The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-01
NINE DEAD and
SCORES INJURED
Trains son New York Central
Collide With Fatal
Results.
sLtEPERs TELEscoPED
List of Dead Includes Seven
Passengers and Two
Trainmen.

New York, July 1.--Nine persons
We're killed, Including seven passen,
gers, and three others may die, and
forty-three persons were injured In
the rear-end collision between two
trains OF the New York Central, at
Dunkirk, N Y, at 2:20 a. M, today,
said a revised statement given out at
the New York Central Offices here to-
day. The collision occurred when
train No. p1oughed into the rear
end of the second section of train No.
Al. which had halted at Dunkirk for
q minor repair.
The dead
Mrs. Minnie Carton, Toronto, Ont.
Mrs. Emunda Quinonu and her two
daughters, aged about and 10 years,
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Three unidentified men. passen-
gers.
F. Il. Clifford, engineer Of train No
7, believed to be from Buffalo.
Fred Stotz, fireman of train No. Z,
believed to be from Buffalo.
The New York Central offices here
reported that an earlier statement
they had issued, declaring that. tower
signals at Dunkirk and the signal in
the rear end of train No. Al were
against the oncoming train No. z,
was based on premature reports and
asked that it be withdrawn.
All main lines of the New York
Central through Dunkirk were
blocked and trains are being routed
over the Nickel Plate.
Train No. Al had stopped seven car
lengths west of Dunkirk on account
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stop at Dunkirk and ploughed into
the rear end of No. Al The two rear
sleepers on No. Al. bound for Cincin-
natl and St. Louis, were telescoped
and most OF the dead and injured
were in these cars. The tank of No,
went through the first coach of that
train.
Railroad officials said that the
cause of the wreck was undetermined
as yet, but that an investigation was
under gay.
The first track was cleared at Z
o'clock this morning. anc yher at $3.50,
and the third will be open at noon.
Traffic in the meanwhile was de-
toured over the Nickle Plate railroad.
The impact of the collision was
t6rrstssc The two teleseoped sIeepers
were Of the solid steel type and the
development of the second by the
first was almost complete.
Railroad men and volunteer rescue
workers quickly gathered and turned
their efforts to rescuing the injured
from the mass of wreckage. The dead
was first believed to number six. but
two additional bodies were found, in
cluding the fireman of No. 7.
Company surgeons at Dunkirk and
from Fredonia, gave first aid and
relief train carrying nurses and doc
tors arrived shortly after the wreck,
from Buffalo.
One of the three unidentified VIC
Tins was about 40 to As years OF
age, feet tall, smooth faced and of
sandy complexion.
A second man was about 35 years
of age 5 feet 10 inches tall heavily
built. with heavy bushy brown hair:
wore tan shoes, black socks, a blue
shirt, blue trousers, with a belt buckle
bearing the initials U. S. Q. NJ. D.,
and plain gold band ring on the
little finger of his left hand.
The third unidentified victim was
about % years of age. He wore
blue shirt with a very fine stripe,
bearing the mark TT. s. Strut, Balti-
more" His collar band bore the
initials "R f. H."
P. f. Crowley, general manager of
the New York Central, who was in
Buffalo. has gone to the scene of the
wreck.
Another Victim.
Dunkirk, N. j., July 1.-Gertrude
Carton, the ninth victim, died in the
hospital this morning. Two others of
the injured probably will die.
The official report says that when
the locomotive Of train No. exploded
after telescopins the steel pullmans
it drove the wreck into such a tangled
mass that P. c.. Crowley, general
manager of the New York Central,
who was in Dunkrk, had to order
acetelyne flame torches to separate
the wreckage.