Evening star., 1922-03-04
CRASH THAT KILLED
A UNDER INQUIRY
Express DemoIishes Motor
Bus at Crossing in Paines-
!. vile, Ohio.
CONFUSION OF SIGNALS

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, March 4-The
death of George l.. McGee today
brought the toll from the collision be-
tween a New York Central passenger
train and an automobile bus at
Painesville late last night up to IA.
three of whom are expected to die.
A coronerS inquest will be held at
Painesville this afternoon. City Off
Gals of PaineSville and Off, ials of the
New York Central railroad started in
VestiSations this morning.
Three Found on Pilot.
Three of the dead were found on
the locomotive pilot when the train.
in charge of Engineer +. :. Fernan-
dez of Buffalo and Conductor c. Ernst,
was brought from its siXty-mile-an-
hour pace to a halt about three blocks
from the scene of the collision.
Most of those killed We're reSIdeE s
of Fairport- Many of them had left
Il dance hall in PaiEesviile - thar
half AN hour before the crash, while
meeting. Two had just boarded the
bus, and had just settled ia their
seats when the accident occurreri
An explosion of the gasoline tank Of
the machine set fire to the debris and
several OF the bodies were badly
The bus, which was operated be-
tween gainesville and Fairport, was
making it's last trip to Fairpo-t tor
the night. A. W. Barnes. the crossing
driver, who had stopped on tie south
side of the tracks to pick up pasSen-
gers. A declaration by .,aester Par
rish, manager of the bus line, that a
large oil tank obstrueted driver
Adams view of the watchmals 5 Ian
tern and the approaching Srai1, was
discounted by Carl Sullivan, one of
the injured.
Il saw the train before we reached
the tracks" Sullivan said. We had
stopped to take on two passengers
just south of the railroad or we would
have been across.
People near me screamed as the en-
gine came on. l saw the driver reach
know whether it speeded us up or
slowed US down. 1t was dark in the
machine. L thought we had cleared
the track. Then it hit us"
The train. No. 500. was composed OF
twenty express coaches 1t was made
up here to go to Buffalo, and does not
stop at Painesvllle.
Threw on the Brakes.
'I blew the whistle just as We
reached the limits of the town." En-
gineer Fernandez declared AN in
stant later 1 saw the automobile on
The space before We struck it was so
brief l could not even know whether
the automobile. was standing or in
motion.
"As / threw on the brakes I felt the
collision, and fragments of the
wreckage few past>the engine cab. l
am sure We stopped as quickly as
possible"
The story of Fireman Milo Cornell.
also of Buffalo. coincided with that
of the engineer.
Lists of the Dead.
Following is corrected list of
dead and injured. as announced by
the Painesville police t" day:
Gladys Lippilakso, John Sturms.
Max Sturms. Lillian Kelto. Hilda
Praski. Mrs. Oscar Cooper. Mrs. John
Bartish, Mrs. Frank Fridebaugh.
Stanley Radick. all of Fairport;
George Z. McGhee. Medina: Richard
Strand. Chardon: Kathryn Horvath.
Richmond: William J. Suffer- jr..
Chardon; Raymond OLeary. Paines-
vile.
The injured: Andrew Adams, Fair
port, driver of the bus. dying: Mrs.
Martin Steinback. Fairport. believed
critical: Nick Nenno. Fairport. be-
lieved dying: H. Raymond Hamilton.
Fairport. serious; Charles Sullivan,
Painesville. fractured ribs.