New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
SCENES At THE WRECK.
The York of Rescue-Courage of
the Survivors.

Connellsville, Penn. Dee 2a-when General Man
ager Sims arrived at the scene OF last nights acct
cent near Dawson. he was so overcome that he
CRED Men and women who crowded to the scene
sights.
When asked If there would be an investigation
on the part Of the railroad officials Superintendent
d. ". Duer said:
~ don't think that investigation is necessary
ing TO half dozen heavy timbers under the dining
bound has dropped those ti1ers on he - fIc
5 nc proceeded unconscious Of the trouble II had
Louis Hegoth. the conductor Of the train. was
in the second day coach when the crash came and
no one knows just what happened 70 him D. w
HIS, porter on one Of the sleeperF. said that as
soon as he could get of his car he went forward
and heard some one shouting from the top OF the
bank. He recognized Helgoth's voice The con-
ductor was IN terrible agony. but shouted:
For Gods sake I am scaided to DEATH but
she will be U.s.
Hills. telling Of his experience said:
= went to the smoking car and began to get the
EVER go witressdd Men was yey the most awful scene
Of shapes They were on top OF each other and
tried 10 iii one man out found Others so tightly
wedged into the same place that several mad 10 be
aided at one time. got seven men out before
The dead were badly bruised and some ~ ,ba
scaded were il such fearful condition tlat tbe ty
would better be 9ead, some Of those had lost their
passengers were scattered ali over the GROUND sorie
81 II was soaked with HOOD. while in it could
ping that came TO such pitifui end
IN describing the wreck one Of the trainuen said;
Half way around the curve the locomotive struck
and ToI and with the ponderous train crowding
momentum OF the train behind sent the tender cIeaT
over the locomotive like football. and before If
tentv FEET below Next cae me Wa Tsteb eyei some
xhicb went over the locorofv ron me 5 Presses car
0tyaro If he +raf,,
was smashed ike kindling. The sleepeTs. still
crowding. but not breaking. swept along, literally
tearing up the steel rails as though they made
The, first sleeper, when it finally stopped. rested
directly over the locomotive. The dining car re-
nreR were not harmed Khe o t fe F SfeTaTd and
crushing OF steel and wood ceased. there was for
the moment dead silence. Then came the means
We're being scaided or burned to Seath VINO
A story OF courage seldom equaIled is told Of
Benjamin Nichols steward the dinirg car FIis
ana the surviving passengers to-day, When the
terrible slide Of the engine dragged the train
battered from one side to the other Of the dining car
this reason that Nichols and others in that car
Before the car had made its last lurch Nichols
had leaped and was running toward the smoker,
The crash had torn the escape valve from the
top Of the engine and the steam was shooting in the
OF his coat, Nichols tore IL in shreds and plugged
W Tb 5s oRg beore g 9e on ps ne in tn. Pullman
coaches mad stepped TO the gro1naii Nichols mad
Climbing through a broken window. he leaPed into
the dark The hot, suffocating steam filed the
car, and the screams OF the injured added con-
fusion Picking up the first human form at hama.
Nichols carried IL the open. Placing the
iured VICTIM on the frozen ground. he once more
entered the
BY this time other rescuers had arrived One
victim after another was handed out until hve
were rescued AT this point the steward was
compelled TO leap the ground. being eXhausted
by the heat and steam Other employees entered
the car and continued the work OF rescue They
were soon retoined by Nichols, and for hours the
work continued Many OF the victims were wedged
between heavy timbe-s and it was O'Clock be-
fore all the injured had been removed
Following the wreck, thieves were detected rob
hing the dead and injured. Two white men and
TWO colored men are in the Dawson police station
charged with this crime
The foreigners who were killed. and who remain
unidentified were bound for their homes in Europe
The Duquesne Limited is the train which connects
with the boats Baltimore and New-I ork. and
every evening for a month hundreds OF these peo-
ole have been taking this train their way home
for The winter. Sometimes there are as many as
five hundred or six hundred foreigners to go, and
then special train IS made up for them. At
other times a special car OF two IS added 10 the
limited. Last night special day coach was
added 70 the train. and L was IN this car that the
foreigners who were killed were rlolng- Inc car
frurnediareIy behind the smoker.