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Show ENGINE LEAPS OVER HIGH EMBANKMENT Two Trainmen Killed. Niiir Pa-seners Pa-seners Hurt in Jersej Central Wreck. BETHLEHEM, Pn.. Dec I The nine passengers who were injured in the wreck of the Ser.-iiUnti "flyer" on the New Jersey Jer-sey Central railroad near Pcnn Haven junction laat night, and who were brought to St l.uke' hopplt.il, thlc city, are doing nicely. None of the passenger is fatally hurt, .in, tin It Injuries consist mainly of flight bruises and contusions. The railroad men who were killed were Firem ir, Rupert ot Maueh Chunk, Pa., and an extra engineer named Detroy, who was riding home In th- locomotive. Engire's Fearful Leap. The accident occurred a short distance above Penn Haven Junction. According to the story told by Engineer Willis, the locomotive of the epr ss left the rails as It struck a sharp curve. The . pi .,. . followed by a combination baggage and Bftiokillg Car and a" day coach. Jumped a. r-?r th- imrtHbound track and plunged twenty feet dpwn upon the tracks of the I.'-hlgh Vail, y r.nlt-.a.l .hl.li pitalh ls the New Jersey Central railroad at this point. Tlv- coupling on the Pullman car. the only other car on the train, broke, and the Pullman ran down the tr;o k f.'r some distance. Escape Is Remaikable. The coaches that went over the embankment em-bankment were Badly wrecked, and it is Considered remarkable that none of the passengers lost their lives. P-nn Haven Junction at nlsht le? out of direct communication, com-munication, and It was some time 1" lore the accident became known at Mauch ("hunk, a relit i train wan immediately sent to the scene, and by the time it ;.r- rl. ill the injure, 1 had been taken from the wreckage and placed in th warm Pullman car, waiting removal to the hospital, hos-pital, it was a m before th vle- tlms arrived At Smith Methlehem. Bight of the uninjured passengers arrived In Philadelphia at 4 o'clock this morning. |