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The Elkins Inter Mountain
Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia
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A New York Central passenger train collided head-on with a freight train near Castorland station in Watertown, N.Y., on Feb. 18, killing two trainmen and injuring about 20 people, including passengers and a mail clerk.
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Two trainmen were killed and about 20 persons injured early today when a New York Central railroad passenger train from New York City ran head on into a freight train near the Castorland station near here.
The dead are:
WILL BELL, engineman and RICHARD QUINN, fireman of the passenger train. Two locomotives were pulling the freight but the crews jumped to safety. Two mail cars on the passenger train were toppled into a ditch and George Askmore, mail clerk was injured, possibly internally.
Several passengers were among the others injured.
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Primary Location
Watertown, N. Y.
Event Date
Feb. 18
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two trainmen killed: will bell (engineman) and richard quinn (fireman); about 20 persons injured, including george askmore (mail clerk, possibly internally) and several passengers; freight crews jumped to safety; two mail cars toppled into a ditch.
Event Details
A New York Central railroad passenger train from New York City ran head on into a freight train near the Castorland station near Watertown, N. Y., early on Feb. 18.