Tragic Lake Shore Wreck Claims Eleven Victims
Key witnesses report sudden air brakes, a switch light failure, and an open switch after the crash. Officials from Lake Shore Road arrive to investigate, while the death toll climbs with victims from New York, Cleveland, and Chicago. Morgues hold unidentified bodies as rescue, identification, and inquests unfold.
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Sengers
Gorham
Alexander Campbell
No. 10
H. T. Storrs
W. Hi. Marshall
Mentor
Marshall
Lake Shore Road
Ashtabula
Wrms
Bavkee County
Painesville
Siegelstein
Cuyahoga
Four New Yorkers Die in Twentieth Century Limited Wreck
Official list of killed and injured from the Cleveland wreck of the Twentieth Century Limited includes Arthur D. E. of Milwaukee and 20 others from New York Ohio and Illinois. Names cover executives engineers managers porters and clerks with multiple fatalities and hospitalizations.
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The
Limited
Cleveland
Paie
Twentieth Century I Limited
Multiple Injured in Chicago Hospital Incident
Eee Company of Chicago reports deaths and injuries in a hospital event. Listed victims include Nathan Allen of Kenosha Wisconsin and R C Cordua of Brooklyn with several Chicago residents named. It states none of the injured are in serious condition.
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Eee Company
Chicago
Allen
Nathan
Kenosha
Wis
Cordua
R. C
Clinton Street
Brooklyn
Colvin
W. H
Countiss
F. D
Dickinson
A. E
Gorham
A. P
Collinwood
Ohio
Katy
S. T
Keuvhl
Theodore
Langdon
J. H
Murray
George
Turners
H. D. Trott
Kate
Noted New Yorker Bennett killed in Mentor wreck
Memorial reached for John B. Bennett, famed patent attorney to U.S. Steel and other giants, killed when the Twentieth Century Limited wrecked near Mentor. Colleagues H. D. Macdonna and others were also named in the crash and in the ensuing investigations. The report details Bennett’s career, birthplace, and long service in patent law.
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John B. Bennett
Mentor
New Yorker
H. D. Macdonna
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Nassau Street
Mr. Bennett
Phillipsburg
N. J
Princeton
George Harding
Philadelphia
United States
New York
Harding & Bennett
Harding
Bennett
United States Steel Corporation
England
France
Germany
Campbell
Morgan J. O'Brien
C. Beckwith
Cleveland General Hospital
Tribune
Chicago
Cleveland
Beckwith
Manhattan
A. L. Rogers
Cleveland Hospital
Pratt-Iron’ Works
Dayton
Ohio
Rogers
Compainy
Iie
New Rochelle
Th Engineers’ Club
Wheeling Corrugating Company
Ilesas
Charles H. Wellman
Wellman-Seavers-Morgan Company
Twentieth Century Limited
Iron and Steel
A. P. Head
London
India
Wellman-Seavers- Morgan Company
Wellman
John W. Gates
Charles Wellman
Illinois Steel Company
Equitable probe widens as Higgins backs restraint on session
Gov. Higgins says no action on Equitable until final Hendricks report. district attorney Jerome to review potential criminal conduct. Preliminary findings reveal high salaries and leadership shifts, with August Belmont resigning and Tarbell exonerated.
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Jerome
Gov. Higgins
Superintendent of Insurance
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York
New York
New York Central Restores Twentieth Century Fast Run
President Newman announced the Twentieth Century Limited will return to a twenty hour schedule after consulting with line officials. They attributed the prior eighteen hour cut to condition changes and a misplaced switch causing the Lake Shore accident, insisting the original time is safely maintainable.
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Newman
New York Central
Lake Shore
Buffalo
C.F. Daly
Pennsylvania Railroad Responds to Central’s 18 Hour Train Withdrawals
Pennsylvania Railroad officers questioned New York Central management for pulling its 18 hour trains between New York and Chicago. They said no such action was discussed for the Pennsylvania Special, which competed with the Twentieth Century Limited. An operating official argued fast trains are as safe as slower services and accidents are possible in any service.
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H. H. Wright
Chicago
A. P. Head
London
James H., Gibson
Cleveland
S. C. Beckwith
New York
Abell
Aaron Gorham
Norwalk
Rudolf Rickardau
Rickardan
Cleveland General Hospital
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Twentieth Century Limited
the Pennsylvania
Survivors Reach New York After Train Wreck
Survivors of the Twentieth Century Limited wreck press on to New York aboard the second section of the St. Louis shortcut train. Aboard the delayed service, passengers recount ordeals and seek fresh starts as they reach their destination.
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Twentieth Century Limited
New York
Mail destroyed in wreck of Twentieth Century Limited
The wreck of the Twentieth Century Limited along the Chicago route destroyed a highly important class of mail. Post Office officials report inquiries about salvaging mail and note the train carried only first class urgent correspondence and was intercepted daily to deliver to eastern cities as quickly as possible.
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New York Times
Chicago
Twentieth Century Limited
Post Office Department
Here
Wreck Report Ties Switch Malice to Mentor Incident
Official report from Grand Central cites malicious interference at Mentor as the cause of Train No. 26 derailment on the sidetrack near the freight house. No. 10 passed safely. the Twentieth Century Limited would have been on time otherwise. Detected switch fault existed only after the accident.
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Grand Central Station
J. B. Bradfield
New York Central
Twentieth Century Limited
H.S. Storrs
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Mentor
Cleveland
Boston
James Collins
William Landers
No. 26
Warren J. Lynch
Big Four
Bennett's Final Message Sent From Elkhart Train Stop
John R. Bennett, a Mentor victim, telegraphed his wife in New York from Elkhart Indiana on June 22 warning not to wait for his breakfast as the train might be late. The message was sent while the train changed engines at Elkhart.
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New York
New York Times
Elkhart
Ind
John R. Bennett
Policy Holders Back Hendricks Report Endorsement
The New England Policy Holders' Protective Committee of Equitable Life in Boston endorses most of Superintendent Hendricks report. State Insurance Commissioner F L Cutting says Hendricks' findings support his stance against stock life insurance firms.
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Equitable
Frick
Henry C. Frick
Crane & Curran
Chicago
Gage E. Tarbell
Boston
New England
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hendricks
New York State Insurance Department
F. L. Cutting
Reprieve for Mrs. Rogers in Vermont
Brattleboro Vermont June 22 Gov Bell signed a reprieve delaying the execution of Mrs Mary Rogers until December 8 she was to be hanged at Windsor tomorrow
Safeguards on Lake Shore Trains Expanded Safety Measures
Chicago June 22 Vanderbilt policies of the Lake Shore system emphasize human life protection. Extensive upgrades cover roadbeds, switches, signals, motive power, with track walkers, tower men, operators, and engineers given special instructions for the 18 hour trains. The line is secured, modern switches used, and locomotives and cars built to high steel standards.
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New York Times
Chicago
Vanderbilt
Lake Shore
New York
Receiver Appointed for St Paul Hotel Property
The St Paul Hotel at Columbus Avenue and Sixtieth Street, linked to Nan Patterson, was placed under receiver control yesterday after Hamilton Bank, a judgment creditor for 871 dollars, won appointment from Justice Greenbaum, naming Benjamin H. Stein to manage its affairs.
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St. Paul Hotel
Columbus Avenue c
Sixtieth Street
Nan Patterson
Bouxmaker
Caesar "’ Young
Hamilton Bank
Justice Greenbaum
Benjamin HH. Stein
Fires Yesterday Cause Noted Damage at 285 Cherry Street
From 12 o'clock Wednesday night to 12 o'clock Thursday night a fire at 285 Cherry Street caused damage estimated at $5. William Berges witz is noted in the incident record.
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Cherry Street
William Berges Witz
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Keith’s
Jo@hnson
W. J. Abbott
KE. Nadgle
Chicago Tailoring
Carver & Wilkie
Glasier
Arthur
D. E
American Appraisal Company
Milwaukee
John R
Bradley
Rowley, Rogers, Bradley & Rockwell
Akron
S. C
S.C. Beckwith
Brant
F. J
Ash Street
Erie
Penn
Eirick
IL. M
Gibson
American Foundry and Machine Company
Head
Jeremiah Head & Son
Ullman-Seavers- Morgan Company
Johnson
KL. A
Comey & Johnson
Morgan,t. R
Mechling
Wheeling Corrugated Iron Company
Mickey
W. D
Porter
Naugle
E. E
Hoogers
A. L
Platt Iron Works
Deyusa
Trinz
Henry
Barber
Tyler
Allan
C.H
Walters
N. B
Baggageman
Hamburg
N. Y
Wright
H. H
Featherstone
Mr. Beckwith
William Barclay Parsons
Mr. Parsons
Red Cross
Charles E. Pickard
Chica
MAYER
Hoover
State Superintendent of Insurance
Albany
New York Life Insurance Company
Higgins
Syracuse
Equitable Society
E. W. Lambert
Society
George H. Squire
J. B. Loring
Register
Edward Curtis
Paul Morton
James W.alexander
James H. Hyde
Michael Murray
Thomas D. Jordan
Harry W. Knowles
Department of Second
Gage E. ‘Tarbell
Knowles
Driscoll
August Belmont
Belmont
Hyde
Mr. Hyde
Knickerbockers
Europe
Advisers
Brayton Ives
Cate Lithia
Travelers Insurance Company
Travelers Insurance
Company of
Hartford
Madison Square
Vogel Bros
Vogel Brothers
Hendricks Report
Indersea
Dr. Deimel
James McCutcheon & Co
West
James Féee Greery
Taffetas
Twenty-Third Street
Hudson
130Th ST. Ferry
Bell
Hudson River Realty Company
W.W
E. E. Slocum
Broadway
42Nd St
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