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Show p s g g y.? e g g i All But One of Passengers Killed Was Asleep in Pullman Pull-man Car ENGINEER DEAD, HIS HAND UPON THROTTLE i jBrakeman Declares He Waved ; Red Landern in Vain as i i Crash Nears ! I SCHENECTADY, N. Y.. June Thirteen persons were killed and many; I injured today whi a train of express .tars crashed Into the rear end of a passenger train which had stopped 'about two miles from Schenectady because be-cause of enclne toublc. All but one of those killed wore) asleep In two Pullmans at the rear ofj the passenger train. The body of( Martin Doyle, of Albany, engineer of, the express, was found in the wreck-, age, his hand fast to the throttle. . A Michigan Central special carrying ten cars of express matter disregarded disregard-ed signals and went at high speed Into' a New York Central passenger train,! Ubund rror.rBiifal-to Now- York. nr- cbrding to the story of C. Robinson, brnketnnn of the passenger train. Ho said he waved a red lantern in vain) and finally throw It Into the cab as the express dashed by. . The Pullman at the roar of tho train had 12 passengers and wus demolished. de-molished. Railroad officials announced that the block signnls had been Inspected after the wreck and found to be in working order and set against the express ex-press train. oo |