Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-03-31
NEW YORK CENTRAL ROADS FIN.
EST AND. FASTEST TRAINS
DEMOLISHED AT AMHERST,
IN A HEAVY FOG.
WORK FRANTICALLY TO
RESCUE MORE VICTIMS.
..
Rescue Parties Search Wreckage-.
Relief Trains Sent from Nearby
Cittes-Farmers Aid victims-
twentieth Century Linz
$500 tied" Is Derailed.


Cleveland, March 3O.-With toll
Of at least 80 persons dead and 40
or more injured, federal and state Of
ficials Of the railroad company have.
begun an investigation into the cause.
that led to one Of the most disastrous
wrecks that has occurred in this
state in dozen years, and one of the
worst in the history of the New York
Central system.
Three trains, including the Twen-
tieth Century Limited, west bound, the
New York Centrals palatis1 flyer, and
two sections of No. Sc, known as the
Chicago:P Pittsburgh limited, eastbound>
came together in collision near AM
herst, Ohio, 81 miles west Of Cleve-
land. -
Fog Held Responsible.
Dense fog obscured the signal set
by the first section of the eastbound
Observation-Disclosures Buffalo limited,
causing another section OF that train
to crash into it. A short> time later,
before signal men could flag it, the
fast Twentieth Century Limited, west
bound, crashed into the wreckage
which had piled up on the westbound
track.
Farmers Aid Victims.
Daylight had not yet appeared when
the three trains piled up together.
Farmers and villagers rushed to the
assistance of the stricken passengers.
The work of rescuing those pinioned
under the wreckage was hampered by
the darkness, which was accumulated
by the fog.
.,-,,,, MorQue at Amherst Filled.
Ambulances, automobiles and all
kinds of vehicles were rushed from
Elyria and other points to the scene
Of the wreck. The little mOrgue at
Amherst was soon filled with bodies
of the dead. Most of the injured were
conveyed to hospitals In Elyria.
: CSnsu9lysJ srplsaed6d
on its way to Chicago.
None of the passengers on this train
was injured. 3, 1..z..sr
All Of the dead and injured were
on train No. Sc.
SURPRISES Former Disaster.
When the total Of the dead and IN
jured is finally ascertained the wreck
will surpass, in it's cost of life and
limb; even the wreck Of the Twentieth
Century limited at MenlOr III 1904.
when the famous train piled into q
freight on it's second trip on the New
York Chicago "a hour run.
Practically all of the dead or in
train No. sc, which was running in
two sections. The second section, rum
ming 80 miles an hour, plunged into the
rear of the first section, blowing
through two steel coaches.
Limited Hits Wreckage.
Less than two minutes later tho
Twentieth Century Limited, the fast
est train in the world, westbound from
New York, running 60 miles an hour,
smashed into debris thrown upon it's
tracks by the wreck Of No. Sc.
Twenty coaches and baggage cars
we're overturned like children's play
trains. Two of the three great engines
turned over The boiler of the engine
on Section of No. sc exploded. The
water quenched fire that started in
the telescoped day coach of the first
section of No. Sc. All coaches of the
three trains were of steel. Two
coaches were crumpled like junk Only
three of the eight cars of the Twenti-
eth Century Limited remained on the
track. Both sections of No. sc were
bound from Chicago to Pittsburgh.
Day Coach 10 Death Car.
The crumpled day coach of the first
section of No. sc was the death car.
The engine of the second section Of
No. IS plowed through a buffet car,
day coach and part of a sleeper on the
rear of the first section.