Evening journal., 1900-12-10
MINGTOyIANS HURT
N COLLISION on RAILROAD
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most null speed, lOlleu uhNoi
rallied freight car missed the
5e and two baggage cars OF
E ess train. but struck the first
n coach full on the side and
~ lt windows, seats and floor as
ach had been built Of paper.
nding from the impact the
sar grazed the second passen-
h, but still pushed forward by /
ing engine it crashed into the
d of the third coach and tore
of the wall.
xpress came to a sudden stop,
crew. aided by the passengers
Pullmans Natalie and Agnes,
4 completed the train, hurried to
injured in the wrecked coaches.
minutes ambulances had start
ard the scene of the collision
cry hospital in South and West |
Il lphia. An emergency call sent
Dr.. Andrews from City Hall |
nswered by physicians from
ord, Manayunk and even more
parts of the city.
r the splintered roof OF the first
coach thirty men and women
inned and helpless. A hundred
lied the fallen roof and dragged
y. In the tangle Of wood and
Jay the injured, some stunned,
bleeding from gashes. Tenderly
lharmed passengers carried the
ed out of the wreckage. Brave
b worked among the injured
they themselves were covered
blood.
fifteen minutes thirty men and
IN in need of surgical attention
on the way to hospitals. Many
had escaped with light scratches
I'D to enter ambulances, but went
lrby drug stores or took the relief
and proceeded to Broad Street
Dn.
-TEMBNT AT BROAD STREET.
soon as the news OF the Rreck
d through the city scores of peO-
locked 10 Broad Street Station
pleaded for word of their friends
ne train. When the relief train
.ng some Of the injured rolled 81
station was converted for a short
into a hospital
the receiving ward Of the Univer-
Hospital twenty persons applied
medical aid. The most severely
red man taken there was David
s. of Baltimore. whose leg and
were broken. and who is in a
cal condition.
10 only Philadelphian who sus-
ri serious injury was Henry Mat
Is. OF 1947 North Park avenue.
raj hours passed before Mr.. Mat
rs family learned of the accident.
wife, it was said. was preparing
make social call when she re-
ed a telegram to 20 to the Univer-
Hospital.
most frantic. Mrs. Matthews has
d to the hospital. where she learn
he extent Of her husbands injuries
remained by HIS cot in the medi-
ward throughout the evening. The
ors who attended this patient were
be opinion last night that he would
be detained long in the institu-
be officials of the Pennsylvania
road showed no hesitation in dis
ing the wreck. They blamed nc
Of their employees with negligence
said that the breaking of tn,
ght car axle was an accident thai
d not have been foreseen.
'SENGER TELLS OF COLLISION
NJ Silverthorne. a salesman in tn,
10y OF a St. Louis, Mo-, clothin,
J.. tells a story Of a narrow escap.
n injury. Mr.. SilverthOrne was il
coach No. S066, which bore tn,
Mt of the encounter with the de
ed freight car. He said: "UpoI
srting the car at Washington
< a seat on the right-hand side O
coach about three seats from thl
door. To escape the aisle draf
much as possible / moved close L
window. For nearly three hours
lpied that spot.
When Chester was reached tn
n received many additional passen
3, one Of whom, I am told. a younl
7, found it necessary to take a sea
ide me. She requested permission
it by the window. 1 cheerfully cav
my window seat and busted mysel
several minutes closing my grip
must have then been very nea
Us Ferry. Seeing that we wer
ering Philadelphia ] stepped int
aisle to put on my overcoat.
The next instant il seemed as if W
struck a stone wall. ! pitche
dlong up the aisle, landing as nea
front door as ] had been to tn
r. The length Of time elapsing be
en- the jolt and my finishagalnsttht
ner Of a seat was probably less thai
ifth of a second, yet I seemed L
e lived a year.
The first thing 7 heard was tn
ring away Of the cars side. Simul
eOusly came the sound Of shatterin
IS and the cries of panic-stricke
injured passengers. Finding mysel
lurt. / fastened back to secure m
,hel. The sight that met my eye
pped my breath and transfixed m
the moment. There. in what wa
Of my seat, lay the young woma
h whom / had shared It. Her hea
on the yalise and was bleedin
fusely. Several large pieces {
S. We're still sticking i'm the wound
Y had made. removed them a
efully as possible, and another maj
lself injured was assisting me /