New Britain herald., 1919-01-13
OFFICIALS PROBING
 FATAL TRAIN WRECK
Engineer Claims No Signal or
 Warning Lights Were Shown
FLAGMAN SAYS THERE WAS
Pilot of Express Which Crashed Into Wolverine" Killing 21 People, is Supported in Statement By Fire Inali--Considered Reliable Man.

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 Batavia, N. Y, Jan. 13.-Oficials of the New York Central railroad to- day were continuing their investiga- tion to place the blame for the wreck at South Byron yesterday in which 21 persons were killed.
 Had No Warning Signal.
 Thirteen bodies remained unidenti- fled in Batavia undertaking estab- lshmentS this morning. John Fried ley, engineer of the Southwestern Limited, which crashed into the rear sleepers of the Wolverine Limited, maintains that no block sig nal was set gainst his train and that he saw no warning light until he was within a few ear lengths of the Wol- verine, which had stopped to take on an extra engine for a steep grade. In this statement ne is supported by his fireman.
 FTagman Talks Differently.
 J. R. Dinan, superintendent of the western division, said:
 The fagman claims that he went about D car lengths to the rear of his train to signal the second train.
 
 The statement of Engineer Friedley differs materially from that of the f1agman. He admits however, that he went to look at them after the ac- cident."
 Engineer Reliable Imployc.
 Superintendent Everitt of Syracuse said Engineer Friedley was "one of our most reliable employees. The night was clear MT. Everilt added, and the engineer should have been able to see for d mic.
 It was recalled today that Engineer Friedley was in a similar wreck 20 years ago. Ills train on that occasion plowed into another at Bergen, the next station on the Central east of Byron, and several persons were killed.
 List of Identified Dead.
 The list of identified dead this morning was: Franklin E, Leonard. Bear Lake Mich; s. D. Harvey, ad- dress unknown: Ballard Jones. New York city, Pullman porter; Captain r. Staud-J'minez, New York city, identification doubtfuD; Thomas F. Cunlmins. New York city: George F. Bigby. New York city; Patrick Dougherty, New York city; Mrs. Jen- nie Levine, New York city.
 Only Three Escape Death.
 The three persons seriously injured in the wreck are in the Batavia hos pital Physicians hold out little hope foi. the recovery of iss Flora Dough erty. of Flint, Mich, but MT. and Mrs. Nathan Lichterman of New York city, will recover, it was said. These three were the only ones to escape alive rom the last sleping car on the Woi- Nerinn, crushed under the second coach, which had buckled under the tremendous impact.
 One of the ren. arkable features of the wreck was the fact that none Of the passengers in this second coach from the end of the Wolverine was injured The rear end of the car was lifted high in the air by the force of the collision and then it dropped through the roof of the ill-fated last car. but all of the passengers escaped except for bruises ard shock.
 An army nurse, whose name was not learned, calmed the people in this car and they made their way to the ground by ladders
 Twenty second Victim Dies.
 The woman first listed as Miss Flora Doherty of Flint, Mich, died at the Batavia hospital at noon today, making the 22nd death. Her identifi- cation is not positive and there is req son to believe she is Mrs. Flora Dougherty wife of Patrick Dougherty of New York, who was killed