The evening world., 1917-02-27
TWENTY ARE KILLED
AS FREIGHT DASHES
INTO FAST EXPRESS
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Mrs. Mlnds's maid.
RICHARD OWEN, seven.
DOROTHY OWEN, six.
JEAN OWEN, four, nephew and
niece Of Mrs. Minds.
CHARLES LEVINE. No. IS Nassau
street. New York.
Z. B. POLLARD, No. IS Lispenard
street, New York.
MILTON HYMES. No. 474 West
One Hundred and Fifty eighth Street,
Now York.
n. BRIGHT, colored porter.
J. :. KELLEY, Brooklyn.
II. A. ROEFLER. Prattville, Wis.
l.. w. MONTGOMERY, salesman,
No. bi7 East Grove Street, Blooming
ton. III.
=. II. TANNING. Michigan.
An oRClal OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad here said the list OF dead
may exceed twenty. as fourteen bod
les have been recovered and at least
six ara known to bo dead In the
wreck.
At this time tho railroad company
Is inclined TO place the blame for the
wreck on the engineer Of tho freight.
A. II. Cook OF Harrisburg, who had
a leg crushed IL was his duty, said
an official. 70 get of his engine. walk
ahead and look at a signal In case OF
fog, rather than run past 1t.
Chester A. Minds. who with his
family was killed, was n coal operator
in tho CIearlcld region of Pennsyl-
vania. lie was travelling to Utica,
\. Y, 90 attend tho funeral Of his
wlfe's father. Minds was n football
star on the University of Pennsyl-
Vania team and a brother OF John II
Minds a Philadelphia attorney, IA
nous years ago as captain OF the
Pennsylvania team.
Tho express Is said 10 have arrived
at Noun Vernon station twelve min
utcq late, with brake trouble. 1t was
held thcr whilc tho trouble was
remedled It is declared, ana the sig
nal 10 start had been given when
tho preference" freight crashed into
tho rear sleeper.
Cook, tho freight engincman, who
had only recently been promoted 10
the throttle, II was said, declared that
tho block signal at "MU" tower, a
mile and "a half from Mount Union
showed white, indicating clear
track. His fireman and brakeman
who wcra In tho cab when the tower
was passed, arc reported to have told
him II waS green, which would indi-
cato that another train was in the
block.
Wrccking crews and relief trains
with physicians, nurses and all first
aid equipment, we're rushed TO the
scene OF tho wreck within an hour
after It happened.
The wreck occurred within ten miles
of the scene OF tho disastrous wreck
ut Warrior Ridge. six miles west OF
Huntington, IA few years ago. In
that wreck an all-stCel train fell down
the Cmbankmcnt 10 the bank OF the
Juniata River, Several were killed
and many passengers were injured.
For the last three years the entire
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad system from
tho Atlantic sclbourd to the Missis.
sippi River had not killed passen
ger ON the main line east of Pitts
burgh the last passenger life to be
losi was on Thanksgiving Day, 1912
This wreck also furnishes the first
case Of u steel sleeping car being
/ tclcscopcd ana passengers therein
/ being killed. one life was lost two
years ago In steel car, but In thai
wreck the car rolled down an en-,
hADkmcnt and the roof was smashed
in.
charles Levine and Phillip II. Pol
land, tNp of the New York victims O.
tue wreck, were young travelling
salcsmcn returning after long trips
/ Levine was twenty lght years ole
and lived at No. 200 West One Hun
drcd and Twelfth Street with his par
cnts. lie was unmarried, Ho wa
employed by the ACmo Diamond Too
Company OF No, 30 Nassau Street.
POLAND was twenty-five years ol,
and was a travelling representative a
the Washington Mills, a dry good
and notion trm dt No. 90 Lispenar
street II was stated 10y his employ
ers that with the eXCeVion Of on
month In each year no had been trav
cling steadily for the last fve YEAR
lie was unmarried.
DENVER, Col, Fob, e7.-Mrs. ]
r. flaming, Killed !n tAt wreck q
Altoona, Pa formerly was a leadt
l In Denver society circles, Her fathe