New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-05

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! 10 sustain the lagman's story.
Other officials declared later that Pat
rick Lane, the fagman, was half mile
back of train No. o. They also assert
that a mile back of the train was an
automatic danger signal thrown against
Schroeders train. Lane declares he
waved the fla to stop Schroeder. but
that the engineer of train No. IL went
right on.
Fletcher's undertaking rooms here
present a sorry sight tonight Fifteen
embalmed bodies wrapped in sheets are
living on stretchers most of them await
ing Identification.
Dead on Their Honeymoon.
Side by side lie the bodies Of Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Brandies. of New York.
They were married yesterday and were
on their honeymoon. The bride Of a
day was killed outright. Her young
husband died from injuries after he had
told his story. and cried frantically for
his bride,
The cases Of Drs. George Lotterhoss. Of
Crystal Springs Miss, and Ellis Van
Der Slise Ivey, of Suffolk. Va, two in
ternes of Bellevue Hospital. New York,
were pathetic They were classmates in
the Medical School of the University Of
PENNSYLVANIA. and were on their way 10
Niagara Falls for the Fourth. DR..
Jvev's frontal bones were crushed in the
wreck. He regained consciousness and
discussed his case with DR.. Frank S.
Swain. of Corning, in the hospital. DR..
Swain told him II was very serious.
"I'U get bv," DR.. Ivey declared
He watched his own case to the last.
Finally it was decided that an operation
was the only chance he had. When DR..
Swain told him this DR.. Ivey replied:
L guess you needn't go TO the trouble
Of an operation, doctor; l feel myself
going
| DR.. Ivey died within an hour His
friend. Dr. Lotterhoss, is only slightly
| injured. and will go TO New York in a
! day or two.
One man, with blood streaming from
deep wound in his face, worked like
/ madman in the wreckage. hunting for
his missing wife
| A mother, too injured TO move herself
! lay upon the grass embankment covered
with sheet and pleaded that her BABY
might he brought 10 her. When the
child was found It was dead
Schroeder the engineer. with
wrenched shoulder from the dive he took
out Of the cab Crawled across the wreck
10 fence alongside. He climbed to the
| top of the fence the side Of his head
bleeding from the bruises he received,
and sat there, dumbly gazing on the
scene Of destruction. II was not until Q
/ o'clock that he could be induced to leave
/ the scene.
| Buffalo. July Twelve persons injured in
the Corning wreck We're brought here at
noon six went 10 their homes
Two Of the more seriously hurt. taken to
hospital. we're Joseph Kute. Of No. ;23
! East 18th street. New York, and Daniel
lhasz. OF No i26 East SSth street. New York
| Both were severely bruised about the
| hips and legs. and Kute probably will lose
the sight OF one eye others slightly hurt
/ and brought here were Martin 4 Fleming
and wife, of Buffalo; Frank g. Winston.
. f. Waterman and J. Mckee and wife,
| New York; Nj and Mrs Benjamin Babst.
/ jersey city Heights; Leon q. Jones, Talla-
! dega. Ala: William r. Flanerty. Buffalo.
and Fred Miner. Cypress Hils Brooklyn.
Investigations made by the railroad Off
Gals in Hoboken show that William Schror-
der, engineer OF the express, apparently
ran past signals at high rate Of speed
1 in a fog.
f. g. Lane. a brakeman Of the passenger
! train said he ran back the regulation 700
feet and planted a flare IN the track when
his train was stalled. The automatic block
signals show that Schroeder Passed not
only the "cautionary arm or warning
signal. but also the home" or second sig
nal, which was set at danger. Schroeder
said he saw no signals set against him. nor
did he see anything OF Lanes flare.
George a. Cullen, general passenger agent
OF the Lackawanna. said last night that
until Yesterday. only two passengers had
been killed in accidents on the Lacka"anns
I'm the last twelve years