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Show TRAINS IN TOTAL Three Men Killed in Wreck Near Johnstown Johns-town Pennsylvania Altoona, Pn., Jan. 23. In an impenetrable impen-etrable fog, the second section of the St, Louis express, westbound, which left Philadelphia at 4:30 o'clock yesterday yes-terday afternoon, crashed into tho first section at Summer Hill, 25 miles west of this city at 12:30 this morning, killing three persons and injuring six, cne probably fatally. The list of killed and injured follows: fol-lows: Dead. S. L. Taylor. Brooklyn; employed by Charles E. Rung, broker, New York. M. J. Kelly, a Pullman car conductor, conduc-tor, Jersey City. Charles Coleman, colored, a Pullman porter, Philadelphia. Injured. W. J. Johnson, second and McKean ttreets, Cincinnati. Mrs. Adam Ranln, 214 Green street, Anderson. Ky. W. D. Kl6sell, fireman, Pittsburg. Four mall clerks, not serious. Those killed, as well as Mrs. John-pon John-pon and Mrs. Rankin, were all on the sleeper which was at the end of the first section. Kissell was the fireman on the second sec-ond section. He had two ribs broken and was removed to the Altoona hospital. hos-pital. Johnson and Mrs. Rankin, were able to continue their journey west. As soon as news of the wreck reached reach-ed the city a special train was hurried hur-ried to the scenp carrying railroad officials of-ficials and all the available physicians who could i.o hurriedly summoned to the Pennsylvania railroad station hpre. A request was also sent to Johnstown for physicians and a special train was rushed to the scene of the wreck. Tho first reports of the accident stated that many were killed, scores injured ?nd the fliit section of the express demolished. These exaggerated reports re-ports were in circulation up to the time that the relief train reached this city. The first section of the express had been stopped by a freight which was i vocceding slowly and the fog was so dense that the second section crashed crash-ed into the first. When the wreck occurred, oc-curred, nearly all the passengers were iu their berths asleep or dozing in their seat6. The greatest excitement prevailed. The compact put out all the lights and the passengers rushed wildly from tho wrecked coaches crying cry-ing for assistance. The point at which the accident occurred is some distance from a telegraph station and it was several minutes before the railroad people here or in Johnstown knew of the accident. As soon as they were apprised of tho wreck, special trains were rapidly lvade ready and sent to the scene with all possible speed. Fireman Kissell Is the only one of those injured who Is thought to bo. in u serious condition. A wrecking crew was hurried to the scene of the accident, acci-dent, and the tracks will be cleared for traffic, officiate here gtate, by dny-break. |