The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-18
An Electric Express Train
Is Demolished.
SCORES INJURED.
An Accident on The New York Gen.
tral Road, Probably Caused
by Spreading Rails.


New York. Feb. 49, Tw5pty dead
two fatally lnrt and Ilj Others more
or less scliously injured Is the result
of the wreck of al clc"tr.c C&iffcSs
train on The New York Cenira! rail.
road ~ Two Hundred and I'i,ti stroc
and Webster avcruc. Saturday laht
or The largo number of Injured - are,
according to hospital reports, Hcrt
ously hurt mi the dealt. Isl may Dc
Increased
The tram was made ~ OF TO c'cc.
tric motors. q combination hagi,aGe
aud smoking ear and fUur passenger
coaches. Il left the Grand Genital
stoiim at j;l3 o'clock ~i,h the iifHt
scheduled stop &c Nhiic plains It
was running at u hish spaed when it
reached Wcodlawn road. where there
Is sharp curve The motors aud the
forward car took the curve safely, but
tic following coaches wore dcrailcd
aud. tumbling on their sidcs were
dragged 100 yards before the cSlp.
lings gave way and the four ears piled
together in rtiins at the foot Of Il low
cmbanknent
4 sheet of electric fame liiai Sig
nailed The disaster envoloDdd tlr
rear car and for Il moment threatened
10 roast The victims pinned IN lifc de-.
bris The flames did not, however.
spread and the horror Of y holocaust
was avertcd. As The cars fcli they
smashed thc third rail- breaking the
c,irrent and ending the danger from
- Ia, oh
there was death for mauy. while prac.
tically every one in tht four coaches
received Injuries OF some sort.
The cause of the wreck i5 still q
natter of speculation IN night IN.
spoclor ROOD. az the police depart
ment. Coroner Sctiwanncckc aud AS
sistant District Attorney Smythc to-
gether with other members Of the dis
trict attorneys Office. looked over the
scene and sought to determine ,lhe
cause Of the derailnent Of The train.
The result of their mycsiigailon may
become known whon tho inquest ~
held to-day by The coroner.
The wreckase was completely. clear
ed away sunday All tour of illc
OF the Naw York Central
through the rocky cht wllcrclhc train
left the rails and sevcral or The cars
went to pieces had been cleared The
track on which ihe tain was running
aud which vas ripped up IN the acci-
dent had bccn restored, the thii'd rail
replaced and traffic resumed under
normal conditions.
with The clearing Of the wreckape
interest tutncd TO what The anihorl.
ties might do. Pcrhaps the most sir.
nificani statement Of the day wHs tho
one made by C0rouer Schwanucckn.
lie had scc,ned statement from Mo.
tormap Rogers, OF The wrecked train.
IN this. accordins 10 The coroner, the
had stated thai he Was run
ming ON schedule time .wlien the acci-
deaf occurred and admitted lhuu ihe
speed OF his train was 20 miles al
Eour Rogers said the coroner, de-
clarcs that he did not know anything
was wrong rntll IN eighth Of n mile
IcNnnd the placc of derliimeE
|fho coroner said ~ appears to
me thai spreading 81 ihe rails caus.
cd The disaster. ! link ilal one Of
tho motors lii section Of lfc track
with force enough to cause il 10 jump
oil Tho smoker followed and swung
The cars following completely off the
track. breaking The coupling. Whom
tho rear ears broke loose they ran
wild for distance gnd finally turned
over"
When The wreck occurred the three
rear coaches completely filled with
wcrc thrown on their
right side just above . sharp curve at
road bridge. The shock
was terrific pooplc were hurled yio
leuily from their seats ana ihc most
Of those who veto Killed were pitched
the wudowa as The ears slid
on thcir sides The third rail held foi
q time. but finally broke With u lash
and roar seen and heard for great
distance Between the wreck of tho
current rail aud the main track the
bodies were wcdgod They were hello
here as The cari passed along and in
lhis way we're. lorrihy manglcd.
t., X iiogctB, the motorman Of the
trdln3 who was arrested by
order of the coroner and tnkon before
him for cNaniinatloll was subso
quenily parolcd on his own recogniz-
anoe 10 appear ~ the coroncrs In
quest.
the railroad company has dctec
lives II work ON theory chat wreck
DIS had iamparcd with the track.
According 10 The company. j j. |
Jacobs, oier and assistant 10 Motor
man Rogers. has nat been seen since'l
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