The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-29

him loose. He was a large man. and
the Jagged points Of glass held him FIRM
ly. and at the same time gouged his flesh
cruelty.
Whenever the men pulled at him he
would vince with pain and moan. but he
realized that the tide was coming up.
and the thought Of being drowned oy
inches made him forget the pain he was
suffering.
For Gods sake get ME out Of here.
he cried. Pull. -yont you mind If
you pull me 10 pieces"
They brought axes and hammers. but
the steel frame OF the car resisted their
efforts. Little by little the water rose
until II gurgled in the mans mouth, and
hy<drowned with his eyes above the sur
face. while hundreds OF men looked on
sick at heart.
Diver Tells Terrible story.
John Cooney. the diver. who had been
down in a detective diving suit, beside
the submerged cars time after time.
brought up naught bat a heart-rending
story Of what he saw below. Rough and
hardened man as he is. tears were
streaming down his cheeks, and his voice
was broken with sobs. as he came up for
the last time and removed the rubber
helmet from his head
My Cod people, he said, they are
lying down there by dozens and dozens.
al jammed together dead. They did not
have ? seconds chance for their lives I
could only get a look at The FIRST car.
Up Ia front of that there's about twenty
or thirty people ai IN q bunch The
body Of a man in lInif0rm-hc must have
been the notormau-is sort Of belf float
ing and half resting on one of these
brass hat rack things along the upper
part Of one of the sides Of the car
Dead Mother Clutches Dead Baby.
There's one woman with her baby
right up against her breast tight as
she could get Il. The two bodies were
lying across q seat
And / saw a oaby with Q big cut IN
its little cheek. its body came kind OF
humping and humping against the win
dow as 1 was looking through as if
Il was asking me 70 take it out.
Can DO Nothing.
Men. do not ask me 10 tell you any
more about g. I can't It's TOO awful
IL WIS tila-t4 liaAt NNsftA kiitAt+ -hAA 4
could not DO anything All I've got IS
this leaky old rubber diving suit and "a
beer pump rugged UP % give me air"
Il is marvel that CO0ney did not lose
his own life down in the cold salt water.
with the swift tide running him and only
a slim, rickety tube TO give him air.
Other divers have been telegraphed for
from Philadelphia and New York, but
they will not Dc able 20 do much work
until daylight. and there Is no hope OF
raising the cars or recovering most OF
the dead until their arrival
Incidents of the Rescue.
Down the stream, a couple Of hundred
yards. were two skiHs filled with late
fishermen, a motor boat or two were
chugging along at greater distance
while far away were a dozen or more lit
lie yachts Of the type which sail about
these inland waters. As soon as the oc-
oupauts Of these craft could believe their
eyes, could realize that this was not some
horrii daylight dream. this awful spec
taclc which, without sound Of warn
ing. had come across their vision IN
few seconds, they made for the rescue.
Railroad men and residents Of the few
houses near the Th.roughfare who also
had seen that sudd. slrnge and that big
s.lastiS waec, 80. f61be dl-HnrGg and
speG across its poril6Gs loaRth They
grabbed ND ropes and poles as they ran.
All these men got to work Instantly Some
clamorcd over the edge Of the third car
and by sheer strength hauled up the half
exhausted passengers from within.
Others let down their ropes and poles,
sin others r0wed about and picked UP
an occasional form that would suddenly
appear above the surface. In this man
ner perhaps twenty-five or thirty were
saved Every one was from the last
ear. Bat dread invisibility Of those two
forward cars. the absence Of d trace or
q sound from thCm-it vas horrible.
CHASTITY. and Supplying
Rescuers Arc Overcome.
But there were traces for just a few
seconds. Little bubbles would rise to
the surface of tho salt arm of the sea
and break. The rescuers knew what that
meant ard sickeued q the sight. Every
bubble was bit OF precious air from
the lungs OF some Of those doomed men
and women away down there at the bot
tom, pcuned IN Ike rats in q trap dying.
choking. smothering for Il breath In
short time every one still alive had been
hauled out TO safety, covered with
blankets aud ovcrcoats, and rushed to
hospitals and places Of refuge. Some
were hurt nearly to death. some were
unconscious from the water In their lungs
and exposure some were not injured ut
an. merely wet and c0i4- But there was
aid. aud plenty Of q for all
Half OF the gaily bedecked band Of Ital-
fans ia the coach Perished Their CON
rades are wailing and weeping for them.
with their foreign emotionaiism. tonight.
One Escapes from First Car.
Joseph Kelly. one Of the electrical ex-
perts from Schenectady. y. Y. escaped
WIN his lie He was dung against a win
dow when the FIRST car wcnt over into the
water. and IN the time that elapsed before
Il plunged beneath tho surface the WIN
daw broke and he fell clear Of the descend.
Ing coach lie caught log and padded
hiS w1v though stunned almost 10 un-
70 the pier. HIS coupan-
ions. Reiteumeyer and Velland. must have
perished Kelly saw nothing Of them
and they are not numbered among the sur
vivorS Kelly IS the only known survivor
from the FIRST car
al night until dawn permits the divers
10 60 down and break the windows Of
the submerged ears. and TO place chains
about them 50 that an attempt may be
made 70 raise them. grappIers will con
tiuue their wogiS
a cold westerly wind has been blowing
across the meadows and IL Is damp and
chilly by the fatal drswhr1dge. but al
midnight the place was SIN thronged by
several thousand spectators WHO stood
and wondered at this sudden. dreadful
catastrophe.
RAILROAD ISSUES STATEMENT,
SAYS Track Is Intact and Cause of
WrecE Il EuI-noxvu