The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-24
(By the Associated Press

Cleveland, O., June 22.-Nineteen
dead and a dozen slightly injured to-
night comprise the revised casualty
list made by the wrecking last night
at Mentor, Ohio, of the eastbound
Twentieth Century Limited and Lake
Shore and New York Centrals Is
hour train, which ran into an open
switch, crushed the Mentor depot and
partly burned it up, scorching several
of the mangled corpses. The surviv-
ing injured are not much hurt.
The Twentieth Century Limited, ac-
cording to announcement from New
York, will hereafter return to a twenty
hour schedule, although none of the
railroad officials ascribe the wreck to
excessive speed.
1t is maintained by railway officials
that the switch on which the limited
was wrecked was thrown open and
locked and the switch light extin-
guished by some person, either Il
maniac or some one seeking re-
venge. 1t is still unknown who this
person is; although detectives are
working on the case. A careful ex-
animation of the switch today showed
that it was in perfect condition. Train
men are of the opinion that the engi-
noer of the Twentieth Century was
deceived by the light of a switch just
beyond the open switch the light of
which is said to have been out w. II.
Marshall. General Manager of tho
Lake Shore, says the speed of the
train wasanot a c0ntributorys cause to
the wreck. He said that other Lake
shore trains travel through Mentor ut
a speed equal to that attained BY the
,imIled last night which was not, Mr.
Marshall said, above 60 miles an
iiour.
The schedule for the train calls for
speed of 81 miles an hour at
Mentor.
Coroner York. of Lake county. an
nounced this evening that an inquest
would begin next Monday in Paines-
Vile.
List of the Dead
A revised list of the dead follows:
John X. Bennett, attorney, 81 Mas
sau street. New x ork
John A. Bradley. of the law firm of
Rowley, Rogers Bradley & Rockwell,
Akron. Ohio.
L. X. Morgan. second vice-president
of the Wellman. Sewers. Morgan
Company. Cleveland, o.
&. II. Wellm@u. of the Wellman,
Seavers, Morgan Company, Cleveland
died in hospital.
A. l., Rogers. New York City rep
sentative of the Plat City Iron Works.
of Dayton, o.. died in hospital.
S. G. Beckwith, lis, 18th street,
New York.
A. ii. Head, London, representative
of the Otis Steel Company, of Cleve-
land. died in hospital.
III. III. Wright, Chicago, died in hos
pital.
ID. T.. Arthur, travelling man, Mil
waukee died in hospital
j. ii. Gibson, Chicago, travelling man
died in hospital.
III. g Me;'FliDg. New York City with
the Wheeling Corrugated Iron Com
pany.
~. NJ. Eirick. manager Keiths Thea
tire. Cleveland.
T.. T.. Naugie, Chicago, proprietor Of
a railway supply house.
Two unidentified bodies. supposed.
10 be those of l.. A. Johnson, of the
millinery firm of Comev & Johnson,
Cleveland. and Henry Trinse, barber,
on the train.
Allen Tyler. engineer. Collinwood,
Chic. died in hospital.
Il. j. BrHDt, head brakeman 2012,
Ash street Erie. Pa. died in hospital.
n. r. Walters, baggageman, Ham
burg. N Y. die din hospital
W. ID. Mickey. porter. Chicago.
Fightin. Fiamc and Steam.
The scenes following the wreck We're
appalling. The night was dark save
for the light from the blazing wreck
cf the coach that was crushed and
splintered on top of the engine Men.
rwyarmed about it combating the
flames with the means at hand. crop
ing their way through the binding,
scalding steam that rose i'm clouds,
hunting FIR the injured whose piteous
cries were such as chilled tho hearts
of those who heard them. The water
SUPPLY was small and the means at
hand for fighting the flames were pit
fully inadequate, but the year of the
rescuers wrought great things for the
first few minutes
Pullman Conductor ]. J. O'Nein.
with his force of porters, did valiant
work i'm helping c1re for tho injured
as they were taken from the wreck
BEDDING, blankets and sheets were
stripped from the hunks of the four
Pullman coaches and used for the re-
lief of the sufferers.
Conductor Alexander Hammond,
who esea ped, 4started the work of res
cre and led his fellow tranmen and
the less seriously hurt of the passen-
gers in deeds that were truly heroic.
Seventv-five Miles an Hour.
The wrecked train was making
nearly seventy-five miles an hour
when the accident occurred, according