The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-13
Engine Crashes Into Pullman
Standing on Track and
Many Injured
BODIES MANGLED
AND WEDGED TIGHT
UNDER THE ENGINE
Rear-End Collision Comes
Without Word of Warming
Many Passengers in Day
Coach Also Hurt

BATAVIA. n. Y January 13.---rn
tween two New York Central west
bound passenger trains, at the station
here, four Pullman passengers were
Pullman and other coaches were in
iured. some OF them fatally.
None Of the dead had been identi-
fed at noon. The wreck occurred at
an early hour, while many OF the
victims were still In their berths.
Wrecking crews for Buffalo and
Roc hester worked for hours on the
wreclcage before effectng the release
OF all OF the injured.
Engineer Responsible.
Superintendent Everttt. of the wesr-
ern division OF the New York Central,
such preliminary investigation M
made the following statement: from
have been able to make, J. r. LydelL
OF BufyGio. engineer on train 80, which
ran into train a. was responsible for
the accident. in that he disoheyed sig
nails.
The Injured.
Among the injured are:
district attorney of Buffalo: seriously.
Thomas Curtain, of Batavia.
ii. G. Cady, OF Albany.
II s.. Van Valkenburg, of E'uitonvfiis.
". Y.
n. @. Stiles, Pullman conductor, train
", seriously hurt.
h. n. Cole, address unknown, seri-
ously injured.
Monte Fiseur. indianapolis, Ind, ssrs-
ousiy injured.
n. l.. Jones, railroad conductor, am.
ploycd by Chicago. illinois and Peoria
/ railway, slightly injured.
Y. NICE ariasd, reported vsrlo.siy
from Detroit and Rochester, seriously
injured, likely to die.
Abraham Cole, Pullman portse
slightly injured.
Harry A. Smith, Rochester, slightly
hurt.
Catharine Higgins, Riehland, New
Mexico, slightly injured.
Mrs. John Shaw, twenty years old.
Toronto, Ont, slightly injured.
John Shaw, Toronto, Ont, cut and
otherwise slightly injured.
<. A .Munt, 334 Marion street, Ma
RENT, Wis, cut, but not seriously In
jured,
Edward Lawren, Brooklyn, slightly
injured.
Edward Dobson, Terra Hauts, Ind,
slightly injured.
Smaslis~s Into Pullman.
Train ~. west bound. WAS standing
in front Of the station when train
70 Crashed inta It. The Pullman
coach in the rear was teiescoped.
I Train % was behind her schsduIa
aud was attempting 10 make up time.
Wrecking trains were ordered from
I Rochester and Buffafo '''2s
The wrecked train liz known an the
Boston and Buffalo special and In COM
posed OF sleepers. day coaches and .
dining car The sleepers were. from
Boston to Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Train ~ was due at Batavia at 5:lS
O'Clock. but reached there several
minutes earlier. Train "a, running
, behind II, was due. at a:2a O'clock. .Aag
In some unaccountabl BILE manner ana
without word of warning, No. az
crashed into the rear end OF the other
train las it stood still on the track.
The engine of the rear train pioughed
into Pullman car. telescoped 1t and
wrecked day coach ahead.
-Four men occupying berths in the
Pullman were Instantly killed. The
day coach WAS well hlled with pas@en-
gers and eighteen of them were caught
! in the wreck. The bodies OF the men
killed In the Pullman were badly
mangled and two OF them were
wedged so tightly under the engine
of train IS that 1t required some
time to extricate them.