The late Railroad Disasters in Pennsylvania.
--The telegraph has announced a disaster on the Beaver Meadow Railroad, Pennsylvania, on Friday last.
The train which left
Mauch Chunk at 11:15 A. M., was thrown from the track at Bear Creek Dam, by the breaking of a rail, and the passenger car, containing some twenty-eight persons, was precipitated into the
Lehigh river, a distance of about 15 feet. The persons drowned were
Messrs. Farrow and sister, of Beaver Meadow, two
Misses Smith, of
Mauch Chunk, and
Robert Nichols, conductor.
The car leaving the track, stopped the engine so suddenly that the bell rope connecting it with the cars did not break, and it was used for hauling the car, which was floating with the top about two feet above the water, to the shore.
Axes were then procured and a hole cut in the top, from which all the passengers were taken alive, except those mentioned above.
Mr. Reuben Young, residing at
Lockport, had the cap of his knee broken, and
a Mr. Steiner had his nose broken.
Some others were slightly hurt.
An accident occurred on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, on Thursday.
The Express train, which left
Pittsburg in the morning, ran into the rear of a freight train, which was standing on the track at the Blairsville intersection, fifty-four miles from
Pittsburg.--The collision took place at a few minutes before six o'clock, and resulted in the maiming of the conductor and fireman, and in the complete demolition of six freight cars with their contents.
Two of the three passenger cars were also considerably broken.
Two freight cars were entirely broken up, the engine going completely through them.--Two others were overturned, and lay with the wheels in the air. They were loaded with flour, which was scattered over everything, making the vicinity look as if a heavy snow had recently fallen.
The machinery of the engine is much broken, and it is extremely fortunate that so little injury of limb and no loss of life took place.
