Evening journal., 1905-05-11

assisted with the work
The railroad tracks were all covered
with debris, both passenger and freight,
four in number. Early the Harrisburg and
Marysville wreck forces were on hand
and at daylight it was stated by the ran
road men that they expected to soon
have No. passenger track open for traf-
fic.
TOWNS WINDOWS BROKEN.
Practically all OF the glass exposed in
windows In South Harrisburg and Steel
ton were broken by the force of the ex-
plosion. Most of the downtown side
walks were literally covered with brolS-
en- glass. Glass windows on Market
street, one mile from the scene of the
disaster, were broken and fell out on
the sidewalks. A huge plate glass win
dow ia the store of Dives, Pemeroy &
Stewards store, Fourth and Market
streets. was broken and fell onto the
walk
Twenty injured persons were brought
on trolley cars to Second and Mulberry
streets, whence they were carried a
block to the institution on stretchers.
The stretchers ran out and shutters
were torn OF of nearby houses and uti-
lized to carry the injured.
After those whose injuries would per-
init had been sent away from the
hospital there were fully one hundred
left.
At 5 O'Clock this morning most OF
these had been put into wards, two
to a narrow bed. It is believed that of
these fifteen are fatally injured.
MANY Of TIa mo-,
sent their stylish equipages to carry
the bleeding injured and sent great
quantities OF cotton and linen bandages
Some who resided near the hospital
sent their best table linen. Hundreds
of people less able rendered just as ac-
ceptable service.
Miss lyle. operating nurse at the
Harrisburg Hospital who was in the
wreck, was among the first of the in
jured to arrive at the hospital. where
she herself had so often administered
to the misery of unfortunate human
beings.
The buildings in the vicinity Of tn,
wreck were nearly all factories and
every pane Of glass in them was broken
THE EliiotHatch Typewriter Works
walls were badly damaged.
Il RECOVERY OF BODIES.
The rescuing parties took five bodie
from the debris in fifteen minutes be
tween 5.15 and $50 o'clock. The bodie
lwere 50 badly charred that It was i'm
ipossible to tell whether they were me
or women. In some cases the bodie
were so badly burned that II coul
hardly be told that they were humai
forms.
A reporter at the wreck found on tn
coat of a dead man, who was so badl
burned that his features were obliter
ated, a Masonic emblem, bearing tn
following inscription "Pastmaste
Jacob f. Silverman, presented Decem
Der 21, 1908. by Shelzinah Lodge" o.
the mans clothing was found the nam
of tailoring finn in Bridgeton, n. ]
Among those who were not expects
TO recover this morning were Georg
zeigler, Pittsburg; Victor Crabbe, Pitts
burg. Mr.. Crabbe is a son-in-law o
DR.. Hugh Pitcairn, formerly of thi
city, who was appointed United State
Minister TO Germany
Before the tracks were cleared suhi
ciently to permits trains TO run tn
roundabout route by way of York wa
? used. At 6.15 o'clock more bodies haI
been removed from the burned trair
Two valises were foundbeside the fou
corpses. In one the name Of "SamuC
5 p. Brown, Germany" in the other wa
= the name of Samuel Stern, 234 Broad
way. Cleveland, o. A man by the nam
OF Samuel Stern was among those no
= seriously injured who were sent to tn
q hospital.
= FIRE IN THE EPULLMANS
$ At $50 O'Clock the flames were sti
raging fiercely in two Pullman car
that up to that time mad not bee
= entered by the rescuing parties. 1t wa
d believed then that there We're a mum
a Der OF bodies inside that could not
- rescued for hours.
i 1t is unOfficially estimated that tn
financial loss will amount to full
100000. This includes $4,000 for casl
jewelry, and other personal effects q
I the passengers that were destroyed.
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