The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-01-09

which escaping steam and smoke made
more confusing. Out from the wreck
age came the cries of those who still
lived and within a few minutes the
work of rescue, which was marked by
The finest heroism and sacrifice began.
The noise of the impact carried warn
ing to the street above and alarms
which brought every available ambu-
lance in the city, the police reserves Of
five precincts and the firemen of the
central eastern district of Manhattan
were summoned at once. With police
firemen and surgeons came a score of
volunteer physicians and half dozen
priests and ministers. Ladders were run
down the tunnel airshafts and the fire.
men and police attacked the debris
with rope and axes. Meantime the
passengers had already rallied and
were trying to release their fellows who
were imprisoned in the debris. Father
William Smith, Roman Catholic chap
lain of the fire department, crawled in
over the hot boiler of the wrecked en-
CINE to offer sacraments to the dying
and give succor to those pnioned
down by broken seats and timber Rev
DR. Walkley, Protestant chaplain of the
department, labored with him. Lieu
tenant William Clarke, of the fire de-
partment, forced his way into where
Miss Rice and Miss Scott lay, and
stood in the steam that scalded his legs
until they We're gotten out T. M.
Murphy, passenger, both of whose
legs had been broken and was still held
down viseike by the timbers which
broke them, volunteered to remain as
he was until those around him were
gotten out, for fear the release of the
debris would jeopardize the rest. Po-
licemen Hughes and Raffsky and
Chaplain Walkley reachd Mrs. Howard
and the chaplain gave her stimulant.
The policemen were cutting away the
seat which held the woman when
steam pipe broke The scalding steam
drove them back and when the rescu-
ers returned Mrs. Howard was dead.
The wounds of those of the injured in
need of immediate attention were given
temporary dressing by the ambulance
and volunteer surgeons and then
hoisted to the street above. Many of
the handsome houses which line Park
avenue were thrown open to the suffer
ing, but most of the injured We're hur-
ried away to hospitals at once. The
dead were carried to the surface and
taken to morgues and police stations.
A great crowd, needless of the snow
which swirled through the street.
gathered about the tunnel entrance and
shafts and watched the rescue work.
Most of the watchers were sympathetic
and orderly, but despite the horror of
the accident and the vigilance of the
police there was some looting. Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt, whose family control
the New York Central, was among
those who came to the tunnel, but the
police denied him admission.
Responsibility for the disaster has not
II. Franklin said that as far as he had
been able to discover J. NJ Wischo en-
sineer of the White Plains train was 70
blame When the South Norwalk train
was stopped a flagman ran back into
the tunnel and besides placing tor
pedo on the track endeavored to flag
the onCCming train. He hurled his lam
tern at the cab window, but the biz To-
connective never halted until it was bur
led in wreckage. 1t is not clear that
the torpedo exploded or that Wischc
was warned by the lantern signal. The
right Of the signal men to permit the
moving train to enter the same block
section as that occupied by the halted
train is also in question, The tunnel
was beclouded With steam and smoke,
and snow which fell through the air.
shafts of the tunnel also obscured the
view. Engineer Wischo and Fireman