Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-29

Cleveland, March 29-At least thirty
persons were killed-the exact total
may not be known before night-forty
were injured, in the wreck early today
Of three OF the New York Central s
crack trains, north of Amherst.
Twenty five bodies had been taken
from the wreck and five more bodies
were known to be in the mass o1
4nTeckase. 4 -.
The death toll will exceed the ia
nous wreck of the Twentieth Century
4 Limited. at Mentor. on its second trip
in 1904. when it piled into a freight.
Fog obseures Signals.
t Dense fogs obscured the signals set
by the first section of the east bound
Buffalo baltimore limited, causing an
other section of that train to crash into
it. A short time later the fast Twen-
tieth Century Limited, west-bound,
crashed into the wreckage. which had
piled up on the west-bound track.
Farmers and villagers rushed to the
assistance Of the stricken passengers.
The work of rescuing those pinioned
underfthe wreckage was hampered by
darkness and fog. zs5 =. ..-,.s,,.-
Ambu1ances and automobiles were
rushed From Elyria and other cities.
The little morgue at Amherst was
soon alieH Most Of the injured were
taken to. Eiyrta. 2. tg = 4
n. I, Identified Dead. 5sJsyi B..
me rweatses Century Limited pro-
4ceeded on ifs way 70 Chicago. None OF
tho pasSengers On this train was in
3ured. The identified dead ares
WALTER B. HASTON, ladelphia.
FRANK GALLAGHER Brooklyn.
DORA ROSENBERG, Toronto, Can
ada. e5s &!
Il. r. PAHHFGTAI, manager Hun
garian Theatrical Association, .Cleve-
land. -.
b. u, ASH, mail transfer clerk, Ohm
stead Falls, o. zss .~
y. n. HEARN, Gallipolis, o.
MALCINCA BEMMOLs Indiana Har-
Dor. Ind.
GYoRGY oJONCA, Indianapolis.
= ROSENODAH. Indianapolis.
MRS. JENNIE HADDAN, Cleveland,
died at Eylria Memorial hospital.
s CHARLES NELSON. died on train
on way from Amherst to Elyria.
d. FRUCFITMAN, Toronto.
n, THOMAS, Philadelphia.
EDWARD LEROY, st. Louis, died at
4 sLorain. = f. 2. -" p, 10. 81
BRUCE BROWNLEE, address un-
known. died at Lorain. ~
With seventeen mangled bodies In
norgues at Amherst, thirty -seven miles
west Of Cleveland, and some Of the in
5ured dying in q hospital at Elyria,
rescue parties worked frantically to re-
cover more dead and injured from the
wreckage. Relief trains were sent from
Cleveland and other nearby places.
Wrsck Follows Wreck.
Two trains In the wreck were two
sections OF the east bound Chicago to
Buffalo flyer and the Twentieth Cen
tury Limited, pride Of the New York
Central; 4 /. e.
The first body taken from the wreck
age to be identified was that Of Rev.
Gustaye Wayle. pastor OF the First
Hungarian Evangelical Lutheran
church. Detroit. :
The second section Of the Chicago
Buffalo Flyer crashed into the first
section IN dense fog when the first
section stopped to take water. The
twentieth Century Limited rushed into
the wreckage before q flagman could
be sent out. to stop It. Most OF the
dead were in the rear coaches Of the
Chicago Buffalo flyer.
Some dead were found in the rear
coaches OF the second section of the
flyer, which buckled over On the Twen-
7tiett Century Limited s right -of-way.
Most Of Dead Foreigners.
Most OF the dead are said to be for
eigners. travelling in the rear coaches
pf the flyer.
There are no dead among the pas
sengers Of the Twentieth Century
Limited, altho number Of these pass
Benxers were badly injured. The low
casualties on the Twentieth Century
Limited are attributed to the fact that
the palace train was proceeding slow
~ because Of the heavy fog.
d The second section OF the flyer was
going at high rate Of speed when It
ytrssck the flrst section.
Identification impossible.
Many OF the dead probably will go
@ their graves unidentified. Many Of
those killed were asleep at the time
of the crash. The bodies OF f-many OF
these are 30 horribly mangled that
classification without the guidance Of
atfeif clothing IL Impossible. Some were
decapitated. Arms and legs OF the
human bodies were scattered thru the
y RELIEF les collected the remains
SOf three bodies. those OF q woman and
two nien--and piled them into one
fkes04
Il s 8 8 6ati, Eist lners sssd.