County Historical Society none has been in such general demand, from all over the country, as this. It was first read before the Historical Society on April 6, 1917. New paragraphs added to Mr. Magee's story are marked with this symbol-0, and were con- tributed by Dr. Herbert H. Beck, Mrs. Charles M

Downingtown and Oakland, on the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad, near Valley Creek bridge, the locomotive "Gover- nor" stalled, and a freight train, drawn by the locomotive "James Buchanan," crashed into it. One fireman, a Mr. Houston, Gap, Pa., son of Jos. H. Hous- ton, was killed. (Oakland was a station