The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-23
BOY MEDDLEO
WITH SWITCH
Latest Theory Of Cause of Lake Shore
Horror.
OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST
VICTIMS PROMINENT MEN IN
BUSINESS WORLD.
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Cleveland, o.. June 22.-It is prob
able that investigation tomorrow =
Will develop that "A bOy IA years old e
meddled with the switch at the =
Mentor station last night and =
caused the wreck of the Twentieth y
William Usher. ticket agent of the =
Nickel Plate, and James BarinesS Of y
NHloughby. were on the scene OF =
the wreck twenty minutes after II =
happened. On the way they met y
boy carrying a lantern They ques-
= toned him. and he said that he had ,
been down L. shut switch The =
men went to the scene of the wreck =
and found the switch open but .
locked. The men are of the opinion =
= that the boy tE0Eght that there was =
= "A freight ahead of the Twentieth =
= Century and opened the switch to =
let 1t through and take a siding ana
= that nc meant 10 open the switch =
E instead of closing IT,
= n. s. Sto~Tia. general superintend- .
= cnt of the Lake Shore SAID that the =
mater would be investigated tomor-
row. although he IS inclined Co
doubt the story that ii boy had =
turned the switch
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CLEVELAND O. june 22.--The list of
fatalities in last nights wreck of the
Twentieth Century flyer on the Lake
Shore at Mentor. O.. is one of the larE-
est in the history of that road, number
ing nineteen persons All the victims
were prominent in the business and pro-
fessionaI world in New York, Chicago.
Cleveland ard other cities
The official list of the dead and injured,
IS compiled by the officials OF the Lake
Shore company, follows;
The Dead Passengers
John r Bennett attorney. 81 Nassau
Ionn 4. Bradiey. of the law firm of
Rowiey, Rogers, Bradley K Rockwell,
r. r. Morgan. second vice president of
the Wellman. Seavers- Morgan company
Cleveland.
e II. Wellman Of New York City. rep
Tesentative of the Plat Iron Works OF
Day1n. o. died in hospital
S c. Beckwith advertising agent, New
A II. Head. London. England repre-
sentative of the Otis Steel company OF
Cleveland died in hospital
II. h Wright. travelling man, Chicago;
died in hospital
d. r. Arthur, travelling man, Milwau-
kee; died in hospital
J. n. Gibson. travelling man. Chicago
died in hospital. Cleveland.
~ e. MCchHDg- New York City. with
the Wheeling Corrugated Iron company
l. NJ Eirick- manager ekithS theatre.
Cleveland. killed in wreck
r. Z. MauElc, Chicago. proprietor of a
railroad supply house killed in wreck
Two as vet unidentified dead supposed
To be L \ Johnson of the millinery IlTm
of Comcy q Johnson Cleveland; and
Employe.
Allen Tyler. engineer, C0llinwood. O.;
died in hospital.
r }. Grant head brakeau. 21J2 Ash
street. Erie. Pa. died in hospital
y. L Waters. baEsageman Hamburg
n Y died ia hospital
w r. Mickey. porter on Pullman car
Chicago died at scene OF wreck
The Injured-Passengers,
I II 7 ,,o,l,r chico,
r. &. Cordeaugh. hay Cottage, High
land, y. =.
hurt leaves for Europe Tuesday
Kate Trott. Chicago.
Mrs H H. TurmeTi nervous shock
Theodore Heuhl. 1911 Wolfram street.,
Chicago: severe shock
W. f. CoIvin. Chicago. thought not to
be seriously hurt
GeorEa MURRAY. St Louis, thought not
4 r. Dickinson. So Marquette building
Chicago, knee wTcU-hCj-
Nathan Allen. kenosha. Wis. hack
Slightly injured
5. r Katy. Chicago. pain in chest and
back.
Employees.
\. p. G2rham. fireman. side injured:
ColiiuwoOd o
As To VITO is responsible for ale omen
switch which caused the wreck the rail-
road officials are StiN uncertain. They
kroiicve that the wreck is the result of
1ithsr q maniac Who wanted to see q
wreck OF such a fast train. or some per
son bent Upoa REVENGE. s careful eN-
animation of the switch today showed
that il was in perfect condition.
Detectives at Work.
Detectives ere WORKING ON the case
Trainmen are of the opinion that the
crew of the Twp0tieth Century was de
Ceived by "a second white light 100 feet
bcVond the switch which was open. but
while travelling at such fast speed were
unable to gauge the distance and uiStooE
the second light for the first one
W H. Marshall general manager OT
the Lake Shore. believes the speed uf the
train was not coutribut9-y cause Tn IN"
wreck He said that other Lake Shore
trains travel through Mentor al a Sueed
equal 70 that attained nv the Twentieth
Century last night. which was not M.
Marshall SAID. above the rate Of sixty
miles an hour. The schedule for tho
train called for speed Of fifty-Sevo0
miles an hour 1T that point
The wreck had no effect ON she sale of
tickets for the same train tonight the
fun Quota allotted Ia this city having
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
O'Clock at the court house in PaineSviI1a-
He Saws he viii summon officials of the