Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-14
Finds Railroad
 Was Negligent
REPORT ON WRECK
 IN INDIANA
LACKS BLOCK SYSTEM
Failed to Obey Railroad Commissions Order to InstaI One-Fifteen Killed and Seventeen Injured.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 13-Accord- ing to inspectors for the Indiana rail- way commission, the disastrous wreck on the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton railway at Irving, suburb, at an early hour today, in which fifteen per sons lost their lives and r others were seriously injured, was the re- suit of the company's failure to install a block signal system as it had been ordered to do by the commission. The order was issued some months ago and the system was to have been com pleted by January 1, 1913.
 Switch to Siding Left Open.
 Had this order been obeyed, the commission says, the wreck would not have occurred The wreck was caused by the failure of the head brakeman to close the switch to a siding on which a heavy freight train had been run to let the rapidly running passen- ger train, which was more than an hour late, pass. Carl Gross, the head brakeman, has assumed blame for the disaster. He has not been arrested, but is under police guard at hos pital where he lies with a broken leg. Later he denied he was responsible saying he was under the influence of an anaesthetic when he made the first statement. According to the comn1is- sion, this switch could net have been left open had bleck system been in operation.
 Late in the day, after the wrecking crews had completed the search of the demolished passenger ears, the coro- ner's office here gave out correct list of dead and injured.
 The list follows:
 List of the Dead.
 The dead:
 c. F. Grundhoefer, Cincinnati.
 Albert Alben.
 Mrs. Albert Allen.
 Ben Boyle.
 William Sharkey, single, engineer on the passenger train, Indianapolis.
 Ervie Nj. Wiggins, married, conduc- tor on the passenger train, Indianap- olis.
 Clem Imhoh. theatrical man, Los Angeles, Cal.
 Horace B. White, brakeman on pas senger train. Indianapolis.
 ]. L. Palmer, Itwaw, Tenn.
 Charles Cheney, 13 years old, Jack son, Ky.
 Julia Cheney. wife of Clifton Che. ney, Jackson, Ky.
 Chester Cheney. months old, soE of Julia and Clifton Cheney.
 John Cheney, 52, Breathitt, Ky. dieG at Deaconess hospital
 Two-year-old daughter of Cliftor Cheney, Jackson, Ky, died at Deacon. ess hospital.
 c. Burg, fireman on passenger train
 The passenger train was No. 36 iron Cincinnati to Chicago, and was run. ming more than an hour late. Int engineer was trying to make up tn, time and was running more than for. ty miles an hour at the time of tn, head-on collision with the heavl freight train on the siding. He had beer given 6 clear track and had not ap parently intended to slow up until h. had entered the yard limits. Both h, and his fireman were found dead il the cab of their engine, death being instantaneous, according to indica tions.
 Two Cars Demolished.
 All the dead passengers were in tn smoker and day coach, which wer, immediately behind the steel reinforcet mail car that acted as a batterinJ ram. Both of these cars were of woot and were completely demolished. s, completely were they splintered tha little of them remains intact. The, were telescoped, and it was with diff f1culty that the bodies of the deat were extricated from the wreckage The injured in many cases had to re main pinned under the heavy timber until they could be chopped out witt axes.