Evening star., 1942-09-29

"Icth as tIlOuRn
going for help shortly after the COL
lision which involved two passenger
trains and a freight, and it is be-
lieved that, suffering from shock, he
still may be wandering around that
vicinity.
Brief Case Found.
Mr.. Haggard's brief case, social
security card and keys have been
found by searchers. The keys were
in the wreckage. but the brief case
and card were off to the side of the
torn and burned sleeping car in
which Mr.. Haggard presumably was
a passenger and where all the vic
tins were killed.
His brother, Francis Haggard Of
Detroit, notified friends in the War
Department that he would be here
today to assist in the search Mary
land and Washington police also
have been asked to assist.
Two More Identified.
Meanwhile, two more persons were
identified yesterday as victims Of the
crash, raising the toll of identified
dead to H. One body is being held
for Identification and it is believed
still another is in the wreckage
The two bodies identified yester-
day were those of DR.. Frederick w.
Hochstetter of Pittsburgh and John
Evans Maconachie of Hamilton, On
tario.
The identity of DR.. Hochstetter
was established by his son, Herbert
C. Hochstetter, through the color of
his hair and eyes and his false
teeth. 1t was reported. Mr.. Macon
achie. an official of the Coal Car
bonizer Co. of Ontario, was identi-
fed through dentistry charts.
In Baltimore, meanwhile, B. and
o. trainmen testified that the
weather was very foggy" with visi-
bility of about 200 feet when the
Ambassador, passenger express be-
tween Detroit and Washington,
plowed into the rear Of the Cleve-
land Night Express to Washington,
throwing Pullman car into
freight train headed west.
Thought Trains Coupled.
Charles H. Greenwell freight
train engineer, said he passed the
two trains about IS to 40 miles an
hour, and they were so close to-
gether thought they were coupled"
He testified at the hearing into
the cause of the crash that he saw
no signal men, hand lamps or fuses
behind the Cleveland express, nor
did he hear any tofpedoes. The
Cleveland train had stopped for
engine trouble, and was just start
ing up when the crash occurred.
Mr.. Greenwell said he felt no
shock nor heard any noise of the
collision, and that the first indica-
. ton OF trouble was when the needle
Of the emergency air guage fell
4 He added that there was no smoke
coming from his freight engine at
+ the time.
J. weather Very Foggy."
s He and the other freight crew.
men said it was very foggy" and
I Fireman George Butler, %, said
visibility was about four car lengths
or 200 feet.
[ PIX. Partee, superintendent of the
/ Baltimore district of the B. a. O.,
presided at the hearing, attended by
representatives OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
I Mr.. Butler said he was hosing
down coal, and had moved the hose
to the opposite side when the engine
began passing the Cleveland train in
order not to wet the passenger cars.
He moved the hose back to that side
when the train was past, and then
the Diesel engine Of the Ambassador
went by.
He said he remarked to Mr.
fGreenwell that the two trains
looked awful close together" and
that one might be pushing the other.
He testified he saw no fusee nor
sheard any torpedoes, and that he
swas positive" there was no smoke
scoming from the freight engine.
Brakeman Russell Watkinson, 28,
stestified he went back to the rear of
s"what was left Of my train" after the
freight had halted, and that the
sfiagman of the Ambassador told him
s"something has happened"