Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-11-14
SYSTEM
CAUSE Of Wreck
LACK OF BLOCK SIGNALS SENT
FIFTEEN PEOPLE TO
ETERNITY.
SxTEEN we're Injured
Passenger Train CRASHED Into a Heavy
Freight Through switch Be
Ing hYt open.

INDIANAPOLIa. Ind. Nov 13-Ac-
cording to the inspectors for the In
diana railway commission, the dlsas-
trous wreck on the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton railroad at lrVngton,
a suburb, at an early hour today, IN
which Is persons lost their lives and
l6 others We're seriously injured, was
the result Of the company's failure 10
install a block signal system as It had
been ordered to do by the commiss-
sion.
The wreck was caused by the fail-
ure of the head breakman to close
the switch to siding, on when II
heavy freight train had been run 10
let the rapidly running passenger
train, more than an hour late, pass.
Carl Gross, the head brakeman, has
assumed blame for the disaster, He
is under police guard at a hospital,
whore he lies with a broken leg
List of Dead ,and Injured.
Late in the day. after the wreck
ing crews completed the search for
the demolished passenger cars, the
coroner's office hete gave out a cor
rect list Of the dead and injured Tha
list follows:
C. r. Grundhocftr, Cincinnati.
Albert Allen.
Mrs. Albert Allen.
Ben Doyle.
William Sharkey, engineer of the
passenger train. indianapolis.
lryie NJ. Wigglns, conductor on the
passenger train, indianapolis.
Glenn lmholt, theatrical man from
Los Angeles, Cal.
Horace II. White, brakeman on pas
scngcr train, indianapolis.
j. l.. Palmer, 13 years old, jackson,
Ky.
julia Cheney, wife of Clifton Chey-
ney, jackson, Ky.
Chester Chcyncy, months old, son
of Clifton Chcyney.
John Chcyncy, 50 years old, Breath
lit, Kentucky, died at Dcaconess nos
pital.
Two-year-old daughter of Clifton
Chcyney. died at Deaconcss hospital
c. Burg. fireman on passenger
The Injured:
Burton Jones, Dayton. Ky. mai.
clerk, injured about head and back.
Clifton Cheyney. Jackson, KY, in
jured about body.
j. c. Skillman. Indianapolis, baE-
gageman, bruised about legs.
Willis York, indianapolis. firerna,.
on freight train, leg cut and bruised
Carl Gross, indianapolis. brake
man on freight train leg broken.
+. +. Emberton, Indianapolis, fire
man freight train, bruised about body.
Fred Hutcheson. Madison, Va.
scalded about face and arms.
Mrs, Mary Sears, Chicago.
Harry Sell, Chicago.
Mary Hutcheson, Madison, Va
Mrs. ]. c. Skilman, indianapolis.
Hugh Kemp. Berlin, Ky.
w. j. Filler, Liberty, Ind.
A. C.. Filler, Liberty, Ind
JUS. 'IOsS, InulanHp pOllS.
w. Jefferson, negro porter, Chi
cago.
ne passenger train, No. SO from
Cincinnati to Chicago, was more than
an hour late and at the time of tn
head-on collision was running moro
than 40 miles an hour. The engineer
had been given a clear track. Both
he and the fireman were found dead
in the cab Of their engine.
All the passengers found dead were
In the smoker and day coach. which
were Immediately behind the steel re-
inforced mail car. Both passenger
cars were Of wood and were COM
pletely demolished The injured in |
many cases remained pinned under
heavy timbers until chopped out with
axes.
The injured were removed to near |
by residences and later taken to the |
Deaconess hospital here, where sew
eral died.
The bodies as fast as they were |
brought from the wreckage. were con
veyed to the morgue here to await |
Identification. Passengers who were |
not injured. and these were in the !
pullman cars, continued their Jour.
ney.
Inspectors for the state railway
commission were on the scene almost
and began an exhaustive |
investigation