The San Francisco call., 1905-06-23

William Usher. ticket agent of the
Nickel Plate, and James Barnes of Will
loughby were at the scene of the wreck
twenty minutes after ii occurred. On
the way they met a boy carrying a Lam
tern. They questioned him, and he said
that he had been down TO shut switch.
The men went 70 the scene of the wreck
and found the switch open. but locked.
The men are of the opinion that the boy
thought that there was a freight ahead
of the Twentieth Century and opened
the switch TO let 1t through and take
a siding. and that he meant to open the
switch instead of closing it.
II. S. Storria, general superintendent
OF the Lake Shore, SaiG chat the matter
would be investigated tomorrow, al
though he is inclined To doubt the story
that boy turned the switch.
The list of fatalities in the wreck of
the Twentieth Century Flyer is one Of
the largest in the historyof that road.
numbering nineteen persons. All the
victims were prominent in the business
aid professional world in New York.
Chicago. Cleveland and other cities. y
OFFICIAL LIST OF DEAD.
The list Of the dead, as compiled by the
officials Of the Lake Shore Company.
follows:
Passengers
JOHN r. BENNETT, attorney. 81 Mas
sau street. New York City.
JOHN A. BRADLEY of the law firm of
Rowley Rogers, Bradley & Rockwell
Akron, Ohio.
T. r. MORGAN, second vice president
of the Wellman-Seaver-M Morgan Company,
Cleveland
c H wELLMAN of the wellman-
Seavers- Morgan Company, Cleveland:
died in hospital
A. L. ROGERS. New York City. repre-
sentative Of the Platt Iron Works of
Dayton. Ohio; died in hospital
:. {. BECKWITH, advertising agent,
New York.
A H. HEAD, London. England. repre-
sentative of the Otis Steel Company of
Cleveland; died in hospital.
H. II. WRIGHT, travelling man, Chiea-
go; died in hospital.
D. E ARTHUR, travelling man, Mil
waukee; died in hospital.
]. H. GIBSON, travelling man, Chicago;
died in hospital, Cleveland.
H. C. MECHLING, New York City.
with the Wheeling Corrugated Iron Com
pany. 1880, =
L. NJ. EIRIcK, manager iKeiths Thea
ter, Cleveland.
z. z. NAUGLE, Chicago. proprietor of
a railway supply house; killed in wreck.
Two as yet unidentified dead, supposed
TO be L. A Johnson of the millinery firm
of Comey & Johnson. Cleveland, and
Henry Trlnz, the barber on the train
Employees 5
ALLEN TYLER. engineer, Collinwood,
Ohio; died In hospital.
f. ]. BRANT, head brakeman, Erie,
Pa: died in hospital
n B. WALTERS, baggageman, Ham
burg, N Y; died in hospital.
w D. MICKEY, porter on Pullman
car, Chicago: died at scene Of wreck.
SAN FRANCISCAN INJURED.
The injured. H. eLangdon. Chicago;
R. c. Cordeaugh. Kay Cottage, High
lands, N j.; NJ. ]. Kennedy, San Fran
CISCO slightly hurt Qeaves for Europe
Tuesday,; Kate Trott, Chicago; Mrs.
H d. Turneri nervous shock; Theo-
dore Keuhl. 1911 Wolfram street, Chi
caga, severe shock; w. H. Colvin, Chi
cago, thought not to be seriously hurt;
George Murray, st. Louis. thought not
to be seriously hurt; A E. Dickinson.
e45 Marquette building, Chicago knee
wrenched: Nathan Allen. Kenosha, Wis
consin, back slightly injured; s. I.
KATY, Chicago, hurt in chest and back;
A P. Gorham. fireman, side injured. Col
linwood, Ohio.
AS to who is responsible for the open
switch which was the cause Of the
wreck the railroad officials are still un-
certain. careful examination of the
switch to-day showed that it was in
perfect condition.
Detectives are working on the case.
Trainmen are of the opinion that the
crew of the Twentieth Century was de-
ceived by a second white light one hun
dred feet beyond the switch which was
open. but while travelling at such fast
speed were unable to gauge the distance
and mistook the second light for the
first one.
WRECK NOT DUE TO SPEED.
w. H Marshall, general manager Of
the Lake Shore, believes the speed of the
train was not contributory cause to
the wreck He said that other Lake
Shore trains travel through Mentor at
a speed equal to that attained by the
Twentieth Century last night which was
not, Mr.. Marshall said. above the rate
Of sixty miles an hour. The schedule
for the train called for a speed of
ffty-seven miles an hour at that point
The wreck had no effect on the sale
Of tickets for the same train tonight,
the full quota allotted to this city hav-
ing been sold long before the time Of
the trains departure.
Coroner York of Lake County an
nounced this evening that the inquest
would begin next Monday morning at 8
y ciOCh dl ttlS 1OuI lDOuSe III Fa1neSV1lle-
He says he will summon officials Of the
railroad company to testify.
A peculiar feature of the wreck Is that
all those who met death were either
burned or scalded
R. c. Cordeaugh of New York City is
only slightly hurt. Six bodies were taken
from the wreck; three more were found
in the wreckage to-day, and ten per-
sons died in Cleveland hospitals
The only means of Identifying the body
of Z. E. Naugle of Chicago was his ini-
tials upon a piece of linen and a button
worn on his clothing. Communication
with a tailoring house established his
identity.
OF the two unidentified bodies there
is not the slightest means of identifica-
ton. The family of J. A johnson. a
prominent millinery goods manufacturer
Of this city, stood before the two charred
bodies in Morgue to-day trying to dis
Germ something about the objects that
might tell which of them is their hus-
band and father.
IDENTIFYING THE DEAD.
The body of L. M. Eirick, manager Of
Keith's Theater. was identified by the
finding of his gold watch ir,,heddad a.,