Show ENGINE rs I ERROR BRINGS DEATH T NINE Section of Twentieth Century Century Century Cen Cen- tury Limited on New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Central Lines Runs Past Danger Signals VETERAN BASEBALL PLAYER KILLED Rear Pullman Car T Telescoped Telescoped Tele Tele- scoped by Speeding Locomotive as Engineer Sees Warning Too Late FORSYTH N. N Y 1 Dec Pec 10 Speeding on past caution signals In Inan Inan inan an attempt to gain fifteen minutes pst ost ost time the last section of New Tew York fork Centrals Central's crack Twentieth Century Limited crashed through a aI sleeping car at the end of or orthe I the preceding r section snuffing out nine lives and anti Injuring scores scores of others near here early Sunday morning Among the dead was William E. E Wild Bill Dill Donovan veteran baseball player manager of the New NewHaven NewHaven NewHaven Haven baseball club who with a number of other baseball notables including President John A. A Ile lloyd lloyd- d ler of the National league were en route to Chicago to attend the baseball baseball base base- ball conferences opening there to to- to day NINE IN DEATH LIST The dead Ralph Parnell Parnel New York Tork City Pullman porter William E. E Wild Bill Donovan Philadelphia manager of ot the New NewHaven NewHaven NewHaven Haven baseball club Mr dr r. r and Mrs 1 Richard M. M Sullivan n Springfield Ill III MI Mr and Mrs Otto Sweet BOB Windsor boulevard boule Los Angeles Angele Mr and Mrs R. R V V. Springfield Ill Mrs Carl D. D KInsey Chicago The known seriously injured George rgE E. E Van Hagen S Sr Chica- Chica g s. s ju s 1 George eorge EYan B. B Van E Van Hagen Jr severe sever Injuries Carl p. p KInsey Chicago dying John New York Tork broken arm A. A II If Z Bailey Chicago released from hospital after treatment 4 M. M I. I S. S Lawrence Chicago minor hurts George Weiss WeIss New Haven Conn Coon president of or the New Haven IIa baseball baseball baseball base base- ball club A At t Albany the first of the three sections of experienced en engine engine engino en- en gine gino trouble and the second section was ordered to go on The first and the third pulled out fifteen minutes late train crews said TRAIN HITS AUTOMOBILE Near Forsyth the second section now leading plowed through an automobile automobile automobile au au- au- au which had stalled on the grade crossing whose occupants three Pittsburg men W W. S. S ford C. C H Harney and B. B Mater Maler had Jumped to safety As the next section pulled past ast the scene of the smash up its crew noticed the flamIng flaming flam- flam Ing automobile an and I brought ou ht I flam-I t the 1 train to a stop to see It if help could coula be rendered any of the occupants of or the automobile While the tho train was stopped the third section came thundering on through a blinding rain and heavy fo fog The red warning flares and a brakeman frantically waving his lantern a train length away were noticed too late by Engineer Charles Patterson of Cleveland who was piloting pi pl the onrushing engine The brakes were applied and the track sanded but the terrific momentUm momentum momentum mo mo- carried the limited on through the rear car of the standing train with such force that it overturned overturned overturned over over- turned two other Pullman Jullman sleepers Their steel construction alone saved the lives of their occupants railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road officials said FOG OBSCURES SIGNALS Charles J J. Patterson of f Buffalo engineer of the third section de declared declared do- do dared in a a. statement to newspaper newspapermen men at the scene that he had E seen Epen en the tho warning block signal and fred red flares too late to stop his train He lie declared he had applied his brakes when he first saw tho the signal but that because fo the fog he was upon the other section before he could 8 stop Neither Patterson nor his fireman E E. J J. J RegIer also of were injured Coroner Corner B B. M. M Blood of Chautauqua county announced last n night qua Into that ho he would hold an inquest the wreck here Tuesday while an investigation by the New York Central Central Central Cen Cen- wilt be opened today It was an an- I I I I I I D DESIGNATIONS ES I G N AT CHANGED HANGED OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE NEW YORK YORIo Dec 10 ln In In the of official official of- of announcement made here the collision was described as between the third and second sections At the tho scene the wreck was wa g given yen and the the third as ns between en first sections It was explained by officials Inthe Inthe in inthe the office of the claims attorney of the New York Central that this difference was wae duo to a change In designations At Buffalo the tho train designated leaving New Jew York as the first upon section was d delayed by locomotive locon trouble and f Ui the second section Passed it thereby becoming th the first first section w while first section became the second section the tho trains In the tho order in i which the wreck rec-Ie left New York therefore the third and first was vas wa between sections a they the left eft Buffalo it was between third and second sec II |