The conductor of a freight train was killed when his freight train had eight cars run off the track and smash through the flooring of a bridge near Freemansburg in Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania. No other injuries were reported in the evening accident. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Railroad Accident in Pennsylvania," New York Times, December 5, 1860.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Crime/Disasters