Evening star., 1905-05-11

treatment proved of invaluable service.
Mrs. Albert J. Barr and two daughters,
family of the editor and proprietor of the
Pittsburg Post, were among the injured,
and were taken to the Harrisburg Hospital.
Their conditions are not critical. Mrs Barr
and her daughters had all of their night
clothing on when their turn came to be con-
veyed to the hospital. They were wrapped
in rough horse blankets to keep off the
chill on the way to the hospital.
The first explosion heard was that of the
boiler of the passenger locomotive. This
was followed by a most terrific noise when
the dynamite car went up. The car was
No. 1882 of the Erie railroad, and had a
cargo of $1,000 pounds of dynamite, con-
signed to Brooklyn. Nearly all the glass in
the windows of South Harrisburg and Steel
ton were broken by the force of the explo-
sion. Most of the downtown sidewalks
were literally covered with glass
Glass windows on Market street. one mile
from the disaster, were broken and fell out
into the streets. Many of Harrisburgs most
wealthy citizens sent their stylish equip
ments to carry the bleeding and injured to
the hospitals, and sent great quantities of
cotton and linen bandages. Some who re-
sided near the hospital sent their best table
linen.
Identifying Bodies.
Among the first bodies to be identified
was that of Mrs. Robert Dougherty of
1905 South 2Sth street, Philadelphia. 1t
was badly mangled. Close beside the
body lay Mrs. Dougherty's husband and
little child, wounded and torn, but they
We're living.
Sam Shubert, the New York theatrical
manager. who was on his way to Chicago
was among the passengers on the fatal
train. Mr.. Shubert was hurled from his
berth by the explosion and was badly
burned on the face and legs.
Out of the first eleven brought to the
morgue this morning only one was identi-
fled. On a body unrecognizable, with
arms burned off at elbows and legs at
the knees, with one limb still on the
stretcher, was found letter addressed
to C. Kuhlmann, 1903 9th avenue, AL
toona. Pa. In a vest pocket was found
four 81 bills, and in the watch pocket of
the trousers was found an open-face gold
Elgin watch. The clothes partially re-
manned, but the face was burned to
crisp.
Six bodies, the arms and legs burned
off, are beyond recognition. One man, who
may have been a foreigner, judging by
the shirt he wore, was among this lot.
Some Of these people evidently occupied
berths in the sleepers as there were no
clothes at hand to make recognition at
all possible.
Absolutely Unrecognizable.
One body, that of a man with arms and
one leg burned off and face burned to
crisp and beyond recognition, bore evil
dence of being that of a man well to do, as
the trousers that still remained were of
the finest material This being the only
yestige of his former self left made identi
ty impossible. One mass of bone and crisp
flesh cannot be recognized to the extent
to determine whether the victim is a wo-
man or man. A certain piece of light fab
ric was found clinging to the body, which
leads to the possible supposition of It's be-
ing that of a woman.
Engineer Thomas was very badly bruised,
curt and is almost unrecognizable. 1t ap-
pears that something heavy struck him on
the face, crushing 1t in; his body is in no
way mutilated His body is being kept at
the morgue. The ten victims brought up
on the first train were taken to an under.
taking establishment.
man, who evidently was in a sleeper,
as he wore pajamas and whose clothes were
placed with the charred body. was found
to be a Mason, as he wore the Masonic
emblem, the number of his lodge being 274
His cuffs were marked $40 with 12O7
scratched over. A handkerchief bore the
initials T. s. L., with the S. larger than
the other initials. Two buttons, keystones
with red enamel backgrounds and triangles
inlaid in gold, in which was the number
IT'S, were found in jewel case as well as
shield-shaped button with a blue field and
a silver anchor inlaid