Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-11
RAILROAD TRAIN
BLOWN TO ATOMS
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Of the Erie railroad, and had a cargo Of
$500 pounds of dynamite.
Despite the narrowing occurrence there
were early on the scene undetected many
negroes and foreigners, searching for loot.
The heat was so intense and the crowd OF
reputable people SO great that 1t is believed
that they secured but little of value.
The Harrisburg police force almost to a
man was at the scene of horror, and they
were largely responsible for the preven-
ton of the work of the ghouls. Even the
day officers turned out in uniform and as
sisted with the work.
Col Joseph B. Hutchinson. chief Of police,
was on hand early and directed his men.
They carried injured from the temporary
hospitals to the relief trains and were Of
ineStimable assistance in great many
ways.
Steelton citizens lent their aid in the
work, and number of their fire companies
were early on the scene, going valiantly to
the aid of the Harrisburg firemen.
The railroad tracks were covered with
debris both passenger and freight, four
in number. The Harrisburg and Marysville
wreck forces were on hand early and at
daylight it was stated by the railroad
men that they expected to have No. 1 pas
sengerf track open for traffic by o'clock.
Many railroad men were among those who
assisted in the rescue work Practically all
Of the glass exposed in windows in South
Harrisburg and Steeton were broken by
the force of the explosion. Most of the
down town sidewalks were literally COW
cred with broken glass. Glass windows on
Market street, one mile from the scene Of
the disaster, were broken.
Wanted to Advise Friends.
Early this morning persons who escaped
from the wreck began focking to the
newspaper offices to ask that 1t be pub
lished that they escaped injury, SO that
their friends might be relieved of anxiety.
Among these was Charles w. Stanglon, SUI
preme chief of the Brotherhood of Car
Inspectors, Car Builders and Railroad Me-
chanics of America His home is in Balti
more.
Samuel Shubert of New York, manager
of the Lyric Theater, jumped out of his
berth and ran out of the train just In
time to escape being burned to death. He
was taken to the Commonwealth Hotel
William Klein, the New York lawyer,
who was a member of Sam Shubert's party
on the wrecked train and who was reported
missing, sent message to his brother in
New York today saying that he is in the
hospital at Harrisburg.
At 4:30 o'clock this morning the first two
bodies of those that were pinned in the
badly charred that they could not be rec
ognized, but it is believed that they were
women.
While the fire was still raging fiercely the
still lying In the berths.
Injured TakeL to Harrisburg.
An early dispatch says: The first special
train brought sixty-six injured to the hos
pital and about twenty on the second trip.
Delivery wagons, automobiles and a Steel
ton fire engine brought between twenty
and thirty to the hospital and the city
patrol wagon twenty-one.
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cars and were carried a block to the in
stitution on stretchers. The stretchers ran
out and shutters were torn off houses and
utilized to carry the injured. After those
whose injuries would permit it had been
sent away from the hospital there were
fully 100 left.
At o'clock this morning most of these
had been put into wards, two to a narrow
bed. 1t is believed that Of these fifteen
are fatally injured.
Many of Harrisburgs wealthy citizens
sent their equipages to carry the bleeding
injured and sent great quantities of cot
ton and linen bandages. Some who re-
sided near the hospital sent their best
table linen.
Hundreds of people less able rendered
just as acceptable service.
At $50 o'clock this morning the firemen
had reduced the fire to smoldering en-
bers. They were still working diligently.
The rescuing parties took eight bodies
from the debris between SIS and $50
o'clock. The corpses were so badly charred
that it was impossible to tell whether they
were those Of men or women.
When special train arrived by way of
the Cumberland Valley railroad tracks,
which run to the side of the hospital, A.
Zironi and his wife, Italians from New
York, hobbled into the building crying
loudly for their lost child who it Is be-
lieved was killed in the wreck. Both were
burned and cut about the face and hands,
but cried only FOR their child while the
nurses and physicians were dressing their
painful wounds.
Many injured persons who had waited
for some time their turn to receive treat
ment when they saw persons in worse
plights than theirs resigned their places
and went out into the corridor again.
A Pittsburg man named Williams, who
had bound up his own injuries, which con-
sisted of burns Of both hands and feet,
left the dispensary for the others and
while standing in the hall tainted from ex-
hauStion.