The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-23
Bus DRIVER STATES
HESYOPPED,
BEFORE PROCEEDING
50-Ton lnterurban, Travelling
SO Miles per Hour, PIowed
!; Into Middle Of Auto
THREW BUS 50 FEET AHEAD
Electric Car HurtIsd Chassis,
Rammed Into Ditch Atop
splintsrsd Wrsckags
THREW BUS so FEET AHEAD

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investigations have been started to
determine responsibility for the crash
yesterday when Z Lake Shore elec-
trio train struck = Greyhound Lines
bus, killing 10 Of the 80 passengers
and injuring the others.
OF the injured. four lay in hospitals
50 critically hurt that they may die.
The Investigations began with &C.
tion by DR.. G. L. Bell, Huron county
coroner. assisted by Edward Martin.
county prosecutors.
County officials pointed out that
seemingly the bus driver and the
motorman Of the interurban had OBJ
served the usual safety precautions.
A binding snow storm was streaking
across the northern part Of the state
1T the time Of the wreck.
Stopped, Looked, Listened
Edward Butler, Cleveland, driver Of
the bus, who Is in hospital with
sever cuts, said he stopped the bus
at the crossing, looked In. both direc.
tion for approaching trains. and then
proceeded when the wa, appeared
clear. He wiped the snow from his
windshield before walking to the
crossing, he said.
The interurban motorman, Fred
Schuyler, said he blew two whistles,
threw on his emergency brakes and
reversed the current when he saw the
bus on the crossing. Schuyler es-
capped injury BY running Into tho
passenger compartment Of the car
just belorAsathe uag)A 4leGD sots NJ
passengers wer6. Hurt beyond minor
bruises md shock. 49, -
Other investigatio:.s were Il peog-,
ress BY the Greyhound Lines, lrom
the Toledo office Of the company,
and the Lake Shore Electric railway
under Harry Rimmelspacla, claim
agent. Rimmelspach called 4 hear
ing at his office In 9andusky. Ohio,
today. and summoned Schuyler and
Fred Thurman. conductor Of the
train. to testify.
The states investigation was In
charge Of H. N. Evans, inspector Of
the railroad department. Of tho Ohio
Utilities commission. assisted BY i. 9.
Smith, chief Of the co1nmission's bus
division.
Knitted, HURLED Top
: The 50-ton car, travelling ct . speed
variously estimated 1t fro: 80 to 50
miles an hour, struck the bus In the
middle. knitting the top from the body
and flinging It 50 feet down the road
way. The elecrtr1c car hurtled the
chassis and rammed into . ditch,
lighting atop the splintered wreckage
with two passengers pinned beneath
the trucks and the others trapped In
their seats.
Four ambulances ct Bellevue were
summoned and passing motorists
aided In extricating the bodies and
conveying the Injured to hospitals.
Rimmelspa.h. speaking for the
tnterurban company, said Schuyler
had slowed his car rs he approached
the crossing.
Schuyler sew the bus stop sew
eral feet back from the crossing" he
said. ~He slowed down, g he always
bdoes In approaching . crossing, but
since he saw the bus continue ct
rest he concluded Il was waiting Tor
him to pass and consequently kent
on going. Schuyler said he thought
the bus driver saw him coming.
Then the bus started up when the
interurban car was not moro than
100 or $50 feet from the crossing.
Cars usually Lass that crossing ct q
speed Of from Is to 80 miles m hour.
When Schuyler saw the bus start up,
he applied his brakes. blew two
whistles and threw the car Into re-
verse, blowing several fuseA But no
car weighing 50 tons could have been
stopped IN that space"