The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-11


on operating table.
Probably fatally injured:
Thomas Swan. negro, 252 West
124th street.
Gertrude speck, 1851 Fifth avenue.
John Genzler, 103 127th street.
Thomas Donnellon. 500 West 125th
street.
Henry Atkins. 139 Ninth avenue.
j. fowler, A West 125th street.
Barbara Grell, ASS West 164th
street.
Eliza Miner, negress. Upper Nyack.
John Donohue, 100 West 12Sd
street.
= =. Nibler, on operating table,
not expected to live.
Policeman Shields.
William Beatty.
Seriously injured:
James. Bauer, 35 East 18th street.
H. Bennett, Amsterdam avenue.
j. F. Brown, 142 West 99th street.
: Otto Krundameur, 224 West 18th
street.
e. N. Morris, 14sf Amsterdam ave.
nue..
J.. Black, 25s West 18th street.
R. ]. Black, 993 Columbus avenue.
C.rCallaghan, S56 West Seth street.
-. Rourth. Jerome avenue.
The scenes of horror about the
wreck can be imagined but, not de-
scribed. The great crowds Of peo.
pie, who had been attracted to the
spot. hung about pressing as close. to
get a glimpse at the damaged car.
Lying about on the ground were the
injured with here and there a body
whose very quietness told the story
that 1t would never move again. The
dead and injured were soon removed
from the scene, however.
Tke by-standers then turned their
attention to the wrecked cars. The
second car, or the shell. that was left
Of 1t, hung from the elevated structure.
the nose resting on the ground. The
car twisted at an angle of about 80
degrees. The entire bottom had been
ripped out, as the whole floor had been
Jared out by the shock bringing with
it TIE running gear and the heavy
trucks.
These had assisted with deadly
force in the work of destruction. AS
the car went Off the structure and
passengers had been hurled in pile
at the bottom. On them the heavy
steel wheels and running gear de-
scended toboggan fashion, crushing
out the lives Of some and injuring all
that fell.
When the people had all been re-
moved, workmen cut away the end of
the car which hung upon the elevated
structure and 1t fell to the ground
completing the wreck Of the drug
store into which 1t had crashed in its
descent. The third car which had not
left the elevated structure protruded
over the tracks in way which caused
wonder as to why it, too, had not taken
the plunge into the street. One cor
ner OF the car had lodged against
prot,uding ledge of building. The
heavy trucks had fallen to sidewalk
below. The passengers from this car
had climbed out Of the door on to the
Iadpa vhara tho ,or b,,po ond o1t,,h
ed through the window into the apart
ments Of persons living on Ninth
avenue. The other cars had stuck to
the cracks. The switchman, c. A.
Jackson, who it is said turned the
switch after the first had passed.
was arrested at home at 10:30
o'clock. Before he was taken away
he made statement as follows: 81
threw the switch. did what was
right. did my duty"
When he was taken to the police
station, Jackson became silent and
refused to talk more.
J. w. Johnson, conductor. said to
Coroner Scholer:
Coroner you can go upon the ele-
vated at Fifty.ninth street and Ninth
avenue and see for yourself. You
wiz ind that the signal yet shows
green and means that the southbound
Ninth avenue train has the right OF
way and clear track.
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