Altoona, PA Benwood Curve Train Wreck, Feb 1947

Red Arrow Death Toll Fixed at 22; Accident Probed

Nearly All Wreck Dead Identified

By International News Service.
ALTOONA, Feb. 19 – Cambria County Coroner DANIEL REPLOGLE today announced that all but four persons killed in the wreck of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Red Arrow had been identified.
He said four women still remained unidentified after yesterday's tragedy. He listed the following identified victims:
WILLIAM H. MOORE, Pittsburgh.
M. G. McARDLE, Scottdale, engineer on second locomotive.
B. K. HENRY, Derry, fireman on second locomotive.
J. L. PARASOCK, Bellwood, fireman on first locomotive.
JOHN A. DRUM, DuBois.
Pvt. GEORGE STACY, Fort Dix, N. J.
MRS. SADIE TAYLOR, New Castle, Del.
CHARLES O. STEINHARAT, 11, Tiffin, Ohio.
MRS. JULIA BUSCH, Camden, N. J.
HOMER E. BOHRIER, Lemoyne.
P. J. LEIDEN, Altoona.
HOLLAND L. BOWMAN, Mechanicsburg.
BYRON JACKMAN, Philadelphia.
MRS. BERTHA KAZMARK, Keansburg, N. J.
THEODORE KITTERIDGE, Baltimore, Md.
J. V. LENESE, Philadelphia.
MRS. LILLIAN PETTEGREE, Bridgeton, N. J.
GEORGE C. BOWMAN, Tyrone.
MRS. SAMUEL SAMARITANA, Altoona.
MRS. RENETT, address unknown.
MRS. LAURA DE JAIFFE, Toledo, Ohio.

By United Press.
ALTOONA, Feb. 19 – The Pennsylvania Railroad disclosed today that its Cincinnati limited, carrying more than 200 passengers, sped over Bennington curve just 14 minutes before the Red Arrow express leaped from the same curving track to carry 22 persons to death.
The limited, enroute from Cincinnati to New York, left Pittsburgh 12:57 A. M. yesterday. At 1:05 A. M. the Red Arrow, running an hour and four minutes behind schedule, pulled out.
The first train negotiated the curve, near the crest of the Allegheny mountains, without incident. But the Red Arrow derailed and its two locomotives and five coaches careened down a steep 90-foot embankment to crash in a twisted maze.

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