The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

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ten feet of the front end of the day
coach. The second last car is the one
in which the killed were.
The express was made up of a COM
bination express and baggage, chair
car, sleeper, buffet car, two day
coaches and a smoker
The Buffalo express was in
charge of Conductor Capwell The
Phillipsburg train was In charge Of
Conductor Burke and Engineer Rear
don.
DID NOT SEE EMPRESS.
Apparently the engineer of the Phil
iipsburg accommodation did not no.
tice that the express drew up some
300 feet west of the depot. The express
was seventeen minutes late and the ac-
commodation was following very close
ly. When Engineer Reardon saw the
lights ahead the distance was too short
to avoid n collision. His train was
going at full speed.
The engine plunged into the rear
car of the express, a day coach, and
ploughed through the heavy timbers
almost its entire length. This car was
lifted from the track and pushed to
the next to the last car, also a Pull
man, carrying off its end and almost
completely telescoping it,
The engine Of the Phillipsburg train
was torn to pieces. The wreckage
caught fire, but the flames were soon
extingushed.
Within few moments police re-
serves, firemen and great crowds OF
people came to the rescue of those in
the terrible tangle of wood and iron.
From the wreck came groans and
shrieks and prayers for death or de-
liverance. 1t was intensely dark at
the scene, and as the broken wood
was taken out of the wreck 1t was
thrown to the sides of the tracks,
where it was set on fire to furnish light
for the rescuers.
The fremen, police, train hands and
several score of citizens turned in to
rip the fearful pile to pieces. 1t was
desirable to draw the engine out, but
this could not be done, because it
would result in death to some of those
imprisoned in the debris.
HANGING FROM WINDOW.
Before the wreckaGe was attacked
there was the body Of a man hanging
half way out of one OF the rear win
dows on one side and a woman hang
ing from a window on the other side.
Both were in rear seats, and when
the telesCoping occurred their mangle
bodies were crushed through the win
dows and hung between the sides of
the car and the engine. The rescuers
took men and women out of the wreck
age in rapid succession, and they were
hurried away to the hospital. In many
cases it was necessary to chop away
the wreckage about the injured in or
der to get them out.
One man was found standing up, his
head in a corner, held fast by the
wreckage which had piled about him.
He was taken out unconscious and it
was thought he was dead. but he re-
vived and proved to be but slightly
| injured.
Lizzie Kane, of Binghamton, ~ Y,
was found with her feet held fast be-
| tween two heavy beams. The remain
| der of her body was clear, but she
| had to lie there suffering great agony
| while the men We're trying to get her
! out by digging through n heavy mass
| Z broken wood and iron to free the
! upper beam.
Agnes Mcdonald, of oxford. N. Y.
was taken out with great difficulty
| Her legs were fearfully crushed. She
suffered terrible agony during the hall
hour it took to cut and free her.
David Roe. who is in the hospital
with his right leg badly crushed, be.
came frantic when he found his wife
was not in the hospital. He believed
she was killed, but he was not told so
The Whites, father and son, were
found with their arms about each 9th.
er. The sons leg is broken, while the
father is badly bruised and his face
and hands cut by flying glass.
LEONARD ON TRAIN.
Frank j. Leonard, of the firm OF
Leonard Brothers, tobacco manufac-
turers, of Scranton, had his hand pain
fully bruised, but was able to assist
in getting out the injured. He went
on to New York and had his hanC
dressed at the Westminster hotel.
One of the dead men is said to ht
Miller Craig, who is connected with tn,
New York Tribune. A book found OF
his person would indicate this, although
the Identification is not complete.
Inquiries came from Scranton fol
Alex. Craig, manager Of the Scranto,
Tribune, who with his wife and tw,
daughters are known to have left fo
New York on the wrecked train.
other ScrantOnians who We're on thr
wrecked train but who as far as car
be learned escaped injury were
EDWARD G. CONNER, 42S Clay ave
nue., superintendent of the Lackawann;
mills.
| COLONEL MEREDITH Il. JONES
Temple Court, Spruce street, real estat
agent.
THEODORE l.. sTRAUB, Hotel Jer
myn, bank clerk.
| LILLIAN A. CRAFT 61S Linden street
MIR. AND MRS. JOHN GING 1914 Vim
street.
JOHN SUMNER, agent of Keller {
Van Dyke, piano agents.
NJ. w. HEDDEN, solicitor of Pennsyl
vania Casualty company of Scranton.
OSCAR ARONSON, 3lG Penn avenue
commercial drummer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cling, who wer