Show TRAINS COLLIDE many persons are injured some fatally pittsburg pa dec 14 express train no 8 from chicago on the pittsburg ft wayne chicago railway collided with ithe teesdale leesdale Le esdale accommodation eastbound near edgeworth Edga worth pa ahls morning at about both trains were wrecked and five passengers and five trainmen were injured injured R L now york serious J E hanson of chicago mrs J E hanson senri oua william cr ada Pl aged 14 serious gaco porter of bupt supt watts eriv ate car oscar white fireman fatally injured dorseet wise will die james johnson conductor fred brakeman it Is said a mistake in signals caused the accident athe accommodation had stopped at edgeworth Edgewo nth and the passengers were thronging into the coaches when the express came thundering up the track the engineer applied the airbrake air brake but was not able to stop the express aln time to avert a collision and the engine orai shed into the accommodation train the express locomotive lounged into the car and coaches of taj accommodation which were thrown from the track the spec statora immediately ran to the assistance of ische injured and in a short time chey were all extricated from their perilous positions and removed to the station and physicians summoned it is believed all will recover except fireman white who was crushed under his engine and wise who was caught in the end of his car and terribly crushed As soon as possible a train was made up and the passengers brought to this city ambulances were on hand when the train arrived and the seriously injured were removed to the hospitals t |