Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1887 — Five Men Killed. [ARTICLE]

Five Men Killed.

The locomotive of a freight trail, on the Philadelphia & Reading railroad exploded Saturday morning near East Mahoney Junction, Pa." Alexander Walker, the engineer, was instantly killed and the firemen and two brake* men so severely injured died while being taken home. The victims all lived atTamaqua.