The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-30
IAN Open SWITCH
CAUSES wreck
LAKE SHORE FAST TRAIN MEETS
WITH DISASTER AT
MENTOR, o.
Thrown from Track While Running at
Rate of so or go Miles an Hour
NINETEEN Persons Are Killed and
Many Injured.

Mentor, O., June 22.-Running at the
rate of so or 60 miles an hour, the Tween
tieth Century Limited on the Lake Shore
railroad dashed into an open switch at
the passenger station here shortly be-
fore ten o'clock Wednesday night.
Nineteen persons were killed and many
badly injured. The combination bag
gage and smoking buffet car and the
coach behind it caught fire and were
destroyed. The train was east-bound,
having left Cleveland about nine o'clock
and as it does not stop here it was run
ming at great speed. The engineer did
not t. notice the open switch until the
train struck it. The engine left the
rails and plowed into the ground, tear
ing up the track for yards. The two
coaches following it damned into it
with great force and were crushed,
the fire from the engine setting them
ablaze. Fortunately most of the occu-
pants of these two coaches were res
cued before the fire reached them. The
Lake Shore officials at once summoned
all the doctors within reach, a number
coming from Cleveland. The dead and
injured were taken care of and sent on
special train to Cleveland, where
they will be placed in hospitals.
This was the fourth trip of the flyer
on its run from Chicago to New York
on an 1S-hour schedule. The train was
the fastest long-distance train in the
world. 1t was the pride of the New
York Central system. The train hauled
out of Cleveland five cars. four Pull
man cars behind the buffet car.
The Victims.
The dead: John R. Bennett, attor-
ney, No. 81 Nassau street, New York
city; John A. Bradley, of the law firm
of Rowley, Rogers, Bradley & Rock
well, Akron, O.; T. R. Morgan, second
vice president of the WeIlman- Seavers-
Morgan company, Cleveland; C. H.
Wellman, of the Wellman- Seavers-
Morgan company, Cleveland, died in
hospital; A. L. Rogers, of New York
city, representative of the Plat iron
works, of Dayton, o., died in hospital;
S. G. Beckwith, No. lis One Hundred
and Seventy-fourth street, New York;
A. H. Head, London, England, repre-
sentative of the Otis Steel company,
of Cleveland, died in hospital; H. H.
Wright, travelling man, Chicago, died
in hospital; D. e. Arthur, travelling
man, Milwaukee, died in hospital; j.
H. Gibson, Chicago, travelling man,
died in hospital, Cleveland; H. c..
Mechling, New York city, with the
Wheeling Corrugated company, killed
in wreck; l.. M. Eirick, manager
Keith's theater, Cleveland, killed in
wreck; E. E. Naugle, Chicago, pro-
prietor of railway supply house,
killed in wreck; two as yet unidenti-
fed dead, supposed to be l.. A. John
son, of the millinery firm of Coney &
Johnson, Cleveland, and Henry TRIM,
the barber on the train; Allan Tyler,
engineer, Collinwood, o., died in hos
pital; F. J. Brant, head-brakeman, No.
'2012 Ash street, Erie, Pa, died in hos
pital; N. B. Walters, baggageman,
Hamburg, N. Y, died in hospital; w.
D. Mickey, porter on Pullman car, Chi
cago, died at scene of wreck.
The injured: J. H. Langdon, Chi
cago; r. c. Cordeaugh, Kay Cottage,
Highlands, N. j.; M. J. Kennedy, San
Francisco, slightly hurt; Kate Trott,
Chicago; Mrs. H. D. Turneri, nervous
shock; Theodore. Keuhl, No. 1911 Wolf
ram street, Chicago, severe shock; w.
H. Colvin, No. 1872 LaSalle street, Chi
cago, thought not to be seriously
hurt; George Murray, No. 1913 George
street, st. Louis, thought not to be
seriously hurt; A. E. Dickson, No. 645
Marquette building, Chicago, knee
wrenched; Nathan Allen, Kenosha,
Wis, back slightly injured; S. T. Katy,
No. 5O22 Paulina street, Chicago, pain
in chest and back; A. P. Gorham, fire.
man, side injured. Collinwood, o.
Pitiful Scenes.
The scenes following the collision
were pitiful. The means of the dying
mingled with the cries and screams of
the women on the train. Those in the
rear coaches were not injured, and they
set about at once to rescue those PIN
toned in the burning cars. The fire
spread with great rapidity, and it was
with much difficulty that the passengers
in the two coaches behind the engine
were pulled from the debris.
The Chicago sleeper, which was be-
hind the combination car, swung from
the track and crashed into the freight
depot, which was completely destroyed.
The engine was completely turned
around when it struck the freight de-
pot. Every car left the track, the rear
trucks of the last coach only remaining
on the rails.
This was the fourth trip Of the flyer
on its run from Chicago to New York
on an 1S-hour schedule. The train was
the fastest long-distance train in the
world. 1t was the pride Of the New
York Central system. The train hauled
out of Cleveland five cars, four Pullman
cars behind the buffet car.
Suspects Righteousness.
Cleveland. o., June 23.-D. c. Moon.
assistant general superintendent of the
Lake Shore road, stated late Wednes-
day night that it looked as though the
Mentor wreck had been caused by ma
licious mischief. He said that a fast