A freight train left Safe
Engineer Ellis Ault did not see the landslide until he was
right up on it. The engine struck a huge boulder and was thrown from the
tracks, landing into the Susquehanna River .
Engineer Ault and his fireman, named Zohne, went down with the wreck. Ault was
killed. Zohne was in serious condition.
Ault held on to the train as long as he could but finally
slipped away. His remain were found On This Day, a mangled almost
unrecognizable mess. He is survived by three children and a sister. He had
resided in Columbia .
His wife had passed almost six years prior.
Zohme, a young man, lived in Columbia now as well. He formerly lived Lebanon . He was
being attended to by Dr. Craig, the Pennsylvania Rail Road (PRR) physician.
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©
Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015
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