The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-29
Passengers Are Ground Under
Wheels of the Heavy En-
glne Of the Flyer.
COACHES ToPPLE OVER
Hope Of Identification of the
Bodies in Many Instances
is Entirely Lost.
tlY AanaelArEp rnrrn

CLEVELAND. O., March 29.-Twen-.
Ey-one persons were killed and many
others injured when the Twentieth
Century Limited on the New York
Central railroad crashed into the
wreck Of two sections of the Pittsburg
and Buffalo flyer, eastbound from Chi
cago. at Amherst, thirty-seven miles
west of here, Just before daybreak. So
badly mangled were some of the dead
that fragments were gathered UP in
basket and taken to the improVised
morgue at Amherst. All the dead
were passengers on the flyer.
The first section Of the flyer had
stopped at watering tank and a flag
man was sent back to warn the second
section following short distance be-
hind. The engineer, because Of a
heavy fog, did not see the signal and
continued on his way until his engine
crashed into the rear of the first Sec
ton. Several coaches were buckled
across the westbnund track, on which
the Twentieth Century, on its way
from Cleveland to Chicago, was speed
Ing through the mist and before 1t
could be stopped ii had plnuehed into
the wreck, reducing the cars to
kindling wood.
The rear coaches of the flyers Sec
pnd section were filed with foreigners
and the fatalities here were greatest.
They were ground under the wheels
Of the heavy engines drawing the
flyer, or crushed beneath the steel
coaches as they toppled over. Before
the first crash they had been asleep.
numbers Of them having removed their
coats containing such Identification
papers as they happened to have. AS
these were Uttered by the wreck all
hope Of Identification in many in
stances was lost.
Crews Of the train quickly sum-
moned help. and physicians hurried
from adjoining towns while Elyria
sent such supplies as could be hastily
gathered together. Relief trains were
ordered from Cleveland and other
places. The bodies of the dead were
taken to Amherst and the injured to
Elyria, where they were given medi-
cal attention In the hospital. Such
OF the passengers as escaped unhurt
were brought to Cleveland.
No one was killed on the Twentieth
Century, although number in the
forward coaches were hurt.
Alfred Fritzelle, Cleveland sales
man for fire extinguisher company,
was in the Toledo sleeper of the first
section and escaped injury. He help
ed in the rescue and then came on
to Cleveland.
Aaron DeRay, of Pittsburg. who
came through with Fritzelle, said he
was catapulted from his, berth into
one occupied by woman across the
aisle when the crash came. DeRay
was uninillred.
"A. Comcnsky. Pittshurg, coming
from Chicago, said he saw a woman
die in the wreck before he could ex-
tricate her. Another woman he saw
was badly injured and a man had his
arms torn from their sockets.
When the last named three left on
" thirteen Of the forty occupants Of
the day coach were accounted for.
They placed the number OF dead at be-
tween % and 80.
According to Frftzelle and DeRay,
the first section stopped five minutes
after it left Amherst and was Just
picking up speed again when the first
crash came. Two minutes later, they
said. the second occurred.
The identified dead are:
WALTER b. EAsToN, 1909 Kird-
I'm street, Philadelphia.
FRANK GALLAGHER, 40 Hart
A4saa Va. TaIE i
= poRo ROSENBERG. 81 Egnes
street, Toronto
MRS. JENNIE HADDAs, Cleve-
land. died at Blryia Memorial hos
pita1.
CHARLES NELSON, member OF
Machine Movers Union, died on train
on way from Amherst TO iElyria.
r.. THOMAS, Fairmont avenue,
Philadelphia.
"A. r.. PABHELT1A, manager Hun
garian Theatrical Association, Cleve-
land.
a. u. ASH. mail transfer clerk.
Olmstead Falls, o.
j. ii. HEARNE, Gallipulis, o..
MALCINGA BIAIAfo oL. 3 136 Beech
street. Indiana Harbor, Ind.
GY0RGY 0J0NGA indianapolis.
R0sEN0DAH, 1ndianapo-
lis. Ind.
The body of one freman badly
crushed was found on top nf the
boiler OF one Of the engines
Some Of the members Of the crews