The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-22
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Another RAILROAD HORROR
ADDED TO THE LONG LIST

showed that some one: tampered with
the switch.
Conductor Alexander Campbell, Of
the train, made statement which
completely bore out that Of Moon.
He said he had found the switch
open and locked. IT worked ali right
when tested;
II. Marshall general .superinten.
dent Of the Lake Shore, was early at
the union depot. He talked to the
trainmens on the; wrecked flyer and
while declining to make positive
statement at that time, indicated his
belief that the switch had been inten.
tionally tampered with. 5A great
crowd met the relief train as It rolled
into the union depot at 1920 A. NJ,
bearing Its ghastly load Of dead and
wounded.
One Of the passengers gives this
graphic description Of the accident.
Only one car, the observation, in the
rear, remained on the track. The
combination and the first sleeper were
in the form Of a jack.knife by the ter.
rlble shock, while the heavy iron and
tlmbers were wrenched in, every. con.
ceiyable shape.
According to reports the FIRE which
added horror 5to the wreck, was due
to the explosion Of the boiler Of, the
locomotive. 4
s The combination car, partly Of the
engine, was at once a mass Of flames.
the shrieks of the imprisoned pas. Jas,
sengers rising above the roaring
fumes. 80
The Mentor fire departm quickly
responded, but could 5do little to
check the flames, Many ofathe dead,
were SO badly burned as to MAKE FEC:
ognition difficult, almost Impossible.
Two more bodies of victims Of the
wreck were recovered from the ruins
this morning. They have not been
identified yet. So
Il Newspaper Mans Ride.
The ill:fated 1s.hour train made Its
first regular run this week, reaching
New York from Chicago at s:26 4 a.
M. Monday Several experimental.
runs had been made prior to this tine,
to discover IL the, schedule could be
maintained. The results Of the trials
and Of fSthe first regular run proved
that the 1s.hour schedule wa was \ not
only feasible, but that It could actual.
" be reduced. The trainmen bellev.
sd that this could be done without
additional danger to the passengers.
The train was valued by the Lake
Shore ct 5000, 1000. and represented
the best and latest In. railway build:
ing, II was the fastest long distance
Train in the world. On the first reg
'1lars trip the train, eastbound, GOV.
cred the distance from Chicago & to
New York, 960.52 miles, In 10 hours
and SO minutes: OF that the actual
running time was only 15 hours and an
SC minutes:
a thrilling story of ride In the
cab Of the engine drawing the limited
is told by Jacob Waldeck, "a a. 1 y well
lsnown Washington and Cleveland
newspaper man. He made the \ trip
from Chicago to New 4 York, being
The only person ever accorded this
privilege by General Superintendent
Marshall. He says: e
y I'VE came upon a sharp curve and
q view Of the track beyond was hid.
den BY a;hill. It happened that. there
lay beyond the hill "a long stretch Of
straight fleyel track a change in
the motion of the engine told OF The
Increased speed. The engineer arose
10 coax even more speed from thesen.
|gine, and there was a ready response.
Five miles were covered in four min.
utes, or at the rate Of. seventy:hye
miles an hour. sss$
4 4 oking straight ahead the track
seemed to be rushing toward the
train. AS the rails and ties disap:
peared under the engine the sensa.
ton Of the tenderfoot in the cab
was something like flying or running
on g scannonball or using some such
swift means OF moving along. Mead;
cws and groves went by a swimming
mass Of green:
The engineer, was on his feet fore
ling the utmost bit Of power from
1.-The engine. The engineS swayed and
tossed as 1T tore along. The wind
swept through the cab windows sinj a
perfect hurrt cane There was q hiss
ling, roaring sound that was deafens
ing. Is