The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-09

o. the last car. They were Miss Rice
I ana Miss Scott Of New Rochelle One
I ~ on top Of the other. the one under
ne2tn held by Wreckage. which pinned
down her body below the waist. One
leg was crushed. The body of a man.
which was also pinned fast by the
Treckage, lay across the chest Of The
other and held her down.
Stimulants were administered to the
girls by the chaplain, who remained,
with them until they were relieved.
Both clergymen were severely scaIded
/ By escaping STAN
Acting Battalion Chief Friel found In
the wreck man who gave his name as
4. n. Murphy and tried 10 move him.
Murphy said his leg was held fast and
asked Chief E'riei 10 free it. The CHIEF
found that if he lOOsened the timbers
that held Murphy's leg he was liable
TO let down more Wreckage on the
bodies Of two girls. He told Murphy
this and Murphy said
All right III wait. but please be as
qfick as you can"
The chief made Murphy as comforta-
r as he could with a seat cushion and
lay there TIL the bodies of the in
Ju-fd ones beside him were removed.
Two policemen and Chaplain Walk
u
CHAPLAIN gave her a stimulaut. The
policemen were cutting away the seat
wl{Aa held the woman down when a
pibe Roke- The scalding steam drove
tn ism b3S and when the rescuers re-
u Fned M, Howard was dead.
Some Zaken to Mansions
Injured persus in need OF immedi-
attention ere given Temporary
" assing by the ambulance and voIIJn-
E. surgeons and hen h9isted To the
sf-9s k-S---
----oySly Park avenu-
IL INN open to the .rffe-i-7 -. were
Eoerit.s injured We 81 go - nos
Iraorgue ''Lae e5ad were carried lT-ie1ii - -
Amenses and police stations. An i'm
- crowd needless Of the sDoT,-
., PIE SWirled through the street. garb-
SIC b2ut he tunnel entrance and
and watched the rescue work.
FL menus Vanderbilt was among
IA ose Who came 70 the tunnel. bur the
+Phce denied him admission. desDfte
1acr that his family controls the
1ilway.
Al responsibility for the disaster Is IN
FED but Superintendent Franklin said
pat so lar as he had been able to dis
II mite Plains train, is TO blame. It is
declared that when the South NorwaIl-
Jain stopped, q hagman ran back into
he tunnel, and besides placing 2 tor
-ledo on the track, endeavOred to flag
fhe OncOming train.
! The tunnel was cIOuded with steam
ind smoke. while the snow which fen
through the air shafts tended to OBJ
tcure the view. Engineer WischO and
Fireman Chris Flynn were arrested. A
Fgnal man also was detained for. a
lime but was released.
I superintendent Franklin has issued a
Statement as to the accident. in which
he declares that the block signals at
Fifth-ninth street were Obeyed by tha
ENeW Haven train, but the engineer Of
ithe White Plains train disregarded
them.
District Attorney Visits Wreck.
THE torpedo on the track went of.
said the Uperiutendeut, but he did
not stop. even though the fireman
called 10 him TO do so. The system Of
block signals is such that Il is a phvsi-
cal impOssibility for a signal man to
make his LIGHT declare the track free
if another train is on the track"
District Attorney jerome visited the
wreck and personally examined many
witnesses The state railway commits
sion also announced its intention to
make an Investigation. and similar in
tent was expressed by the general off,
GERS Of both the New York Central &
Hudson River railway and the New
York. New Haven & Hartford railway.
Residents Of New Rochelle contrib
uted the largest number Of the casual
ty list, because the rear car Of the
South Norfolk local was reserved for
them and was kept locked when the
train reached the place.
Mr.. Legs, one of the dead, was gen
eraI manager Of the dry goods firm OF
B. Altman & Co. of this city. and was
prominent in commercial circles here
A: II. Perrin was second vice presf-
dent Of the Union Bag & Paper COM
pauy, and was equally wei known. Mr..
Perrin came here recently from Chica-
go
II. G. Diamond, who was killed. was
assistant general manager OF the
American Bridge company.
Oscar W. 8IeyTOwitz was an optician
and secretary OF the New Rochelle
Yacht club. and E F Walton was a
weIl-known broker Of New York.
Late in the day the coroner. cues
toned the traiumen, holding court AZ
a police station The inquest was held
behind closed doors, and as a result of
it Signalman Flynn was released. wbf1a
Fireman Eyler was held in baiI of
$1,000 and Engineer Wischo witbou+
bail The railroad company Furnished
bonds for Eyler and Wischo was IA L7a0
to the TOmbs prison.
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