The Washington times., 1922-03-04
3 OTHERS
Hl)RT IN
!. COLLISION
All Victims of N. Y. Central
Accident Are From Nearby
Ohio Town.
BY International New. Service.


GAINESVILLE. Ohio. March 4.
Thirteen persons were killed
outright. another died in Paincs-
vile hospital at $50 this morn
ing, and three others are so seri-
ously injured that they cannot
recover. as the result of q coll
lision between a New York Cen
trial express train and q crowded
bmetor bus, Painesville to- Fair
port Harbor. at 11:05 last night.
Redies Thrown Peihneil.
Bodies OF the passengers were
hurled for hundreds of feet along the
right OF way, when the train. running
/ at sixty miles an hour. struck the
bus at the St. Claire street crossing.
Three Of the victims, horribly NAH.
gled, were taken from the locomotive
pilot when the train was brought to
a stop more than 400 yards from the
point where the crash had occurred.
The dead:
GLADYS LIT, Fairport. Ohio.
KATHRYN OTTAGEI, Richmond.
Ohio.
RICHARD BRAND, Chardon, ohi''.
JOHN STURMS, Fairport, Ohio.
LILLIAN KELSO, Fairport, Ohio.
JOSEPH HILDA, Fairport. Ohio.
SAM BRASKI, Fairport, Ohio.
JOSEPH OLEARY, Painesville,
Ohio. -.
OSCAR HOOVER, Fairport, Ohio
JOHN parties. Fairport, Ohio.
WILLIAM J. SUFFER-, Jr., Char
don, Ohio.
MRS. FRANK FRIDEBAUGH,
Fairport, Ohio.
STANLEY RAFT, Fairport. Ohio.
GEORGE H. McGHEE. Medina.
Several Badly Hurt.
The seriously injured are: .
Andrew Adams, driver Of the bus.
internally injured and badly cut
about head.
Ray Hamilton, cut about body
and head.
injuries. no hopes for recovery.
Just how the wreck occurred will
not be determined until the result of
official investigations by Lake
county and railroad officials, which
are expected to get under way late
today, are made known.
The bus, which makes regular
trips between Fairport and Paines-
vile, had just left its Painesville
terminus for the last trip of the
night. At the St. Clair street cross
ing the view was obscured, although
the crossing watchman declares that
he made every effort to stop the bus
before Il moved onto the six tracks
of the New York Central at this
point.
One of the passengers, standing in
! the door Of the bus. saw the heavy
| train a moment before the impact,
shouted to the driver and passengers,
and jumped to safety, but his warn
ing came too late to save his fellow
/ passengers.
The train, consisting of fourteen
express cars, bound from Cleveland
J to Buffalo, was In charge of G..
Ernst, conductor, and r. g. Fer.
nandez, engineer, both Of Buffalo.
The noise of the crash, mingled
with the cries Of the, dying, was
heard for blocks. and within fifteen
minutes a crowd of more than a
thousand had assembled, despite the
lateness of the hour.
! Death in most cases, however, was
almost instantaneous, but four Of
those seriously injured lived to reach
hospital. Parts of human bodies,
mingled with the wreckage Of the
! bus. were picked up along the right.
of.way for hundreds Of feet.
: When the light of morning broke
/ today, Chief Of Police T. j. Apple.
! ton detailed men to make q further
! seach for bodies. but II was believed
that all had been recovered and
/ identified,
"I blew my whistle just as reach.
ed the limits of Painesville," Engi-
neer Fernandez declared. "a moment
later ] saw the bus just ahead Of me
on the track. There was a crash,
mingled with the cries Of the dying.
put on the air and stopped the
train as soon as possible
I Chester Paris, manager Of the
Painesville-Fairport bus line. says
/ that q large oil tank. passing the
bus just before Il reached the cross
ing, 20 obstructed the view OF the
driver that he was unable TO see the
I ta0nroachfn9 train