East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-12-03
List of Dead From Cello Wreck
Fixed at 8; Three Special
Investigations Are Made.
MRS. COLE, SERIOUSLY
INJURED, is RECOVERING
Mrs. Duncan Still in Serious
Condition viii Recover; En-
gineer Gardner Out Danger.

PORTLAND, Dec ia PD-
With the list of dead from the Cello
wreck fixed at eight, three investi-
cations are in progress, by the state
public service commission, by the
county and by the Union Pacific.
Mrs. cole, the most seriously injured,
was reported better overnight. Mrs.
Duncan is still in a serious condition
but is expected to recover. Engineer
John Gardner is believed to be out
of danger.
Optimistic Reports Given.
Optimistic reports on the condition
of Mrs. Lloyd Cole, most critically in
jured of all the living victims Of the
wreck at Cello, Ore, Thursday. and
of the condition of the other is pa
tients in st, Nincent's hospital were
received late yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Cole, who was not expected tC
live having suffered serious fractures
in arms, legs and pelyis, rallied in the
afternoon, and physicians in the hos.
pital said that, unless she suffered
la sudden relapse, she had every
chance for life.
The other critically injured persons
also are improving. John c. Gardtr,
engineer on train No II, was slight,
worse during the morning. but raj
Ped in the afternoon and was con? ?
sidcred practically out of danger. We
has fractured left leg and shoulders.
Belief that he had suffered internal
injuries was dispelled after he bad
undergone thorough examination.
Woman Is Improving.
With a number of slight injuries
and several more serious ones, 1t was
thought Mrs, Joseph Duncan, G63 East
Fourteenth street, would not live. Her
worst injuries were in her chest,
wrist and right eye but she also inn
proved during the day and was re-
ported to be in but little danger.
NJ. G. Thompson, fireman on train
No. -, who was bruised about the
back and neck and scalded was not
entirely out of danger, but improving
rapidly.
The Is months old baby daughter
of Mrs. Cole presented one of the
most pitiful spectaclcs of the whole
catastrophe when she was taken off
the train Thursday afternoon. Her
mother seriously injured and her
grandmother and baby brother killed
the child was cared for through the
| kindness of other wreck victims or
the same train until she was received
by Portland relatives at the Union
station.
Baby Needs Attention.
The baby had lost her shoes and
stockings and her coat and othei
clothes were soiled in the wrecl;
Someone had been kind enough Il
wrap blanket around her, but this
did not prevent her from being cole
and in need of attention when she ar
rived here.
The first patient to leave ST Win
cents hospital was Mervil Terry. Iii
only injury was cut behind the lef
pital Thursday night, No one els
LETT yesterday, however.
/ Officials of the Union Pacific il
Portland We're unwilling yesterday q
make a statement on the cause o
blame for the wreck. Three inyesti
cations were going forward yesterda
at The Dalles. one was by agent
Of the interstate commerce commits
sion and a second was by the coronel
The railroad officials themselve
e were making an exhaustive investiga
= tion. II Is customary in all wreck
to appoint three railroad officials an
three outsiders TO make minute ir
= yestigation and make a report plaC
ing blame. the report to be publishe,
= Orders Declared Followed.
j. Reports yesterday tended TO ind
D rate that engineers of the two train
$ which collided were following order
g which would result in placing I'll
: blame on dispatchers' orders Raj
? road men said that from reports
$ the accident there could be only tw
e places looked TO for blame. One W;
the engineers and the other the di
y patchers.
Efforts Made 10 Locate Friends.
The dead body of Edgar Heat
formerly employed as a ranch hand
this county. was found in the tangl,
mass Of debris following the wreck
No. II and No. ?, according to woi
n received here today. lie was ideni
fled by a card bearing the name
the Pioneer Employment Agency, ha
ing sought work there some time ag
He was en- route to Portland and /
L. tended presenting the card to 4
as agency there.
e. Heath. when seeking work hei
lc was accompanied By Mr.. and Mrs.
ait II. Barton. Efforts are being made
find them.