Warren sheaf., 1905-06-29
An open Switch
CAUSES Wreck.
LAKE SHORE FAST TRAIN MEETS
WITH DISASTER AT
MENTOR, O.

Thrown from Track While Running at
Rate of so or so Miles an Hour
Ninneteen Persons Are Killed and
Many Injured.
Mentor, O.. June 22.-Running at the
rate of so or 60 miles an hour, the Twen-
tieth Century Limited on the Lake Shore
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 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 jammed 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
a special train to Cleveland, where
they will be placed in hospitals.
This was the fourth trip of the flyer
on it's run from Chicago to New York
on an 18-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.
-s>~ The Victims. @5.
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 Wellman- -Seavers.
Morgan company, Cleveland; G.. H.
Wellman, of the Wellman-Seaver
Morgan company, Cleveland, died in
hospital; A. L. Rogers, of New York
city, representative of the Platt iron
works, of Dayton, O., died in hospital;
S. G. Beckwith, No. 115 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
Keiths theater, Cleveland, killed in
wreck; E. E. Naugle, Chicago, pro.
prietor of railway supply house.
killed in wreck; two as yet unidenti-
Ned 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
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; 8. T. Katy,
No. 5022 Paulina street, Chicago, pain
in chest and back; A. P. Gorham, fire.
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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
ioned 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 it's run from Chicago to New York