Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-11

run a straight track to the 18th street
station. AS 1t approached the curve it was
making probably fifteen miles an hour. j.
W. Johnson, the conductor says that he
thinks the signal was set for the curve
but If 1t was the motorman did not slow
down, and as soon as his train struck the
curve the towerman apparently reversed
the switch. The first jolt brought every
passenger to his feet. When those in the
second and third cars saw that the coupling
had broken, that they were off the track
and were crashing for the side of the struc-
ture, they fought to get to doors and win
doWS.
The panic survivors say, made escape
hopeless. Every one fought every one else
Blows We're struck. Strong men picked
women up and threw them aside. Some fell
to the floor and were trampled under foot.
But all this was only for a moment.
The car reached the edge, tore through
the railing as though it had been made of
tissue paper and, turning somersault. fell
end first to the street, where Its great mass
shook back and forth for a moment like a
tree in the wind, then slowly fell over until
the end rested against the structure.
The car behind had followed it closely, but
did not quite go over Its front trucks left
the structure, however and the chains
snapped and dropped into the street, killing
a man supposed to be Cornelius Mccarthy
and another thought to be Solomon Neguss
from receipt found in his pocket made out
by the Mutual Chemical Company Of Jersey
City.
McCarthy's body was so frightfuly man
gled that 1t was taken to the West 47th
street police station in a dry goods box
The body of a headleSS man was found on
the structure and was taken to the police
station.
Rescue Work Begun.
The police reserves arrived quickly, and at
the same time the fremen came, and the
work Of rescue began. All of the first ef
forts were concentrated on the end of the
wrecked car, where lay tangled heap Of
debris and dead and injured. The crowd
had grown SO great that the policemen had
to fight to keep it back.
Given First Aid
The first of the injured removed were
taken into Jones drug store where they
were given first aid. AS quickly as the
ambulances came up they were removed to
the hospital. Those taken from the top
of the pile were the less seriously injured.
1t was when these had been removed that
the dead were found
Several men who apparently had been
standing on the platform had been caught
between the side wall and the car end,
where they had been crushed instantly to
death. The bodies of these were so fright
fully mangled that identification for some
time was impossible. One good-looking
young man was found still holding fish
Ing rod In his hand.
The car was almost literally smashed to
kindling wood. The roof was torn from
the sides; the windows were shattered and
the frames were cracked and broken Sew
eral of the passengers when the toppled
over found something to grasp and, es-
capped the sickening slide into the end of the
car Charles B. Garrison was one of these.
He caught one of the cross seats and
might have escaped without injury had he
not in his panic climbed from window
and jumped to the street instead of wait
Ing until the firemen had raised ladders.
He disappeared in the excitement of the
moment
The workmen made quick work of the
wreckage At 0:45 o'clock the first of the
north-bound trains stalled south 3th
avenue went through, and at II :05 o'clock
service was resumed on both the 9th and
9th avenue lines.