Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1909 — SEVENMEN AND TRICK HORSE DIE IN WRECK Head-on Collision Between Express and 2 Locomotives. [ARTICLE]

SEVENMEN AND TRICK HORSE DIE IN WRECK Head-on Collision Between Express and 2 Locomotives.

Wilmington, Del., Feb. 23.—Seven men were killed or burned to death in a head-on collision between an express train and two locomotives on the Delaware division of the Pennsylvania railroad at Delmar, 100 miles south of this city. The wreck immediately took fire, and it was Impossible to rescue those under the wreckage. Princess Trixie, an educated horse, was burned to'death. She was twenty years old and had been shown all over the world by her owner, W. Harrison Barnes. She appeared three times before King Edward of England, each time receiving a present from his majesty. \ M ~