The Fulton County news. (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, April 06, 1916, Image 4

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    THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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WORST WRFOK IN HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL
VIEW OF WRECK IN OHIO WHICH COST ?fi LIVES
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This pliotogruph shows the remaltis of two Fullmaii caaches of tUe Drat section of the Chicago-Pittsburgh Lim
ited, and the engine of the second section Is seen In the debris. Tho wreck occurred near Amherst. 0., and at least
26 persons were killed and 40 Injured. rrj-
GATHERING BODIES FROM WRECK OF NEW YORK CENTRAL TRAINS
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This photograph gives a general view of the wreck of the New York Central trains near Amherst. O. I'lio
coaches on the left are part of the first section of the Chicago -Pittsburgh Limited. In the center In the mldnt of
the debris Is the engine of the second section and on the right are seen the rear coaches of the Twentieth Century
which crashed Into the wreckage of the two sections of the Chicago-Pittsburgh train Just after tbey bad come Into
collision.
SSFmE STATES ARMY
This photograph, taken shortly after the collision near Amherst, O.. shows rescuers gathering up pieces of bod
les of the victims of the wreck.
ARmTaV THEIR MACHINES READY
This photograph shows a close view of the wireless outtits uboU by tho United States troops In the held.
This machine la Indispensable to the American forces now pursuing Villa.
" FOURTH FIELD ARTILLERY ADVANCING THROUGH HILLS IN MEXICO
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGHAPH3
Infuriated by the advances of Fred
Keene, aged fifty-two years, Mrs. Ilea
Tleto, aged forty-throe years, of Flo
leyvllle, seized a batebc-t'and attacked
him, fracturing his skull and gashing
him about the head and face. During
the struggle a four-montlmold cblld of
Mrs. Plclro, which she had In bcr
arms, was hurled to the floor and its
skull fractured, the chl'd dying a short
time later. Keese Is in a dying con
dition, but l.i under arrest in connec
tion with the child's death. These
facts were ascertained by County De
tective Frank H. Mitchell, who con
ducted so Investigation.
Forty men driving a tunnel In the
Duller Colliery of the Pennsylvania
Cotil Company, were engulfed In water
up to thuir necl:s when they drove
through a wall of rork and released a
tody of water In an abandoned section.
Superintendent George D. O'llara was
rcKcued unconrcloun, while ten others
were taken out with difficulty by tbelr
fo'low-worktnen. The water spread
over a considerable portion of the
nine, stopping all operations.
James P. Hughes was released
from the Schuylville county prison,
with a record of having terved total
of forty-eight years In Jails In Penn
sylvania and New York, mostly on
pickpocket charges. Hughe Is seven-ty-elcht
years old. Ho rarely has
been out of Jail more than a week In
tho pat thirty years. Ha U dying
from tuberculosis.
With her daughter, Maud, clKht
yoars old, In her amis, Mrs. Murray
EnGllxh, thirty-nine years old, of Erie,
committed FUlcltle at the home of her
father at Ilndley by Jumping Into a
small lake. The child was drowned
with her mother. Enellsh conducts a
summer hotel and had brought hU wife
here for her health.
Mrs. Eessle Llghtfoot, aged twenty
ilx. and seven-year-old son were found
doad In bed at their homo In Lancas
ter with the gas turned on. In the
room was found letter from the
woman to her mother asking forgive
ness and declaring she bad no friends.
I.nncaster county Is In the throes of
nn epldomle of mumps and meales.
There are thirty-four cases of mumps
and fourteen cases of tnensles In Lan
caster. Many adults are 111 of the
mumps.
James, three-year-old twin son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lenhnrt, of
Wanamnkers, got too near the stcve
while his mother was washing. His
rtotves rnug'jt fire and he was burned
to death.
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This photograph shows army aviators preparing their machines lot ' hP"'enl : to Mte- " Jr?- J&C ''j?" "
MEDAL OF HONOR FOR OBREGON alicejlongworth f:WS&it
f ( t ueutTc. g. chapman TYPES OF MEXICaFsOLDIERS
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Mrs. Elizabeth Eowers, eighty-seven
years old, died at her home In Good
villo. She leaves nine children, thirty
one crniwlrhlldren, sixty-seven preat
rnndrhlldren, two brothers ajid two
rlsters.
Mlchnel Schu'tz and George I.nhos
kle were burned probahlv fn'ally In nn
explosion of gas at the Philadelphia A
Heading Coal & Iron Company's Henry
Clay Bhaft. " Ixjhoskle opened a safety
lamp to Ignite a cigarette.
Theodore Sehneck, forty-nine years
old, a Plnegrove Township farmer, and
his eldest daughter. Hnttle, eighteen
years old, are dead snd Mrs. Prhneek
r.nd three other children seriously HI
from asphyxiation by coal gun.
Ueneral uoreguu. dm oiio aruiuil roiumander or Carrunzas armies, having
medal of honor pinned on his breast by Senortta Alaaorie In the city of
Ce'aya. At the right Is General Carranw, de facto prealdont of Mexico.
Tho contract for the preliminary
work on the Pennsylvania railroad's
h'" new fre'Hit station, nt Harrlsbur.tr,
was let to John L. L. Kuhn, of that
city. The station will cover several
city blocks.
State quarantine for smallpox was
established in Taint Township, Snmer
Fet county. Ten cases of smallpox
have been reported snd many people
are being vaccinated.
Deputy Sheriff William U Matheus
has purchased fifty Voons. which h
rill let loose In the thickly wooded
districts of Dolaware county for brooding.
August Elnkle was horribly burned
'n a gas explosion at Packer No. 5 Col
Herv, Shenandoah. Claude Hower and
Mlchnel Mareor.ls were seriously In
jured bv a fall of coal and rock at
o'.hcr mines.
Depositors of the PIttsbtirsh Hank
for Ravings which was closed last De
cember will be paid n fifty per cent
dividend on April 15. according to an
rnnounccment by Horace E. Davis,
Deputy Attorney General, who Is re
ceiver for the bank. The dividend
will be the first paid since the bank
cloned.
Frank Kline, twenty-two years old,
af Mohnton, died of blood poisoning,
caused by Injuries sustained on New
Year's Eve while firing a cannon,
which exploded.
This Is the latest photograph of Mrs.
Alice Longworth, daughter of Colonel
Roosevelt, who has resumed her prom
Inent place In the socloty of Washing
ton since the re-election of ber bus
baud to congress.
First l.lvul. Cariinun (I. Chapman Is
one of the aviators In the squadron In
Mexico commanded by Captain Foulols
As Andrew KtusrIc stood In a breast
nt the Philadelphia ft Heading Coal
nnd Iron Company's Bear Valley col
liery, directing more miners to escape
from a fall of rock, a piece of rock
hurlod him to the bottom of a gnno
way Inflicting Internal Injuries, likely
to prove fe.tal '
The Cumberland Valley Railroad has
Inaugurated a system or warning tres
passers from the tracks. Posters hae
ben placed along lines and personal
postcards are sent to all persons seen.
I on tte tract.