The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-02-02
THREE RENATED IN
TROLL LEY CAR WRECK

"a disaster that caused the gree test
number Of killed and injurea on the
southern division Of the GIN nd,
South western & Columbus railway 0c-
CURED last Saturday afternoon NJ 30
O'Clock. near stop 64, south. Of 81 gs-
vile, when a head-on col zi0h 1Dok
place between north bound freight
and u south bound local passenger car,
four persons being killed and more
than 3 dozen and a half Seriously lil-
jured.
Clarence Kemery, motornan N the
local, Orr Dawson, chief electro a. 81
the cOnpany's division, both 6f SeA
vile and John Shafer, a passenger
from Cleveland, were literall 6on-
sumed by IRE, while G. Fl. MurdOck,
an aged travelling salesman from Ak
ron, was almost instantly killed rom
a fractured skull.
Blame is laid upon Motornai John
Lawrence and Conductor Fred Eittle
of the freight car, who it was legged
Monday, had admitted having orgQtT
ten the approach Of a local ii tryihg
to make the siding at the pumping
station to allow the passage y A linz
tied which they knew to be gnly q
minute or two behind.
The freight, it Is said, Was mining
few minutes ahead Of time leav-
ing Medina. Aware Of the ocation
of the local, it's understood the
freight crew, with minds upon the
limited at their rear, forgot tile for
mer and, instead Of siding at ewton
stop, south Of the pumping station,
the stop they should NATURALLY have
made, dashed ahead and smashed into
the local on curve between The two
stops and Immediately in front Of the
dwelling Of Calvin Brant, aEarmeri
where the injured were speedily rel
moved by the Brant family ard neigh
bors. Those more or less injured
We're:
Owen crofoot; Medina, several teeth
knocked out and side injured.
Creston Smith, seven-yearsold son
of Mrs. Crofoot, right arm broken and
body bruised.
Frank Steeb, Medina, jaw pbnctured
and chest bruised.
E. j. Steeb, Medina, foot crushed
and body bruised.
q Elmer Brown, Medina. foot crushed
and rib bf0ken.
A. Al George, marshal Of Burbank
fractured sIyllE
aaa BI'I &C. =
w. B. Chapman, Lafayette, lee
broken. i
Mrs Flora Todd and Mrs. Mary
Hogue of Brunswick, bruised.
Mrs. John Pope and Virginia Pope
Of Elyria, bruised and shaken up.
Harry Brooks of Weymouth, leg
broken and head hurt.
Chris. Plants of Cleveland, legs In
jured and teeth knocked out. ~
JOS. Verderber and Henry Loske OF
Cleveland, heads and bodies bruised.
M. G. Pease, conductor OF local,
slight cuts and bruises.
Margaret Hogue, Brunswick, slight
cut on face. e
I Lloyd Hunter. Medina, scratches on
face.
|. Marion Smith, Chardon, several
teeth knocked out and severely bruised.
The first tidings Of the accident to
reach Medina was when at 1850, AS
sistant Freight Agent J. W. Butcher
received telephone communication
from the train dispatcher to notify
every local physician and to hold the
limited, due at 1854, until one or more
could board it. Drs. H. P. HI Rob
inson and R, G. Strong were the first
to arrive on the scene and had given
tenn treatment to all the injured
before the other physicians arrived,
all of whom had to make the trip by
automobile. BY the time the ply
sicians arrived all the injured had been
taken into the home Of Calvin Bran
and placed side by side upon the fioor
of the house. The dead body Of e,
IT. Murdock w;.s placed il 1 room BY
itself in Difference to the sensibilities
Of tie injured ones. The carr burned
100 rapidly to permit the re loval OF
the three bodies that were being con
sumed.
While it is probable that Kennery
and Dawson met instant death before
being incinerated, it is known from
the testimony of the two friends who