Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-07
CONDUCTORS EYES MAY
GET BLAME FOR WRECK
Oculists to Determine il He
Could Have Read Train Or
ders Clearly.
~ Associated rress 70 r.very Evening.

Iy Associated Iress to Every Evening.
Philadelphia. Dec. 7.--Investieatlon
into the collision Of Reading Railway
passenger trains at Bryn Athyn
Monday. in an effort to determine the
responsibility was continued today by
officials of the company and reprosen-
'atises OF the Interstate Commerce
and State Public Service Commissions.
The investigators planned 10 visit the
scene Of the accident and later exam
Inc members Of the train crews coro-
nor Neville. of Montgomery county
announced he would hold an inquest
when the result OF the injury Is made
public while District Attorney Frank
X. Henninger said that II develop
mepts showed that prosecutions were
warranted. his office would act inn
lfncdiately.
The death toll as a result Of the
wreck. remained at q today. Only 13
had positively been identified and II
was said nearly all the others were
burned beyond recognition. -Four Of
the rs injured were in a critical con-
dltion at hospitals. The death Of NJ
least one OF them was expected mo
mentarfly.
Another victim died shortly after
midnight In a hospital at Abingdon
He was Adolph Schneowcis. Of South
ampton who had been scalded and
suffered such severe internal injuries
that physicians at no time held out
lhope for his recovery.
Charles T. Evans, conductor Of the
train OF which the crew was held 10
m la
lby Charles II. Ewing, president ~
the Reading. will be subjected 10 eve
sight and other physical tests today
. Trainmen declare there is a chance
he may have rnisread toe order recsiv-
ed from Russel Clayton. the Bryr
Athyn station agent. and acuiists viii
be asked TO determine whether MS
vision is impaired. Both Evans ant
Clayton were examined by investi.
gators. and Il was said addiiiona
statements would be taken from Their
today or tomorrow. Stenographer,
viii he taken TO hospitals to obtaif
statements from trainmen who lie in
jured
Surviving passengers also are ex
pectcd To he called upon.
J. Inc ldenfined DeHd.
Louis Johnson, Southampton, die
: In hospital, Edgar Brehm, Church
l. Vile, died in hospital; Elmer w Ran
; som. q. ticket agent at Woodmou
Z Station; John KruseD. g. son Of Nj
and Mrs. J. Herbert Krusen of New
= town; John Harrington, trainman
. George II. Potter OF Cairo. III. die
4; in hospital: John Price Negro Phila
i delphla. died in hospital: Ecdwar
Z; Vogel. train fireman. Of Ryers. Pa
Z. John l.. Saunders. Negro, Philade
!. phia; Alexander Radcliffe, PhiIade
phia; Dr. J. Irwin Hatch, dentist.
NewtSwn, who had offices in Phus
delphia; Miss Emma Leedom.
Southampton Andrew Saalmille
! Philadelphia; Adolph Schneeweis.
southampton. Pa. in n hospital
The Missing
4, Miss Elizabeth SheImire. AZ. Soutf
= ampton; II. Vorhees Hogeland. 4
!. Southampton, insurance man; Clai
ence r.. Shun. Philadelphia; Mi,
Katherine Fitzpatrick. %. Southaml
ton; Mrs. william Sinkler, 30. Soutl
= ampton. clerk at Reading rermina
Mrs. Morris Ven Hart. 80. Southaml
y ton. known to have been with Nh
Sinkler; Earl Slack, 80. Churchvill
telegraph operator employed by Il
,t Reading; Charles T. Scott. IS, Churc
" Vile. an instructor in, modelling al
le pottery at the School OF Industrl
Art, Philadelphia; Norman Rhod,