The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-12
SAM sHUBERT BADLY HURT.
WIN ReclveT-Wi.liAnI Klein Injured, but
Doing Well-SavaEe Missed Train.

VIII HeclveT-W1.liAnI Klein Injured, but
Doing Well-SayHEe Missed Train.
Reports received here yesterday said that
Sam S. Shubeu, the theatrical manager.
who was injured in the Pennsylvania Rail-
road wreck, was very badly hurt. Shubert
was on his way to Pittsburg in company
with William Klein, a lawyer Of this city,
and Abe Thalheimer, manager Of the
-Fantana" company, one Of the Shubert
shows With them on the train was John
Reynolds, Blanche Walsh's manager, whose
home is in Pttsburg.
All Of the party were injured, but Mr.
Shubert's injuries were by far the worst
and were so serious that for time yesterday
his friends had grave fears for his life. Mr..
Slubert was burned all over the front Of
his body, from his head to his feet, and
inhaled considerable smoke.
Last night word was received from his
physician, DR.. Lesser Of this city who hurried
TO Harrisburg on the first available train,
that Mr.. Shubert, although badly burned,
would in all probability recover. His wife
and two sisters left for Harrisburg at I
o'clock yesterday afternoon when II was
feared that he was fatally hurt.
Mr.. Shubert and his party were going to
Pittsburg for the purpose Of completing
negotiations for the lease Of the Duquesne
Theater there to Mr.. Shubert. They had
three lower berths in one Of the sleepers.
Klein being on the opposite side from
Shubert and Thalheimer. Reynolds was In
the next car.
The first that any OF their friends here
knew Of the accident was when Thalheimer
called up Manager Jacobs Of the Shubert
Offices here at O'Clock yesterday morning
and told Of the wreck. At that time, he
said no trace had been found Of Mr., Klein,
and il was thought that he had been burned
20 death.
According to the version Of the accident
that 1halheimer gave, he was awakened
by the explo5 ZION and was thrown out Of b
berth. Alter til; there was a second ex-
plo-ion, which wrecked the car. Thai
heimer said that he broke two windows
hesioe his berth and climbed out Of the car,
on top Of which was Tile1 freight car.
S,ubert's berth was next 70 his, and no
found the WINDOWS Of il broken TIE car
Rad caught fire and Sfuber's berth was
burning by the time that he got to him.
Stu lert was dazei and was hauled
through TIE winGoN by Thalheim Rey-
nolds just then came up, and he and II al
heineT CARRIE Shubert TO some woods about
half mile from the wreck.
Although Siubert was In great pain, be
heggel n EN- TO 20 back and look for Klein
T. Is they old. They failed to find Klein
an then carried s ubert into Harrisburg
end placed him in the Commo nwealth
hotel. Two trained nurses and a physician
we're secured immeC lately. Mr.. Shubert's
own physician reached Harrisburg at
o'clock in the afternoon, and then this mes
sage came:
badly burned, doctors think no danger Of
serious results"
This was posted in the Lyric Theater
Offices and behind the scenes 70 TeassUre
I - II
In order that last nights performance
might 60 OF all right.
The family and friends Of Lawyer Klein
were frantic almost all day in spite Of the
fact that early In the morning his mother
get a telegram saying that he bad been
hurt, but net seriously, and asking that HE
brt Their bring some clCthes TO him, as all
he had had been burned up. In the early
lsts Mr.. Klein's name was down bCth
among the missing and the dead. Il was
not unit n late in the afteTnoo n that Harris
burg friend telegaphed that he had found
Klein In the hospital with burns on the
hands and face, but doing nicely.
Mr.. Klein il counsel for the Shuberts and
for many ether theatrical people, including
Nixon 4 Zimmerman, REGINALD de Koven
and Ludwig Highlander. The telephone In
his Office hardly stopped ringing yesterday
Henry W. SAVAGE left here Wednesday
evening for Pittsburg, His friends were
afraid he was on the train, but IL turned
out that he had missed IL by twenty min
utes and taken a later train He turned
up all right in Pittsburg yesterday, after
inquiries had been made all over Harris
! burg for him.
The wrecked train had only three sleep
ems when Il left here, but three more were
| added in Philadelphia. Almost every berth
! was taken on the New York sleepeTs most
Of the passengers being visitors here re-
OF the New Workers who were aboard
! few returned home yesterday. One Of
{ those who did was Charles Roeenstock a
I commercial traveller, Of al East il5th
4 street. He was met by a regiment Of
| friends, whose congratulations he found
| hard 20 hear because he was almost totally
| deaf from the eIplosicn. Rosenstock said
/ that he had been tossed out Of an upper
I berth and thrown down the embanlunsnt
/ 20 the edge Of the river. The whole train
/ was ablaze when he looked Up. He was
assisted TO a FIRE house used a. a temporary
hospital, supplied with clothes and sent
I home,
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