The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-22
SEVENTEEN IVES WERE NuFF-
ed ouT$Ass The REsuLToF;
AN AWFuL WREck.s

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sTRAlN WAS RUNNING At 40
MILES a uRi WHEN, ,;Ac. 33
clDENT. AZ APFPEaED: 2 ;tll::I \
cLEVEEAND !, 8: June %. Seven.
teen lives, cording to osreports given
ont by railway officials and at the
hospitals this morning were lost in
the wreck OF the twentieth Century
Limited 9at Mentor at 9: so last night.
The Lake Shore record breaking train,
2bbund for New 81 ork, Init an II open open
switch Y and In an instant the monster.
locomot I've and all but one of the cars
behind " were piled in a great life
crushing heap, and more than score
OF persons were injured. j The limited;
recent placed Son the run to equal
the 1Is;hours schedule of the PennsyI.
yania special, was passing through
the station at Mentor, Just west of
Painesyille when the wreck occurred.
The operator had been; ordered to
7Il M
give the train q clear signal He did
80 The flyer was going perhaps 20
miles an hour through the little Ohio
town; But directly in front Of the
depot the locomotive yeered. The
train taE's ecked and then piled on top
ofs the engine ssS w 4
The dead |: II y y "
Il TlH=oMAS R,SNIoRGA of Wellman,
Morgan Co.. Cleveland, o. lg
JAMES H. q GIBSON s54 Flourneyi
street Chicago died at hospital. \.
fSRsl4sYsL ROGERS, New York, died
at ospitalss
=: & S1a.i, =: fW1s;RIGHT y; Chicago, died lat
hospital ~; ~ s4
BENNETT, ewi Y ocsrrk. 4 v
ARBAoU UGH identification
not osltiysl Milwaukee died at hos.
pttal. $;5.s
n, WALTERS, fbaggagemanl, i Ham. Hal1
burg, g SSH n:
HEsEENlS:R;YSS;TRINTz BARBER, on buf.
fet $car, address unknown.
Two unident titled bodies males, at
niorguei b; 4
BODY of unkno man not brought
70 the city but AIKEN from the wreck.
e BRANT, so4 Wilson avenue, aver u
To1eao, trainman. died at hospital.
As. BRADEEEY IS Oakland ave. We
nue., Akron, Ohio died Sat hospital.
ARCHIBALD II. HEAD N London,
England representati Otis Steel
Company died at hospital 4 a
CHARLES H. WELLMAN, !, general
manag GER Wellman seayer Morgan
Company died at hospital.
ALEEEsN TYLER j G collinwood d; en-; en-
glnser died at hospital! a (; Y. III
The seriously injured |: l;a
Goranl, 8 Rose avenue, Nor.
walk Ohio, fireman, severely bruls-
Ssed; i'll live.
s. C Beck 115 Seventeenth
Z street, New Z York City; advertising
agent, fatally burned; 3 Will die.
The station was partially wrecked
and the broken train staggered on sun.
tilt struck the freight house, a few
hlundre feet further On: rs rs
The heavy timbers stopped the zen;
glne and II turned over onSits slde.s
The town wit its q 900 abitants,
was awakened BY the terrific shock,
The wreck caught fire and the rescu.
ers fought with the flames to recover
the dead a and Ssuccors the wounded.
ews sopleS In the forward car, a
comb alton gsmo oker and baggage car;
escaped death or injury.
Cleveland was quickly notified and
a relief train bearing doctors and
nurses were hurried sto. the scene. AS
sistant superinte end ent Moon, Of the
Lake Shore, companled the train
while Painesyille and " illoug ghbyS also
sent ply lcians. & Il J: II
Meanwhile every ambulance In
Cleveland was summoned to the union
depot and arrang gements were made
!. with the spitals to care for the in,
jured. ,.s 2s =
g Early this morning superintendent
Noon gave out this statement: Il,
looks n Ike NAL licious interfer
ence. Three Quarters Sof an hour be
fire fine limited wa q fI,Ie "a ira m Nj t()