The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-01


| A Philadelphia physician who arrIv-
ed from Atlantic City today. told an
| interesting story OF the scenes at the
hospital after the injured We're brought
there. He said that he assisted in car
| ing for thirty-fve people. Soon after
| The accident, at least fifty doctors who
| we're sojourning ar Atlantic CITY, hur-
ried to the hospital and assisted IN car
| ing for the injured. Many OF those TAX
en- to the Atlantic City hospital were in
| a dying condition, and some OF them
| survived only few minutes
| WAGONS DRAWN BY MEN.
| Among the interesting stories told Of
| the scenes immediately after the acci-
| dent by the passengers who arrived in
Philedelphia, was one descriptive OF the
manner IN which the injured were taken
to the hospital. Near the scene OF the
! horror were a number Of wagons or
every description. Willing hans wheel
| ed those ND 70 the track, dozen men
grasped the shafts and pulled the hui
man freight to the hospitals As soon
as the sufferers were removed the
| wagons were hurried back for more
people, and in this way. much time was
saved in securing the proper treatment
for the bruised and bleeding victims.
many Of whom were in the agonies Of
death.
William Mahew OF Brdgeton said he
was in the first car He saw the en-
CINE of the express coming and IL first
graZed his car and then pitched it
over. It was full OF men. women and
children who We're screaming and there
was pandsmonium- It was with diff
Guilty that he crawled out Of the rear
end OF the car. J. Eustis of Bridgeton,
was in the fourth car from the engine,
and who was badly cut about the head,
said the roof on the front part Of the
car was peeled off and he climbed out
Of the top as soon as he could recover
from the effects Of the blow. This was
| the only way out, as the doors were
| damned and the front end crushed in.
Thomas Shin Of Bridgeton, son OF the
| sheriff Of Cumberland county was saved
| from instant death by but few seconds
| He was passing from the center of the
car that was struck, to the rear. As
he reached there the shock came and he
| attributes his escape to nothing less
than a miracle.
| But THE LADY AND THE CHILD,
J. OIL of thi. city. a bartender, was a
passenger on the Inflated train on the
West Jersey road. He had secured a
seat IN one Of the cars before leaving
Atlantic City, but seeing a lady with a
| child, he surrendered the seat TO her
and went TO the rear car. This act OF
courtesy saved his life as that portion
Of the train which ne first occupied.
was completely wrecked. The horrib.e
experience of Miss Lydia Pancoast OF
Bridgeton almost resulted in her pros
tration. She was in the fifth car and
after the collision she scrambled for
the door at the front. 4 man staggered
against her from the rear door with a
stream OF blood gushing from his mouth
and his head laid open by a deep cu..
Miss Pancoast's dress was covered with
blood and as she stepped back the man
in front fell dead.
CARLOADS OF WOUNDED.
At l o'clock this morning a special
train from Atlantic City. carrying pas
sengers bound for Bridgeton and vicini-
ty, pulled into the West jersey station,
Camden. As the engine came into the
depot and stopped, the sight OF the
survivors in the four coaches, who had
been IN the wrecked train was pitfful
Persons were TO be seen reclining on
seats with bandages about their heads.
from which, in some instances. blood
whose faces and necks We're burned
from the exposure to the sun during
their hours of pleasure on the seashore,
had deep wounds on Their faces and the
clothing of nearly all of them was spat-
tered with blood. Two sisters, Nettie
and Julia Pierce, were badly injured
Julia was robed in a white dress that
had been lent to her. as her had been
saturated in blood. She had bandage
arou nd her head which concealed a rag
ged wound that the physicians found
necessary to close with several stitches
She said she had been knocked against
the seat in front OF her and rendered
unconscious. When she recovered from
the shock she saw a man in the next
car. that was killed. The shock. added
to her injuries, had Frustrated her and
she was unable TO move from a reclin-
ing position. Her sister had swollen
nose and her eyes were discolored.
A BABY'S ADVENTURE.
In one OF the seats sat :. D. Frazier
and wife, their 6-nlonths-oid daughter
Alice, and two boys. The heads of all
Of them but Alice had been cut and were
stitched and bandaged and the blood
was spattered over their clothing Baby
Alice. at the time Of the collision, was
asleep in the lap OF her mother, and
when all were thrown into a heap she
fell under the seat and escaped without
a bruise.
Among the survivors was Mrs. Mary
Kiger, OF Elmer. y. J., whose head was
badly cut and whose back was injured.
When the crash came she was sitting
in a seat opposite her husband and was
looking across the meadows. There
was the meadow" She said. then an
awful crash and amid shrieks the car
upset and know no more" Mr.. Kl-
ger succeeded in CARRYING his wife out
somehow or other, in the wild rush
which followed. In the same car little
Reba Bowers, years old, OF Bridgeton,
was eating candy when the collision
came. She was pitched head first un-
der the opposite seat and had her head
badly cut. Opposite her sat Mrs. John
Rooms with her husband. Is the car
went over. Mr.. Rooms "a issd the window
and showed her through IL feet first, just
as s1e seat she had been sitting on was
shivered to pieces. In every seat Of
rhe train that arrived in Camden this
morning. there was either a man. wo-
man or child that had received an in
jury. Many OF them were hurt about
the back. hips and ankles. from con-
NUc-4tI- ICY AEN were d441 - =
any account Of what had become o.,
their friends The answer they gave
when questioned was thar they left on
the train together but had not szel
them since and could tell nothing about
them.
HALF CRAZED WITH HORROR
Men shouted and fought 20 get away:
womei shrieked AZ the top Of their
voices or turned sick. and children rac
OF sobb1ng with terror. A man came
pushing through To watch a body being