Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-07-01
ANOTHER BAD WRECK
Chicago Flyer Suddenly Goes Into
Open 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
noU-ccd.

Cleveland. O.. specialization dead
and a dozen slightly injured comprise
the revised casualty list made by the
wTeciing Thursday night. at Mentor,
Ohio. OF the east-bound twentieth cen
fury limited the Lake Shore and New
York Centrars eighteon-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 -
excessive speed.
II is maintained by railway officials
that the switch on which the limited
was wrecked was thrown open and
locked and the switch light extingulsh-
ed by some person, either a maniac
or some one seeking revenge. Il is still
detectives are working on the case. a
careful examination OF the switch
showed that il was en- perfect condition.
Trainmen are of the opinion that the
engineer az The twentieth century train
was deceived 10y the light of the switch
Just beyond the open switch. the light
OF wh.Sh is said to have been out.
W. II. 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 al
a speed cQua, to that attained by the
limited which was not Mr. Marshall
saws. above so miles an hour
The schedule for the train calls for
q speed OF 50 miles an hour at Men
tor.
Coroner York. Of Lake county. an
nounccl that am inquest would begin
next Monday In pai-ezvillc.
\ revised list OF the dead follows:
John X. Bennett. attorney. 81 Mas
sau street. New York.
John a. Bradley. OF the law hrm
OF Rowlcy. Rogers. Bradley & Rock
vol. Akron. Ohio
II. r. Morgan. second vice president
OF the Wcllman-Seavors- Morgan Com
pany. Cleveland.
G. u. Weilman. OF the Wellman-
Seavers-MorSan Company. Cleveland.
died in hospital
A. l.. Rogers. Now York city. repre-
sentative OF The Platt City Iron Works
OF Dayton. Ohio. died in hospital
:. c. Beckwith. l15 One Hundred and
Seventy-fourth street New York.
y. II. Head. London representative
or the Otis Steel Company. 90 Clcve-
land. died in hospital
y. u. Wright travelling man. Chi
cago. died In hospital.
ID. r. Arthur. travelling man. Nil
waukee. died in hospital.
j. II Gibson, Chicago. travelling man,
died in hospital.
II. c. Mechling. New York city. with
the Wheeling Corrugated Iron Com
pany.
l. NJ. Eirick. manager Keith's The
atre Cleveland
f. F. Nagle. Chicago. proprietor Of
a railway supply house.
Two unidentified bodies. supposed to
be those Of L. A. Johnson. OF the millin-
cry firm OF Comey 4 Johnson Cleve-
land, and Henry Trinse. barber on the
train.
Allen Tayler. engineer. Collinwood.
Ohio. died in hospital.
r. J. Brant. head brakeman. 20l2
Ash street. Erie. Pa. died in hospital
y. =. Walters. a baggage man. Ham
burg. y. y. died in hospital.
W ID. Mickey. porter. Chicago.
The scenes following the wreck were
appalling. The night was dark save for
the light from the blazing wreck of tho
coach that was crushed and spllntered
on top OF the engine. Men swarmeG
abont 1t combating the flames with the
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 as
chilled the hearts of those who heard
them. The water supply was small and
the means At hand for fighting the
hames were pitifully inadequate. but
the zeal Of the rescuers wrought great
things for the first few minutes.