The Detroit times., 1911-08-26
DEFECTIVE RAIL is
CAUSE Of lEH|GH
VALLEY WRECK
State Inspectors Find That Steel
Crumbled Into IL Pieces Under
the Strain Of the Double (,
Headers Pounding.
Search Of Morgues and Hospitals
Shows That 20 Are Dead and
Others Fatally Injured.
Among the Dead.

Among the Dead.
Becker. Henry. Wayeriy. N. X,
brakeman. ss.
Belt. ID. NJ. Los Angeles, veteran.
about 40, died In Rochester. on way
to hospital.
Headley, Mrs. philadelphia
Hickey Joseph. Philadelphia, skull
crushed.
Hicks. Charles. Newark. N. j., ribs
Hunsicker, A. W., vineland, Ont.
Johnson, DR.. c. p. Philadelphia
Johnson. Mrs. G. f., No. 1419 De-
troit-st. Cleveland; husband in Roch-
ester. injured.
Madden, T. c.. Trenton. N. J.. neck
broken.
Pangborn. DIR. Edward. Brooklyn. N.
Y. 20. civil war veteran; skull
crushed.
Pownall. Helen, on whose person 4
note was found. asking that In case OF
accident, Wesley A. Pownall. OF New
ton, Pa. be notified: neck broken.
Uncle. l.. s., Smithville, N. j.. base
OF skull fractured and scalp torn on.
Uncle, Mrs. l. s., Smithville. N. J.
Zudeck, Mrs. Barbara. Buffalo.
whose daughter was with her.
Unidentified woman, about 30,
blonde hair and blue eyes: wore 8
blue serge skirt and green and white
striped waist; m. @. H." on pins.
Unidentified woman, with light hair
and light complexion, weight about
$50 pounds. were striped silk waist
Unidentified woman, about Sc.
weight about 145 pounds; brown eyes
and dark hair with gray; neck broken.
Unidentified woman. whose left arm
and shoulder we're crushed and jaw
broken.
Unidentified woman. weight. about
175 pounds.
Unidentified woman, dark hair. gray
in front, eyes gray; wore black suit
and white waist, weight. lao pounds,
aged 55 years, "F. w" In WATCH
Unidentified man, with gray hair
and chin whiskers; letter "P' on cum
buttons
Unidentified woman. 35. black hair
and blue eyes, wore yellow and blue
checked skirt; neck broken and face
crushed.
Unidentified woman. wearing gold
band ring. on which was engraved
Mamie, November %, 80; neck
broken.
Unidentified woman, about 40.
brownish hair, wearing black skirt
and white waist and with letters M
r. H." on a breastpin.
Unidentified boy, Ave or six years
old brown hair and blue eyes. wear
ing gray striped suit
w. p. Rundle. Easton, Pa. died In
hospital at $40 this morning.
Miss Emily Hill, Philadelphia, diea
| In a hospital at o'clock this morning-
Mrs. Rebecca H. vanderlip, OF
Niagara Falls,
Mrs. Fred winkler. Of Phila-
delphia.
Partial List Of injured.
The injured include the follow
ing. Two nuns, Hortense and
Zida. Geneva: Rt Rev. Mgr. Hend-
rick. of Ovid: James Richardson,
philadelphia; Mrs. Harry Hamil-
ton. San Antonio, Tex; Capt.
Robert Salisbury, Philadelphia;
8. p. Draper and Emeline Draper.
Lancaster, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. ,.
w. Walker, Lakewood, o., ana
Col. T.. A. Keller, Washington, ID.
G.
Emiel Kohler, Lancaster, Pa;
Rev. and Mrs. Whitley, aged cou-
pie OF Boynton. Va; Charles "A.
Saddler, colored porter, Sharon
vile. Pa. Mrs. Sweeney, Pniiadel.
phia, critical: w. p. Rundie. postal
clerk on Lehigh Valley, seriously
injured; Mrs. Ida Douglass, Chi
cago. Three other victims are
II nd tfnt6QnllNAn-
Mrs. Harry smith. Of Sayre, Pa,
reported dying; Miss Agnes Gar
den, Atlantic City; George irving
and wife and son John, agea la
Philadelphia: Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Ruddaon. Baltimore; c.
f. Johnson, Cleveland.
ALBANY, N. Y, Aug 26.-The ofii-
ciaI report OF the inspectors OF the
state public service commission who
Investigated the Manchester wreck on
the Lehigh Valley railroad, received
today. report II was caused Dy oe
fectively constructed rail- breaking
The rail crumbled into IL pieces UNDER
the strain. The inspectors say thaf
up to this morning, ~ deaths were
officially recorded, and 6S Injured, or
whom 81 are in the hospital. OF the
latter, six or seven Will die.
The broken rail Is retained by the
commission which viii determine TX
the defect was due to carelessness IN I
forging.
The inspectors say the car In which
most OF the deaths occurred was mod
ern. with full vestibules and steel plat
CONTINUED on Psre r~cJ