Evening star., 1926-06-17
15K|LLED IN CRASH
OF PENNSY FLYERS;
SCORE IN HOSPITALS
Cincinnati Limited PIoWs Into
Rear End of Express Train
Bound for Washington.
SCREAMS OF THE DYING
CAUSE WILD CONFUSION
Passengers and Grew Toll Through
Night to Rescue Injured
Trapped in Debris.
By the Associated Press.


PITTSBURGH. Pa. June 17.-Fif
teen persons. of them trainmen and
II passengers, were killed and A score
injured in the wreck of the Washing
ton Express and the Cincinnati Linn
tied near Blairsville Intersection, the
Pennsylvania Railroad officially an
nnunced today after careful check
of all undertaking establishments III
Latrobe, Derry and BlairSNllle. TO
which places the bodies were removed.
The crash came when the limited
plowed into the rear Of the express,
which had stopped when an air hose
parted The two locomotives of the
limited and the club car, Immediately
following them, as well as two express
sleepers. were badly wrecked. Three
ensinemen and a bagSageman and II
passengers on the club car OF the linn
tied and the two sleepers OF the ex-
press met death.
A mass Of twisted steel was mute
testimony of the terrific crash. The
express sleepers were telescoped their
full length. The twin locomotives on
the limited left the rails and upset.
while the club car, crushed in on the
fore end, shot into the air and stood
upright All other sleepers on the
two trains, totaling Il, were derailed.
List of the Dead.
The official list of the dead follows:
W. s. Gordon Derry. Pa. engineer
Of the first locomotive hauling the
Cincinnati Limited.
X. L. Holline sworth, GreensburS.
Pa Gordon's fireman.
F. A. Mcconnell, Altoona. Pa. engl
neer of second limited locomotive
\. McLees. New York City. bag
gagemaster of the limited.
Edwin G. Dona ghay. Pittsburgh,
passenger.
T. F. Farrell. 144 North Walnut
street, Orange. \. j.. a passenger.
Columbus, Ohio. general agent of
the Erie Railroad
DR.. c. Is. Carter, Pittsburgh. Mel
lon Institute research expert.
A r. Dismore. of the Gulf REIN,
ing Co. Columbia, S. c.
Peter Spanos, II Farragut street,
Massillon. Ohio.
Mrs. William Brooke Dunwoody of
Williamsburg, Pa.
Two small daughters of Mrs. Dun
woody.
Thomas L. Porter. 800 Locust
avenue Washington. Pa.
Claude Smiles. Cincinnati. Ohio.
Some of the Injured.
A partial list of the injured follows:
r. H. Jones 553I Ormsby street,
Cincinnati. Ohio. decorations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Haelcher, Buff
falo. y. Y, lacerations.
Charles Robinson negro porter.
Pittsburgh. broken leg.
Peter johnson, 2.93 East Fifty-fifth
street, Cleveland. broken leg.
Clarence Heiple, CO. West Tenth
street, Erie. bruises.
Carl Russell, 1sS Prospect place,
Rutherford. y. j.. bruises
Mrs. Essie Bryan of Owentown. KY,
amputation one Les, condition very
critical
Joseph Wise, 127 West High street,
Philadelphia, bruises.
Weak Speed, Washington, D. G..
a Pullman porter, bruises. Speed, 80
years old, is the husband Of a domes-
tic at home of Frank S. Westbrook,
8s26 Mckinley street.
Sidney Hess, 116 West Forty.fifth
street, New York. bruised about head.
S. H. Braunstein, Pittsburgh, in
jured neck.
w. Netzel. Marlboro Apartments,
Baltimore, Md, ankle sprained.
Phil S. Kipkin, 1855 Desota street,
Cleveland, right foot injured.
Ray B. Hubbs. 16 Sycamore avenue,
Floral Park, Long Island, eye hurt.
Charles Haas, 3570 Washington ave-
nue.. Avondale. Cincinnati, right arm
hurt.
Miss Elizabeth Clay. Gil High
street, Paris, Ky. head bruised.
Augusta, Andrews. 105 East North
streat. Raleigh, n. c.. head bruised.
G. 8. Kelly, 325 East One hundred
and ninety.fourth street. New York.
extent~o injury unknown.
Signal Flares Lighted.
When the express stopped. the flag
man, o. S. Mcdonald, it was said,
went back and burned flares. About
10 minutes later. the limited, hauled
by two locomotives, came laundering
out of the night and plowed into
The terrific impact could be heard
Throughout. the quiet farming COM
munity.
Passengers who escaped with slight
hurts told of the wild scenes attend
ing the wreck. The means of the
diving and the terrified screams Of the
in iured pinned in the debris added to
the confusion. Those who were able
to do SO struggled from the Pullmans
which, while not wrecked, were thrown
from the rails. Most of them were in
night clothes. The only lights avail
able were the dim lanterns of railroad
men.
Cool heads among railroaders and
passengers soon brought some sem
blance of order. Men were sent afoot
to Blairsville intersection to summon
aid. Those who remained at the
scene tried to aid the sufferers trapped
In the twisted wreckage. But the
strength of the human could not
combat the steel of the cars.
Darkness Hampers Work.
The rescuers succeeded in bring
ing out only a few of the victims.
their work being hampered by the
lack of light and working equipment.
Shortly after the report of the
wreck was flashed to division head
quarters at Pittsburgh. wreck trains
were moving to the scene from this
city. Altoona, Johnston and other
points bearing doctors. nurses and
railroad officials. Automobile ambu-
lances were ordered out and just be-
, fore daylight, the forerunners of the
rescuing crews reached the scene.
Dawn disclosed the extent Of the
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