The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-30
Three Trains on Two Separate
Tracks in Two Collisions Al,
Amherst Ohio
TWO RAILROAD MEN
MUST SHARE BLAME
ehicago-Bufalo Flyer First Sec
lion Struck by Second Sec
tion and Then Hoth Struck
by Wcsthound Limited


Federal and railroad Investigation
OF the double wreck on the Lake
shore NJ amherst, Ohio, near
here, early this morning, which
sxsst the Hives of fully thirty per-
arms and injured forty more, was
under way here tonight.
Railroad officials declare the hiame
for the crash which piled up the
TwentIeth Century Limited and two
sfher crack Lake shore passenger
trains into a tangled heap OF junk
probably will he shared by two rail-
road employees
While relief parties were digging
bodies from the debris and doctors
Ind nurses were reRcuing trapped hu-
man beings and caring for manned
Victims, the Investigations were beg
Two Tragic Figures.
Two men stood out tonight An
shaken, tragic figures that had swift
BIZ become tho objects ~ cross isse IN
sestisatioA 1nulSless enough to have
,een NcfDpa - - understandable spec
tsrae that spTang out of the foE OF
khe early morning hours when the
eecund section of the Chicago Basfslo
nycr rarmed into the rear of the first
eectian. and both In turn were struck
hy the aestbound limited.
One lie towerman. Ernst. doZinz
m his lonely cupoia as speeding trains
Mia by hfm~~s man frying TO per-
form his duty OF watching over thou
lands of lives ing the railroads care
Ina utider the handicap of steepless
hours caring for his wife. who Sun
dAy had become a mother.
THE other In Herman Hess. engineer
nf the second section OF the east
round fsser. who escaped from the
CAB OF his engine after II had piowea
Into the first section--a man vino saw
no red warning signal through the
tor. and relied upon the mysterious
~ halted nrst train.
These are the men who became the
center Of an investigation by New
York Central officers, led ny General
Nuperintendent A.. s, ingalls, 4 co..
inrident inquiry was begun by Coro-
ner Carver. of J>orain County. while
|&4ate Railroad Inspectors Packard and
|Heffermen rushed To the scene to con-
duct the State public utilities prooe.
and safety Experts Belknap. Ellis and
MrAdams started for Amherst To he
rim q Federal investigation for the
1nterssate Commerce Commission.
Survivors OF the disaster streamed
Iaato Cleveland as port OF refuge all
day to-day. bringing with them tales
INT horror and OF magic escapes. Ter
|fdfYing scenes they had witnessed
Knocked and stupefiei women among
|shem and stunned the men.
Out or the chaos at the spot mile
{ouf or Amherst. rescue parties spent
I'm ardIuus day taking bodies out of
1.-THE debris. Twenty.ssx were recov-
[erad. hut others were believed to have
Remained hidden under the tons OF
&Mfeekage that was strewn over four
4rak.ks and reared thirty feet In the
|Air.
Twenty-Five bodies are packed In a
mor9ue Ut Amherst. two are dead at
|Eltria Memorial Hospital and two are
dead ~ Lorain. Eighteen have been
IadentIned. OF the other eight all In
! the Amherst morgue, six are men ana
Two are women
Many Are Hurt.
scattered over many miles are men.
MQTaS NM children suffering from
|aerfo0S n3a1te4 or minor hurts. They
Nh III ttais IN Elyria and Lorain.
y TN J1si1H1 away; in homes thrown
onem br poupie IN the village Of AM
her&t ana Farmers nearby; In Cleve-
hand hotels and reIattves' homes
And many. escaping wholly or In,
81 1t. aeatteFed east and west, hurry
ling away from the scene, al II driven
81 combination of dread and thank
fainess to put miles between them
selves and the spot where SO many
| hives were crushed out
~ Indo1crfbabIe confusion existed for
hours III hundreds plunged into the
rescue work. Identification Of the
fhpdles. torn and manslcd. remained
i puzzle tint more than once resulted