Evening star., 1934-02-27
Millionaire Among Dead.

Millionaire Among Dead.
One of the last bodies removed
was that of F. r. Dravo, aged mil
Ionaire.
bravo, head of the bravo Contract
ing Co, one of the largest boat and
river dam builders in the district, had
boarded the train 80 minutes before
in suburban SeWickley, en- route to
Washington. D. c.
The other identified dead:
David A. Ducharme so, Ansonia,
Conn, and Akron, Ohio.
Clarence ]. Mayer, As, Ingram, Pa,
meat market owner.
Mrs. w. Miller Wardrop. Pittsburgh.
wife of a Pennsylvania Railroad off,
cial
Thomas Jefry, colored, Youngs-
town, Ohio.
Bodies of a colored and white
woman are unidentified
Railroad officials said about 10 pas
sengers were on the train Two Pull
man cars were 10 have been trans
ferred to New York express. and few
of these passengers were hurt. Most
OF the uninJured continued East on
later trains.
Ten Minutes Behind Time
The train-''1 638''-was 10 minutes
behind time when it Jumped the
tracks at 932 pm. The engine and
tender ploughed down a 20-foot en-
bankment. The five steel cars. dis
connected, drove on. wrecking the sig
nal tower and knocking down part of
a three-story brick building.
Morgue officials said identification
Of two of the victims was DELAYED
by condition of the bodies. They
found womans handkerchief with
the initials H. D. w" and a we'd
ding ring containing the figures 10
1907" on one body A ring with the
date "Je %. 1907" vas on a finger
of the other.
The cause is still mystery" one
OF 10 executives who viewed the wreck
said while watching a crane pulling
away at the tangled mass of steel
He pointed out that Engineer Shaw
and Fireman Deuthitt had disap-
peared
We couldn't find them in the cab.
ne said. "Of course they might be
buried beneath the engine. We have
heard also they got out all right"
Several Cars Piled Up.
The combination express smoker
dlved off an embankment 500 feet
past the engine, its front resting on
the ground and its rear on the track
bed. The diner remained upright
The day coach knocked down the sig
nal tower and was buried in the
debris.
The two sleepers turned over, one
above the engine and tender, the
other against building.
Dazed by the tragedy, the surviv-
ors told their stories from hospital
cots. Men, paled by the nearness of
death, and women Historically hold
ing nondescript pieces of clothing to
bleeding wounds, trudged through
knee-deep snow drifts to shelter after
the wreck, they said.
Mrs. Mary Connell of Youngstown.
buyer for a department store told
how mans calm. voice quieted the
passengers after the terrific impact
that threw people all the way from
the rear to the front of their coach.
The porter was making up the
berths." she said "All of a sudden
the car began to sway. Then we
flew past burning object. The crash
followed. Everybody in the back of
the car was thrown forward, with
bags and luggage crashing on top
OF us.
'At first there was a bedlam OF
screams and groans. Then some man
called out in a calm voice. He told
US to be quiet.
I'VE were panickv because we
feared we would be burned to death.
The man went on telling US to crawl
back to some place where We wouldn t
be on top of somebody else and to
be quiet. That Gained us and We
waited"
Firemen and policemen reached
them with difficulty. wading through
6-inch snow and breaking the
windows to enter the wrecked cars.
List of Injured.
Tho injured in hospitals included
Mrs. Helen Hoover, Youngstown, Ohio;
Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Fageol, Kent,
Ohio; C. w. Nee, Alliance, Ohio;
Charles J. Straile. Freedom. Pa:
George w. Anderson, %. New Will
mington, Pa; Mrs. Mary Connell,
Youngstown. Ohio: Walter C. Shanks,
conductor. Pittsburgh: Merle Brown,
New York. dining car employe: Will
liam Brown, Pittsburgh, dining car
employe: Homer Thornton, 46, Roch-
ester, Pa. a conductor en- route to
work: Harry w. Smith, colored, din
ing car employe, Pittsburgh; Leonard
Miller, 81. colored. dining car en-
ploye. Pittsburgh: E. F. Springer, rail-
road employe, New Brighton, Pa;
Clarence Bratschie. "a, New Castle.
Pa, student at Western Theological
Seminary; F. R. Rock, 46, Beaver
Falls. Pa, railroad employe: c. s.
Thompson, 40, Erie, Ind: Russel G.
Niemeir, Pittsburgh; John Williams,
New Brighton, Pa; Milton II. Jones
Chicago; Samuel Oklin, Pittsburgh;
Alexander Ray, Cleveland; H. c.
Silver. Clyde S. Thorndell. Alliance,
ohio; Mrs. Mary Schugert, Ocean City.
N. j.: Mrs. H. M. Geiger, Youngstown,
Ohio; Lottie Meyer. Chicago; SAMUEL
Moore, Harry G.. Mick, New Castle
Pa: George Docket, Philadelphia,
Pullman porter; j. Stephen, 81,
Kansas City.
H. C. Siler, Freedom. Pa.