The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-05
Passenger Running 65 Miles Jumps Track and Flows Through the First
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ENGINEER FAILS TO SEE SIGNAL ON
 ACCOUNT OF FOG
Wreck IS Worst in History of the Lackawanna-Many Killed Were Excursionists on Way to Niagara Falls-Relief at
 Hand Quickly

Corning. N. T., July 4-Westbound Lackawanna passenger train No. from New York, composed of two engines. a baggage car, three Pullmans ard two day coaches in the order named, was demolished at Gibson. three miles east of Corning, at 5:25 o'clock this morn ing by express train No. Il. Forty-two passengers were killed and between 90 and 60 injured.
 The Dead
 Of the 42 bodies recovered, but 2l have been identified. They were:
 Armstrong. William M. Hoboken, N J.
 Brandie, MT and Mrs. Charles. New York; married yesterday and on we'd ding trip.
 Diak, Herman, Newark, N J.
 Erwin, Mrs. c. E.. Chicago.
 Hess, Mrs. Edith A, Scranton, Pa. Ivey Dr. E. ". Bellevue. N. Y.; home Pittsburg.
 John. MT. and Mrs. nnlman, New York
 Laird. George. Brooklyn. N. Y.
 Lowrey. Evelyn (negress). Newark, N. J.
 Novak, Antonio, Scranton, Pa.
 Nelson, Anton, Jersey City, N. J.
 Pratt. r. C., Buffalo travelling sales man.
 Patouski, M, immigrant.
 Pravelowski. Regina. Russia.
 Setteducai, Mrs. Lucy, New York.
 Smith, James. negro pullman porter, New York.
 Schultz. Ernest, Buffalo. N. Y.
 zimmer, MT. and Mrs. John. Scranton, Pa.
 Laird, Mrs. William R.
 Laird, Phillip. ? years old.
 Laird, Mabel. 5 years old. all of ..lprooklyn.
 Among the unidentified dead are four children. one baby. The others are two girls, both apparently under 5 years. and boy of about 10 years. There are also nine women. one ne- gress, whose bodies remain to be claimed. The other unidentified vic- tims are men.
 Of the injured four unidentified vic- tims died at the Corning hospital
 Several of the injured who are un- conscious had nothing about their per- sons by which they could be identified. Many of the victims were holiday ex-
 
 The atmosphere was heavy with fog and to this Engineer Schroder of the express attributes the wreck He said he failed to see signals set against his train, whipped around curve at 65 miles an hour and crashed into the stationary No. g, held up by a crippled freight en- zine. The train had not been stopped long enough for a f1agman to get back to protect the rear The wreck was the worst in the history of the Lackawanna.
 Fog Obscured Signals
 Schroder had taken charge of the en- zine of No. Il at Elfnira, 15 miles from Corning, a few minutes before. It was a few minutes late The stretch of track from Elmira to Corning is fitted for fast running and he was sending his train along at a terrific rate No. was sup posed to be half an hour ahead of him. He had no warning until he made out the outline of the rear coach of No. through the fog Then he threw on the reverse brakes without shutting of steam.
 The jerk threw the train. off the track and the locomotive plunged on to spln- ter the two day coaches filled with ex- cursionists. and clear through the last of the sleeping cars. Schroeder said the impact threw him from the cab and landed him clear of the train prac- tically unhurt. The 100. 900 pound mons ter continued it's plunge through the middle of the train, grinding everything in it's path. When finally blocked by the debris it remained on the road bed in the midst of the desolatfon 1t had caused while hundreds of people rushed to the scene, and immediately went to the rescue of the injured.
 By the time E1nira was reached the train carried so many passengers that q second engine was attached.
 Not long before drawhead in an ex- tra. freight train had been, pulled out. Signals put out stopped No. a.
 The first engine was uncoupled and set at work to push the dead end of the freight into siding to allow No. and No. Ii, which was due in 25 or 30 minutes, to pass. The work was slow and during the wait many passengers from the day coaches got olt.
 Meanmhle the signals had been thrown against No. II. but they were of no avail and the crash came.
 Rescuers Quickly on Scene
 Rescuers were quickly on the scene. "a what seemed an incredibly short time hundreds of automobiles had lined the highway which led to the wreck and the work of getting the injured to the hospitals and the dead to the morgues was impeded by the blocking of the road. Police from Corning did their best to keep the paths clear and by 8 o CLOCK pnySlcldDS Wlo 1dQ beeQ rushed to the scene in motor cars h ' started all of the wounded on then way to the hospitals or were giving emergency attention to victims. The only exceptions were few persons who had been pinned beneath wreckage It was some time before some of them were released.
 Thirteen of the injured and ten of the dead were taken to Elmira. All the other dead were brought here and the other injured were conveyed to the Corning city hospital. All the physicians in tn. city were summoned to attend them while ministers and priests were called 2 10 administer last sacraments and re- ceive messages from the dying.
 Bodies Badly Mangled
 Most of the bodies were badly rnangled The wrecked cars were one heaped-up mass of wreckage, tanning into each other in telescope fashion. The last two cars on train Number Il remained on the track and later were used as tenn porary hospitals.
 At the Corning hospitel which accomo-
 
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