Four cars of a five-car east-bound Pennsylvania passenger train plunged into the Ohio River a mile east of here last night as a result of a de-raiment which, company: officials said, was caused by sabotage.
At least three persons were killed, nine seriously injured and an undetermined number slightly hurt.
AW spikes were pulled out from one rail and bolts also were removed from a plice bar connecting the rails, while a new claw bar was found at the scene.
Railway officials said the electric signal bond wire was not cut—had it been, signals would not have functioned and the train would have automatically stopped.
The baggage car, smoker, coach ud cafe-coach fel into the river bordering the track, but did not submerge completely.
About 100 passengers broke windows and crawled on to the river bank where they were wrapped in blankets before being rushed to hospitals by relief trains.
Just 18 minutes before the wreck, the eastbound Manbatan Limited went over the rails without mishap. The Manhattan Limited was believed to have been the real target of the saboteurs since it was a double-header, carring thirteen cars, eleven of which were loaded with passengers.
The road bed is 40 feet above water level. The tracks on which the irom was running were torn up for about 200 yards.—United Press.
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