The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-04
Two Killed and Many IN
iured on the N. Y. c.
Near Utica.
FELL IN FRONT OF FLYER
Mass of Iron From One Train
Drops Before Fast Express,
Wreeking It.

UTICA, N. Y, Feb 1.-Two killed and
a score injured is the result of fearful
wreck about o'clock this morning on
the New York Central railroad three
miss west of this city
The boiler OF the engine drawing train
Nc. -, from Boston and New York, ex-
picted The locomotive toppled over on
the eastbound track just as the Buffalo
train No. 5 approached from the west.
running at high speed. The train was
deraiied There were seven or eight
Pullman cars in the Buffalo train. but
it was not heavily loaded On leaving
the tracks the ears rolled over slight
embaniznent and al the passengers
were hurled from their berths.
The dead:
JOHN BRENNAN, fireman of train
Nc. 29
JOHN ALLEN. engineer of train No.
%.
Many Hurt.
Mrs Frani Everts. wife of the super
intendent of the western division, back
severely strained. in dangerous condi-
tion
Mr.. and Mrs. David Roth. Rochester.
Mr. Roths ear torn and shoulder
bruised: Mrs Roth's back severely
strained
d D. Luzk. Randolph, \. Y, was
caught between two seats anu badly
sealded by =csca ping steam.
+ ri. Strnsser, Albany, n. Y, also a
passenger in the day coach, was badly
cut and bruised
Sidney West. New York city, slightly
cur about fhc head
aLEs. Charles Yerrus. Utica. n. y a.
fusion of head
Louis Laue1lsn Utica, N Y, contu-
sions. bruised arm and wrist
B. F. Cartwright, Buffalo, N Y. dis
located rib and eontusions; badly
shocked.
Miss r. E. Reynolds. New York city.
scalp wound
! c. AIcKniglt. Bay Shore, [. L:
contuslons of the hip.
F. II. Bruening, president of the
Eruening Cork Company, Pittsburg. Pa,
confusion OF head and arm, sprained
back.
Mrs F. II. Bruening. confusion and
sprained knee, also confusion OF the Jeff
Mrs FuIio Giordano, Rome, Italy
wife OF the secretary Of the worlds
commissioner: confusion of the nip ard
spTair1ed back; badly shocked.
Judge Warren i. Hooker, of Ere
dof'ia, n Z, was among the passen-
gers injured. lie was severely brEliseG
and cut about the head and body Tic
car III which he was a Passenger v,ds
thrown at least forty feet com the trecl
and one side WAS partially torn away.
The Judge was wcdEed in betwecr
broken seats and was not released for {
considerable time.
Eyewitness Talks.
". A. Hcndrick. Of Rutland VI
business manager of the Rutland Even
ing News. was on the e;sst bound ti.ifn
IL an interview ne said:
~ left Syracuse al 1j:5i p IN ] wa.
ia the day coach and il Jumped Ia,
fence along tie south side OF the track
The ETSt felt was t4e crashing g
the wl!;doyF glass and then l felt as if
VAS falling through space. It was {
terrible Ssll#atlCu.
= broze a window with my fect aux
succeeded III getting out Of The cuFcb
] ran across slie body Of the dead en-
gIntcT of the wCstbound train. Tn
DS@H Vas lying near the coach which
h;tG jssff in
I'll. trains we're passing each othpr
short d-stauce Iroal Whitesboro WhtI
the boiler OF tEc engine dra wing Tn,
WeStD0u3d Train exploded blowing tint
edStboan& train completely of the tTact
ana over the fence alongside The east
bound train WAS blown many feet int,
the air ! saw thr fireman Of Jhe vest
bound train de lived for jus; twenty
FIVE minutes after the explosion. :
young p34Ssi ilH from New York. v.has'
name WasI Gn.t3.e L. aScC Cl-t.sin, had lll
sknH Fractured and Wis injured in
ternalIS. lie was in the sieaper ina
meiiateiy baca Of the day coach
Jumps the Fence,
..The day coach fell of the southboun,
train ard jumped Jiae fence, Fo,Hnss com
ple,e!y over, landins right side up.
vas exceedingly fortunate in eseapin.
with only a few slight bruises.
Fred j Titus, The former widely knowl
professional bicycIist and crstwhil
husband of Edna May. The actress. oc
cupicd a lower berth III the secou
sleeper. Titus reside: At I5roAdvv.iy an
FurI(-cigiith street, New York CITY an
travels Tor Il Buffalo automobile firm
He was erf route 10 New York
Harr. s. Houpt Also Il Representative
OF the Euff:ilo auto firm WAS with THU
in the same car Neither was injured
although both were pretty well shake
W Titus lost valuable diamond pl
and Houpt a handsome diamond pm