The evening world., 1912-03-07
20TBCEMURY
FLYER WRECKED
NEAR CLEVELAND
One Killed, Many Hurt When
Westbound Limited Is
Derailed.
FIVE SLEEPBRS PILE UP.
EaStbound St. Louis Express
Also in Crash-Engine
Crew Injured.
FIVE SLEEPHRS PILE UP.

49, .~-. Nv - eyb ~ah1
are injured a. the result Of the wreck
ing early to-day of two New York Gen.
trial hiers. the Twentieth Century
IdmNed UAks Shore and Michigan
Southern train No. 2s). wsstbound.
which Jumped the tracks Just outside Of
the CoIlinwood yards. Cleveland. and
the sastbound New York Central Limit
I'd, which left the rails at Beliefon.
tains, o.
In the wreck Of the westbound train,
I'VE sleepers left the rails and pied up
on . s~witchmanS shanty. The swtfcil-
q Peter MAuer. died before the ar
rival Of IN ambulance.
q. L. Hail Of woonsocket, r.. l., was
'nortally hurt. He was found lying on
the trapk. ne right arm hanging BY q
shred.
"cut Il on! Cut n Off" he impiorsd.
A trainman bent over him. drew his
poekstknafs aud severed the remnant
Of the arm A tourniquet was applied
before the man was loaded into the
relief train. but he was so. badly In
jurSo that Il seemed certain he would
die
DEAD AND INJURED IN WRECK
OF TWENTIETH CENTURY.
The dad and injured in the wreck
OF the Twentieth Century LIMITED ere:
Dead.
MAUER, PETER. sw1tch-tender.
Injured.
COwHERD. FLETCHER. Kansas
City. Mo-: bruises and shock.
EADIE. J. L.. Pittsfield. Mass. shock.
ENCOE. JOHN. Pullman porter. Nor.
rls Park. L. l.: right side bruised.
FARMER, @. r., Brookline. MAse.;
head and hands injured.
FISHER, T. j., Pullman conductor.
No. 28 Audubon venue New York:
right arm injured.
GALBRAITH, WILLIAM D.. No. 1T
Elm avenue. Mount Vernon; nervous
shock.
GREENwAY. JOHN c.. Barbss. Aria;
right knee injured.
GILMORE. GEORGE H.. Clairmout.
y. H.; back sprained. '
HALL. c. L.. woonsocket. r. l.: left
arm ver at elbow: dying.
HOUSE. CHARLES W.. West Hart
ford. Conn; back injured.
LEONARD. w. H.. Denver. COL; back
sprained.
POPE. GEORGE. woonsocket. r. L.:
knee injured.
RowLANDs. LEONARD. Chicago.
H.: bruised.
SHEFTALL. ELLA. Pullman maid.
No. q West One Hundred and Thirty
third street, New York; shook.
SWEET. HENRY ~. Boston. Mass.
right arm injured.
VAN. F. D.. Toledo. O.: lett arm
brolcen.
wAsHBURN. L: O.. Dorchester.
Mae; shock.
GOING FULL SPEED WHEN THE
CRASH COMES.
The Twentieth Century was due In
Cleveland at $50. 1t was on time and
Colnnwood yards whom the wreck &C.
CURED. He had not yet begun to slow
Town to yard speed.
1t IL supposed a broken wheel caused
the derailment. The engineer felt the
jerk that came when the wheels Of the
Inflated sleeper began to mount the
rails. but before he could apply his
brakes the car was completely derailed.
had broken loose from its couplings to
the observation car behind and was
lying IN Its side In the ditch.
Almost simultaneously with the
crash arose the screams of the passsn-
gers, thrown from their berths into q
heappets the rear end OF the car. Luckily
the o was Of the modern type and
carried electric instead OF gas light So
there was no fire.
The Collinwoo yard masters once,
less than half q mile away. was aware
OF The wreck In less than Q minute. and
started out wreckinS crew. A
relief train. loaded with all the avail
able doctors in Collinwood and Cisvs-
land. was on the scene In less than half
an hour. A general call was turned IN
for Collinwood ambuiances.
PORTER OF WRECKED CAR
'HAuLs PASSENGERS OUT.
James Gaylsy of Chicago. porter on
the wrecked sleeper. was the hero of
the wreck. Gayley was standing in
the rear vestibuls when the car jumped
the track. He was cstspulted through
the glass door Into the roadbed. He
picked himself up unhurt and turned
TO the task Of hauling the fourteen
passengers. all men. through the
broken windows. One or two were
tightly wsdged between wrsckage, but
he managed to free them by using an
emergency axe.
The New York Central limited train
on the Big Four Railroad. from st. Louis
to New York. was derailed by the crash
OF the engine into . boxcar Of q freight
at the Plum Valley street crossing.
Several Of the coaches left the track,
remaining upright. but the engine OF
the passenger train rolled down an sm-
bankment. Engineer Al. Eusy of
Brghtwood. Ind. and his fireman. Guy
Wooley Of Bellefontaine. were the only
persons injured. and they sustained only
slight bruises In jumping.