New Britain herald., 1926-06-17
Catastrophe Occurs When Cincinnati Limited Flows Into Rear End of Washington Ex- press on Curve-Danger Signals Said to Have Been Set-Wreckage Is Appalling And Scenes of Death And Suffering Cause Spectators to Shudder.

Pittsburgh, June IT LP,-Fifteen persons, including four trainmen and eleven passengers, were killed in the wreck of the Washington ex- press and the Cincinnati limited near Blairsyille intersection. the Pennsylvania railroad officially an hounced today after Q careful check or all undertaking establishments in L4trose' Derry and Blairsville to which places the bodies were re- l moved.
 ! List of Dead ! lows ''"u iol-
 W, s. Gordon, Derry. Pa. engineer N' L' Hollingsworth. Greensburr engineer. '''i'' Fa''
 A, McLees, New York. baggage. master of the limited. Edwin c. Donagtav pi,+sh,, Q passenger. H. T. & Farrell, IA North Walnr, street, Orange. N. J., a passenear
 C' \. Bowman. Columbia b,,iIdirr CoIumbus, Ohio, general agent of tAc Erie railroad. o'
 Dr. C. B. Carter, Piftsburpb
 "A h'. Dnsmor, Columbia. s. c.
 II eleF npanos' Massillon, Ohio
 Mrs. William Brooke Dunwood,- Niikingburg, Ia.
 Two small daughters of Mrs Dun woody. i'uil-
 Thomas L. Porter Washington
 Claude Smiles, Cincinnati. Ohio
 Efforts to identify some of fh. bodies by articles -ound in tba cIo,5 Ing caused some confusion ca,1ia, Tn the day. Railroad officials eai.i they had m2dc a very careful ctr,t, and believed their official list p.aq correct ''
 List of Injured
 R' H. Jones 5531 Ormsby s,rea, Cincinnati. Ohio, decorations.
 MT. and Mrs. Ray Haelcbar R.C falo N. Y. decorations.
 charles Robinson, negro porter flttsburgh, broken leg.
 Peter Johnson. 92q2 East 55tI St.. Cleveland. broken leg.
 Clarence Heiple, 662 West Tenth street, Erie bruises.
 Carl Russell. 1855 Prospect Place rutherford, N, J., bruises.
 Mrs, Bessie Bryan Of Owentown N' r., amputation one leg, condi. ton very critical
 Joseph Wise, 127 West High street, Philadelphia. bruises.
 Weak Speed. SS26 Liberty avenuc Washington, D, C., bruises.
 Escape In Night Clothes
 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hollscher Of Buffalo. N. T., newlyweds on honeymoon, survived the wreck hut lost all their clothes. They reach ed Latrobe hotel wrapped in two Pullman blankets and their night clothes.
 The crash came on . level stretch Of road on a slight curve when the Cincinnati limited ploughed into the rear of the Washington express. which had stopped when an air hose parted. The two locomotives of the limited and the club car. immediate ly following them, as well as two express sleepers. were badly wreck ed. Three trainmen and a bag gageman on the limited. five pas I n h.. a1r on the two sleepers were killed.
 The express sleepers were tele- scoped their full lengths. The two locomotives on the limited upset while the club car, crushed on the fore end, shot into the air and stood upright. All other sleepers on the two trains, totalling eleven, were de railed.
 After the wreckage had been cleared away, track crews went to work replacing ties and rails. Through passenger trains. re-routed over tho Conemaugh division during the early hours, were operated as far as the scene of the wreck, where they were being held. It was expected that the main line would be reopened before noon.
 Crashes Into Rear
 The wreck, Pennsylvania railroad officials said. came after the express stopped to repair an air hose. The tlagman, it was said, went back and burned flares. About ten minutes later. they added. the Limited. being hauled by two locomotives. came laundering out of the night and ploughed into the rear end of the standing train. The terrific impact. which could be heard throughout the quiet farming community drove one Cleveland sleeper through a Pittsburgh Pullman car.
 WreClage Is Appalling
 The locomotives of the Limited were reduced to scrap and the club car, immediately behind the twin engines. was badly wrecked. A fourth sleeper shot into the air and stood on end.
 The Cleveland sleeper on the ex- press, attached to the train here, and the club car on the Limited bore the hrunt of the crash and it was in these two cars where death laid a heavy hand. The sleeper alone yielded nine dead, five men,, a woman and three children. Many Of the injured were taken from this ill-fated Pullman, In the club car. which was crushed against the