Train Wreck Survivors Relate Harrowing Hospital Tales
In Allen Hospital corridor many injured recalled a Wellington train wreck last night. Stories ranged from a sister flying by at high speed to cooks covered in meat and pans and a worried boy crying at others’ suffering.
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Oberlin
Allen Hospital
Wellington
Clark Sisters
New York
Genevieve Clark
William Austin
Buffalo
N. Y
Cleveland
Austin
Nelson J. Williams
Evelyn M. Slayman
Des Moines
Iowa
G. H. Slayman
Miss
Slayman
Welder Helps Free Five From Derailed Train Car
Henry Tudor, a Thew Shovel Co. welder in Lorain, aided in freeing three women and two men trapped in the third car after a New York Central train derailed near Wellington. An hour of cutting and water spraying freed four survivors. two people remained dead. Tudor, of 136 Wheeling Ave, Wellington, is a local hero with a son named Marion.
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Wellington
Thew Shovel Co
New York Central
Here
Henry Tudor
Thew
Lorain
Tudor
Wheeling Ave
Marion
Four injured in Wellington train wreck treated at Elyria hospital
Wellington report lists four passengers treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a train wreck. Mrs Gilbert Maryetta Tl of Geneva N Y abrasions and lacerations. Mrs Ernest Jennings 31 of New York observed for possible back injury and leg bruises. Frank Greenshek 356 of Lorain and his wife Joanna were examined and released. Their daughter Nancy is a student nurse at the hospital.
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Wellington
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Gilbert Maryetta
Geneva
Elyria Red Cross
Ernest Jennings
New York
Frank Greenshek
East 36Th
Lorain
Joanna
Nancy
Groenshek
Momma
Train Crash Shocks Neighborhood Near New York Central
Residents along Wheeling Street and Magyar Street were unaware of a train crash near the New York Central tracks until first responders arrived. Mrs. Norman Linder recalled hearing only a distant train and noted the near proximity of the wreck to their home. Fire units were observed racing to the scene about eight o clock as crews battled a blaze reported near the train tower.
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Norman Linder
Maverick
Linder
Wheeling St
New York Central
Kenneth Avery
Magyar St
Unknown benefactor shields passenger in train crash
Roose velt Clemens, 18 of St. Louis, recalls a middle aged man who shielded him from flying glass and calmed passengers after a train collision. The man urged no panic, helped air the car, and directed evacuees as rescue teams arrived. Clemens could not learn the Samaritan’s name.
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Wellington
St. Louis
Roosevelt Clemens
Clemens
City Firemen Contain Stubborn Grass Blaze Near Abbe Road
Elyria firemen battled a 35 acre grass fire started by rubbish burning for nearly an hour Saturday afternoon. The blaze spread between Rt. 20 and the NYC tracks east of Abbe Rd to the Ben dix Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Co. property. No buildings or property were damaged.
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Elyria
Rt. 20
Nyc Tracks
Abbe Rd
Bendix Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Co
Theft Report In Rogers TV Service Store Radio
A $29 transistor radio was reported stolen from the Rogers TV service store on TiN West Ave. Police indicated a shoplifter took the radio from a shelf. In a separate report, Howard Saddler said an electric typewriter and dictator were stolen from his home on Middle Ave along with an electric calculator valued at $441.
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Rogers TV
Tin West Ave
Howard Saddler
Middle Ave
Wellington train derailment disaster center forms at town hall
Victims of a Cleveland bound New York Central derailment are treated at an emergency center in Wellington. About 20 doctors and 100 volunteers work with Red Cross staff as a temporary morgue operates in the town hall gym. Charles Darnell searches for his daughter, while Sister Rita Paul recalls the crash and a nun witnesses a miracle amid the chaos.
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Upper
Sandusky
M. E. Sebender
Allen Memorial Hospital
Red Cross
John Gravee
Wellington
Ralph Gray
New York Central
Margaret Sutton
Elyria Red Cross
Ray
Wellington Town
Rita Kramer
Olmsted
Falls
Truman Funeral Home
Town Hall
U. S. Army
Charles Darnell
Richard Adams
Cleveland
Darnell
Rita Paul
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Ind
Leebert Morris
Phil J. Lehman
Kenneth Hale
Miss Kramer
Olmsted Falls
Michael Schneid
St. Marys Church
Elyria
Lehman
First Aid Center
J. Grant Keys
Keys
John Dolan
Rita
Rita Pan
C-T
Dave Colwell
Tragedy Has Lighter Side From Train Crash Report
An out-of-town physician volunteering at Wellington Fire Station joked that two men who staggered from the club car may not recall if they drank a zombie or were in a train crash. The remark captures a lighter moment amid the tragedy.
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Wellington
Oberlin Students Respond to Blood Drive for Train Victim
Minutes after the WEOL broadcast Oberlin College students rushed to Allen Memorial Hospital to donate blood for a train wreck victim. Police praised the large turnout though few offered Type O negative blood. Elyria police and Oberlin officials arranged transport to deliver the blood on time.
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Oberlin
WEOL
Oberlin College
Allen Memorial Hospital
Norman Schmidt
Elyria
Nelson Gray
Ernie Preston
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Arthur Cyphers
Piqua
Ted Wood
Chronicle-Telegram
Kathleen
Mattoon
Ida Stewart
Broadview
Earl
Griffith Afb
Sledgeham
Kenneth Ellington
Doreen Mitchell
East S5th St
Portland
M. £. Sebender
Upper Sandusky
Sebender
Chicago
George R. Guilfoyle
East
17Th St
By Dave Kent
Elyria Hospital
Ipwees
Ree
Ecm
Him
By John Orayed
Richard
Willoughby
Civil Defense
Nie Werner
Mechive
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