The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-29
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CLEVELAND, O, March 29.-Twen-
ty-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 Plttsburg
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 a
basket and taken to the inproviseI.
morgue at Amherst. All the dead
were passengers on the flyer.
4 The first section Of tho 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 westbound track, on which
the Twentieth Century, on It's way
from Cleveland to Chicago, was speed
ing through the mist and before 1t
could be stopped 1t had ploughed into
the wreck. reducing the cars to.
kindling wood.
The rear coaches OF the flyers sec
ond section were filled with foreignere
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. sucll
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
10 Cleveland.
Aaron DeRay, Of Pittsburg, who
came through with Fritzelle. said he
was catapu1ted >from hts berth into
one occupied by a woman across the
aisle when the crash came. DeRay
was uniniured.
"A. Comensky, Pittsburg, coming
from Chicago, said he saw woman
iie In the wreck before he could exc
tricate her. Another woman he saw
was badly injured and man had. his
arms torn from their sockets.
When the last named three left son-
" thirteen Of the forty occupants OF
the day coach were accounted for.
They placed the number OF dead at be-
tween rs and so.
According to Fritzelle and DeRay.
the frst section stopped five minutes
after At left Amherst and was Just
ninking up speed again when. the first
crash came. Two minutes later, they
said. the second occurred.
The identified dead are:
WALTER b. EAsT0N, 1909 Kfrd-
nm street, Phflad elphia.
FRANK GALLAGHER, 10 Hart
street, Brooklyn.
= poRo ROSENBERG. 81 Egnes|
street, Toronto.
~ MRS. JENNIE HApDAs! Gleyet
land. died at Elryia Memorial hos
pital. 49,. =.
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