Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-23
Victims Are Nearly All Men, Most Of Them
Prominent in Business Affairs.
SAY BOY CAUSED THE sNAsHUP
Story that Youth Opened Switch When BE
Thought he Was Closing It
OLD SCHEDULE WILL Be RESUMED
Inquest VIII Begin Monday Morning
at PatnsviIIe-SaIe of Tick
cts for Train Not
Affected.

fatalities in last nights wreck Of the Twen- !
ueth Century flyer on the Lake Shore
railway at Mentor. O., is one Of the larE-
est In the history Of that road, numbering
nineteen persons. All the victims were
prominent in the business and professional
world in New York. Chicago. Cleveland
and other cities.
The list Of dead and injured as compiled
by the oficials Of the Lake Shore company
is follows:
The dead passengers:
JOHN r. BENNETT attorney, 81 Mas
sau street, New York -, A.
Rowley, Rogers, Bradley Rockwell,
T. K MORGAN second wee president
OF the wellman, seavers-Morgan company,
c. II. WELLMAN Of the wellman, seav-
r ers-Morgan company, Cleveland, died in
, a. l. ROGERS of New York City, rep
! ton, O., died in hospital.
S. c. BECKwITH, No I5, One Hundred
and Seventy fourth street, New York.
A. H. HEAD, London, England, represen-
tative OF the Otis Steel company Of Cleve-
'r H H. .' WRIGHT. Secretary Featherstone
Foundry company. Chicago. died in hos
Z. ARTHUR travelling man. Mil
waukee died in hospital.
J. H. GIBSON. Chicago, travelling man.
p Il, e e MEcHLING. New York, with the
!. Wheeling Corrugated Iron company
y L. NJ. EIRICK, manager keiths theater'
Cleveland, killed in wreck.
E. Z. NAUGLE, Chicago; proprietor OF
railway supply 6ensf ea dead IN Supposed
10 be l. A Johnson Of the millinery firm
q Comey & johnson, Cevelan,d' and Henry
Employees:
ALLEN TYLER engineer. Collinwood'
O., died in hospital. 49,,
street Erie Pa died IN hospital
y B. WALTERS, baggageman, Ham
w d MICKEY. porter on Pullman car.
Chicago. died at scene OF wreck.
Injured passengers:
J. H. Langdon, Chicago.
r c. Cordeaugh. Day cottage, Highlands,
M III. J, Kennedy. san. Francisco. slightly
hurt. leaves for Europe TUESDAY
Kate Trott, Chicago.
Mrs H d. Turner, nervous shock.
Theodore KeuhL 1911 Wolfram street, Chi
W. II. Coivin. Chicago. thought not to be
George Murray, 1ols George street, St
Louis thought not to ee seriously h1Tt h1l,drg
a Dickinson S5ss 1,,rsSSbss SS Marquette 0uioihs
Nathan Allen, Kenosha, Wis back
sIgh1y = iHSqTe15 KSfT 5o22 Paulina street Chicago.
pain in chest and back.
Injured empioye:
A. P. Gorham, fireman, Collinwood, o.
side injured
switch which was the cause Of the wreck
the railroad officials are still uncertain.
They believe that the wreck is the result Of
either q maniac who wanted 20 see q wreck
Of such fast train or some person bent
upon revenge. A careful examination OF
the switch today showed that Il was in
p perfect condition.
Detectives Are at Work.
Detectives are working on the case.
Trainmen arc Of the opinion that the crew
Of the Twentieth Century was deceived by
q second white light 100 feet beyond the
switch which was open, but while travelling
al such fast speed were unable 10 gauge
the distance and mistook the second Light
for the first one.
w. H Marshall general manager Of the
/. lake Shore, believes the speed OF the trein
Ayas not oontributory cause 20 the wreck
He said that other Lake Shore trains trave
- through Mentor at a speed equal 10 that
attained by the Twentieth Century last
night which was not. Mr.. Marshall said
above the rate Of sixty miles hour. The
schedule for the train called for speed
Of hfty-seyen miles an hour at that point
The wreck had no effect on the sale a.
tickets for the same train tonight, the full
quota allotted TO this city having been soil
long before the time for the trains de
parture.
Coroner York Of lake county announce.
this evening that the inquest would best:
next Monday morning al o'clock al th'
courthouse in Painesville. He says he vii
summon ofhcisls OF the railroad compau!
TO testify.
Boy Probably 10 Blame.
II is probable that investigation tomorrow
will develop that a boy u years old med
died with the switch at the Mentor static:
ka nF
Twentieth Century flyer. William Usher
ticket agent Of the Nickle Plate. and Jane
Barnes Of WIllouEhby were on the scene O
the wreck twenty minutes after the wrecl
happened, on tie way they met bol
carrying a lantern. They questioned hi7
and he said that he had been down TO shu
a switch. The men went 10 the scene O
the wreck and found the switch open, bu
locked. The men are of the opinion tha
the boy thought that there was freigh
ahead OF the Twentieth Century and openc
the switch TO let il through and take sid
ing and that he meant 70 open the switc
instead of closing ii.
H S. storrs. general superintendent O
the Lake Shore. said that the matter woul
be investigated tomorrow. although he
inclined 10 doubt the story that boy ha
possession Of a key and could turn TN
switch
travelling al rate oi more NLah a ma
minute the heavy train was hurled 70 II
doom with a momentum that was appallins
- The scene Of the wreck az the Mento
II DEPOT The switch that caused the troubl
is located about 80 yards west OF the depo
As the heavy engine struck the switch N
engine left the main track and swung vic
lenuy 10 the left.
For distance Of twenty yards the engtr
ran on the rails and then, lesping from N
track turned on iJs side just 10 the eai
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of the depot TIE momentum was sue
- that the heavy tender was hurled entirel
~ over the engine and was buried in n
Nj depot.
The combination car was hurled with tel
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