The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01

50 badly hurt that he gasped few
times and died, while DR. Knapp was
uninjured and did noble service ii
ministering to the suffering. Mr.. Buck
lies at st. Johns hospital terribly hurt
and does not yet know of his fathers
death.
DIR. Burke, who was with the hos
pital train, said that the three Man
haitian Beach cars which were so terri.
bly, smashed contained large party OF
excursionists of the better class
A reporter saw three of the survivors
in the Long Island ferry house at the
foot of Thirty-fourth street, They
said they were passengers on the Rock.
away train, occupying seats in the
fourth coach. The train was travelling
at an unusually high rate of speed, the
cars swinging SO violently from side to
side that they instinctively looked for
an accident. All of a sudden there
was crash and everybody was thrown
to the floor of the car or over the backs
of seats. Fortunately only a few of
the passengers in that car were hurt.
Only one young man, named Larkin,
tried to leap from the car and was hurt
on the head and also internally. The
rear cars were at the same time de-
rallied.
August Baedecker, of New York
city, who liz connected with the Sleeps
head Bay race track, said: 1.-THE disas-
ter was very terrible. / was fortunate
enough to escape with severe shak-
ing up and was. able to assist the
less fortunate. l helped to carry four
men from the cars
Eugene Matthews, of Greenwich
street, New York city, said: II helped
to carry away one of the killed. / can't
give you any details. The affair hap
pened so suddenly that nobody knew
anything about it until the train
crashed into us. The shrieks of the
wounded and dying are ringing in my
ears even now. ! am hurrying home so
that my family may not be alarmed.
Isaac III. Rotchschild. New York
city, gave the following description of
the awful scene: Myself, my wife and
my daughter were coming home from
Manhattan Beach and occupied seats
in the center of one of the cars that
had in some way become detached
from the remainder of the train. Di-
rectly in front of us sat six men, ap-
parently asleep. They were all terri
bly, injured. It was an awful scene,
and / don't know how my wife and
daughter and 1 escaped. 1 am too
much excited to give you an intelligent
description of the scene. All know
is that many were killed outright and
mi
was crowded one for, being the last
to leave Manhattan Beach, there was
a large throng waiting. You know it
was SO hot that they stayed as long as
possible at the seaside"
All day the morgue in Newtown and
the hospital in Long Island City have
been beseiged by anxious seekers fot
missing members of their families.
The scenes as some of the mangled
bodies were recognized were heart
rending, women fainting and men fall
ing upon their knees to weep. Fully
200 persons did not find those they
sought among the dead or wounded
and went away with intense relief, in
sharp contrast with those who found
loved ones dead and mangled.
At the scene of the accident wreck
ing train and big force of railroad
employees have been working all day.
to obliterate the painful evidences of
the disaster. The three smashed cars
were piled up and burned, the twisted
rails and broken switches were re-
paired and the blood pools hidden un-
der shovelfuls of sand.
General Manager E. r. Reynolds and
superintendent w. HI. Blood were at
the scene early. They stated that the
cause of the accident was still un-
acity between the tower switchman,
Mutt, and Engineer Concrite, of the
Rockaway train. The latter had re-
ported that heavy fog prevailed at
the time, which was true He declared
that the signals were set at safety, in
dicating clear road, and he went
ahead without reducing speed. Sud
denly Fireman Robert Price, his com
paAion, exclaimed; my God; there is
train ahead" Looking ahead, he saw
through the mist the red lights that
always hang at the rear end of train,
and declares that he immediately re-
versed his engine and put on the steam
brakes. Then he and Fireman Price
jumped for their lives.
When the wrecked engine was exam
hned yesterday morning the statement
as to the reversed lever and the steam
brakes was found to be true. The only
remaining question was whether he or
Mutt was right about the danger sig
nal. In the morning it was set at
danger and Mutt said it had remained
so ever since he set it to warn Engineer
Concrite. Manager Reynolds will hold
a rigid investigation.
Mrs. Theodore Craven, who was
seriously injured, died last evening
making the list of dead fifteen. All
the bodies have been identified.