New-York tribune., 1919-01-14
inquiry Begun
I'm rain Wreck
That Killed q
Conflicting Statements Ara
Made Regarding Collision
at South Byron Sta,;on
Few Bodies Are Claimed
Names OF Other Victims A..
Obtained Through Rail.
way Offices and Baggage

BATAVIA. n Y, Jan. ia so
inquiry into the wreck of the Nc" ~'
York Central's Wolverine Exoras. :.
South Byron on Sunday will he bsla :.
Syracuse. beginning tomorrow mo,.
ing at 10 o'clock. Il Will be io;.,
investigation by railroad officials ans
the Pubiic Service Commission.
This move was decided upon boro
day by D. ". Dinan. general spnor;S
tendent Of the New York Central. r
w Elliott, supervisor of signals fo.
the entire system. and represen,at;v.
OF the Public Service Comm;ssio,
Coroner Snow viii attend The hearno
ldentiGcat;ons Made
Only a few of the bodies of N.
wreck victims have been positjyelr
identified by relatives. Tic rames of
the others in the liss were obtaneo
from information available at Nav
York Central Offices and from baggage
taken out Of the wreckage of the Wol.
VERNE coach.
There appears to be discrepancy of
one between the total number of nor.
sons who had berths in the car and tbo
i.r.:iber accounted for in dead and in.
jured. Tickets had been issued 70
tWenty-three persons for this car
There were twenty-one bodies in fbs
morgues to-day. Mrs. Patr;cl p
Dougherty. of Flint, Mich, died at .bs
hospital at noon, making the known
dead Twenty-Five The twentv-tb;yd
name was that Of Harry J. Dunnan 81
Grand Rapids, Mich. but as there wss
very little evidence to indicate that bo
was killed. his name was not inclt6ed
in the official ist
Revised List of Dead
The death list follows:
ADAMS. S. J.. of E.delman & EidelrlaD
New Yo.k.
CUMMINGS. Thomss B., II West Th.-p
sixth Street New YORK,
nue. Grand Rapids, Mich. N'''''' ave
g. DOuGHfRTY. Patrick r., Az West Fiji
DOUGHER1Y. Mrs. his wife
GRAJMAN, Celia, 2io Woodward Ave.
nue.. Detroit
HARVEY. Herman. Grand Haven. Mich
HCLLISTEK Mrs. Henrietta 2752 Bed.
loii Avenue. Brooklyn.
JOHNSON, William. Detrot.
JONE Ballad. porter. New York City
LEDEAUX. Mrs. 40 Henry Street, De-
troit
LEDEAUX. Anna. five years old, daugh.
ter of Mrs. Ledeaux.
LhDkA x. Simon. three years old. scr
OF Mrs. Lodcaux
LEONARD. Captain Franklin. jr.. Gran
Rapids Mich.
LEVI. Philip. Norfolk. Va.
LEVINE. Mrs. Jennie. 34o West Twenty
ninth Street. New York.
PARKER. Raymond c.. Grand Rapid
Mich.
REMINGToN. Miss Grace. lss FultO
Street. Grand Rapids
RiGBr; George, 4l2 West End Avenu
New York
SEARS, Henry W. sas Washington Street
sTAUD-JlMINEI. Captain F.. New YORK
STACD-J MINEH. Mrs. T., his wife
Statements Differ
J. K. Oman. superintendent Of thu
Western division, said that he couit
not explain the accident.
"The fiagm&n." he said, claims thai
he vent about twenty-fiy car length:
20 the rear Of his train TO signal the
second train. Torpcdoes were also pu
on thc track"
ne statement OF Engineer frledel
differs materially from that Of thl
flaGman. lie admits. however. that the
signals were set at danger when he
went to "lc"k at them after the acc-
dent"
Superintendent Evcritt. of Syracuse
said that Engineer triedley was zone
of our most reliable employees, man
who has been running passenger trains
for twenty years" The night was
clear, MIR. Everitt added, and the en-
gineer should have been able 10 scs
for mile.