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A few mmutei later the second aection poked its nose through the fog, traveling 50 miles an hour on the same track. The engineer failed to see a bnkeman who had gone downthe track to signal him to stop.The hurtling mass of iron that was the «econd section rammed into the rear of the first section.Sideswtped WreckThe sound of the crash bad not died out before the famous 20thCentury flyer, roaring west at 70 miles an hour on the adjoining track, sideswiped the wrecked first section of the Chicago-Buffalo train, bounced off into: a sleeping car of the second; section, rolled over onto }ts side,: and finally skidded to a stop, jMost of the 27 deaths occurred when the engine of the second aectlon of the east bound train plowed through a wooden day coach attached to the first section.Thousands of persons poured Into the area to see the huge mass of wreckage and others came to hurry to the side of in-1 jured friends and relatives.Dead and injured were pinned under a twisted mass of debris., A wooden coach was nearly turned inside out and lay diagonally across the tracks on its aide.AMHERST TRAIN WIHeard In AmherstThe rapid iticcessicn of Crashes made a loud sound heard in Amherit. Mayor E. E. Foster and Marshal William Miller were the first officials to reach the acene. They found coaches plied at crazy angles all over thetracks, still holding many of the dead and injured.As quick as the dead could be recovered and the injured rescued they were placed aboard a special train and moved to Elyria Memorial hospital.Five of the bodies were never identified and still remain in Crown Hill cemetery.Local, state, and national investigations were launched with train crews and Ernst taken to Cleveland for hearings. The hearings disclosed that the first section had been given a red rsig-nal instead of the green signal Ernst thought he had given.Signal DefectiveHe said he believed the meeh-he thought he was giving the second section a red signal it proved he actually gave it the green “go ahead” sign.He didn’t know of the mistake as he couldn’t see through the fog and was absolved of all blame.Engineer Herman Hess, operating the second section, said he did not see the signal of the brake man sent down the tracks to flag him down.Blame for the crash was placed upon his shoulders but n o charges were ever filed.City’ReatLorain's !pany is rea Companygiment, 37th j everything jtols to a :men to use Command-Nicks, the i enlisted me:Thg scow Brooks has beensold to John Stang who win convert it into a lighter. (From the Lorain Times, December, 1879).RecThrough drive the un ;total to 161: strength.A recruit •of recruit t■ the guards in the unit’sCompany 'Lorain in 1 j the unit was jduring theguardsmenarea- and on ard Kiddle,. Si. Now locat armory at Guards will■ enridge Auj two weeksi This sumi
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Lorain Journal
Lorain, Ohio, US
Tue, Jun 21, 1955
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