The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-06-23
DEATH LIST
REACHES FL
Over a Score OF Fatalities In The
Mentor Wreck.

1
Nos York, June ~ Since ihe spec
ial dispatch scot ~ ihs lanner yesl.r-
day, rre,ideni W. n Newman ~ the
Nsu York Central has issued lhr FOL.
losing regarding the wreck a. Men.
tori
''Slnce ihe sad aoridrni which has
happenri on thr Lake shore have
bad = consultation with fhe operating
officials. WHO have explained that tho
accident was causei by a misplaced
switch nui was not due 10 the speed
Of iho train. and ihrf assure me that
The present schedule can hs safely aud
easily maintained.
while agno with ihe Operating
officials that fhere is no physical rea.
ssn why ne schedule should not lo
cnniiunsi. nevertheless in nay inis
mrui ilr time ~ iho Twentieth cen,
ufy Limited should b. RESTORED 10
twenty hours. and u viii b. done a.
once
"tniii The new schedule can b. or.
ranged fhe TNrniiiih Century Limited
will iravo New York aui chicago ns
NJ present hui running on twenty
hour schedule and arriving af both ter.
minais later than now"
10. fatality u.i ~ ihe Mentor wreck
OF ihr Turnisth Cruiufy Limited
train hns lHsu practically nNri a.
twrni, on. n,,-. al ihr dead were
mem aud 900 were passrnErra in the
hnnri ear of fhr twenty uur. seven.
Lrun hHtr iaeu positively identified.
nid iiir other fuur anr loo doubt Tie
und.rloihng ou our ~ ihr latter
bodies i-'1rs fhr initial. - a. y"
A button engraved with ilo name ~ a
Chicago tailoring nfm. Carver a VII.
kie. WIS nisu fnuud un fhe clothing.
Communication bias hs-n established
with this hrm relative a. locating the
dead man. home
n b. believed that ail the dead have
bern removed from the scene u the
wreck the railway company bending
every Effort toward clearing away the
wrcckage ne soon ~ possible. This
work has proceeded ~ far by this
time that the possibility n there being
additional bodies buried in the debris
l. very slight
The Twentieth Century Limited Il
called the fastest long distance train
In the world II ran into an open
switch Oficlnls 81 the Lake shore
rad ar positive IN their declarations
that ihe switch had been nallciously
opened. aud all the evidence nt hand
supports this theory.
The train wH- destroyed. flames aid.
lng ln the destruction. aud several of
the passengers were burned To death
Nearly al II the injured were burned.
The dead are. : e. Beckwith. New
York: John r. Bennett. patent atior.
ney. New York city. burned 10 death;
i. !. Brandt Toledo. trainman. J. II.
Gibson. Chicago. traveller. Fireman
Graham. Coll.nwoOd. crushed under
engine: Archibald T. Head London.
steel company representative. Thomas
H. Morgan of the Wellman Seaver-
Morgan company. cleveland. burned
10 death: A. J.. Rodgers. general man
ager Plat Iron company. New York.
died on operating table az Cleveland
General hospital. Allen Tyler. Collin
wood. o. engineer. crushed under en-
CINE: y u. Walters. baggagcman Of
Hamburg. y. y. scalded 90 death:
Charles II. Wcllman Of thc Wellman-
Scavef-Morgan company Cleveland;
Williams. first name and address un-
known; II. II. Wright. travelling man.
Chicago II. &. Meckling manager OF
the Wheeling Corrugatlng company,
New York. l.. NJ. Eirlck. manager
Keith's thcater. Cleveland; T.. L. Nau-
gle. Chicago
Five bodies not identified
one Of the passengers who arrived
on the limited was William Barclay
Parsons. former engineer Of the New
York subway Mr.. Parsons had a mar
row escape from death in the wreck.
When he got off the train he said he
was in roo great a hurry 10 get home
10 his family TO talk at length about
his experience.
"All | can say Is that | had very
narrow escape. but got off without
scratch he said Il was just prepar-
ing to 60 TO bed when the crash came.
and I'm an instant all was confusion.
was in the third car. had LETT the ac-
commodation car only few minutes
before. With other passengers | did
all could to rescue the unfortunates
who We're pinned in the wreck. 1t was
an awful sight and one | shall never