Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-11-13 | Page 3 | Death Toll Ten in Pennsylvania Railroad Crash

It r DEATH TOLL TEN IN PENNSYLVANIA P ANIA RAILROAD CRASH rL PLAINSBORO N. N J J. J Nov 13 AP The AP-The The toll of ot deaths today had reached ten and the of Injured was twenty-nine twenty as a result of ot a a. collision yesterday of two Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania railroad express trains The collision occurred in a heavy fog when the Mercantile Express from from- St. St Louis ran past a a stop at high speed and telescoped the two rear sleepers of f a Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington to New York express The steel r rear ar car w was was s split down the There were about passengers passengers passengers pas pas- In the two cars All of those killed were In the rear car General clearing of the wreckage could not be started for seven seven and one half hours be because aus one man Arthur Gross Gross was still alive and arid pinned in his berth He was given water through a rubber tube tube- and last rites rite's were administered by a a aI priest He died in a hospital I Superintendent F F. D Davis of the New Nets Jersey r division bf of the Pennsylvania places the Ole blame on the engineer of ot the Merc Mercantile Express Express Express Ex- Ex press for fot carelessness carelessness' in running past a a. signal light Engin Engineer er E. E J J. J Carroll Carzo l says he could lot of see the light and that previously previously he has has- been blamed for In Innot Innot innot not ma making ng u up J lost t time e. e