Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-02
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Washington. Jan. The baltimore
and Ohio wreck NJ Terra Gotta grows
In magnitude as the hours pass. The
most conservative estimate on the
dead Monday night was fifty-three,
with three scores OF injured in the
hospitals or at their homes suffering
from wounds and fractures sustained
in the rear-end collision which com
pletely demolished the two day coach
Is and the smoker attached to the 10
cal Fredericksburg. Nd. express No
SO. Several OF the most seriously In
jured are expected TO die, and the
death list may reach sixty or more.
Pitiful were the scenes at the city
morgue Monday. where hundreds OF
people have flocked 10 assist the po
lice In the Identification OF the dead
Women. girls and even men with iron
nerves shrieked. sobbed and tainted
as their relatives or friends were
found among the thirty.two corpses
strewn about the floor. Collins. wick
er baskets and winding sheets were
found on all sides.
Officials OF the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad are conducting an investiga
ton Of the wreck IN Baltimore e
place the responsibility OF the disas
ter General Superintendent Todd ex
onerated Milton w. Phillips. the op
orator at Takoma block station. the
last signal station stated that tbs
equipment Drain passed before crash
ing into the passenger train at Terra
Gotta. The superintendent declared
Phillips was obeying instructions wher
he went home az $3.50 o'clock. leavins
the double green" signal burning
While making no positive charge, Su
perintendsnt Todd intimated that tas
burden OF the blame would fall upor
the engineer and crew OF the extra
The five members OF the crew who
were arrested shortly after the acct
dent are now being held to Await the
result OF Official investigation.
Before he as arrested Engineer HI
debrand made a statement TO the As
ISOLATED Press in which ne declared
that II the danger signal light was dis
played at Takoma he failed to see Il
on account Of the dense fog.
Milton w. Phillips. the operator
VINO Is also a prisoner. says the equip
ment train ran past the danger sigma
at n speed OF from fifty TO sixty milei
an hour He says there was n heavy
fog. but not enough 10 hide a red light
He declares he Immediately notified
the operator az University station tina
the train had taken the block agains
orders.
His statement Is corroborated by tbs
University station operator. who sayi
he received the message. Policeman
T. Kennedy. stationed al Takomi
Park. will testify that he saw IL
signal light in its proper place. and
that Hildebrand drove past the sig
nal. Frederick Lemkum. gatekeepel
at Takoma, makes similar state
ment.
q. T. Galloway, general superintend
ent OF transportation for the Balti
more and Ohio for this division. Will
headquarters AZ Baltimore, is In Wash
ington TO make further investigation
into the causes OF the wreck. He put
the responsibility on the engineer o
the equipment train and the operate
at Takoma block.
''If the coroners jury fails 10 hol'
the engineer or the block operator
he said. I'VE shall not consider tn
matter settled. We shall go TO th'
bottom OF the wreck. This horrible
catastrophe could have been avoided.