Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-13
TWENTY ARE KILLED
WHEN TRAINS CRASH
IN new YORK STATE
Southwestern Limited Runs
Into Rear of Stand
ing Wolverine.
ONLY THREE PASSENGERS
IN LAST COACH ESCAPE
Engineer of Express Says That
Signal Indicated Clear
Track.
BODIES ARE BADLY MUTlLATED
Accident Happens Early Sunday
Morning, With Temperature
lowering About Zero.
ONLY THREE PASSENGERS
IN LAST COACH ESCAPE
BODIES ARE BADLY MUTlLATED
Accident Happens Early Sunday
Morning, With Temperature
lowering About Zero.

BATAVIA. y. y January Ia
' Twenty persons were killed and nine
injured three seriously. when the
southwestern Limited, wcstbound.
crashed mt" section > OF the Wolverine.
wcsiboand. standing at the New York
tcntrai station at South Byron a.
80 o'cloc; This morning.
The heavy locomotive OF the limited
struck The ail-stccI slccpInG cars Of
the Wolverine with such force tina;
the last car was u crumplcd mass OF
"rcckaGc ana the second car from the
end was thrown from its trucks
There appears some conflict bet tween
the statements of railroad officials and
Engineer Joa:i fri"dlcy. OF the South
western, A. 10 tie responsibility for
ihc disaster rEn railroad officials say
that the rear OF the standing Wolverine
was protected by the block system.
land that in addition hagman with
Il lighted fuse was sent back along
the tracks.
Engineer friedley says The block
Fireman Brili backs him up in this
claim.
only three passengers in the rear
coach escaped death
TWENTY BODIES T,AEES
Bf TRAIN no BATAVIA
Eleven bodies were released from
the wrcrkagc about noon and brought
10 underlakins establishments here,
bodies were brought sin. and IL was
said that there were no more in the
wreckaGc.
only three 80 Tar have been def.
niiely identified. All the others are 50
7 badly crushed that identification is
u.'iicult. II not Impossible. Those
. Franklin T.. Leonard. believed 10 I've
In Pear Lake, Mich; ,dentiii"d by tag
VIII inscripllon -; +. L, 1917 and IS,
Is e - Harvey. address not learned;
isienuf'ed iN aerviee ring showing SER
N nj I
Infantry.
porter on demolished sleeper.
Seriously injured, At Batavia hos
/ rItal. Mr. and Mrs: Nathan Lickerman
! Chicago; Mrs. Frances Dougherty.
/ tuni. Mich.
SEVERAL Or INJURED
AHI.E TO RESUME "TRIP
Injured IN, able 10 continue their
n. o. Ritz Syracuse " +. Biedcn.
tshtahula, Ohio, nall clerk: s. j..
yayior. Chicago; i: H. Thornton,
4, AiuskcEon. Mich.
!, was !, clear, cold morning. tho
mercury lowering near zero. ana
the train was n heavy one. !; was dif-
Rfcult to raise steam for the Byron
II grade. The Wolverine stood Al the
r. locomotive.
!, 4 hurry call to Batavia goi phys!-
4 clans and undcrtakcrs to the scene and
4 the more seriously injured We're
hrough, here TO a hospital. Mrs
rouEherty. II Was said tonight, prob
ably will die. Mrs, i.!ckfrman Is in
2 serious condition She and her hus-
band were returning 10 Chicago from
their honeymoon trip.
PODIES OF FOuR WOMEN
AMONG uNiDEaTIFIED DEAD
Among the unidentified dead are four
NNnmen In nearly every case the up
per part Of the body was so badly
j)crushch that recognition OF tire facial
II features is Impossible The Gcnescc
County coroner tong hi said there was
no means OF Identification unless reia-
tivcs OF the dead would examine the
i Clothing and tattoo marks on several
tbGG the bodies.
n; Nobody on the limited was injured
ana no damage was done To the train
other than that the front Of the loco
motive was stove in.
II was just eight years ago to-mor-
row that Il similar wreck occurred at
Entav!a Station. when six persons were
ki'kill"d and twenty injured. A sleeping
i cHGinecr passed several block signals
ANA his train crashed into one that
was standing.
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