New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-05
FOG HIDES DANGER SIGNAL
Engineer, Running at Sixty-five
Miles an Hour, Has No Warn.
ing Until His Locomotive
Tears Through the 4
Cars Ahead. .st.
REsCUERs QUICKLY AT SCENE
Elmira and Corning Hospitals Over.
crowded with Victims, Many Of
Whom Were on Their Way to
Niagara Falls to Enjoy the
National Holiday.

National Holiday.
Corning, n. Y. July 4.-Westbound
Lackawanna passenger train No. ., from
New York, due to arrive at Corning at
Al a. M, composed Of two engines,
baggage car, three Pullmans and two
day cars in the order named, was de-
molished at Gibson, three miles east Of
Corning at 5:25 o'clock this morning byi
express train No. II, due at Corning att
80 a. m. ~
More than forty persons were killed
and between fifty and sixty persons were
injured. Many of the victims were holi-
day excursionists bound to Niagara
Falls, who had boarded the train at
points along the Lackawanna line.
The wreck was the worst in the his
tory Of the road. It's cause. according to
William Schroeder. engineer of the ex-
press, was his failure to see the signals
set against his train. The morning was
foggy and he said he couldn't make out
the signals.
The wrecked train stood on the main
track blocked by extra freight train No.
81. which had become crippled. There
was no fiag out, according TO Schroeder.
The signals which Schroeder declared IL
was too foggy to see were Just around
the curve. The flying express plunged
past them and crashed into the rear OF
No. 8, bringing death to more than two
score of its passengers.
Identified Dead.
Following is a list of the dead who
have been identified:
ARMSTRONG. William A, No. 1920 Park
avenue. Hoboken y. J.
BRANDIEs, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles. No lSo
william street. New York City; married
yesterday and on their wedding trip.
DUAK, Herman. Newark.
ERWIN. Mrs. =. E. Chicago.
FETODCCATT. Mrs. Lucy. No. 1913 Baxter
street. New York City
FREEDMAN. sarah. OF New York.
HESS. Mrs. Edith A. Scranton, Penn.
IVEY, Dr. e. V, OF Bellevue Hospital New
York; home, Suffolk, Va
JONES. Mrs. Anna Hill. Scranton. Penn.
LAIRD. George. No. lss 10th street. Brook
lyn.
LAIRD. Mrs William r. Brooklyn 5l !.
LAIRD Philip. two years old. Brooklyn. ~
LAIRD. Mabel. hve years old. Brooklyn.
LoWERY. Evelyn, nesress. 40. lO6 oliver
street. Newark
NovAK. Antonio, Scranton.
NELSON. Anton. Grove street. Jersey City.
Tn,,ffa afns
travelling salesman.
PAToUSKL NJ, immigrant. ticketed TO Buf-
fao.
PRAvELowsKI, Regina p. Russia.
REYNOLDS. Mrs. Lillian, No. 2ll Spencer
street. Brooklyn.
SMITH. James negro Pullman porter. Newark
SCHULTZ. Ernest Buffalo.
ZIMMER. Mr.. and Mrs John. Scranton. -
Unidentified Dead. %1
The dead remaining unidentified to-
night are described as follows:
WOMAN. with gold pin marked IF. j. A.
1909; band ring marked Il Il"
WOMAN, with gold pendant on chain amsthy"
setting and three pearl pendants.
LARGE NEGRESS. about forty-nye years old.
wearing blouse dress. earrings and ring.
GIRL. about three years old white dress.
MAN, thirty-hve or forty years old black hair
WOMAN: blue dress and band ring
WOMAN, thirty years old wearing diamond
ring, gold watch and chain. no initials
short stature; light wavy hair.
WOMAN, about twenty, years old. wee,ins
IS j. A 1909" gold siynet ring, ring
with two green stones. heavy black hair.
WOMAN, thirty-hvc years old, short Of stat
ure. brown hair. no marks on body 40
MAN, twenty years old, brown hair. blue and
white tie gold finger ring with three red
stones.
brown hair, bank passbook bearing nam.
Marion Grybrewski black and white striped
sut; evidently Polish.
MAN thirty-hve years old: light brown hair:
pajamds with braided front; hnser ing
with red stones
WOMAN, twenty 10 twenty-five years Old;
brown hair; gold neck chain with pearl
pendant: heavy gold bracelet; diamond
ring on left hand, with cluster OF many
diamonds. with two red stones. on right
hand.
BOY. ten years old light blue eyes and
brown hair; black shoes; red necktis;
gray worsted suit.
MAN. thirty to thirty years old: darx
hair stochly built gold sisnet ring win
initials "P. j."
WOMAN. twenty to twenty-five years old:
heavy dark red hair: hve front teeth In
upper Jaw heavily geld hlled; diamond ear
ole on right hand.
MAN thirty years old brown hair; small
dark brown mustache; heavy geld ring
with inscription, badly worn. N. q. 20
r. p. '01"
OF the injured, four Of the unidentified
died in the Corning Hospital. Several Of
the injured who are still unconscious
have nothing about their persons by
means of which they could be identified.
Eleven injured persons are being cared
for in st. Joseph's Hospital IA. Elmira.
while the others are in the Corning Hos
pital.
Identified Injured.
The following are in the Elmira Hos
pital:
BRENNAN Miss Mary, No. 400 High street
Newark; probably mortally.
WALL. William H.. Of 9th street. New YORK
MKEE. Mrs Mary. No. 4Ss High street. New.
ark: slightly.
GREENE. idncoln. No. IS ST. James Place.
zoPPI. Rocco. No. 242 Willow street. Scranton;
FAICo. Harry L. No. e4s Carlton avenue.
Brooklyn; minor injuries
FALCo. Miss Marie. No. 64s Carlton avsnue'
Brooklyn; slight Ia
Mr.. and Mrs. aoe eniS
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