New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-12

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l,v walking on the railroad tracks ana Siish'
,,,,,~,es from avIng glass, Mrs. Tindeu was I'M
injured
IDENTIFIED BY A BADGE.
A reporter at the wreck found on the cc tt, u
q dead man. who was so badly burned lhat ~
lectures we're obliterated, Masonic emblem
- ~. .o,1ozyinp inscription: Past Master
Jacob /. siIverman, presented December -
1ono IN, Sbekinab Lodge" On the mans cIo'H-
,-ag eo,rnd tbe name of a tailoring firm IN
Bridgeton. y. ]. ,,.,
A,oong those who were rescued with slight IN
4,,ries were Miss Brown, daughter OF cong e7S
man Brown, of Pittsburg, and her com pdiiioi''
a Miss Woodwork, of Philadelphia Ihey 0uO-
ceeded in escaping from the Pullman cal W"
80 ord we're wandering around the fields
when they were met by J. H. Lamper'oh' u
Harrisburg a personal friend who had oeeh on
+ba san,a train Mr. Lamberton was unable
"a Get a berth and was travelling TO Harms
burg in Z day coach. He was probably the on!
one 10 escape from the coach without INJURY
Mr. I.amberton took the young women TO ms
home.
Mrs r. NJ Huselton and daughter of Pitts
burg caped without serious injury, although
Miss FuseIton received a painful wound on the
arm. They were dragged from a Pullman WIN
dow before the flames reached them The Kew
J. ID
hurt.
MANY ESCAPED WITHOUT CLOTHES.
Miss HiInlira Erickson, of New-York. escaped
almost naked. She was asleep in her berth when
the explosion occurred. and the second shock
threw her to the floor Struggling TO her feet
she saw an open window The heavy smoke
which had penetrated the car told of the burn
ing wreck without. After brief struggle Miss
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aided Scantily clothed she ran up and down the
river shore, weeping and pleading for help Here
she was found, suffering from cold and shock
and wrapped in a blanket, she was brought to
a Harrisburg hotel
Miss Gardner, Of New-YOrk, escaped 10
shantv near the scene of the wreck with nothing
of her clothing left save q shred Of nightsown.
She was dressed by the wife Of worklngIhaH
and sent 10 Harrisburg.
The Iifeless body OF the engineer. with the
head almost severed from the body was louh"
lying over an embankment.
Further up. lying on the tracks. was the body
of Mrs. Robert c. Dougherty, of Philadelphia
she was thrown clear Of the wreck. and was
found by her husband and eight-year-old son.
who were only slightly injured,
Few of the passengers who escaped had any
cIotbing 70 speak Of Most Of them had been in
their berths at the time Of the explosion, and
esca ped in pajalnas or other light apparel.
When daylight broke upon Market-st. this
: morning the pedestrians on the capital city
PRINCIPAL thoroughfare presented a grotesque
appearance. In the districts where the hotels
are located men who had passed through the
wreck without injuries or merely slight ones,
and who had declined to take rooms Of the hos
1leries because there were wearied women who
needed rooms, walked around with nothing on
save raincoats and bedrooms slippers, and a
few of them had merely bathrobes and over
Shoes It was not long, however, after the sleep
ing city began to learn of the catastrophe that
every one was amply provided for.
EXPLOSION HEARD FOR MILES.
The shock of the explosion was heard for
miles around At High Spire windows were
broken and the people generally shaken up
badly hut no serious damage was done. In
Middletown the shock terrific, and many
people jumped out of bed and fed to the streets
UNDER the impression that there was an earth
quake.
Across the river, at New-Cumberland and
other places, there was an impression that dyn-
amite used in blasting for the new tracks had
exploded. Many people, when they saw the
blazing wreck from over the river, crossed in
boats TO the scene. and did all they could to
assist the wounded and rescue the people from
the wreck. According to the Paxtang Electric
Works clock. the explosion occurred at 40
o'clock, the clock stopping al that time All of
the windows were blown out Of the building.
At LochieI, dwelling houses were so badly
shaken that the occupants were thrown out of
bed.
The explosion upset a lamp in the home Of
T. P. Martin. No. 10 16th-st. this city, starting
a fire that destroyed three houses.
The scene of the wreck when daylight broke
was a grewsome one. Splintered and smoulderlng
cars and twisted iron were piled high on the
four tracks and enormous amount Of wreck
age lying the marsh land between the
railroad embankment and the river. By 10
O'Clock two freight tracks were open, but the
passenger tracks for several hundred feet were
blown away, and it will be some time before
they can be repaired.
The fire in the two last Pullman
tinguished about 7:30 O'Clock this morning. The
contents of these where it is believed number
of bodies WERE were SO completely burned that
il was not possible 10 tell whether there were
any human remains there or rot.
1t is unofhcially estimated that the financial
loss will amount TO fully 100000 This includes
$4,000 for cash, jewelry and other personal
effects Of the passengers that were destroyed.
The scene Of the wreck was visited by prob
ably more than fifty thousand persons. There
were at least five thousand constantly at the
the small towns within fifty miles. The authori-
ties had matters well in hand however, and
kept the crowd back from the tracks by means
OF ropes stretched along the telegraph poles
W. B. McCaleb superintendent Of the Phila-
delphia division, whose Offices are in this city,
said he was unable yet to fix any response
bility for the accident. thorough investiga-
ton, he said, is now being made by his men.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUyEl
Pittsburg May 11.-Victor Lee Crabbe who