New Britain herald., 1923-12-10
MAKING UP TIME IS
 CAUSE OF TRAGEDY.
Nine Lives Lost in Wreck of
 2Oth Century Limited
WILD BILL DONOVAN DIES
Train Crash at Forsyth, N. Y. When Engineer Fails to See Warning Sig nals-Change in Plans Sent Ball Manager to His Death.

Forsyth, N. Y., Dec. 10.-Speeding on past caution signals in an attempt to gain Is minutes lost time the last section of New York Centrals crack Twentieth Century Limited" crashed through sleeping car at the end of preceding section snuffing out nine lives and injuring scores of others, near here early Sunday morning.
 Among the dead was William E. (Wild Bib Donovan, veteran baseball player, manager of the New Haven baseball club, who with a number of other baseball notables, including President John A. Heydler of the Ma tional league, were en route to Chi cago to attend the baseball confer- ences opening there today.
 The List of Dead
 The dead:
 Ralph Parnell. New York city, pull man porter.
 William E. (Wild BilD Donovan, 20S1 Arch street, Philadelphia, man. ager of the New Haven baseball club.
 MT. and Mrs. Richard NJ. Sullivan, Springfield, III.
 Mir. and Mrs. Otto Sweet, Los An geles.
 Mir. and Mrs, R. V. stureman, Springfield, III.
 Mrs. Carl D. Kinsey, Chicago.
 The known seriously injured.
 George E. Van Hagen, ST.. Chicago, severe injuries.
 John Zanft, 601 West One Hundred and Thirteenth street, New York, broken arm.
 Carl D. kinsey, manager of the Chi cago Music College, Chicago, dying.
 A. Il. z. Bailey, Lake Shore Drive hotel, Chicago, released from hospital after treatment.
 NJ. $. Lawrence, Chicago, minor hurts.
 George Weiss 3o9i Chapel street, New Haven, Conn, president of the New Haven baseball club.
 At Albany the first of the three sec tions of the train experienced engine trouble and tho second was ordered to go on. The first and the third pull ed out Is minutes late, train crews said.
 Auto is Demolished
 Near Forsyth, the second section, now leading. plowed through an au- tomobilc which had stalled on the | grade crossing. The occupants, three l men, W. $. Stratford, c. | H. Harney and E. Maier, had jumped | to safety. As the next section pulled | past the scene of tho smashup its crew noticed the flaming automobile | and brought the train to stop to see If help could be rendered.
 While the train was stopped the third section came laundering on through the binding rain and heavy fog. The red warning flares as a brakeman frantically waved his lan- Lern a train length away were noticed loo late by Engineer Charles Patter- son Of Buffalo who was piloting the engine.
 Impact Was Terrific
 Thoabrakes were applied and the rack sandcd but the terrific mos nentum carried the limited on through the rear car of the standing rain with such force that it oyer- urned two other pullman sleepers. lheir steel construction alone saved he lives of their occupants, railroad ,ffieials said.
 Jolted out of their berths by the impact, passengers of both trains bent 0 the work of extricating the dead md injured. Soon these forces were ided by farmers from the near coun- ryside who for time with their lam crns supplied the only light there vas.
 Chop Through Debris Crossbars and axes were used to l, hop through the debris of the wreck , d car in an effort to reach the strick- m. 4 relief train sped on from Erie ; 'a., 35 miles west, followed by a wreck outfit. t Before all the dead or some of the ; nore seriously injured could be re-