The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-01
No STATEMENT
ON EXPLOSION
I. c. C. REPRESENTATIVE INvEST1-
eating B. & o. ACCIDENT.
OFFICIAL INQUIRY WILL BE MADE
TODAY OR WEDNESDAY.
FUNERALS OF TWO VICTIMS WILL
BE HELD THIS FORENOON.

. H. Coleman investigator uf tho In
irr~iatc Commerce" Commission arrived
- this city y"St"rdIy and started prob
ing the cause Of the explosion Of tho
boiler Of locomotive No. tl2i Of TIA"
Galtjmore & Ohio Railroad early sat
'urday morning al which time four
abroad men lost their lives They were
Matthias J. Walsh. Of this city: c. II.
Wi,fong. Of Alexander. W. Va: otto f..
Grogan. Of Sterling. W. Va. and Charles
j. Carpenter. Of MCMcchrn.
Mr.. Coleman and several officials OF
-" Ru,tirorc 6 Ohio were called last
evening. hat said that they had moth
INK TO give out At the present time. al
though Mr.. Coleman said that he had
made n trip down to Floyd's where Tho
explosion occurred. hut further than
'hat he had nothing to say at the pres
Cnt.
In all prnba hiljty. an official hear
ing will be held either this afternoon
or Wednesday. the exact time not he
!ug known at this time. Several Otii-
cialS. when called about the investtGa-
tion. said that they had not been N
formed as to just what would he done
other than asccrtaining the exact cause
of the explosion.
Several persons who viewed the loco
motive and surroundings after the en-
rlnS"m have remarked that moro than
lskrly the explosion was due 10 tn"
water being low in the noilcr while n"
steam pressure was very high. or else
il WAS caused by the accommodating NJ
gas or by some dcfcCtionS in the work
manship.
Funerals OF Victims.
Funeral services IN charge OF tn"
Knight Tcmplars over tho remains Of
the late Charles Jordan Carpenter en-
gin"rr Of the ill-fatch locomotY". VIII"
lost his life was hold last eNcnin" a.
: 20 o'clock AZ his late homo on Seventh
street. McMrrhru Roy. Gregory. pa$tor
Of the Ncthydis, Church of Cameron
officiating.
Tho body will b" sent this morning
to Cameron. whcr" services viii h"
held this afternoon at tho Methodist
church. mtcrmou, viii hc made n the
Cameron cemetery.
Walsh Rites This Morning.
This morning At SIS o'clock at his
late home. No. Belmont street. will he
bold the funeral services for tn" late
Matthias j. Walsh. another victim Of
Saturdays accident. Requiem high
mass will he offered at 81 Joseph :
cathedral at . O'clock. followed by in
tcrmcnt in Mount calvary cemetery.
Grogan Body Removed.
Yesterday morning the body "f otto
T.. GroEan. another victim. who lived n
Sterling. w Va. was sent To his home,
where in all probability N" services
will be held today. Burial will he mad"
in Sterling cemetery
Body Arrives at Home.
The body Of & II. Wlfon@. the fourth
victim of Saturdays explosion. which
was sent over the Baltimore y Ohio Ia
his late home in Al"Nand"r, W. Va. "r-
rived yesterday afternoon. S"rvi,-~
viii be held today, with burial N TIN
Alexander cemetery.
Representatives Of all the railway
hrothcrhoods will attend the four cNplo-
sion victims funerals Particularly
large was the representation at tn
funeral services oC Engineer Carpenter
and tn" services this morning Of Road
Foreman Of Engines Walsh ~ ais" to
be well attended by members Of the
brotherhOods.