The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-03-30
Crack Fliers of New
York Central in Early
Morning Collision.
THREE TRAINS IN
Wreck.-TWentieth Century
Limited Crashes Into the
Wreckage of Two.

Cleveland, Ohio.-At least thirty
were killed-the exact total may not
be known until tonight-and more
than forty injured in the wreck.
Twenty-Five bodies had been rccovcr-
cd from the wreckagc at noon and
five more arc known to be in the deb
riS
When the total dead and injured
arc finally asccrtaincd the wreck will
surpass, i'll the cost of life and m-
jurcd, the wreck of the Twentieth
Century Limited at Mention, Ohio, in
1904, when that famous train piled
into a freight on its second trip on
the New Yorll-Chicago twenty-four
hour run.
Is GRUESONlE SCENE.
The stories of the numerous SUR
vivols are narrowing in the extreme.
Aaron De Ray, of Pittsburgh. said he
occupied by IL woman across the aisle
when the crash came and thus cs-
capped injury. a. Comcnsky, of
Pittsburgh. coming from Chicago,
said he saw Il woman die in wreckagc
before he could cNtricatc her. He al
so saw Il man whose arms had been
torn from their sockets. The wreck
age of the fated day coach presented
II grcwsome picture and the ''escucrs
We're appalled, by the heart-rcnding
scenes
Daylight had not vet appeared
when the three trains piled up to-
gcthcr, Farmers and villagers rush.
cd to the assistance of the stricken
passengers. The work of rcscuing
those pinioncd under the wreckagc
was hampcrcd by the darkness and
fog. Amublnaccs, automobiles and
all kinds of vehicles were rushed
from Elyria and other points to the
wreck.
Despite the fact that it left the
track and that considerable damage
was done to the front portions, the
Twentieth Century Limited, with
new engine, proceeded on its way to
Chisago a comparatively short time
after the wreck occurred. Its all
steel construction undoubtedly saved
it's passengers from serious INJURY,
and possible death.
At -Four O'Clock.
Cleveland. Ohio.-At least twen-
ty-four persons were killed and close
to thirty seriously injured in
double wreck of three of the New
York CentraPs fastest and finest
trains at Amherst, thirty-seven miles
west of Cleveland, at four O'Clock
this morning
A number of the injured were talk
en- to a hospital at Elvria, Ohio, re-
ported dying.
The three trains in the wreck were
two sections of the Chicago-Buttalo
f'ier, east bound, and the Twentieth
Century Limited, the pride of the
New York Central, west bound.
The engineer of the first section
of the flyer stopped at Amherst by
signal In the fog the second section
of the flyer crashed into the first sec
ton, throwing wreckage from both
sections over on the westbound high
speed track. Into this pile OF wreck
age the Twentieth Century train
crashed. resulting in it's derailment
Dead on First Train.
Most of the dead We're in the rear
coach of the first section OF the flyer.
There were forty passengers in this
car, when the second section came up
from behind and tore into the stand
ing train. Some dead were found in
the rear coaches of the second sec
ton OF the flyer, which bucllled over
onto the Twentieth Century's right of
way and composed a mass of wreck
age through which the Twentieth
Century nearly plowed it's way be-
fore being thrown from the rails.
There are no dead among the pass