Show ft two persons killed and a dozen injured philadelphia dec 1 two men were killed and about a dozen others were injured in the wreck of the philadelphia express on he central rail load 0 new jersey last night near penn haven junction about miles north of philadelphia the dead are fireman rupert of mauch chunk pa extra engineer named detroy riding home on the locomotive the injured were taken to the hospital at south bethlehem pa about 90 miles south of where the accident occurred the injured are howard A fuller aged 18 years compound fracture of the leg R A lindsley philadelphia contusions of the hip D E delong philadelphia contusions of the legs thomas goodwan Goodw ln philadelphia lacerated wounds of the head samuel schultz a clergyman of lansford pa lacerated wounds of the scalp M B south bethlehem lacerated dounda of the head george M east mauch chunk pa engineer 0 the express train lacerated wounds of the head and hands and scalds charles brady lansford pa compound fracture of the edse F 0 falkell Fal kelk lacerated the of the train sustained a fracture of two ribs he was treated at his home in south bethlehem the accident occurred a short distance aboe penn haven junction according to the story told by engineer wallis the locomotive of the express left the rails as it struck a sharp curve the engine followed by a combination baggage and smoking car and a day coach jumped across the northbound track and plunged twenty feet down upon the tracks of the lehigh valley railroad which parallels the jersey central railroad lail road at this point the coupling on the pullman car the only other car on the train broke and the pullman ran down the track tor some distance the coaches that went over the embankment were badly wrecked and it is considered remarkable that not one of the passengers lost bis life penn haven at night is out of direct connection and it was some time before the accident became at mauch chunk A relief train was immediately sent to the scene and by the time it arrived all the injured had been taken from the wreckage and placed in the warm pullman car waiting removal to the hospital it was a m before the victims arrived at bethlehem eight of the uninjured passengers arrived in philadelphia at 4 this morning owing to the location of penn haven junction information of the accident was meagre and it was at first reported that many persons had been killed telephone and telegraph offices were closed and several hours elapsed bo fore definite information of the extent of the accident could DC learned |