New-York tribune., 1919-01-13
IL Men, Z Women and 2
Children Die Under
Demolished Pullman
II Bodies Found;
Rescue Work Halted
Southwestern Limited
Hits Wolverine; Stories
of Cause of Wreck Vary
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence
BATAVIA, n. Y, Jan. 12.-Twenty-
one persons-twelvc men, seven women
and two children-were killed in a
wreck on the New York Central Rail-
road at 3:4e o'clock this morning nine
and a half miles east of here, near the
South Byron station.
Identification was made difficult be-
cause victims died in their berths, at
tired only in night clothes. Almost all
the bodies were badly mangled.
The list Of injured will exceed more
than dozen names. Most of the in
juries were slight. Bodies of the dead
we're brought to Batavia on special
trains and taken to undertakers'
morgues.
Two of the best trains on the Central
wee in the wreck. The westbound
Wolverine No. II had stopped at the
foot OF the Bryon grade to allow an
ether engine to hook on in front and
help'the heavy train up the hill.
Hit by Southwestern
Just as the coupling was being made
the Southwestern Limited No. IL, run
crashed into the rear end of the VOL
VERNE. The rear Pullman of the Vol
ve-ine was driven completely under the
second coach from the end and the en-
tire interior equipment of the rear car
and twenty-one of the twenty-four per-
sons in it were driven into a tangled
heap.
The identified dead are:
HARVEY. S. D., residence unknown.
identified by ring signifying service
With the United States Army on the
Mexican border. inscribed on inside:
IS. D. Harvey, Serg. Co. F, SO Michi-
gen Infantry.
JONES. BALLARD, New York City,
Pullman porter on sleeper which was
demolished. Identified by draft regis
tration card.
LEONARD, FRANKLIN B., believed to
I've in Baer Lake, Mich. Identified
by the tag with inscription A. T. F.,
T. c A. NJ. Lodge, No. 416.
X!MENEz, CAPTAIN F. STAUD, port
captain, chief engineer Atlantic Ship
Salvage Corporation, 61 Broadway,
New York. $50
The seriously injured. are:
D0UGHERTY, FLORA, Flint, Mich; at
Batavia Hospital; will probably die.
LlCKERMAN, NATHAN, and wife, Chi
caSo, at Batavia Hospital
PETERSON, Frank, Herkimer, mail
clerk on the Southwestern Limited
RlCDEN, ". F., Ashtabula. Ohio, a
nail clerk on the Southwestern Linn
tied; left hip injured. RITZ, II. o.,
Syracuse; injured in chest. RUTAN,
T. G., Chicago; back injured. SIM
ONs, S. L., Kansas City, Mo-; injured
N ankle. TAYLOR, Mrs. o., Chicago,
vas accompanied by her husband.
Major Taylor. THORNTON, Z. s.,
1uSkegon; slightly burned on chest.
Twelve Bodies Taken Out
~ l2:@c o'clock this. afternoon a
"icasine crane from Syracuse lifted
oHe end OF the car which lay over the
6fecssgc in which the dead werc ia,-
pfisoned. A crane from. Buffalo got
hoia OF the other end Of the sleeper
sha the top car Was lifted. Berth
'psnsens, pillows, blankets, wires, car
psts-a ala were jsmmed into one end
!" the demolished sleeping car.
f~elye bodies were taken from tho
~seek before daylight, but from, then
ahn' esriy this afternoon nothing
sonia be done because of the lack of
steam cranes.
hngfaeer Friedley OF the Southwest
Ifh Limited said to-day that the block
@s clear when his train entered IT,,
sao Thai the frat sign of trouble he
s"csesyfd was a red light between the
Siis On which his train VAS travelling
As''tead officials said that the block
~ set sgsinst the northwestern Linn
ee. ~ addition Hagman wss. sent
ssek from the Wolverine and fuse
pkss1. " VS. elesr Night and six.
~ y eoA1d bs seen Tor sniIss. Tho Lin.
II - = 80 eiese 10. two hours late and
~ lW9IyesIfs VAS nSarIy sn hour md
m 4ebband tins.