The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-14
HEAD ON COLLISION OCCURRED ON CINCINNATI, HAMILTON
 AND DAYTON RAILWAY.
LACK OF BLOCK SYSTEM CAUSE
All of Those Killed Were In the Smoker and Day Coach---Hcad Brakeman Assumes Blame
 for Terrible Accident.

Indianapolis Nov. l3.---According to the inspectors for the Indiana .aii way commission, the disastrous wreck on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railway at iryington suberb, at an early hour today. in which 15 persons lost their lives and seventeen others were seriousy in- jured, was the result of the com pany's failure to install block signal system as it had been ordered to do by the commissions The sys- tenn was to have been completed by Jan. l. 1913.
 The wreck was caused by the fail. ure of tine head brakeman to close the switch to siding on which heavy freight train had heen run. to let the rapidly running passenger train. more than an hour late, paM. Carl Gross, the head brakeman, has assumed blame for the disaster He is under police guard at hospital. where he lies with broken leg. Late in the day, after the wTecking crews had completed the search Gf the demolished passenger cars, the coroner's office here gave out a cor. rected list of dead and injured. The list follows The dead: c. F. GRANDMOTHER, Cincinnati. ALBERT ALLEN. MRS ALLEN. BEN BOYLE VIM. SHARKEY, engineer on the passenger train, indianapolis.
 IRyIE M. WIGG1NS, conductor on the passenger train, Indianapolis.
 CHEM IMHOLT. thaatsicaI man from Los Angeles, Cal
 HORACE B. WHITE. brakeman on passenger train. Indianapolis.
 J. l.. PALMER, Itwaw, Tenn.
 CliAS. CHENEY. IS years old. Jackson, Ky.
 CHESTER CHENEY, five months old son of Clifton Cheney.
 JOHN CHENEY. 52, Breathitt, Ky. died at Deaconess hospital.
 Two year old daughter of Clifton Cheney, died at Deaconess hospital.
 c. BURG, fireman on passenger train.
 The injured:
 BURTON JONES, Dayton. Ky, mail clerk, injured about head and back.
 CLIFTON CHENEY. Jackson. Ky injured about body.
 J. C. SKILIIMAN, Indianapolis, baggageman, bruised about legs.
 WILLIS YORK, Indianapolis, fire man on freight train, leg cut and bruised
 CARL. GROSS, Indianapolis, brake man on freight train, leg broken
 F. E. EAIERBTON, Indianapolis. fireman. freight train train, bruised s.bout body.
 FRED HUTCHINSON. Madison, Va scalded about face and arms.
 MRS. MARY SEARS, Chicago.
 HARRY SELL, Chicago.
 MARY HUTCHINSON. Madison, Va.
 MRS. j. C. sKILI.MAN, Indiana polls.
 HUGH KEMP. Berlin. Ky.
 w. J. FILLER, Liberty, Ind.
 A. c. FILLER, Liberty. Ind.
 JOS. GROSS. Indianapolis.
 JOE JEFFERSON, negro porter
 The passenger train NO. ., from Cincinnati. was more than an hour late and at the time of the head on collision was running more than ap miles an hour The engineer had been given clear track. Both be and his. fireman were found dead in the caboose of their engine. All of the passengers found dead were n the smoker and day coach, which were immediately behind the steel reinforced mail car. BolIh 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 neaf- by residences and later taken to the Deaconess hospital. where several died. The bodies. as fast as they were brought from the wreckaae were conveyed to the morgue here to await Identification. Passengers who were not injured, and tliesp were in Pullman cars, continued their journey. Inspectors for the state railway commission were on tho scene almost immediately and began | an exhaustive investigation. as,a Et4a 4fia. and 74;se Ianei.