The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-21
5 DEAD, 10 INJURED
,pFrL WRECK ON ERIE NEAR
REDHOUSE, N. Y.
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
,vr TOGETHER FROM OPPOSITE
DIRECTIONS.

,,stake Made by Youthful Opera
90. in signal Tower May Have
c.,,.ed the TrOubIe-Fire That
poI1oved Collision Burned Dead
novond RecOgnitiOn-Pass
r.oin Was No. A from Chicago for
NOW YOrk-Eight Dead and Ten
BADLY Injured.
Jamestown N. Y, April 20.-Eight
,orsons are dead and ten injured, three
If them seriously, as the result of a
oolIision between a passenger train
and = freight train on the Erie road
- an early hour to-day near Red
house N. Y. OF the dead, only one
man. Robert Hotchkiss, of Meadville,
brakeman has been identified.
Seven bodies, apparently those of
three men. three women and a child,
we're burned beyond recognition in the
ferce fire which followed the wreck.
4 The women are said to have boarded
. the train at Youngstown, and to have
@come from Pittsburg.
P s. McCready, a mail weigher of
&NeadviHe. Pa, and Frank Barhite, of
a travelling salesman, are
missing, and it is likely two of the
unidentified bodies are those of the
+ 1.-Two men.
The injured are: H. Pulsifer, New
|York. badly bruised c. w. Mesick, 22S
Adams street, Chicago, back badly in
Hurled; Anna ST. Eel, Brooklyn, N. Y,
Shocked and very sick; H. F. Clemin-
Eger, mail clerk, Gerry, N. Y, ribs frac-
Htured and body bruised; John. Droug-
Zouan Duluth, Mimi, bruised and bad
Ey cut Mrs. Foote, 80 years old, st.
Paul. Mimi, bruised and shocked; 5.
L. Cooke, negro porter, New York,
back and ribs injured; c. S. Johnson,
Eractured E. c. Gabler, express mes
kenger, Marion, O., leg cut off, prob
|ably fatally injured; r. T. Bell, fire.
.man, head and back bruised. Mrs.
|Foote E. c. Gabler and Fireman Bell
are at the hospital at Salamanca. The
others were able to proceed to their
destination.
Chicago to New York.
The wrecked passenger train > was
SnoWn as No. 4, running from Chicago
~ New OIh, anu was tlduG up vi OH
Engine in charge of Engineer Samuel
look and Fireman Fred Bell of Mead
bile, one combination car, two day
zNaches, three sleepers and two private
arS 1t was derailed by striking Il
*rcght train, which was taking a sid
Nng at Redhouse. The wreck at once
( Ook fire and the combination car, two
pay coaches and two sleepers, together
REith several freight cars, were con-
kJmed
There is some dispute as to the cause
tf the wreck. The passenger train was
Cunning east and the freight, which
REas westbound, had orders to go into
Rhe siding at Redhouse and wait for
Pie passenger train to go by. The sid
*ng is about a mile and a half long.
Ehere is a tower of the block system
1ear the west end.
8 Did Operator Mistake SignaIss
The freight was drawn by two en-
klnes. Some trouble was experienced
4 n entering the siding and the fore
most engine was sent in along the sid
a ns with a flagman to hold the express.
" Is alleged that the operator in the
#oWer, Lawrence Vale, a boy IL years
8 Ad saw the light engine of the freight,
winch was bringing up the flag, and
Supposing the freight was behind it,
ale then displayed a white signal to
xhe passenger train, indicating to the
engineer that he had clear track. The
engineer on the passenger train failed
Eto see the flagman sent out from the
Forward engine of the freight train,
ana saw only the clearance signal from
/ The tower.
Running at High Speed.
The train ran toward the east end of
me siding at high speed and collided
WIN the second engine of the freight
ram just as it was about to clear the
nam line. The passenger engine and
zFoIne Of the coaches crashed into a
Fnlal wooden structure used as a feed
E'ore and school house. The first half
0zen cars of the freight were wreck
r. They were box cars loaded with
oal' The coal filtered in amongst the
|Sreckage, creating an intense heat.
All but three of the cars of the ex-
press followed the engine and the
noe mass of wreckage was soon in
aIeS' The tracks were strewn for
JUS with burning wood and coal and
E'edpS OF twisted iron work.
rfI"nte Car Occupants Unhurt.
NO. is one of the fast trains on
H. Erie. The two private cars at
poneu to it to-day were occupied by
j. Murphy, his wife and two off,
Nas OF the Queen and Crescent Rail-
i OaI and j. L. Frazier, general super
|ittUQent of the CInvar aaf All ez-