The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-04
|RRESlDENT ROOSEVELT IVAUGURATEDlE
FR,aHTFUl WRECK ON HE
LEO R;TSSW,AYNE !; I, RAlLR 40 la NE
CLIFTON. X Il
REAR END $co LESION BETWEEN
PASSENGER TRAINS EN- !ss
ROUTE TO WAS HING
ltBy#P Publlshlesir.ssl Press. s .

tBy% Publishers Press. ss,si5
U PiTTsBuRG. Pal Mar "a Tho,
work Of problng; the frisht(ul lswreclt
on5s the Fort Wayne railroad at Clifton
s!ationi last cyc.sinss, resulting In Tie
lleath sof eight sna the injury of two
score persons on the way B To- The ins'
argnralion IN Washington today,
vas started this morning by Coroner
Armstrong, and officials Of the rail-
,oad.a That5tl,og block, signals did not
work Is Clearly ;established,i3 81
Who tisirsponsibleEf Tor tl.is, however
Is the matter. that Is under 3lnyestiga:5
lion: a llagman had been sent back.
when the first section Of the special
train from Cleveland stopped on &c.
count Of q hot journal box. That he
didsnot set back the required distance
totwarn the engineer Of the following
section, Is accounted orsbya the fact
that that he Sdidsnot have time.
Sai8 The crash came. gilmore 5tEanStwo;
minutes after tleifirst section. .badbecn,
brought 70 a standstlll, 1T tis:lntlmatcd,
that the sections had been running
closer than the 6Srulcs permit and that
this accounted for the fact. that the
,lagmanSdld not have time to! get back
to giye5the warning. B;
Repairs were made Bonisthe bloclS
signal this morning and II required,
several hours TO get them sintosproper;
working order. *
It was reported that railroad ON
cials are unable$toI nnd the brakeman
who had been sent back to8ilag tho,
train coming in tie rear. He Is jrc.s
ported ito8 have uttered:BS q h
5.'ItSis all my fault,Sgs last night after
the crash, and then disappeared In
the darkness. This morning the rail-;
road officials stated that eight had
been Killed. at Is 3likelythats tho list
VIII not augmented greatly forSt tire
injured t8the various hospitals were
rerbrted e be- Improving with one
or&two exceptions. s.:.iS33
# Six bolies8now at the gmorgue3 will
be shipped 10 Cleveland 5atT2 O'clock
this afternoon The only body to, be
left hereSforathe present Is that OF!
Conductor 6: q: Scott, Of Chicago.
PITTSBuRG.S Pa. March 4. Seven
bodies Of Victims Of the wreck were
at at5thesmorgle this morning only two
OF which we're visible II 70 visitors,
many Of whom were drawn to the
.morgue through curiosity merely.
Such as were thought to be- friends
ofSthe deceased and came forSlegltI;
mate purposes Of identification were
shown the charred remains Of the I'M:
identified ones. X
According: to the coroner's records
this morning$the identified dead were
only$tWo5in number; c. II. Scott, rail-
road conductor, Of Chicago, and Dr..
VIM. Hendry; physician, of Cleveland
aged 80 years. The otherttwo bodies.
were supposed to be those Eof Lieuten.
ant D. CT scoield, Of the corps Of en-
gineers, Ohio National Guard; and
Wallace Pinney. aged 10 years. Pro;
yided these SSidentifi atoms ar correct,
there remain three badly burned bod.
les to be- determined by friends. One;
ofthese5 Is that Of a white person, sex
another Of a man, color @un.
known, and the third that Of la white
man, n; s. 4.
Coroner Armstrong and Deputy
Lowe, arrived at the headquarters
shortly after s IA. Nj, and began to
take the evidence Of the delegation
from the Engineer Corps which re:
NAMED In i the city to assist in the
work Of getting the proper identia:
cation Of the remains and arrange for
testimony bearing on the case. Z; an
It was reported this morning that
three OF the colored porters on the
train were missing and It is possible
that one Of these may be the body
at the morgue which rs 50 badly dis.
figured as to make the color recog.
nizable. ils n
The last Of the fwreckage was clear.
ed up about s:so9this morning, 4 and an
placed on a special train Of cars and
brought to the city. AtS that hour no
additional bodies had been found. y
Major =. 3 sR ], Nc cQulgg. { commanding IN
the engineer battalion, yof5 M .. III Idle:
wood avenue, Cleveland who Isl Sat|
the Bellevue suburban Il Hospltal, was
i reported to be In d critical condition;|
this morning. 81
lieutenant r. d. Smith Company
=, OF Fairfield. Ohio. was repo orted tol