Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-07-05
Forty-One Killed and Between
Fifty and Sixty Injured, Many
Fatally, in Rear-End COL
IiSion.
EXPRESS TELESCOPES
EXCURSION TRAIN
Horrifying Disaster Occurs on
Lackawanna Railroad Near
Corning, New York. Blame
Not Yet Fixed,

tBy Morning journal Special Leased wire.l
Corning, y. Y, July 4.-FortN- one
persons We're killed and between tiftN
and sixty injured in wreck near here
early today.
Westbound lackawanna train 40. 3
from New York, due TO arrive at Corn
ing at l47 a. m. composed of tive
engines, a baggage car, three Pullman
and two day coaches, in the order
named, was demolished at Gibson
three miles east Of Corning at 5:2J
O'Clock this morning by express train
No. II, due at Corning at $50 a. m.
Many of the victims were holiday
excursionists bound to Niagara Falls
who had boarded the train at points
along the line.
The cause, according to Engineer
Schroeder of the express. was his fail
ure to see signals set against his train.
The morning was foggy and he said
he could not make them out
The wrecked train stood on the
main track, blocked by IL crippled
freight train. There was no flag out.
according to Engineer Schroeder. The
signals which he declared it was too
foggy to see were Just around curve.
The flying express plunged past them
and crashed into the rear Of No. .
The identified dead.
ARMSTRONG, w w. IIobokcn,
~ j.
BRANDEls. MIR. AND MRS.
CHARLES. New York city. CMarricd
yesterday and Oh wedding trip)
DYKE, HERMAN, Newark, n J.
ERWIN, MRS. c. r.. Chicago.
HESS, MRS EDITH A., Scranton,
ia.
IVY, DIR. L. v. Of Bellevue Hospital
New York
JONES, MRS. ANNA H.. Scranton
Pa.
LAIRD. GEORGE, Brooklyn.
LOWERY EVELYN, colored. New
ark y ]
NoNAk. ANTONIO. scranton. IA.
NELSON, ANTONIO, jersey city
PRATT +. a. Buffalo travelling
salesman
PATorSKI, NJ. Immigrant, ticket
ed to Bufalo.
PRAVELoWsKf, REGINA r. Rus
sia.
REYNOLDS, MRS. LILLIAN,
Brooklyn.
sATTEDrCATTI, AIRS LUCY.
New York.
SMITH. JAMES. colored Pullman
porter Newark n. j
SCHULTZ. ERNEST, Buffalo.
zIMMER. JOHN. scranton, Pa
Schroeder had taken No. II att
llmyra. fifteen minutes before.
It was few minutes late. The
stretch Of track from Elmyra to Corn
ing is fitted for fast running ANA he
was sending his train along al sixty
five miles an hour. No. was sup
posed to be half an hour ahead Of Finn.
He had no warning untl he made cut
he outline of the rear coacn thr"ush
the fog. Then he threw On tie re-
Verses without shutting off steam
The Jerk threw the train off the tract,
and the locomotive plunged on. TO
splinter the two day coaches fll !
with excursionists and tear through !
the last of the Pullmans. Schroeder
said the impact threw him from IN
cab and landed him on his shoulder on
the roadbed practically unhnrt Ihe
engine continued its plunge through !
the middle of the train, grindlnS
everything in its path. Finally block
cd by the debris it remained on the
roadbed in the midst of the dcsolaton |
it had caused while hundreds of per
sons rushed In every Kind Of vehicle
to the scene to life and pry he dead |
aud injured from the tangled mass
of wreckage.
Taking advantage Of the holiday |
excursion rates to Buffalo and Ma
CARA Fails. many excursionists had
boarded 80. . al all points from tlo-
hokcn. There were also many pas
sengers for the west. by the time
Elmyra was reached the train carried
So many passengers that "a second err
s'ne was attached.
Extra freight No. 81 bound for But
falo had pulled through Elmyra long
before. The heavy grade at Gibson
was reached. a drawhead pulled out
and the freight was crippled. signals
which she put out stopped No .. The
hrst engine was uncoupled and set at
work to push the dead end Of the
freight into a siding To allow No
and No. 1. which was due ia twenty
live Or thirty minutes to pass The
work was slow and during the wait
.lany passengers fram the das coarii
'ot out.
Meanwhile the Signals had been
brown against No. IL. These iaii'
@ stop the express and the crash f"'
owed.
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