Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-01
NINE VICTIMS OF
NY. CENTRAL WRECK
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Many moro passengers were treated
by local and out-of-town doctors
brought here on relief trains.
List OF Dead
The dead are:
f. l.. CLIFFORD, engineer of the
Westerner, of Buffalo.
FREDERICK l.. STOTZ, his fire.
man, Lackawanna.
MRS. FREDERICK II. CARTON.
80 years old, Toronto, ont.
MRS. EDWIN A. QUINONS, of
Niagara Falls and her two daugh-
tiers, 10 and 3 years old.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN about 25
years old, wore soldiers uniform,
thought to be Charles Schiller.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN about 35
years old,
JOHN ANNIs, of Toronto, will
probably die. The other injured,
while seriously hurt, are expected
to recover
GERTRUDE CARTON, the ninth
victim, di in the hospital this
morning.
The authorities believe the dead
man dressed in the soldiers uni
form is CHARLES SCHILLER.
Cards bearing this name were found
in his clothing.
Oycrhcatcd Journal Delays
Train No. Al left Buffalo at 1901
o'clock. The Westerner left short
time later. Railroad officials say
that No. IL developed an overheated
journal and was delayed here. A
flagman was sent back to protect
4, 81 A a L.. 4 -.
Westerner, approaching at a speed
of As to so miles an hour. did not
check its speed perceptibly as IL
rushed into the Dunkirk yards, eye
witnesses say.
Tho coaches of No. Al were all of
steel. The rear of the last coach
was badly battered as No. rs engine
plowed into II, but the body re-
mained intact although 1t was over
turned and twisted at right angles
with the rails on one side of the
road Three other coaches of No.
II were also battered and pushed
off the rails but remained upright.
Engine Boiler Explodcs
Tho tender of tho engine OF the
Westerner buckled back through a
wooden express car. Lifted slight
ly by the wreckage of this car, tho
engine and tender then crashed down
into a steel day coach. the first pas
senger car of the train. It was
here that all the fatalities occurred.
The boiler of the Westerner's engine
exploded, fatally scalding Engineer
Clifford and Fireman Stotz. Both
died soon after they were extricated
from the wreckage.
The steel day coach of the West
erner was reduced to wreckage by the
double force of the explosion and
the impact OF the collision. The
front end of the car was pushed to
one side and the pressure OF wreck
age was then directed against one
side, crushing the sides together for
almost the entire length of the car.
Many Hurt In Sleeper
The next car on the Westerner was
sleeper. 1t too was partly wrecked
and turned over. Many of the in
1urod were taken from this car.
Calls were sent to Buffalo. Erie
Ashtabula and other places for sur-
geons and nurses. Special trains
were made up at Buffalo and Erie
and hurried to the wreck. In tho
meantime Dunkirk physicians and
surgeons were giving first aid to the
injured.
Score I'm One Hospital
Twenty persons were removed to
the Brooks Memorial Hospital Sew
eral are said to be fatally injured
Traffic west OF Buffalo on the New
York Central lines is completely tied
up. Trains west are being operated
over the Nickel plate railroad.
Railroad officials are unable To nc
count for Engineer Clifford's failure
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