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i NEWCOMERSTOWN, O., Sept. 12 (UP)—Investigators searched wreckage and questioned railway and military personnel today to .fix responsibility for the troop train wreck that killed 33 Pennsylsyania National Guardsmen and injured 67 other persons. | =. "The most modern signalling and protective devices available” |
a morning
The soldiers, or tduty for the Korean War, were on
‘Ind., for training. "Brig. Gen. -f the Ohio Military District, said
mist - yesterday and
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Francis Brink, chief {about 15 minutes later, many Wellington, 122 John St.
Mailed when a fast passenger train — the Pennsylvania Railroad's _ | Spirit of St. Louis—roaréd out of | :
|bodies, The ceiling of this car as telescoped like an accordi
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bankment and the second unit
{the rear of the troop train. Had the accident occurred
33 bodies had been removed from lives would have been saved, ac-
the troop train wreckage. No pas-|
sengers or crewmen of the pas-|
_senger train were killed. Nearly “all the injured were soldiers, 24 were listed in serious condition.
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cording to Capt. Keith J, Spangenberg, a Carbondale, Pa., newsipaperman. H~ said most of the {men would have been eating {breakfast in a diner several cars (forward.
Some of the injured were taken
Officials 'of the Pennsylvania to hospitals in nearby towns
‘Railroad, the Interstate Com-
‘where four of them ‘diad. Several
Commission, and military Of the more seriously hurt were
in opened full-scale on’ the scene investigations.
At a loss 0 explain. what on to. Camp. Atterbury last night. Pfc. Clyde P, Harding. 65
caused the accident, railroad officials said the area “is equipped with the most modern signalling and protective devices available.” William Eller, 65, engineer of
! the passenger train which sped
flown “to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, O. Most of the uninjured continued
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|. The troop train was carrying ‘members of the 109th Infantry {Regiment from Carbonsdale and Honesdale, Pa. and the 109th {Field Artillery Battalion from |Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Their unit was one of four militia divisions re{cently called into federal service
past the red signal flares set out|y, the Korean War.
behind the halted troop train, could not be reached for com-|
ment. : Searchlights were set up at the ‘scene last night as rescue workers removed what was believed to be the last of the victims from
Mourning Set
In Pennsylvania
> WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Sept. 12 (UP)—The state of Pennsylvania
the wreckage, The bodies were ,ytonjed a hand of.sympathy to-
laid out in a garage at nearby West Lafayette. |
Names of 22 of the victims shrouded in sadness by the train-|
were released by Army authorities last night. The others were withheld pending positive identification and notification of next of kin. Many of the bodies were dismembered, making identificaHon and an accurate count difficul 3 . The troop train, westbound with 655 members of thé: 28th Pennsylvania National Guard Division, stopped automatically just
an air hose broke. A flagman set red flares behind the train, but a few minutes later the passenger train rocketed down the straight stretch of track and smashed into the rear cars of the troop train, « : Plows Through Car was thrown sidewise. diesel unit of the Spirit of St. Louis smashed straight through the second car, reducing it to a
day to this hard coal center,
wreck death of 33 of its soldiers and injury to scores more.
Expressing his “profound sym-|
pathy” to the families of the victims in the Wilkes-Barre area, Gov. James H. Duff ordered flags of all state, county and municipal buildings flown at half staff for 10 days. Gov, Duff's proclamation in Harrisburg came several hours after Mayor Luther M. Kniffen declared a week of mourning in Wilkes-Barre, which just Sunday bid a hearty, happy. farewell to its 109th Field Artillery Battalion departing for training at Camp Atterbury, Ind. The battalion’s troop train was rammed by a Pennsylvania Railroad flyer
The last car of the troop train yesterday at Isleta, O. The first
“1 request all flags be displayed at half staff so that our town's sympathy may be reflected to those who have suffered and lost so much,” Mayor Kniffen said.
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Trdin Casualties ag | Miss Neville, uninjured, was § Named Officially 'taken to offices at the Approved NEWCOMERSTOWN, O., Sept. Appliance Co. where she sank, rT om ee ob SS
{cab. He rushed more than 100
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incomplete list of the | 4 ( — The 24-year-old
Pennsylvania National Guards-|
in the office at D. L. Stone, Inc, M automobile dealers, when the acKings-| cident occurred. She lives at 1719 IN. Delaware St. | Surviving Mr. McClain are his 38 McDon-| other, Mary E., R. R. 1, Zions ville; four brothers: Oral B., po 94 liceman, and Roscoe, Indianap
| near here yesterday: | Warrant Officer Wililam ton. 8gt: John W. Cox, ald St., Plymouth. - Sgt. William C. Edwards, Amherst Ave., Wilkes-Barre,
Main St, Wilkes-Barre, Mrs, Maude Miller, Indianapolis, Cpl. Larry I. Luzenski, 125 Car- and Mrs. Opal Hollingsworth and verton Rd., Tuckville. ; Pfc. Leonard Balonis 115 Dar- 2. Indianapolis. ling 8t., Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Hughes came to IndianapPfc. Harold Handlos, 22 E. ©lis from Illinois about 10 years Luzerne Ave. Larksville. {ago. He was employed at the w.| George J. Mayer Co. for a year until faulty “eyesight forced him
Union 8t., Kingston. | Pfc. Ronald J. Jackson, 942 E./'0 Fetire eight month ago.
North Hampton St., Wilkes-Barre. | § . sg) I . Pfc. Raymond Pudlowski, 12} Limits Hint An ers Edin New 8t., Wilkes-Barre. |
‘crews for not crossing the lines. |
Pfc. Donald C. Zieker, 17 Center| St., Hughestown. | (Continuéd From Page One) Recruit Hugh F. Fargus, 49 reason for the ban was “that Girard Ave., Plymouth. {Edinburg is the nearest place to | Recruit Charles Norton, 216 the camp for undesirables to col‘Penn. St., Lee Park. lect.” u Recruit Richard A. Royer, 313 It was decided,” he said, “that Bowman St., Wilkes-Barre. jit would be best for officers and
| men to stay out of there.” PE Aru. Thonies. 79 ‘When asked what he meant by Warrant Officer. James F. Mc- undesirables, the officer said he 'Ginley, 207 Bennett St., Exeter. | meant “drifters and the like.” | Cpl. Joseph E. Fletcher, 1287] Scott St. Wilkes-Barre. {meant camp followers. |" Pfc. Edward W. Gallgher, 581 _ |W. 8th 8t., West Wyoming. i Recruit Thomas W. Wallace 204 Main St., Kingston. { Cpt. Thomas M. Ostraszewski, 1486 Scott St, Wilkes-Barre. | Pvt. Willlam F. Tierney, 23 E.! Jackson St, Wilkes-Barre. Sgt. Lester Kuehn, 94 W, Empire 8t., Wilkes-Barre. . Eleven or 12 names are being withheld pending identifications.
20 Navy Reserve Men Receive Call
Facing Summons (Continued From Page One)
dentists and a veterinarian from Army reserves. : { Following a brief induction cere-| mony yesterday at the fort, the! local 424th Field Artillery Bat-| talipn was given basic equipment] issues and began. intensive train-| ing while awaiting shipping orders to Camp Campbell, Ky. : Meanwhile, 5th Army, Chicago, | announced the all-Negro 184th, Medical Collecting Team of the
[Illinois National Guard, would join the 28th for training in the “near future.” | Names and Dates Naval Reservists were ordered ito. report for active duty on the {dates indicated below: ¥ooks, Charles H., 539 Auburn 8t 8.28 8 Ewing 8t.: , 5715 E. 30th; Reynolds, Fishers, Beck. John J.
Bernard” |8., 3002'3 Carson Ave; 13114 N. Capitol Ave, 1511 Pleasant 8t; { N, Temple Ave.: Pazder, s P, : Ray St; Wright, | Dennis W,, 5718 Oak Ave Sept, 26 | ybert, James S. 1824 W. Northgate St.; Ward, Herman O., 423 E. No y Jennings, Harold T, 5 L | Madsen, Elvin 8., 2022 Prospect 8t,. {David L, 712 E 22d St.; Palm, Robert K., { Broadacre, Danville: Richardson, Donald R.. 3212 Mars Hill Road.
U. 8. AIR FORCE BASE, Oki-. nawa, Sept. 12 (UP)—Crewmen | of the American B-20 Superfort | “Lucky Dog” flew. 154 combat
{gets in 30 days. setting a record [for Okinawa-based Superforts, it. {was announced today. | - Capt, Jack W- Frost of Hous‘ton, Tex. pilot of the “Lucky | Dag,” ‘said the record —the equiv- | alent of 18 months flying under peace time requirements—‘is principally | |a question of maintenance . . ."|
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Cause of Rear-End Crash on Well-Protected
Runs Wild, Kills Man, 70
i ~ ” " i : ; 1! : - { Incomplete List (Continued I'rom Page One) | | since 1037, he actéd as “midwife” to the birth of three boys in his |
other expectant mothers to hos-
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ch Indianapolis § plowed —into-the third car from men killed inthe trainwreck resident was on her way to work
> 3 olis; G, H., Warren, O.; and Ray- : Sgt. Gilbert B. Wharton, 64 N. mon, Zionsville; and three sisters———' 4
{ Mrs, Mary E. Smith, both. of R. R. |
By “the like” he indicated he
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Edinburg is virtually next door to That is their policy, and it's al-| right with us.”
the camp, Franklin is eight to 10 miles about the same. It was heard that Edinburg,
Counter hoth sides today as the walkout “ : roared of the city sewage disposal” er of the dark truck. “Then, whoosh, crack Spirit of St Louis ers and garbage ‘mayed into its 13th day. ~ Patrick McCabe, international representative for the State, Coun-| " ity and Municipal . Employees father was dying.
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yor's attituc - Sa hallenge tosall union Pyt, Bernard Kovalick, .rode i He has silence, their hands = utterly refused to meet with our barrels of their. carbines. committee, even though he stated he would never refuse to it down g,ch as blankets and ponchos, and discuss this thing.”
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: » ‘Greet Train | (Continued From Page One) | were old coaches.” He also was
in the fourth car from rear.
“1 was putting on my boots !when we were rammed,” added
TUESDAY, SEPT. 1 1950 | Silent Buddies of Atterbury § Ui Survivors |
the hardest-hit Field Artillery Battalion, were taken to a camp near Columbus, O. yesterday for food and rest. They had not eaten since the night before. Their arrival here came 19 hours
from other Guardsman from the rear aster the accident in which the
truck drivers
I was knocked flat.” “We saw one guy carry -his father from the wreck,” commeénted another. “I think his
n “We sent back all equipment,
then went back to help,” Cpl
“I have never been approached pavis said. Lt. Col. Frank Town-
Meanwhile, at
least
three switch engine crews refused to cross the picket lines around the, sewage disposal plant. The crews! have been approaching. the lines every day, workers said, when they see the line, they turn| back. | +Also-employees-of-other-compa=1 nies have refused to cross the picket lines. But Mayor Feeney said the walkout was under control. | “We don’t blame the railroad
and
to meet with a committee of our gend, commanding officer of the, local workers, and as represen-iiroops on the crashed train, did a| quarters Battery, 28th Division tative of a municipality, I am for-|gwel] job, the foot soldiers all! Artillery. to bargain with them,” | Mayor Feeney said.
agreed. Everything remained exceptionally ‘orderly. One sergeant picked up his roster and called roll. Maj. Gen. Daniel B. Strickler, division commander of the recently - federalized Pennsylvania National-Guard, returned late last night in time to see the troops arrive. He had flown with Col William A. Boyson, diivsion surgeon, {from Atterbury Air Base to | Zanesville, O., then motored to the |scene of the crash. { BodiesGuarded | In an interview this morning
| Gen. Strickler praised the people |of Coshocton, O. So did the men
“We have enough coal to last |p the truck.
after a tax cab driver said he saw the garbage routes today. More persons reported for work [If a mass burial is held, Gen. when I told them about it,” said
{leave passes of soldiers marked] | today, Mayor Feeney said, than | Strickler said he will attend.
“good except in Edinburg.”
A decision on the status of the in any day since the beginning of "the walkout Aug. 30.
town was expected soon.
away apd Columbus is for 60 days, and anything else we need, we can bring in by truck,” the Mayor reported. | : , In the meantime 91 trucks,| Pertpaits ore Stirred up by a more than twice the usual numrumor” which made the rounds ber, were making the rounds of |
“The residents there went out of their way to do everything for us, even up to the time we left,” they said. “Not just the { Red Cross, but everybody.” One Guardsman will remain | with each body until it is buried.
The uninjured troops of the
109th Regiment, plus survivors in
gripping the
out of a heavy fog and smashed into the halted troop train’s rear, . Other Units Arrive
Other units yesterday continued . |pouring into the camp. They were immediately whisked .- away in + Sm Sap gears .
ALR TR IRENE |where they were split up into
details. One of the details that began | cleaning barracks and setting up supplies and kitchens included | Curt Simmons, 21-year-old south-~ | paw hurler with the Philadelphia Phillies. Pfc. Simmons is in Head-
Trucks Due Friday Units continued arriving by rail throughout today. Rail arrivals are scheduled to end tomorrow noon. Trucks will bring in other outfits Friday.. Combat training on an indefinite chain of six weeks schedules will begin Monday. After each six weeks of training, the division will »begin another period of the same duration. When questioned yesterday on their thoughts about the crash, former Guardsmen on trains that arrived safely showed shock and sobriety. Thoughts of farents Sgt. 1-C Ernest Merker, Aldan, Pa., said “our first thought was for our parents, who would he worrying about us. Then we (thought of our buddies who were lin the outfits involved in the col- | lision.” “The guys ignored the report
Rect. Joseph Misko, 18, of Northwood, Pa. “They thought it was just another rumor.”
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