Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-01-03
RAIL HORROR STILL
GROWS IN MAGNITUDE
90 Dead at Washington and
About 60 Injured.
mcaoUE SCENES HEAarRENDINo
lnvestiJ CATION Seems 10 Fix the Re
sonpsibility on the Engineer Who
Disre1arded Danger Si3nsl-=nsi.
neer Is Under Arrest.

Discrepancies Danger S'3na'-=ns''
neer Is Under Arrest.
Washington, D. c.. Jan. 2.-The
Baltimore and ohio wreck Al Terra.
Gotta. grows IN magnitude as the
hours pass.
The most conservative estimate ~
the dead Is 81. with three score, Of
injured at the hospitals or a their
homes. suffering from wounds and
fractures sustained in the rear-end
collision, which completely demOi.>h-
ed the TWO day coaches and the ,mok-
or attached to the lDcs. Frederick.
Md train No. 50. Several ~ the
most seriously injured are expect
cd 10 de. and the aeL.h list ma, yet
reach sixty or more.
Hcart-reudiuS and p''ifu' were the
scenes A. tho city murgrp, where
hundred, OF persons focked - assist
tie police In the identification Oi The
dead. Women. gig,s ami Even men
with iron nerves. ,Ibb,d aloud IN!
tainted a. rac'r relatives or friends
We're found among me cOcPscs ,trewu
about the floor.
Officials ~ the Baltimore ami Ohio
railroad are conducting IN inyeS'isa-
ton Of The wreck IN Baltimore for
the purpose OF placing the response
bility for the disaster.
General Superintendent Toll eNnnpr-
ated Milton V. Phillips. me operator
~ the T1koma block station. the last
signal station that the equipment train
passed before crashing in'o the pas
seuger train az TerrlCpt'a. The SUI
perinteuicut declared that Phillips
vas obryiug instructions when h.
went home at $50 O'Clock. leaving
the double green signal burning.
While making No positive charge, Su-
perintenien, Todd indmtaed hat the
burden OF the blame would fall upon
The engineer and crew Of the extra.
The i've members ~ the crew who
were arrested shortly after the acct
dent. are now being held % await
the result Of official !nyps isa'ion.
Gang vacantly between the iron
bars Of his cell az the police station,
Engineer Hildebrand is too full Of
emotion - make any definite stare-
ment. 1T will all come out a. the
investigation. he said Il don't be
lleye thar there i anything for me 20
>~y aud could not say it II there
Q .afore No was arrested, the engi-
Sheer made a statement. in which he
declared that II the danger signal was
displayed a, TakOma. he failed 10 see
IL. owing 20 the dense fog.
Milton w. Phillips, the operator.
who IL also held 4 prisoner at the
Tenth precinct. said TUESDAY tina the
equipmen, train ran past his danger
signal board at a speed Of 30 % 90
miles an hour. He said there was a
heavy fog. but not enough 10 hide the
red light He declares that he i'm
medistely notified the operator az Uni
vsrsitv station that the train had taxi
en- the block against orders His
statement is corrohorated by the TINT
yersity station operator, who says he
received the message. Policeman ]
T Kennedy. stationed a. Takoms
Park. will testify that he saw The sig
nai light in is proper place and that
Hildebrani drove past the signal.
Fred lAmkum. gatekeeper az Tako-
ma. makes a similar statement
G W Galloway. general superin-
tendent Of transportation for the Bal
timore md Ohio. eKonerated the COM
pauy from all blame and put The re-
spOns.bility on the engineer OF the
eQuipmen; train or The operator at Ia
kOma block.
II he coronrrt Jury fails 20 hold
the engineer or tEr block operator A."
ne said We shall not consider the
mate se''F ~ We shall 80 20 The
bottom OF & wreck. This horrible
catastrophe could have seen avoided
Some one Is responsible. and we in
tend 20 leave ~ stone uuturuei until.
the responsibility has been fixed. The
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