The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-11
FIFTY PERSONS KILLED;
ONE HUNDRED INJURED
Express Train on Pennsylvania Runs Into Train OF
Dynamite.
Both Trains Wrecked and Consumed by FireMany OF the
Unfortunate Passengers We're Caught in the Debris
and Roasted to Death.

Many were tossed free Of the wreckage.
some down the railroad embankment,
some into the SUsquehanna river. which
parallels the railroad in that locality
All who were not pinned i'm the debris
or totally inCapaCitated ran away from
the perfect volcano.
Piteous Cries for Help.
Intermingled with small explosions it
was impossible at the time for those
who escaped uninjured to reach the i'm
priSoned passengers whose cries rent
the air As soon as some of the dead
and injured were reached they were
laid in long CHASTITY rows along the
tracks. Many were carried into the Of
flee and even into the working rooms
Of the PaXtang plant and other man
ufscturing establishments. There are
few private dwellings near the scene
of the disaster, which is in the indus
trial district.
Work of Rescue
The Paxtang plant was transformed
into an emergency hospital. where cv-
eTythiug was done for the manglcd and
dying while waiting for conVeyances
to take them TO the Harrisburg hos
pitaL \ police patrol wagon was
among the first conveyances to arrive
on the scene Into it were piled as
many wounded as possible. Until long
after daylight its horses were driven at
breabneck speed to and from the hos
pital. Special trains were Immediately
made UP by the Pennsylvania Railroad
company and conveyed the injured to
Union station. whence they We're taken
to the hospital and other places.
Hospital Filled.
At the hospital every available bed
was soon filled. Shortly afterward the
throng Of injured was 80 great that
all who We're able to walk were COM
PEELED to give their cots to the more
seriously injured, and the corridors
were flied with injured, waiting their
turn for treatment. Every physician
OF surgeon available in the city was
called UD by telephone and Immediately
rendered his services i'm the task of car
ing for and dressing the wounds of the
maugled. Trained nurses volunteered
their services and all who had any
knowledge Of first aid to the injured
proved of incalcuIabIe service
Taken to Private Houses.
As fast as the injured who were able
to be removed from the hospital had
received attention they were sent away
They were taken to hotels and private
houses, whose occupants in great
many cases threw open their doors to
the distressed
PathOs indescribabIe characterized
the scenes abOut the wreck Husbands
separated from wives and little chill
dreu bereft of their parents sought
their friends among the dead and dy
ing
Sometimes they succeeded in finding
their loved ones among the slightly in
Jured or even among those unscathed.
but many were found among the bodies
IN the temporary mOrgUe al the Pax
tang plant IN many instances they
failed To find them at all, either be
cause the bodies were still buried in
the smoking debris or were so badly
burned as TO be unacceptable.
Prominent Victims.
Among the passengers were many Of
prominence. Mr.. and Mrs Tindell, the
latter daughter of Senator Knox. were
among those reported injured al an
early hour this morning. Mrs. Albert j.
Barr and two daughters, of the family
of the editor of the Pittsburg Post, were
among those slightly injured and were
taken TO the Harrisburg hospital Their
condition Is not critical Mrs Barr
personally asked the newspaper men
10 make this statement
Early this morning persons who Cs-
capped from the wreck began Docking to
the newspaper offices to ask that it be
published that they escaped injured 50
that their friends might b. relieved of
anxiety Among these was Charles ".
Stranglou of Baltimore supreme chief
Of the Brotherhood Of Car Inspectors.
Car Builders and Railroad Mechanics
of America
Had Narrow Escape.
Samuel Shubert of New York. man
ager Of the Lyric theatre. 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 Common
wealth hotel.
At 4-30 o'clock this morning the first
two bodies OF those that were pinned
i'm the wreckage were recovered
They were so badly chaTred that
they could not be recognized. but il Is
believed that they were women.
While the fire was still raging fierce
ly the burning bodies Of the dead could
be seen still lying in the berths-
Entire Train Destroyed.
At AS o'clock this morning it was
au-hOTitatiyely aSCertained that the en-
tire passenger train of nine cars and
the engine were destroyed Nine freight
cars We're also destroyed and three
The passenger train, of which not a
valuable square foot was left. consisted
of one lOcOmOtive-tOTn 10 pieces when
the explosion ocCurred-six Pullman
sleeping coaches. two baggag &c cars. one
mail coach and one engine tender.
The first explosion heard was that Of
the boiler Of the passenger locomotive.
This was followed by a most terrific
noise when the dynamite car went up.
The car had "A cargo of 5000 pounds Of
dynamite
Despite the narrowing occurrence
there were carly on the scene. uude-
teCted. many negroes and foreigners
searching for loot The heat was so
intense and the crowd Of reputabI peo-
pie so great that il is believed that the
pillagers secured but little of value.
EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW.