Inquiry into Rail Wreck Opens Today
An investigation into a major rail crash opens today as Lackawanna announces its own inquiry. The No. 3 Limited collided with a way freight after a switch foul, killing 19 of 27 aboard. Engineer Driscoll injured. Erie line rerouted pending repairs.
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Lackawanna
New York
A. T. Driscoll
Lackawanna Line
Drisoll
Driscoll
Elmira
Nly
WMCA
Groveland
N. C
James E. Leroy
Buffalo
Limited
Wayland
Hich
Soldiers Help Save Passengers
Soldiers aboard the Lackawanna Limited acted quickly when scalding steam surged into the coach after a sudden stop. They removed shoes, battered windows with their bodies, and smashed them to free passengers as cries and chaos filled the car, described by Mrs. Henrietta Gibson writing for United Press.
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Henrietta Gibson
United Press
Wayland
Lackawanna Limited
Frightful Train Crash At Corning Injures Passengers
A last coach derailment caused a sudden shock as tracks tore up and water flooded aisles. Passengers burned or cut as they fled, with one woman aiding others and a Negro porter remaining calm. The witness suffered burns and shock after escaping through a rear door. Mrs. Gibson of 118 Cedar Street, Corning, provided details.
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Gibson
Cedar Street
Corning
Identified Dead in Rail Wreck Names Listed in Wayland Wreck Toll
UPI report provides a tentative list of dead and injured from the Wayland train wreck. Names include Fred H. Meineke Scranton PA supervisor of locomotive operations for D L W system. Catherine Elliott 21 New York. Helen Foster Binghamton IN. Clayton Roloson 53 Hammondsport NJ. Margaret Grumbach Cleveland. Anna Heyman Brooklyn. Henrietta Smith 23 Brooklyn. Mildred Cohen Jersey City NJ. Dorothy Middleton 32 Buffalo. Anne Cheiko 22 Cleveland. Mavis King Willameville. Margaret Sautter East Orange NJ. Frances Ripley 68 Painted Post NJ. Helen Pfaff 16 Ridgewood NY. William Clayton Davie 74 Granite NJ. Marion Andrews 38 Nichols NJ and daughter Betty nine. Margaret Flegg Brooklyn. Agnes Hodge New York City. Margaret Konecsny New York City. Mary Eynon 84 Cleveland. Mary Geumbach five Cleveland mother identified earlier. With body, wings and tail constructed of wood, the new Ryan PT-25 eliminates most of the strategic materials in military aircraft.
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Fred H. Meineke
Scranton
Catherine Elliott
New York
Helen Foster
Binghamton
Clayton Roloson
Bath
Mercury Aircraft Corp
Hammondsport
N. J
Margaret Grumbach
Cleveland
Anne Cheiko
Mavis King
Willameville
Margaret Sautter
East Orange
Frances Ripley
Painted Post
Helen Pfaff
Ridgewood
N.Y
William Clayton Davie
Granton
Marion Elizabeth Andrews
Nichols
Betty
Margaret Flegg
Brooklyn
Agnes Hodge
New York City
Margaret Konecsny
Mary Eynon
Volunteer Harvesters Among Dead in Rail Crash
Sixteen metropolitan women who volunteered for a harvest trip were among the dead and injured when the Lackawanna New York Buffalo Limited wrecked Monday night. Eight are dead, ages 16 to 30, including secretaries, clerks, workers. National offices and local listings identify the dead and injured with names and addresses in Brooklyn, Jersey City, East Orange, Ridgewood, Princess Bay, Rahway, and The Bronx. The U.S. Employment Service and War Manpower Commission said two representatives will go to Wayland to aid identification.
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New York
Lackawanna Railroad
New York-Buffalo
War Man‘power Commission
Silver Creek
Dunkirk
Henrietta Smith
West End Avenue
Brooklyn
Catherine Elliott
West 174Th Street
Anna EB. Heyman
Barberry Street
Margaret Sauttey
Springdale Avenue
East Orange
N. J. Helen Pfaff
64Th Street
Ridgewood
N. J
Mildred Cohen
I Webster Avenue
Jersey City
Margaret Flege
Margaret Konevsny
E. 88Th Street
Doris Kugler
Hunts Point Avenue
the Bronx
Edith Schematiek
Ashland Avenue
Princess Bay
Staten Island
Julia Richman
Buchard Avenue
Alice Raff
Montgomery Avenue
The
Bronx
Jeanne Rankine
Essex Street
Rahway
Anna Pfaff
Waylanil
Stephentown Teacher to Instruct Berlin Central Students
Mrs Roy Kenyon of Stephentown will teach in Berlin Central School next year. A special executive committee meeting of the United Stephentown Districts Parent-Teacher Association was held Wednesday evening at Mrs Emma L McFeelys home. Schools of the town opening Sept 7 will have the following.
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Roy Kenyon
Berlin
United Stephentown Districts
Emma L. McFeely
Stephentown Village Teachers Named in List
Miss Margaret Fischer and Mrs Helen Stuart head a Stephentown village teaching staff alongside Marie Sidney Heckler and Dea Fitzgerald with local schools in North Stephentown. The unnamed group Sweet Diatriots North Stephentown is listed among educators.
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Margaret Fischer
Helen Stuart
Sweet
North Stephentown
Marie
Sidney Heckler
Stephentown
Dea Fitzgerald
Ter
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Lehigh
Peerless
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Flier
Wayland Upi
Anna Heyman
Dorothy Middleton
Mary Ann Geumbach
Mary
All
Ager
Fenimore Street
Ema
Lor-Odo
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