The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-22

telegraph key himself ana took persona
charge OF the many messages that wert
sent and received.
As soon a. news Of the accident Travelled
throughout the downtown district and had
reached those who had friends or relatives
on board the train tho station was besiesed
by persons who inquired an xiously for
details.
These we're supplied with as much celebrity
as possible although 1t was reported from
Mentor that the making up Of the list OF
names OF killed. and injured was necessarily
a hard task and would require several
hours.
BUFFALO, June 2l.--Closely following tho
first reports Of the disaster to the Twentieth
Century Limited at Mentor. Ohio, the d.
vision officers Of the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern Railroad In this city got
word that eight persons had been killed
outright. 1t IL thought that many more
bodies are In the wreck.
relief train was Immediately made up
In the lake Shore yards here and hurried
to the scene On board were physicians,
nurses. railway officials and experts In the
handling Of wrecked equipment.
Scenes Of horror accompanied the frst
efforts Of the rescuers to chop their way
through the debris to the victims. The
breaking Of steam pipes and the creeping
Of flames that threatened to reach forward
and devour the entire train added to the
peril Of the passengers who had been i'm
prisoned in the wreckage.
All Of the physicians In the town were
summoned to give their assistance to the
injured Mento1 the home OF the late
President Garfield threw open its beat
homes to be transformed into emergency
hospitals.
Some OF those who had been rescued
fought to make their way back into the
presence OF danger, wildly clamoring for
news Of friends or relatives who they
believed were buried under the shattered
wood and twisted steel.
Fire engines we're sent on a special train
from gainesville. Ohio. seven miles east Of
Mentor, as it was feared the flames would
get beyond the power OF the local depart
ment TO check them.
The first victim to be taken from the
wreckage was John r. Bennett. He had
been crushed to death in one OF the for
ward sleepers. Charles Wellman was
lifted from the buffet car after he had been
so seriously scalded that he was unoon-
scious and dying
The chief train dispatcher Of the New
YORK Central at Buffalo gave The Sun the
following information over the long dista nos
telephone early this morning:
THE eastbound Twentieth Century Linn
tied was deraled at Mentor. Ohio twenty.
three miles west of Cleveland, at 0:2S P. NJ.
central time. The cause Of the wreck our
Office has not learned. The oaIs were badly
smashed and took fire Immediately after
the deraiment We could not learn how
much damage the Are did, but heard that
the flames were extingusi,ed in . shor;
time.
"We understand that there were six
killed the engineer and fireman and four
passengers. Most Of the passengers were
from Chicago believe. The injured,
according to the reports to this office, are
about fifteen.
Calls for help were sent to Cleveland,
and al II 80 p. NJ relief trains were prepared
and despatched They got to the wreck at
midnight with corps Of doctors and all
necessary aid. Tho dead and injured were
taken to Cleveland
The first trip Of the New York Central's
Twentieth Century Limited on the new
schedule Of eighteen hours from New York
to Chicago was made last Sunday.
The eastbound train leaves Chicago at
$40 p. NJ, and the westbound train leaves
New York at the Same time. Formerly
the westbound train left here at PAS P. NJ.
and the eastbound train left Chicago at
IL 80 p. NJ.
Both Centuries are equipped with COM
bination buffet, smoking and parlor car,
a compartment sleeping and observation
car, a section sleeping car and dining
car.
The Centuries run on the foil OWN sched-
,lle in miles and minutes: