Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-23
MANGLuD CORpSIS SCORcHtD
Appalling Scene Lit Up by Fittul
Glare of Burning Cas-, Followed the
s,nasr.up-vellsnt Work Done Un.
der Soul narrowing Llmitotions-
Revised Death List.


CLEVELAND. &. June 22-.;inc-
teen dead and Il dozcr slightly inbred
tonight comprise the revised list made
by :he wrccking last night at Mentor.
o.. of the cast-bound Twentieth Cen
tury limited and Lake Shore and New
York Ccntrals cightrcn-hour train.
which ran into all open switch. crushed
the Mentor depot and partly burned II
tp. sorcling several Of the mnnrlci
rurpscs. The surviving injured are
not much hurt
The Twentieth Century limited. &C
c"r'lng Ia announcements from New
York. will hereafter return TO n
twcnty-hour schedule. although none
of the railroad officials ascribc The
wreck to excessive speed
u is maintained by railway officials
that the switch. on Which tic limitc
was wrecked, WAS thrown open and
locker: and the switch light cxtin-
SuishGd by .unc person, either Il ma
B!ac " some one seeking revenge. II
is still unknown who this person is.
although detectives arc worKing OIL
the case.
Switch in Perfect Condition. Z
a careful examination of the
switch today showed that it was in
perfect condition. Trairmcn arc OF
The opinion that the engineer of the
Twentieth Century was deceived by q
light of switch just beyond The open
switch, The light of which is said to
have been out
W. Ii. Marshall. general manager
of the Lake Shore. SAYS tho speed was
not a contrinutory cause to the wreck.
He says the ether Lake Shore train;
travel through Mentor at sreed
equal To that attained by the limited
.ast night, which was not, Mr.. Mar.
shall said, above sixty miles an hour.
The schedule for the train calls for
speed of So miles an hour at Men.
tor.
Coroner York. of Lake county an.
ncnnt e'! this evening that an Inquest
'.cul'! begin next Monday in Taines.
Vile.
Revised List o: Dead.
a revised list of the dead follows:
JOHN EI!NNET. attorney. 81 Mas
sai street. New York.
.HtHN a. BRADLEY, of the Law
firm of Rowley. Rogers. Bradley &
Rockwell. Akron. o.
r. II. MORGAN. second vicepresl.
dent oc the Welman- Scavers. Nlorgan
Company, Cleveland.
G.. y. WELLMAk, Of tile W,llmar-
';eavers-Morsar Company. Cleveland.
Died III hospital.
\. L. ROGERS. New York city. re.
preventative of the Plat City Iron
Works, of Dayton, o.. died in hospitaI.
SC. BECliltiTH, It's Cne Hundred
aW! Seventy-fcurlh street. New York.
"A. RI. HEAD. London; representa-.
ti'c of the Otis Steel Company. of
Cleveland, died in hospital.
u. Fl. WRIGHT. Chicago: died in
hospital
D. L. ARTHUR. travelling man. Mil.
walkce. died in hospital.
J. u GIBSON. Chicago. travelling
'han. died in hospital.
II G. MECHLING. New York CITY.
with ;he Wheeling Corrugated Iron
Company.
Manager of a Theatre.
|. %. tl'lCk. manager Keith's
Theatre. Glove lard.
L. L. NAtGLE, proprietor of a rail.
way supply house.
TO unidentified bodies. supposed to
Ire those of l.. A. Johnson, of the mil.
linery firm of Convey and Johnson.
Cleveland, and Henry Trnse, barber
on the train.
ALLEN TYLER, engineer, Collin.
wo'n, O.. 'lied in hospital.
F. !. BRANT. head brakeman. Pr
Ash street. Eric. Ia, died in hospital.
N. b. WALERs. bagsaeeman, Ham.
burg, N. Y. died in hospital.
". u. MICKEY. porter, Chicago.
Tue sranas following the wreck