New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
BLAME FOR B. & O. WRECK
THE DEAD NOW NUMBER 76
Officials Say Men Who Loaded
Freight Car .Are at Fault

that the blame OF the wreck Of the I,uouesne
Limited. near Dawson, last night lies with those
who handled the freight car from which the ties
that caused the wreck were dropped. II has
been learned that the car that cropped the TIM
bers was gondola No 3.0S7 OF the Nickel Plate
road II was loaded with huge ties three days
sgo a. Friendship. Nd and billed for New
Castle, Penn Mr.. Twins theory is that the
stakes at the side OF the gondola were weak and
gave way under the tension when the car
rounded the curve He has addressed Inquiries
TO both the starting point and the destination
o. the car and viii make 2 thorough investi-
cation.
expect TO learn Tomorrow the condition OF
The car on its arrival 81 Newcastle" he said
tonight and we hive started 2 rigid inouirv
as 70 :he care taken IN loading
NJ. Irwin said that there was no truth in the
runor that train WTeckers purposeIy wrecked
the train
This could not have been possible" he said.
No human being could have achieved what
that accident did. Merest chance and the DOS
slole carelessness of some one are the causes.
No wreckers did this awful thing"
Coroner Arthur Hagen. OF Fayette County. ar
rived here to-day, and Immediately swore in q
jury. which is now viewing the bodies and tax
ing evidence as 10 the cause Of the disaster
The wreck has up 10 tonight claimed the lives
Of seventy-eight persons. OF these sixty-nine
have been identified and nine are still unknown.
II addition there are nine injured. The lists
follow:
TIE KNOWN DEAD.
ADDISON. John. 15ew-York
BARNARD Janes OF No go Dewsy-st. P1ttsourr
BIsoR c. W. Of Berkeley Springs. ". Va
BRoDIE william. C; Bed Bank. \. :.
C0PELEE. Jesse w II Rochester. Penn.
COOK. Charles A. address unknown
COOK. : J, fireman. Of HAzeiwooe Penn
DAVIDSON. Roler1. Of Philadelphia
DEvI-IN. Harry O Lonaooang Nd
DCcKET-. Richard. Baltimore.
ED3ARI.y :. Z. Newark. Ohio.
EDWARDS, X. Of P1tIburg going vile IN CUM
F r. qa: r 81 FRs a4: s.as grew Zs.a.
cas-e5 al c6a5esrsis whose new esaTaS us1 dss
FOX James address unknown
FRANCESCA ProsperA Italian. rout.
GEsCE. C.
GoL2sMTH5- Edison. about tw.nty-Oas ys.rr old Of
coon. ". A. o, Mcgeesport. Penn
GREY. Charles ". Of Trenton ". J.
GUARD. W \. Of Mar-nsburg, W Va
HEATE: s G Of Glenwood. Penn. assistant engineer
JiE-EoIH. Lewis q Hardwood. Penn. ths Limited
HINES. Jesse, OF TarhOro n c. Union News Company
EoIKER. r. 3. ELK Ridge No
EOLAEs. Ee-bert. E1alenton Penn
KETTNER. :. W. Cumberland. Nd
KEFFER. Charles z, OF Somerset Penn
KEILANE. L Charles. % Christiania- Sweden
a
LANGFORD. ChA-les @: Confluence. Penn
MORKOWITZ. z, Of Pittsbu-E-
MARTIN. ". Hnenan Western Cnion Tels-
graph Company. q COnnellsvtns-
N1Cl1CzIE. Ca--nine n. address unknown
NoRRIsIoN. Harold D. Q: 40 $50 F-Ower-s'e. Hazel
MURRAY. D Of No 1916 Dauas-av. Ptttsburs
NEEROWITIcE ~. a JohnstOwn. Penn
NOl-EER. P Z. OF Eldridge. Nd
PATTERSON. ". OF Dunbar, Perm
POWERS JOIN Of No DOS Nor-A-st. South Curnbsr-
gRosPERc Francesca. Of Allegheny. Penn
PROTZ8-AH Artlss G. address unknown
PRoCGH L :.
KAsKowTTz. z. address u-kporr-
EEyNOLDs. z. OF YORK. Penn
RzEIA. George r a No. LOO East Prestonst- BRt
RoUsH. Z p. Of PttsBvrr
EAoGFORD. Charles Z. OF wilnns-ding. Penn
sCzzELLHEUsER. Joseph. Of Rochester. y. =.
sCALER Louis. of Wilmington Del
EEkMoN, Jchu. O. Hsw-Yo-k
EEEECy. William. o, Patterson Creek ". Va
sEELzzAUsI. Joseph. Of Ro>heste-. \. Y.
SMITH y x e coEas Cons past exalted raleT of
soIALLwOOD. p =. q Cumberland. M
s-yAIr ceass wstssT q s'swsTt s;stiq. Penn
ssUPE. J Ware. Of Mount Pleasant. Penn.
THORNLEY,. william engineer Of Hardwood. Penn
TPPIE Thomas. % No. 25S5 North Gsrrst-st. Phila
WILEY. J. O Brooklyn y. 2
VOL v-ctor. q Rochester. Penn
TAGoSER Chz--es ". Berkeley SPRING. II. Va
Wills John 4. u PittsbgrE: badges and CREDENTIALS
q E. q Pi5iss9rf - d +
WILSON. c. n. Coaneilsville. Penn
TrIvELER G. J. q westront Penn
TCBE-ER. leo. OF Beaver Pals. Penn
:-NE-LAED. s=aon. o. Chase. W Va
Nine bodies remain unidentified
THE KNOWN IHyURED
sIzr7-R-E1R- J A.. o; BsaIton. ". We, seriously
Nrs.Ass. : W c. ConnellsyIue.
BROMLEY J5tn W. Of North Braa'ock. Psan. slight
lrs--leE-
DAvIs. Heary OF lockwood. Penn badly injured: win
Don Thomas J. q Hardwood Penn. slight injuries
HANCOCK. p. H, Pirts5urg. slight Injuries.
REESE annie q oeHEoo6. Penn. slight bruises and
sToLDARD. W z Ct coraellsv1.ls.
vl1IlG, Aarea q Last Putsburg
This city has been packed to-day with curious
people attracted by the wreck The three
raorgues have found II necessary 10 put guards
at al the doors 10 keep morbid spectators from
jumping into the small rooms and walking over
the bodies Of the dead. The streets in front CT
the norgues are packed, and in front OF each Of
the undertaking establishments hundreds Of
people are grouped, eagerly waiting for
glimpse OF TIE bodies.
Friends and relatives Of the victims are COM
ing In on every train. and the scenes at the
rrorgaes are most distressing. All except few
u The seventy-eight bodies have been Identified,
and those which are SIN unknown viii be laid
away IN Hin Grove Cemetery at the dawn Of
Christmas morning. Those which still 20 De
Identified are mostly those Of foreigners. and it
IS doubtful II their identity via ever be known.
Considerable money was found on the persons
Of The unidentified and tightly sewed ia q belt on
one foreigner was found more than 500. which