Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1902 — FIVE LIVES BLOTTED OUT [ARTICLE]

FIVE LIVES BLOTTED OUT

Other* Are Hurt* One So Uadly That He Will Die ltndlo* Are Horribly Mangled. Washington, Pa., Oct. W.—One of the most destructive wrecks in the history of the Washington branch of the Panhaudle railroad occurred lust night at Gin Emeu's station, two miles east of Cannonsburg. The wrf*ck resulted in five lives being blotted out and a number injured, one so badly that he may die. The killed wen* all foreigners and their names eould not Ik* ascertained. Tin* bodies were horribly mangled and they will be hard to identify. The wreck occurred at a siding about twenty yards from the Van Emeu station. An east-bound train side-wiped a gravel or construction train at the opening of the switch.