A news article from the Lykens Standard, 14 August 1908, describing the passenger train wreck that occurred on the Williams Valley Railroad after the train left Tower City, Schuylkill County, on its way to Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The final destination of the train was Lykens. Two members of the crew were killed: Jacob Schrader, the engineer; and Charles Ansbach, the fireman.
Engineer and Fireman Meet Death in Williams Valley Wreck
Friday last at about 11:30 a.m. the engine of Philadelphia and Reading Accommodation train No. 30, on the trip to this place [Lykens], jumped the rails near Sheridan and plunged over the bank, crushing to death the fireman, Charles Alspach, and so severely scalding the engineer, Jacob J. Schrader, that he died at the Pottsville hospital at noon the following day. Both men resided at Tremont and both leave families, the former a wife and three married children, and the latter a wife, four married and two single children.
The funerals of the unfortunate victims were held on Monday. Schrader was buried at Auburn and Alspach at Tremont.
For other blog posts describing this accident, see: Wreck Near Williamstown.
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News clipping from Newspapers.com.
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