The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-05
RTOoK SYSTEM OUT OF ORDER?
piJIROAD DEFECT NAY HAVE
kILLED ono SOLDIERS.
,,,tl,c, n Those Killed or injured on tho
rort WAYNE Railroad While Going TO
washington Hear That Repairs on
t,.. line Have Ieen Made Hastily.

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rort WAYNE Railroad While Going TO
Washington Hear That Repairs on
the Line Have Deen Made Hastily
p,-rsVr,pG. Pa. March Developments
T.. .se fatal railroad wreck Of last night on
a. wort Wayne Railroad at Ellsworth.
". moi such a nature that serous trouble
i. ,br,otened by the Cleveland men who
a,,.,,,.rl both trains which crashed to-
-o,te- killing at least seven or eight and
e.ip,ns sixty Of those on the way to the
.aarsurat.on Al Washington Prlvates
I'm smvthe and Beenc of the Cleve-
'.i R,ffobon. which was in the first train,
,.,t missing and are thought to have
-, lu-,ed IN the wreck This would
-, the total list OF dead TO ten while
si,o,, five VI those injured are expected
rrsno- and relatives Of those injured
is,d fh.. morning became excited when
,bo story was circulated that the block
- ,La road IN which the accident took
,loce had not been in working order for
,,.o doy-. hut that II was repaired quietly
.h,. ,oorninr This cannot be verified, but
,so,a are those surviving of the Cleveland
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matter TO the bottom.
The choice Of two opinions is given, that
,bs block system did not work on this occa-
son mr. that the engineer disobeyed orders.
The engineer and fireman in this case both
declare thai they are bameless.
FsNnan Craven, who was supposed
IN have gone back to flag the second section
u the rain. has not been found. at least,
no hss not been seen by those on the wrecked
train who spent the day looking for him.
sun, Whiting Of this division Of the
pannsylyanin road said this evening that
Craven would he on hand when wanted
Ffrv messengers on the Ill fated train will
svesr that Craven did not leave the first
secton at all that he made no effort TO
eac the train. thinking. perhaps, that the
block svstom would hold the second section.
Attorney II Lindall Smith OF Cleveland,
law partner Of Major McQuigg, who escaped
with his life, announced tonight that the
injured and friends of the dead would begin
suits against tho Pennsylvania road, but
not In Pennsylvania
There was a fight last night between
employees Of the Pennsylvania road and
Cleveland friends of Il party OF wounded
When the train bearing many wounded
reached Allegheny, surgeons from the
Allegheny General Hospital sought TO board
tive train and assist in taking the wounded
on. but were told they could not come on,
TINT the Injured wers 70 be taken to the
West Penn Hospital, about four miles
further.
a. the injured had been allowed TO lie
for two hours already before the road got
train to them, this made the Cleveland
survivors angry, nd several Of the privates,
assisted by DR.. c. X. Brady of Cleveland,
demanded that the injured be taken of
then and there and to the nearest hospital
A Pennsylvania road detective pulled out
his badge and called on his fellow officers
10 assist in making arrests. but like fash
the detective was covered by guns in tho
hands Of angry soldiers, who backed him
and the rest Of the detectives oil the train,
and then the injured were carried of.