Show 12 LOSE LIVES AS FAST TRAIN LEAVES RAILS 50 Suffer Hurts In Freak Ohio Accident KENTON Ohio Nov 10 CAP AP Service was resumed Monday afternoon on the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania railroads railroad's line at nearby nearby nearby near near- by Dunkirk where 12 persons were killed Sunday night in a passenger train derailment caused by a cylinder head blown from a passing freight train Between 40 and 50 were injured Weary wreck crews cleared cally the chairman concluded coaches and Pullmans 12 hours after the derailment in t the e little community 10 miles north of here Valve Mechanism Blamed Failure of a valve mechanism was reported unofficially to have caused the pound 1000 cylinder head to blow off The freak mishap mishap mishap mis mis- hap happened before the freight train operators could flag the passenger passenger passenger pas pas- train thundering through the night at 70 60 miles an hour Ten dead were identified two remained unidentified Engineer R. R S. S Schuler chuler Fort ort Wayne one of fj persons to sur survive vive the wr wreck ck of The the penns Pennsylvania railroads railroad's Pennsylvanian said something went wrong just after he passed the freight train on his New Chicago-New York run He recalled recalled recalled re re- re- re called seeing a man with a flash flash- light Too Late to Flag Flier In Chicago H. H E. E railroad vice president said the i cylinder from the freight train blew out and onto the adjoining track and before there was time timeto to flag it the Pennsylvanian moving at high speed on the eastbound eastbound eastbound east- east bound track struck the damaged I cylinder head derailing and turning turnIng turning turn turn- I ing over I Passengers were tossed helter- helter i out of seats and berths and into near freezing te tempera tempera- tures Wreckage was strewn along Continued on Page Pace Four Column Five i I Scene of Rabble and Horror Left as Proud Rail Speedster Meets Disaster h F t W 6 1 tW f t- t l H ro fj if 11 1 1 1 w t. t t. q 1 1 M i 7 J p 1 p J jr ir i r H. f q 11 1 yi L I t M t 41 I L' L s t I 5 S- S S 5 5 t S' S f 0 5 J i it t j I 5 r s S S S s S S' S S 'S S- S S S 5 2 4 5 S St S S Associated Press rep W S PASSENGER CARS LAY IN TANGLE ALONG TRACKS AFTER AFFER WRECK OF FAST TRAIN NEAR DUNKIRK OHIO S j In the right background are ruins of control tower str struck uck by train Two occupants of tower leaped to safety Freak Ohio Rail Reif Wreck Takes 1 12 2 Lives S I Continued from Page One the railroad in the little community community community 10 miles north of here F F. 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Gerard general superintendent superintendent of the Pennsylvania's northwestern division said an investigation investigation investigation in in- would open at 9 30 a a. a m. m Wednesday at Fort Wayne Vayne Ind md S Much l Track Tom Torn Up Two hundred yards of track were torn torri up and damage was estimated estimated estimated es es- es- es by one authority at about A control tower at the intersection intersection intersection tion of the Pennsylvania and New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Central lines was wrecked by the train but two occupants leaped to safety Tangled Pullmans Pullmans Pullmans Pull Pull- mans and coaches blocked both lines The trains train's locomotive suddenly began swaying back and forth as it approached the crossing said Roy tower operator Five of the eight cars upset Only one remained on the rails The Pennsylvanian was the newest train tram on this division making making mating mak mat ing its first run September 28 Most of ot the victims apparently were passengers in the third coach back of the locomotive It literally was split and flung apart One witness said those riding on the left side of ot the car appeared to have escaped but that those on the right really got it Bodies Tossed About Several bodies were tossed from the coach along the way right-of-way said Guy Davis Chicago who was riding in a club car farther back John Chicago a passenger passenger passenger pas pas- said he and other persons in a club car remarked they thought the train was running irregularly after it left Lima Ohio 25 miles west of Dunkirk He described it as feeling like something hard was on the track Kenton's lenton's two hospitals were so overloaded with injured that all doctors and nurses in the city reported for duty in treating the injured A relief train made up at Crestline Crestline Crestline Crest Crest- line Ohio was sent to the accident accident accident acci acci- dent scene to take passengers to meet another train in Pittsburgh Although the control tower was splintered and Bucky Davis his assistant crawled out unhurt said the locomotive locomotive locomotive tive veered from the rails just before before before be be- fore it passed the tower The first car of the train jolted on past the locomotive The second car rammed into the engine and was smashed badly Ambulances Speed Aid Injured and dead alike were taken into Dunkirk's little wooden wood wood- en depot Ambulances summoned from all neighboring communities hurried the injured to hospitals and then returned f for r the dead Engineer Schuler escaped with witha a broken leg but his fireman J J. J L L. L Gephart Fort Wayne was killed Four wreck crews started be be- I fore daybreak cleaning up the wreckage A terrifying shriek was the passengers' passengers only warning of the wreck Bert Gamage Rutherford N. N J J. J reported Gamage riding in the coach sheared almost in two by the crash suffered a foot injury as a seat was torn from the floor There was a terrifying shriek and I 1 could feel the car buckle on the rails nails Gamage said The lights went out and the car filled with steam Children screamed for their mothers and mothers screamed for their children Arms and legs were strewn about all over the car Lauds Work ork of Porters Gamage secretary to the president president president dent of the United States chamber of commerce commerce praised the Pullman porters for their rescue work With blood streaming from gashes in their faces and hands they worked like mad to remove the injured from the twisted wreckage he related KENTON Ohio Nov 10 UP UPI UPI- RIA A revised list of the dead in the wreck of a Pennsylvania passenger train at Dunkirk Sunday night follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows Dead Dead I Henry Heiles New York J J. L L. Gephart Fort Wayne Ind md fireman on the train Ernest Houseknecht Freeport Ill Martin E E. Kay 43 Milwaukee Mrs Marjana Rill 54 San Jose Cal Cat Mrs Irene Ray 35 West Plains Md Irwin Bower about 60 Laurelton Laurelton Laurel Laurel- ton N. N J S. S Leo Avington 37 Mansfield Ohio and his wife Mary Agnes Avington 26 C O. G G. Blade identified by state highway patrol as from Great Lakes naval station Great Lakes lit No home address known |