El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-03-30
8 CRACK TRAINS
ON THE new YORK
CENTRALCOLL|DE;
80 KILLED AND
OVER 40 INJURED
Fog Obscures Signals;
Limiteds Piled Up In
Mass Of Debris
WRECK I'M
HISTORY OF ROAD

CLEVELAND, o, March 2s.-At
least thirty persons were kllIed--the
exact total may not be known until
nightfaII-and more than 40 injured
In the wreck early today Of three Of
the New York centraI's crack passen-
ger trains, a mile west Of Amherst.
twenty-five bodies had been taken
out at noon and five more were
known to be In the debris.
When the total Of dead and injured
Is finally ascertained, the wreck will
surpass, in it's cost Of life and limb,
even the wreck kof the Twentieth
Century Limited at Mentor, in 1904,
when the famous train piled into a
freight on its second trip on the New
York-chicago 20 hour run.
Dense fog obscured the signal set
by the first section Of the east bound
Plttsburgh-6 altimore-BuffaIo limited,
causing another section Of that train
to crash into II. A short time later,
before signaImen could flag It, the
fast Twentieth Century Limited, west
bound, crashed into the wreckaue
which had piled upon the west bound
track.
The wreck occurred before daylight.
farmers and villagers rushed to the
assistance Of the stricken passengers.
The work Of rescuing those pinioned
under the wreckage was hampered by
darkness and fog.
Ambulances, automobiles, and all
kinds Of vehicles we're rushed from
Eiyria and other points until the
little morgue at Amherst was soon
filled. Most of the injured we're con-
veVed to hospitals in EIyria. The
Twentieth Century proceeded on its
way to Chicago. None Of the passen-
gers on this train vas injured.
A slip on che part of a doing tower
was to blame for the wreck, az
cording to A. s.. ingalls,, general super
Of the New York Central.
with L. "A. Robinson, general
passenger agent of the New York Cen.
trail and Daniel McBane, superintend-
emit of the motive power Of the road,
an inquiry into the tragedy
On the part of the road officials. The
towerman's wife had been i'll, it was
earned, and he had been without
sleep or on duty practically since Sun
lay night.
Most Of the dead were asleep in the
coaches Of the first section of
he Chicago, Buffalo flier. Some dead
we're found in the rear coaches of the
second section of the fiier, which
1uckled over onto the Twentieth Cen
.ury's right of way and was spllntared
~ that train. Most of the dead are
oreigners.
The Twentieth Century was pro-
,eeding slowly because of the fog.
The second section of the flier was
soing at a high rate of speed when it
truck the first section.
Some OF the victims ERE decapitat.
ID. Arms. legs and portions of hui.
nan bodies were scattered thickly
trough the wreckage.
John Hess, engineer of the second
ection Of No. Sc, has admitted that
did not see the red signal just be-
ore he plowed into the rear of the
irst section" ingalls, said. "l;ut on
himself from his cab ne walk
d back. The red light, he said was
against him." !
Hess, ingalls, said, is considered one
I the New York Central's best engi-
GERS. Ingalls, said Hess statement
nat he did not see the rel warning
ignal is probably correct. But be-
ause Of the fog he was inclined to
old him practically blameless.
Had the first section been allow.
d to proceed on its way, the acct
ent would not have occurred" In
alls reasoned. Chances are the
owerman was doing and unthink
ngly, he set the signal, the first sec
stopped short: the rest is known
Columbus, O., March 29.-The inter-
tate Commerce Commission tele-
the Ohio public utilities com.
today asking that the two
odies cooperate in the inquiry into
he cause of the wreck at Amherst.
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