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Show Off the Tracii. Chestee, Pa., December 29. The axle of the freight locomotive on the Chester Creek Railroad broke at Mt. Alverns this morning and derailed the entire train, throwing it down a steep embankment. James Rambo, engineer, of Philadelphia, was crushed to death beneath the tender. George Mott, a brakeman of Chester, was so badly injured that he cannot recover. A. C. Williams, a conductor of Chester, and Wm. McEwan, a fireman of Philadelphia, were also severely injured. The track was torn up for fifty yards. The cars were piled up high upon each other and the fields were strewn with merchandise. . |