Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
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Latrobe Bulletin
Saturday, July 6, 1912
Nineteen Are Dead As Result of Wreck On Wilpen Branch, While Several of the More Than Thirty Injured Are In A Serious Condition
Rhoddy Family Loses Two Little Girls
While Overton Family Is
Almost Wiped Out
The Dead.
LOUISE RHODDY, 6 and one-half years old. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Rhoddy, of McCance. Body crushed.
FRANK OVERTON, 10 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Overton, of Wilpen. Head crushed. Body taken to Ligonier.
GEORGE BYERS, aged 28, of Ligonier. Fireman on wrecked engine. Legs severed, body scalded. Survived by widow.
THOMAS MUIR, 52 years of age, of Elizabeth Coal Works. Head crushed. Survived by widow and family.
MRS. HARRY DILLON, aged 30 years, of Wilpen. Wife of coal miner. Body and head crushed.
INFANT, son of Mrs. Harry Dillon. Her only child. Hardly a mark was found on his body.
MRS. M. ESSE, 34 years of age. An Assyrian, of Wilpen. No children. Head crushed.
MIKE HUDOCK, of Wilpen. Crushed about the body.
UNIDENTIFIED ITALIAN, dark complexion, short mustache. Short cropped hair. Head crushed and leg cut off.
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD, taken from beneath wreck last night.
UNIDENTIFIED BOY, 12 years of age. Foreign born.
UNIDENTIFIED ITALIAN, aged 35. Head crushed.
The Injured
WALTER D. SERA, cashier of Wilmerding National Bank. A resident of McKeesport. Was spending his vacation near Wilpen. Was injured internally, condition serious. Has wife and family. Taken to Wilmerding Hospital.
MISS ESTHER MATTHEWS, of Pittsburgh. Nurse of General Manager George Senft. Taken to Pittsburgh, at Allegheny General Hospital. Left leg broken. Right arm broken. Internal injuries feared.
SMITH C. BEATTY, aged 35, of Ligonier. Engineer on freight engine. Left arm lacerated, arteries severed, left ear torn, bruised on face. At Latrobe Hospital. Condition serious. Has wife and child.
MARRY HELEN PETERS, aged three years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Peters, of
Ligonier. Left leg broken at thigh and ankle. Left arm broken. Head cut. Hopes entertained for her recovery.
DR. C. A. HAMILL, of Ligonier, physician. Injured about the head. Not serious. At his home. Dr. Hamill was formerly a resident physician at the Westmoreland Hospital, at Greensburg.
ALICE RITENOUR, aged 14, of Bolivar. Employed as a domestic in Ligonier. Puncture wound in chest. Extensive laceration of left leg below the knee. At Latrobe Hospital.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, 25 years of age. Trainman. Cut on the head and face. Feared he has concussion of brain. Married within past year. Taken to West Penn Hospital.
CHARLES KUHN, conductor on passenger train. Leg broken in two places. Ligaments of left ankle sprained. Taken to Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.
JOHN OVERTON, aged 7. Son of John Overton, yard boss at Shenango Furnace,
Wilpen. Left leg broken. Will have to be amputated. At Latrobe Hospital.
B. J. GRAY, aged 22 years. Miner at Fort Palmer. Left leg broken. Laceration on left knew. Contusion of skull. Condition serious. At Latrobe Hospital.
WILLIAM BROWNFIELD, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Brownfield, of Ligonier. Scalp wound. Treated at Latrobe Hospital and taken home.
RAYMOND ANKNEY, 14 years old, son of Freeman Ankney, of Cook township. Right leg broken. Taken to Allegheny General Hospital.
DR. J. B. JOHNSTON, of Ligonier, physician. Hurt about the head and body. Vomiting blood. Condition serious. At his home.
BESSIE HOON, 16 years of age, daughter of Edward Hoon, of Ligonier. Arm broken and hole in her head. At Latrobe Hospital.
HARRY KNOX, conductor on freight train. Scalp lacerated in serious manner. Taken to Allegheny General Hospital.
ANTHONY STOREY, 20 years of age, of Ligonier. Lung punctured. Not expected to recover. At Latrobe Hospital.
SARAH EDSALL, aged 19, daughter of George Edsall, of Ligonier R.F.D., No. 1. Face scratched and cut in head.
FRANK BALKA, aged 20, of Monastery Slope, Latrobe. Clerk in Wilpen store. Leg broken. In Latrobe Hospital.
BARNARDE COPENE, laborer, of Fort Palmer. Head cut and right foot crushed. Taken to Latrobe Hospital.
STEVE SPIVAK, 43 years of age. Railroader, of Wilpen. Suffering from contusions. At Latrobe Hospital.
BERNEDATTA ANDREWS, 8 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews, of Ligonier. Fractured hip.
PHILIP HALOW, aged 21 years, of Wilpen. Contusions about the face. Brought to the Latrobe Hospital.
JOHN DESANDRES, an Italian miner, of Wilpen. Suffering from contusions. At
Latrobe Hospital.
ANGELO ENGENA, aged 21, Italian. Employed as driver at Wilpen. Suffering from contusions.
MELA DANOVICH, aged 45. Miner, at Wilpen. Badly bruised. At Latrobe Hospital.
MAT STEVO, 42 years old, of McCance. Suffering from contusions. At Latrobe Hospital.
EDWARD RATHMEL, baggageman on the passenger train. Dazed by jumping.
ISAAC HENRY LLOYD, aged 14, of Wilpen. Leg broken. At Latrobe Hospital.
ANDREW RADELI, aged 40, of Wilpen, left leg broken. At Latrobe Hospital.
JOHN PZMAJDA, aged 23, Hungarian laborer employed at Segar works.
THOMAS STEVOLA, of Jennerstown. Suffering from contusions.