Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Latrobe Bulletin
Thursday, November 18, 1915
Former Conductor Kuhns Suit Set For the 29th
Monday, November 29th, is the date set for the trial of the suit for $25,000 damages, instituted by ex-Conductor Chas. H. Kuhn, of Ligonier, against the L. V. R. R., as the result of injuries which he sustained in the wreck on the Wilpen Branch, more than three years ago. The former conductors statement of claim was filed recently. In it he sets forth the circumstances under which he claims the wreck occurred, alleging, among other things that he started his passenger train for Wilpen at the scheduled time, without having been notified by the company that the latter, by special order, had directed a freight train to run from Wilpen to Latrobe, on the same track. He also claims that the company was without a proper system of orders or signals for running trains. He states that he had been in the employ of the company since 1881, that at the time of the wreck he was receiving a salary of $100 a month, and that in the wreck he received injuries of so serious a character, that for a long time his life hung in the balance.