Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-11

Harman, D. L., Pittsburg, arm
 broken, cut and bruised.
 Passengers and trainmen were
 burned to crisp, while others were pinned helplessly in the debfis. Sc completely incinerated were the bodies l that only four could be identified, up to II q. m. The two who were i'm mediately recognized after their re mains were found were Engineer
 Thomas, of Parkerburg, Ia, and Mrs Dougherty of Philadelphia, both Of whose bodies were thrown clear of the
 debris instead of into 1t as was the case of several others.
 The women in the wreck suffered
 greatly and many of those who escap- ed were found almost naked. Among those who got out without injury were Mrs Albert J. Barr, wife of the editor of the Pittsburg Post and her two daughters who were on their way to Pittsburg. They were taken to the hospital where, one of the attending physicians gave them attention and then sent to his home.
 Mir and Mrs Tindle. of Pittsburg, lisc latter the daughter of U. s. Senator -- c. Knox were slightly injured by fy- ing glass. Gov Pennypacker imme- diately dispatched his private secre- tary, Bromley Wharton, to the aid or Mir and Mrs Tindle Mir Wharton was unable to find any conveyance to carry
 him to Steelton and procure horse and started to ride On his way he
 met a cabman who lent him his cab sand Mir and Mrs Tindle were brought to the executive mansion. where they were furnished with clothing and medi- cal attention.
 At this time the fire in the two last Pullman cars was extinguished. The contents of these. where it is believed a number of bodies were buried, were so completely burned that it was not possible to tell whether there were any bodies there or not. If there were they were reduced to ashes. It IS un- officially estimated that the financial loss will amount to fully $3OOOOO. This includes $15,OO0 for cash, jew elry and other personal effects of the passengers, that were destroyed.
 'The first intimation had of the wreck" said John B. Reynolds of Pitts burg. a newspaper man who was going home from New York. and escaped with slight injuries, was when l heard aD awful crash and was thrown out into the aisle of the car. was dazed for a. little time and only realized what had happened when I felt woman seize me and scream, For Gods sake help met pushed her out Of the win dow and a fellow passenger handed out her child. He then left the rain and called to me to jump through the window. Just then there was a ter rife explosion. AS 1 dropped to the ground a missile knocked me down. When recovered my senses I crawled across the tracks under freight train and rolled down the embankment on the other side. I was In my night clothes and all my other clothing and belongings were lost.
 'I never want to witness such a sight as that which followed the col lision. Women were screaming. chil- dren were crying. and strong men were wandering about dazed and helpless The tracks were sfrewn in all dfrec- tions with half naked men and women some of whom were dead and others seriously injured.
 "On this same train was Sam Shu- bert, the well known theatrical man. and Abe Thalheimer. one of MT Shu- bert's agents. They were accompanies by William Kline. New York lawyer and were on their way to Pittsburg to close a deal for the lease of a theater. MT Shubert was slightly burned and was taken to hotel with scarcely any clothing. Mir Kline was badly burned.
 Samuel Shubert of New York, the we'll known New York theatrical man. ager. jumped from his berth and ran out of the train just in time to escape being burned to death. He was taken to the Commonwealth hotel
 At half-past 4 the first two bodies O. those that were pinned in the wreck age were recovered. so badly charred that they could not be recognized. The body of Jacob Silverman was ident- fled by a Masonic emblem.
 Despite the horror. there were early on the scene many negroes and foreign CTS searching for loot. The police were alert and the heat was So great that they secured little of value
 Practically all of the glass exposed in windows in South Harrisburg and SfeeIton was broken by the force of the explosion. Most of the downtown sidewalks were literally covered with glass. Glass windows on Market street. one mile from the scene, were broken.
 Mir and Mrs Tindell. the lattes Sen ator Knox's daughter. were oil their way to Pittsburg from New York After the crash they hurriedly left the car in which they were sleeping and walked along the tracks to the home of a friend. where they teiephoned to Governor Pennypacker.
 Among the injured not expected to Crabbe of Pittsburz-
 The body of Mrs Robert Dougherty of Philadelphia was the first to be re- covered She was hurled away from the debris Instead of into it and her body was not burned
 On the train were her husband and their little boy. They hunted for a long time in the dark and finally found the boy
 very few of the passengers who escaped had any clothing to speak of- Most of them had been in their berfhs and escaped in psjamas or other light apparel
 When daylight broke upon Market street pedestrians on the capital cisys principal tborouehfare prevented a Rrosesque appeannce- In the hotel districts men who had passed through the wreck without injuri<s or cncnpei