The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-05

CORNING n. Y. July Flying
through dense fog at sixty-five
miles an hour, westbound Lacka-
wanna train No. IL, at 5:25 o'clock
this morning, crashed into the rear
Iof passenger train No. 9 at Gibson,
three miles east of here. killing
thirty-nine persons and injuring be-
tween fifty and sixty.
The dead and injured were passeu-
gers on No 9, an excursion train
bound for Niagara Falls, which left
New York at S;45 o'clock last night.
For almost half hour before the
wreck the train had been stalled on
the main line by crippled freight
car. Signals lad been set AGAINST
the express, bat the heavy mist con-
cealed them
With Engineer William Schroeder
at the throttle. the express train sped
around slight curve. and with ter
rifle impact completely telescoped the
rear day coach. derailed the second
coach and crushed Pullman sleeper
The 110-ton monster, blocked by a
uDldtn VI hebItS bndt 1t udu plfcu
in front of it remained on the road
bed and in the midst of the desola-
ton its plunge had caused.
Engineer Schroeder had taken No.
II at Elmira fifteen minutes before.
No. 3 was supposed 10 be half hour
ahead of him. He had no warning
until he made out the outline OF the
rear coach through the fog that was
crawling up the hillside from the
river below. He reversed the throt-
tie without turning off steam. The
jerk threw the train off the track and
pitched Schroeder from the cab. He
landed on his shoulder on the road
bed practically unhurt. The fireman
on No. / / was the only one injured
on that train.
Wild Confusion Followed.
A scene of wild confusion follow
ed. A number of passengers, curious
70 learn what was delaying No. 8 had
left the train and were walking up
and down the tracks. Many of them
had relatives on the train. but were
helpless 10 save them 9Aidsd by. the
passengers Of the express. the sur
vivors of No 8 began to remove the
debris and extract the bodies OF the
dead and injured Meanwhile an APP
peal had been made by the trainmen
to adjacent towns. and scores OF au-
tomobiles and carriages were soon
arriving from all directions.
A temporary morgue and hospital
was established hundred feet from
the wreck. A large corps of physi-
clans was at work before 5 o'clock.
and the work or removing the dead
and injured to Elmira began shortly
afterward Most of the bodies were
msngled. and as many of the passen-
gers We're killed while in bed asleep
the absence of clothing made their
Identification difficult.
Loses Bride of Day,
There were many distressing
|scenes. One man picked up small
white sheet which lay on the ground.
only TO draw back. ashen-face. as his
act revealed the body OF baby only
a few months old At late hour
the child had not been identified. Tho
daughter of one man who was on
the train at the time OF the collision
was killed and he helped recover her
mutilated body A bridegroom taken
10 the uUSplLdf, DSNa iHc tOSS VI
his wife-a bride of day--who was
crushed beyond recognition.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Case, of No. 523
Bedford avenue. Brooklyn, was drag
ged from the debris Of one OF the
day coaches. had started cut to cele-
brate their first wedding anniversary.
After their marriage last year they
had gone on wedding trip to Niagara
Falls, and wished to- make the same
trip again and live over the happy
hours Of their honeymoon
First Victim Identified.
The first victim identified was Or.
E. " Ivey. For the last year he had
cen the resident physician OF the
Training School for Midwfves at9
Bellevue hospital. He Was twcnty-
nine years old. graduate Of the u1t-S
versity OF Pennsylvania, and had plams|
red To remove TO Newport NEWS w.
He was native of Suffolk. VA.
Twenty-one Of the bodies recOscEQ|