West Falls, NY Train Collision, Dec 1904
FATAL WRECK ON B. R. & P.
Conductors of Trains Had Different Orders -- Two Killed, One Scalded
Two freight trains, each drawn by two engines, crashed together on Jewettville curve about two miles north of West Fall on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg railroad. JAMES BROGAN, brakeman, and L. COLE, BREMAN, both of Buffalo, were killed, and T. M. BRATTON, a fireman, was badly scalded.
The conductor of the extra southbound train claims he had orders to meet the train going north at West Falls. The crew of the northbound train say they had orders to meet the extra freight at Hamburg, the next station north of West Falls.
The Indiana Democrat Pennsylvania 1904-12-28
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
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