The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-29
ANOTHER BADWRECK
Chicago Flyer Suddenly Goes lato
0pen Switch
LARGE LIST OF DEAD AND INJURED
Although None Of the Lake Shore or
New York Central Officials Ascribe
the Disaster to Excessive Speed, a
Return to the 2o-Hour Time is An
nounced.

Cleveland. o., Special-Nineteen dead
and dozen slightly injured comprise
the revised casualty list made by the
wrecking Thursday night. at Mentor.
Ohio, OF the east bound twentieth CEN
fury limited. the Lake Shore and New
York Centrars e!ghteen-hour train,
which ran into an open switch. crushed
the Mentor depot and partly burned it
up, scorching several of the mangled
corpses. The surviving injured are not
much hurt.
The twentieth century limited, &C.
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 extingu;sh-
ed by some person, either a maniac
or some one seeking revenge. 1t is still
unknown who this person is, although
detectives are working on the case. A
careful examination of the switch
showed that it was in perfect condition.
Trainmen are of the opinion that the
engineer of tie twentieth century train
was deceived ny the light of the switch
just beyond the open switch, the light
of which is said to have been out
w. H. Marshall, general manager Of
the Lake Shore, says the speed of the
train was not contributory cause to
the wreck He said that other Lake
Shore trains travel through Mentor at
a speed equal to that attained by the
| limited, which was not, Mr.. Marshall
says, above 60 miles an hour.
! The schedule for the train calls for
a speed of 81 miles an hour at Men,
! tor.
| Coroner York, of Lake county, an
nOunced that an inquest would begin
next Monday in gainesville.
A revised list of the dead follows:
John r. Bennett, attorney, 81 Mas
sau street, New York.
Of Rowley, Rogers, Bradley & Rock
we'll, Akron, Ohio.
T. r. Morgan, second vice president
of the Wellman-Seavers Morgan Com
pany, Cleveland.
c. H. Wellman, of the Wellman-
Morgan Company, Cleveland,
died in hospital
A. l.. Rogers, New York city, repre-
sentative of the Plat City Iron Works
of Dayton, Ohio, died in hospital.
S. c.. Beckwith, us One Hundred and
Seventyfourth street, New York.
A. H. Head, London representative
Of the Otis Steel Company, If Cleve-
land, died in hospital.
H. H. Wright, travelling man, Chi
cago, died in hospital.
d. E. Arthur travelling man, Mil
waukee, died in hospital.
]. H. Gibson, Chicago, travelling man
died in hospital.
H. c. Mechling, New York city, with
the Wheeling Corrugated Iron Com.
pahy.
L. NJ Eirick, manager Keiths The
atre, Cleveland.
E. F. Maggie, Chicago, proprietor Of
a railway supply house.
Two unidentified bodies, supposed tc
be those of l.. A. Johnson, of the millin
cry firm of Comey & johnson, Cleve
land, and Henry Trinse, barber on the
train.
Alien Tayler, engineer, CollinwooG
Ohio, died in hospital
e. ]. Brant. head brakeman, POI:
Ash street, Erie, Pa, died in hospital
N. B. Walters, baggage man, Ham
burg, N. Y, died in hospital
W. D. Mickey porter, Chicago.
The scenes following the wreck were
appalling. The night was dark save fo1
the light from the blazing wreck of the
coach that was crushed and splinteret
on top of the engine. Men swarmec
about 1t combating the flames with tn,
means at hand, grouping their way
through the binding, scalding steam
that rose in clouds, hunting for the in
jured whose piteous cries were such al
chilled the hearts of those who heart
them. The water supply was small AM
the means at hand for fighting tn,
flames were pitifully inadequate bu
the zeal Of the rescuers wrought grea
things for the first few minutes.