Show flyer Crackup Injures DEffes 40 ERIE Pa Oct 5 A UI A New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Central railroad flyer clipping clipping clipping clip clip- ping along along- at better than a mile milea a minute smashed into a derailed freight oil tank car early carly Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day setting off ocr an explosion which rocked midtown Erie Miraculously no one was killed I Between 10 and 50 were injured injured but none was burned although flames from the burning tanker leaped high into the air and lapped at some of the cars on the palatial westbound New England States Slates express Into Path The engineer eng of the to Boston-to- Chicago express had no chance to tol l keep his train from hitting lutting the tank car It was hurled into the express' express path from Crom a freight train traveling eastbound on a parallel track Only one of the 14 cars on the streamliner caught fire It was the dormitory car for dining room More ore than 10 occupants scrambled to safety through a alone alone alone lone exit which remained open One unidentified waiter said Everyone just scrambled out We Ve had been sleeping Some of ofus ofus ofus us got two left shoes some got one shoe and some got none But we ve all aU got out of there in m a hurry 50 Firemen at Scene Nearly 50 firemen aided by as many police were at the scene scene only five blocks from midtown Eric within Eric within minutes after aHer the crash They kept the fire from engulfing the tram train and aided in m rescuing passengers Nearly 50 passengers were trapped in the only car which overturned Twelve of the injured passengers were admitted to hospitals but butare butare are arc not in critical condition At least 10 others on the express express ex ex- press including one crewman were trea treated ted and discharged So Sovere were vere two of the rescuers who battered battered bat bat- windows with their bare fists to free the injured |