Evening star., 1924-08-31
EXPECT TRA|NMEN
T0EXP[A|N CRASH
Rail Officials Wait for Men to
Recover Before Pressing
Wreck Inquiry.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
SYRACUSE, August 3O-Responsi-
Dillty for a rear-end collision be-
tween the Detroiter" and the Lake
shore Limited" on the main line of
tne New York Central Railroad near
savannah, q, few miles west of here,
today cannot be determined until
botE the engineer and fireman OF
the Detroiter," now in a local hos
pltaI. have improved considerably.
or ~ persons injured in the
wreck Walter Gibbons, engineer, and
CharleS Gleason, fireman, are in the
most serious condition, both having
been hurled through the windows of
the engine cab. They were the only
persons brought here after the crash,
The others were taken to Rochester.
pltals and others sent on their way
westerward after having their
wounds treated
Sped BY FIagman.
On Gibbons and Gleason railroad
authorities must rely for an explana-
ton OF the wreck, Division Supt
Frank W. Everett declared tonight,
for 1t was their engine which passed
caution and danger signals and sped
by fagman sent back several hun
dred feet from the Lake Shore
Limited"
THE automatic signal system was
functioning properly" Mr.. Everett
said, and the preliminary investiga-
ton indicates there was Il disregard
of signals on the part of the engi-
neer on No. A (the Detroiter)."
The fact that both trains were COM
posed entirely of steel cars is given
by railroad men as probable reasons
for the absence of fatalities.
Gibbons, in few gasping SEN
tences, spoken as he was being
brought back to this city, is said to
have told persons that he slowed
down when he saw the danger sig
nails, but that he had underestima ted
the distance between block signals
The most surprIAng escape from
injury was reported by group of
Boy Scouts in the rear car of the
Lake Shore Limited. Some of them
said the collision had not even
awakened them.
The engine of the "DetrOiter"
crushed the rear vestibule of this car
and displaced the rear trucks, but
otherwise left it undamaged. Some
of the boys actually did have to be
reused from sleep to get them from
the wreck.
Cars farther ahead in the forward
train, however, fared worse, and it
was in these that the most paSsen-
gers were hurt. The majority of
those injured were thrown with force
against the front wall of their berths,
which accounted for the large num-
Der of fractured legs and injuries to
the feet, according to railroad men
here. Several cars were derailed
The injured are:
List of Injured.
Charles Gleason, Buffalo, fireman
on the Detroiter; burns about face
and internal injuries.
walter Gibbons, Buffalo. engineer
of the Detroiter; fractured left leg,
lacerated right leg, burns about
upper part of body.
Mary Barlow, 124s Rosedale ave
nue., Chicago; lacerated scalp and
forehead.
John a. Evans, 1916 Kings road,
Los Angeles: fractured bone in ankle
j. w. Darke. 1915 East Ninth avenue,
Denver; fractured bone in ankle.
Mrs. J. f. Deluffe, GAS Robinhood
avenue, Toledo; fractured bone in
ankle.
c. w. Clarke, New York city; frac-
tured femur
Louis Anderson (colored porter),
Jersey City; lacerated face and hands
Bertha A. Cooper, Schenectady,
y. Y, QlSlocated ankle.
Mrs. George B. Ranshaw, Dudley
pike. Covington, Ky; sprained left
knee.
Mrs. Arthur Leliott, ss4o Bidwell
street, Detroit; neck wrenched
Mrs. Samuel Hessman, New York
City: scalp and chest bruises.
John Wisenstine. 1641 Link avenue
Louisville, Ky: scalp wound and
right shoulder and back bruised
Sherman E. Conrad, 2301 Hollywood
avenue, Toledo; wrenched left knee.
NJ B. Laven. 922 Parkwood avenue,
Cleveland; bruises.
Leslie People, 770 Torrel street, San
Francisco; 1acerated forehead
Thomas H. Henage, 203 East Jack
son boulevard, Chicago; knee bruised.
George r. Boris, 1T White street
Getty nQt given); not serious.
Herbert Reese. Memphis, Tenn;
wrenched knee and sprained ankle.
Helen E. NeitteI, 756 Olive Annex,
South Bend, Ind; sprained ankle
Mrs Henry Scallen, New York City;
left ankle bruised.
Miss Carolyn Farr. 96 Putnam ave-
Lue, Detroit, Mich; lacerated nose
and lower lip.
Arthur H schroarz Detroit;
sprained back.
Mrs. r Jackson, Toledo: broken
leg.
Charlotte oBrien, 541s Dix ave-
nue., Detroit; wrenched neck and
lacerated scalp.
Polish woman, unidentified from
New York City; wrerched back and
shoulder.
Catherine McNulty, 70O7 Bennoth
avenue, Pittsburgh. Pa; wrenched
shoulder, neck and right arm.