Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-26
Investigation Of Yesterdays
Fatal Accident at Paoli.
DAN GER SIGNA AL SET
GENERAL MANAGER AFTER
BURY'S BRoTHER-IN-LAWK KILLED
All of Dead Were in Private Car-Ac-
cident Occurred on Trial
Trip.
Special Dispatch to The Star,

SRNNi"' bAoPuNCu 10 lHe star.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, September 29.-
The Pennsylvania railroad is today investi-
eating most rigidly the causes of the fatal
which five men were killed by the St
Louis express, eastbound. crushing into the
rear of a passenger train.
All of the dead were in private car No
30 of General Manager w. w. Atterbury of
the Pennsylvania railroad. which was at
tached to the Paoli local train preparatory
10 being run on the trial trip to this city,
All the dead are employees of the PennsyI-
vania railroad. who were on the car super
Vlsing and inspecting the various parts on
the run, one of them being F. A. Brastow
general agent of the Safety Car Heating
and Light Company, who is a brother-in-
law of Mr.. Atterbury.
A list of the dead and injured follows:
FRANK A. Brastow of Haverford a suburb
OF this city, general agent at Philadelphia
or the Safety Car Heating and Lighting
Company. and distant relative by mar
rtage of w. w. Atterbury, general manager
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
George NJ. Pennypacker, Philadelphia
foreman of car inspectors in the West
Philadelphia yards
S. S. Walton, Altoona Pa Steamboat in
spector at the Altoona shops of the Penn
sylvania railroad
Richard Y. Garland, Narbeth. a suburb of
this city, general foreman of West Phila-
delphia shop of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Carl Dunhaur, Philadelphia, a railroad
employe.
Among the injured are the following:
Mrs j. H. voorhees,. Haverford, Pa, in
jured in back.
Mrs. A. C. Riengier, 257 West 18th street,
New York, shock
Miss E K. Shangler Mechanicsville, N
j., back hurt.
Mrs. Clinton B. Fisk ST., 175 West 5sth
street, New York, leg bruised.
o. Milenez, 2150 Victor street St. Louis
back injured.
John Ford, 231 Montgomery avenue, Jer-
sey City, dining cook, back hurt.
]. Travis, Mount Clair. n. j., porter, face
bruised.
Mrs. Lamonte. Ursona Hotel, ST. Louis,
eye cut and shock
c. o. Denoist eight-year-old boy, 5632
Berlin avenue st. Louis back hurt.
d. E Bolt, Dayton, Ohio head cut.
J. A. Flaline, dining car conductor, head
injured.
NJ c. Radfield, Jersey City, back injured
d. NJ. Perrine, Philadelphia, master me-
chanic in railroad shops, arm and two ribs
broken
NJ F. Elliott. Philadelphia, face cut and
arm broken.
Danger Signal Set.
According to the railroad officers. Loco
motive Engineer Leslie Brumall of the ex-
press received the green signal. the sign to
slacken speed, at Green Tree. about mile
west of Paon station. Coming down track
No 1 he was switched over to No. about
900 yards from the station.
There are two signal towers at Paoli, one
directly over this switch and the other just
at the station where the local train was
standing. On the furthermost tower the
white signal was set over track No. 2, but
upon the second tower the signal over the
same track which is regulated automatic4I-
ly by the position of the switch, showed the
red danger signal
The distance between the two Signal
towers Is so short, however, that the en-
gineer was unable to bring his train to
halt, and locomotive 21GS, one of the heav-
lest used on the Pennsylvania road draw
ing behind it three sleeping cars an obser-
walton and a dining car, crashed into the
rear OF the local train, telescoping the two
rear cars and manning their occupants.
Towerman Bryan. who saw the red danger
signal set on the second tower blew the
emergency whistle twice in succession
Railroad officers today refused to discuss
the affair until the investigation is finished.
IN an official statement given out at the
general managers office late yesterday the
manner in which the wreck occurred was
stated, but no statement was made in re-
gard to the responsibility, except that a red
signal had been displayed on the second
tower.
System Not Ideal.
That the system of handling trains at this
point is not ideal is emphasized by the fact
that the Pennsylvania Company is now
constructing a tunnel at PaoI which will
make it unnecessary for trains leaving
the Paoli yards TO cross over the express
tracks in order to pass onto the east
bound tracks.
Towcrman Bryan, In charge of the signal
system at that point, could not be found
yesterday afternoon. Railroad men exon
Grated him from blame. however, explain
ing that the second tower signals and the
second line OF switches work automatically
and that ii was impossible for him to CON
trol the switch so long as the last wheel
of the rear of the local train rested
upon portion of the switch.
All the passengers of the express train
who had been injured came to this city,
where they were given medical treatment
Many delegates to the convention of the
American Street Railway Association were
among the passengers. While the bodies
OF the dead lay the station platform
where they had been removed from the en-
bankment. Deputy Coroner George p Galley
OF Chester county empaneled jury and
proceeded with an inquest. No testimony
was taken, the matter of identification
alone being considered. The inquest will be
continued this afternoon at the Office of
Justice of the Peace George p. Taylor of
Malvern, when the jury will try and fix
the blame for the accident.