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Show RUN DOWN IN TUNNEL. Gang of Twenty-six Track Repairers Struck by Locomotive. Altoona, Pa., Jan. 30. A gang of twenty-six track-repairers were working work-ing on the railroad at the western opening of the Gallitzin tunnel when they heard the approach of a locomotive locomo-tive which was running west through the tunnel. The workmen all stepped from the north track, on which westbound west-bound trains move, to the south track. The smoke in the tunnel prevented them from seeing the approaching locomotive lo-comotive which, to avoid obstructions on the north track, was running on the south track, and ran into them. One man was instantly killed, one died iu the Altoona hospital and sixteen six-teen were more or less seriously injured. in-jured. None escaped without injury. |