The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
THIRTEEN STILL
 UNIDENTIFIED Six Women, Five Men and Small Girl and Boy ENGINEER IS VERY ILL In Serious Mental Condition as Result of Wreck-Mrs. Brandes Not
 Dead-Difficul to Iden-
 tify the Bodies
ENGINEER IS VERY ILL

Corning, N. Y. July 5.-Of the fl passen- gers killed in the rear end collision on the Lackawanna two miles east of this city yesterday 13 remained unidentified up to tonight. In several instances there are no clues upon which Identification may be attempted and several bodies are so badly mutilated that identity seems but a remote possibility. The unldenti- fled dead comprise six women, five men, an s-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy.
 Coroner H. B. Smith settled dispute today between two claimants of the body of q 5-year-ol girl. The body had been identified by William R. Laird of Buffalo as that of his daughter, Mabel, and had been turned over to him. Today David Cochrane of New York. a brother of Mrs. William Armstrong, who, with her hus- band, was killed. also claimed the body as that of his niece who accompanied her parents on tho trip and is missing.
 Mystery surrounds the fate of the little Armstrong girl, as there is no other child of the age in any of the morgues or hos pitals. pr. Smith gave MT. Laird posses sion of the body, which is to be sent to New York. and advised Cochrane to go to mat CltN TOT more DOSltlNt iutHlllltd- tion if it could be obtained.
 It developed tonight that Mrs. Charles Brardes of New York city, who has been mentioned hitherto as among the dead, was not on the train. This became known when Henry Hente. a cousin of Brandes identified dhe latter, but sad that Brandes wife and four children were at home in New York
 A few minutes later the body of the young bride, supposed to have been Mrs. Brandes, was identified as that of Mrs C. A. Masserve. As Ada Benson of Poquannock, Pa, she was married on Wednesday at Pompton, N. l., to c. A Masserve, a clerk in the offices of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul rail- way. They were on their wedding trip. A similarity of initials appearing on wedding ring led to her Identification as Mrs. Brandes
 A blue-eyed, prown-haired boy 12 years old is among the unidentified in jured at the Corning hospital and his case has given much concern to the pshyicians. No clue to his identity is to be had.
 The fact came to light today that the express car next to the engine of train No. II which was badly damaged in the wreck contained s500,000 in currency and S400, 900 in valuable shipments The front end of the car was demolished and the treasure exposed although none but the express messengers knew of it's exist ence. A special crew oi seven men heav- iiy armed was despatched from Elmira to guard the hoard which was sent back to Elmra and shipped west late today. Engineer William Schroeder of the ex- press train is reported tonight to be in q serious mental condition and under the constant care of physicians.
 Bodies of victims identified tonight nH. those of Mrs. Marie E.. Duffy of Brook lyn; Olive l.. Duffy. her daughter, and Edmond P. Perrin. Yonkers, N. Y.
 All Depends on Engineer
 No matter how perfect the mechan- ica1 department of a railroad and how strict the rules and regulations given the men, 1t is impossible to get away from the fact that we have always to depend on the brain of one man. It Is the engineer in the cab.
 Such was the statement today of George A. Cullen, general traffic man |ager of the Lackawanna, after hours of effort in trying to place the blame for yesterdays disaster near Corning.
 Railroad men have studied this prob- lem for years" he went on, and always, always we come to the same question: is theer any other means than human agency that will protect perfectly the lives of those entrusted to our care2 No, there has got to be human mind-the man. The mechanical contrivances. in themselves are perfect. but without the cooperation of the man, careless. In every accident 1t is some human mechan- ism that is at fault; some brain forgot or neglected to work at the proper time. The steel and wire mechanism Is never at fault That was the case in this ter rible accident. Our signals worked per fectly. all the men on the road per formed thier special duty, except one, and he says in explanation, that he did not see the signals. He blamed the fog. He was the engineer of the express which telescoped the Buffalo limited"
 Corning, N. Y, July 5.-Late tonight one of the bodies was identified as that of C. A. Masserye. Other iuentfica tions were of the bodies of Emma Brandes aged "A, of New York city. and Miss Emma Brooks, residence unknown.
 Beaman Catto of Morristown, N. J.. who lost his wife in the wreck became violently insane late today, and was lodged in the police station where he was given medical attention. He does not comprehend that his wife is dead, and continually demands news of her.
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 RevOlutionists to Prison
 Los Angeles, July 5.--Ricardo Flores