The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-30
Wounded Die as Goth Cen.
fury Tears Into Wreck
Near Cleveland.
DROWSY SIGNAL MAN
BLAMED FOR DISASTER

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wreck which occurred NJ Amherst. Just
west Of here. on the New York Central
railroad carly this morning.
Hasty investigation by railroad on
cials indicates that the etork and the
failure Of the engineer of the second Sec
tIon Of tho Chicago-Buraio Express to
see a stop signal were the main factors
which caused the wreck.
Twcnty-six bodies had been recovered
M 20 late tonight. nineteen Of them
identified. the bodies OF seven men and
four women being so badly manglcd that
identification was impossible. OF the
forty injured two are expected TO die n
thirteen are seriously hurt.
Tie wreck occurred at 3 80 A. NJ. just
east OF tho block signal tower At Am
hcrst. The first section of the Chicago
Buffalo flier. proceeding ut high speed
through a fog. was halted by the signal
In the tower showing red. a few min
utcs later tho second section of the train
crashed into tho first section at top
speed.
Twentieth Century im Crash.
The wreckage Was streWn all across
the right Of way. While the injured
passengers wcro trying TO crawl from
the debris the Twentieth Century Linn
tied on another track tore into the wreck
sge, spreading death and destruction.
According TO An inquiry made by Gem
eral superintendent A. =. Ingalls, Of the
New York Central. the indications are
ttat la at~,.1 -..,. go a. --. -
the wronS signal. thus stopping the first
section of the Chicago-Buffalo iIier. Tho
stork visited his home oil sunday and IL
Is alleged that he had had practically no
sleep since then. 1t is believed he made
The mistake because of his drowsiness.
Engineer Herman Hess OF the second
section declares he saw no red light
slgnal AS he tore through the fog when
ne reached Amherst. lie came out of
the wreck alive. and. according to the
investiga tors. declared he walked back
to h tower and found the red signal
showing.
Investigations were set on floor to-day
BY the Federal. State. county and rail-
road organizations. Hess and the sig.
nal man and other railroad employees
concerned were closely questioned. but
in none Of the inquiries were the re-
suits made known.
Say s'Dcath COach" Was Wooden.
General Manager II. G. Moon OF the
New York Central issued a statement
in which he said that the one day coach
in the first section of the train. the
death coach" I'm which nearly all the
lead were found, was constructed Of
steel. Survivors declared II was of
wooden construction and caught fire,
The various investigations will inquire
into this phase Of the wreck.
TIL work OF searching for bodies con-
tinued all tonight. u is believed at least
Ave more are in tho wreckaGc. This
viii not he accurately determined until
the wreckinS crews have pulled the de-
bris entirely apart.
Mrs. Mary Ma,ston OF indianapolis.
Tho escaped without injury from the
wreck. gave birth to a baby IN one
Of the day coaches Immediately after
the crash.
Tho Injured victims have filled the
hospitals at Amherst. Lorain and E.lyria.
and many of the less seriously injured
are uuartered in Cleveland hotels.
George Cole. Cleveland motion picture
man. was a passenger on the first Sec
ton OF train No. So. He tells this story
OF the wreck:
81 was aboard the first section OF
train No. So. coming from Chicago. |
"GcuVlcu lower a III lne 'i'N'ldhu t"d'Il'
] was awakened about 4 % Wednesday
morning by a terrific crash. ! nae suf-
fered a hard bump OF my read and
could not realize where | was. but it
occurred to me that something WAS
wrong and that possibly was in a
wreck.
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.me '!c'."'s-'n e", women ana chilui'h
nnlor.uia,'h were r'uiis. wa cut A.
the others who had been fortunate
enough To escape unhurt and We id
everythin, We could 10 alleviate their
sufferings. Some Of those who were
more seriously injured were pray!n. for
death.
'F. 4. Bcrnoll OF Toledo. conductor OF
the first section. on which ] was a pas
senger. and Engineer Hess OF the second
section. did everything in their power to