Easton, PA Train Derailment, Feb 1907

JUMPS TRACK ON BRIDGE.

BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS COME NEAR GOING INTO RIVER.

PASSENGERS THROWN INTO PANIC AND EXPECTED DEATH, BUT ONLY RECEIVED SLIGHT INJURIES.

Easton, Pa., Feb. 12. -- An iron girder extending above the track this afternoon saved at least two cars of the Lehigh Valley's west-bound Black Diamond express from going over the side of the Delaware bridge and into the river, seventy feet below. The train was composed of a cafe car, a day coach, a sleeper and observation car.
It entered the bridge at a high rate of speed, and was just beginning to increase the speed when the two last cars were derailed in a manner that seems to mystify railroad men. The first of the derailed cars ran along the ties for a distance of about twenty-five yards. The other swerved to the right and ran to the very edge of the bridge. Another inch, and it would have fallen on the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and rolled down an embankment into the river.
The passengers were thrown into a panic and expected to be carried down to death every minute. The women shrieked and the men ran toward the doors. Some were prevented from jumping out.
A number were slightly injured by broken glass. Those who needed medical attention:
H. SEATON, Bethlehem, Pa., hand cut by jumping through a door.
CHARLES COZZINS, Allentown, cut about the head.
MISS M. N. COLEMAN, Athens, Pa., head cut.
Negro porter, back wrench.
All the injured continued their journey.

Washington Post District of Columbia 1907-02-13
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!