Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-11
TORNADO KILLS 800
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were summoned to work with the In
jured
"A ATe ALARM. sounded and the FIRE.
men arrived 10 find themselves prac-
t:ca!ly helpless In tho work of rescue.
| Police Patrol as Ambulance.
A nclitc patrol wagon was COMMAS.
stoned as an ambulance, as many az
tile injure,ls as possible were lpndetl
into it on each "trip and taken to the
Harrisburg hospital the CAPACITY OF
which suon became take. because OF
the large number that were brought in.
y special was made UP and brought the
injured ana dying to the union station
Many injured were taken into private
houses
Immediately after the wreck nil the
passengers who Gould do so ran from
tho scenes of horror TO safety from THE
incessant snail explosions. Y
| The agrnizlng cries OF the unfcrtu
mates were heartrendlng The office
rf the l'axtang Light Heat and Power
Company locked like 3 hospital. AT
an early incur The Harrisburg Traction
| Company ran out a number of ears
from ita South Harrisburg barns anu
used them TO hiring the injured To The
hospital
with practically no clothing, many
w"lnen and children from the train
were compelled to wander about the
| fiel'is as there are few houses In the
vicinity Of the wreck.
The train was the second section Lf
No -. There were 1GH passengers
IN The train and the latest estimate is
ihn, fifty were killed 81
The hospital is crowded 10 The doors
AMI The hotels are being opened for
The care of the injured 1t muy h. nee.
c&sary for the authorities to seize one
OF the hotels and turn it into tom.
porary hospital
Some Of the Injured.
The following are Among the in
jnrnd:
Harry SpriIzer. Finnbule: critical
George Crabbc Pittsburg; badly cut
and bruised,
Charles DcForest, Cleveland: seri.
nusly hurt internally. cut and bruised
II, l.. Hartman Pittsburg: arm broIs-
en-. cut and hIuised NA
Charles iphis.n. Philadelphia; bad.
~ rut aud burned.
Rohcr! G. nuughcIty Philadalpbta.
and little son; seriously inbred.
T. Bosint. Chicago Cit AMI burned.
y. X. Hnnpost. Elizabeth. N. r.. fa
F. l. Van iRaman. New York. cut
ami bruised.
y. u Phillips. Pittsburg.
CHARLES Donnelly. Pittsburi,; CIT.
,---,- El'hcr.y. kcH, York; Inter.
nnlly hurt may die.
Slotheimer lyew York, in.
tornnly aalt will lie.
4 i ,,cne, Plltsburg; cut and
bruised.
A. t.. Crosby. conductor. injured.
II. S. W'ulson, clearfclf; crt on
hands
w. II Valentine. Pittsburg: head
cut. @lf 4
Charles John Hanson pittsburg
cut AID scalded.
Cincinnati Ex5rcss
Train No ~ which wa, wrecked
was west bound aEtl is known as The
cleveland and Cincinnati express. 1t
left Philadelphia III IttsO, "Wednesday
night an. was duo at Harrisburg e
80 a. ni Md at 'Pittshurs at s a. nj.
The eilsinorr!of The ,passeiger train
was IL Il. Thomas, Of Philadelphia
wlnn WAS killed outright. illr leaves
4 family. The fireman. R. II. Dickey,
Of i'liiladclphla was only slightly in.
iured
Tao wreck vas caused by smaller
wreck tn hc freight train which WAS
csstl'o,lntl. Passing the pihnr of the
PaNtang El,oric Company. .ncas Cedar
street. an air hose larsted and sever
il cars in Ii; middle of III train Dusk
led up and fell across iii. passenger
tracks at the side.
Almost at tile same moment the e..
press traiG, with ten coaches, dashed
along and plunged into The wrecked
lreigst cars The boiler of the jas.
scnger locomotive blew up.