Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1920 — BURNED ALIVE IN RAIL WRECK [ARTICLE]

BURNED ALIVE IN RAIL WRECK

Trainman Killed and 300 Passengers Hhve Narrow Escape In Accident at Penn Valley, Pa. Trenton. N. J., 16—One man was killed, one injured and 200 passengers narrowly escaped injury when the Southern express on the Pennsylvania railroad was wrecked at Penn Valley, Pa., near here. William Preacher of Philadelphia, a fireman, was burned alive in the hot ashes and scalded. George Gibbony of Virginia was the only passenger hurt, < to - ru' • ** *** %