 23.—A frightful railroad accident occurred at half past 12 o’clock to day up the George's Creek and Cumberland . Rat Percy’2 Ravine, 7 miles from Cumberland, killing four men and injuring seven others. Two engines and fifty-one B. O. coal hoppers, containing over six hundred tons of coal, were wrecked. The accident was caused by a broken wheel. There were three trains united, the first consisting entirely of an engine and Pennsylvania Railroad cowl scows. The other two were the two engines, each followed by coal hop per. The trains were connected, so that the trains could assist each other in holding back the hoppers, the grade of the road being very steep. To this instance the train wos beyond control of the men, and in passing through the first tunnel of the road a wheel of a Pennsylvania scow broke, tearing up the ground beneath. When it reached the tres- se-work, further on, it broke the ties, causing the spreading of the truck, which was followed by the wreck. James McGettigan, Harry Baldwin, Welliam Lyons and Maur vin Welkh were killed. Soleaion Gross ad Harry Carlury were seri ously hit. The others were but slightly injured. The men killed were buried under the debris. Baid win cannot be found, McGettigan was single, and about 23 years old. Lyons seaves a wife and six children, aid Welsh a wife and one child. Nearly all of the men are from Cum berlayeed
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Somerset Herald
Somerset, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jan 31, 1883
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