Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-05
TRAIN CRASHES
INTO AUTO BUS;
15 ARE KILLED,
4 OTHERS HURT
0hioanSI On the Way Home
From a Dance and a
Lodge Meeting, PIOWed
Into By N, Y, C, Express.
DEATH OF ONE or THE
INJURED is EXPECTED
Three of the Dead Are
Found on the Locomotive
Pilot Driver of Vehicle
Blamed for Accident,
(B The Associated Press.)


Cleveland, o., March 4.-The
death list in the crash near Paines-
Vile, o., last night between a New
York Central express train and an
automobile bus mounted to fifteea
late today, when Mrs. Martin
Stelnbeck, of Fairport, who sus-
tanned a fractured skull in the coll
lision, died in the Painesville hos
pital.
OF the four remaining injured,
one is expected to die, Nick Memo
of Fairport, sustaining a fractured
skull.
Following is a list OF the dead
ard injured as announced by tho
Paineville police today:
GLADYS LIPPILAKSOUD,
JOHN STURMS,
MAX STURMS,
LILLIAN KELTO,
HILDA PRASKI,
MRS. OSCAR COOPER,
MRS. JOHN BARTISH,
MRS. FRANK FRlDEBAUGH,
STABLEY PADlCK. all of FAIR
port.
RICHARD STRAND. Chardon.
GEORGE H. McGHEE, Medina.
WILLIAM J. SUFFER-, Chardon.
KATHERYN HOWATH, Rich
mond.
RAYMOND o'LEARY, Paines-
Vile.
MRS, MARTIN sTEINBECIt.
Fairport.
The injured:
Andrew Adams, Fairport, driver
of the bus.
Nick Memo, Fairport; believed
dying.
Fl. Raymond Hamilton, Fairport,
serious.
CHARLES SULLIVAN, Paines-
Vile, fractured ribs.
George E. McGhee OF Medina,
who died at the Painesville hospi-
tai, this morning. from a fractured
skull, was the fourteenth victim.
Signal Disrcgarded.
At Coroner NJ. II. Bradley's in
quest this attegloon, ,sts2 lG -s;f -ss;flx-the re-
sponsibility for fhe tragedy" A.
w Barnes, New York Central
railway watchman at the cross
ing, testified the motor bus which
was struck by the flyer, went onto
the tracks oblivious to the signal
of white lantern warning swung
directly in its path for full min
ute by him. Barnes testified that
he saw the trains headlight when
it was fully four miles away. He
saw the bus coming down the
street about two minutes before
the crash, he said.
City Manager Thomas Wyman
of Painesyille and other city and
Lake county officials also testi-
fled, in substance corroborating
Barnes.
In his opinion, Barnes testified
the train was going almost forty
miles an hour.
Criminal Prosecutions.
Criminal prosecutions may re-
suit from Coroner Bradleys in
quest, County Prosecutor Ostrand-
er of Lake county declared late to-
day, when the inquest adjourned
until Tuesday to wait for the tes-
timony from two survivors of the
crash now in the hospital, Andrew
Adams, driver of the bus, and
Charles +. Sullivan, both of Paines-
Vile.
City Manager Wyman said he
Will propose council resolution
and a special election to compel
subway tunnels under present
grade crossings in what are known
in Lake county as death traps"
The blame for the collision was
laid by New York Central officials
on Andrew Adams, driver of the
bus. Adams will probably recover,
hospital physicians said. His head
was badly hurt, but a. supposed
fracture of the skull did not de-
velop, they said.
Three Of the dead were found on
the locomotive pilot when the train,
in charge of Engineer c. S. Fernan-
dez, of Buffalo, and Conductor q.
Ernst, was brought from its sixty
nile an hour pace to halt about
three blocks from the scene of coll
lision.
Most of those killed had left a
dance hall in Painesyille less than
half an hour before the crash, while
several others had attended a lodge
meeting.
Fire Sets To BrcbPis.
An explosion OF the gasoline tank
of the machine set fire to the de-
bris and several bodies were badly
burned.
The bus which was operated be-
tween Painesville and Fairport Nas
making its last trip for the night.
A. w. Barnes, crossing watchman,
declared he tagged the driver. A
declaration by Chester Parrish.
manager of the bus line, that
large oil tank obstructed Driver
Adams view of the watchmau's
lantern and the approaching train.
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