The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-29

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were very near their destination. Before he
could realize what was happening the tram
had plunged into the T~horoughfare.
Within a few seconds the awater had
risen in the car to the waist of Emley.
He saw that his only chance of life
was TO duck under the water and open a
window sash, the fastener Of which was
under the water. He succeeded in opening
the sash and quickly slipped the little girl
under the water and through the window.
Emley then had the hardest task of the
heroic deed before him, to draw himself
through the window and to hold the girl so
she would not sink, but he was equal to the
task. After reaching the surface and get
ting a breath Of air Finley, still clinglng
TO the girl with his left hand while he swan
with his right, headed for shore. He was
about exhausted when aid came from one
of the TesCuers in a boat.
Ernest Necces, a Philadelphia baker,
was among the saved. He managed 10
crawl out through a broken window, but
! failed to save his little son, who was own
in the car. The baker dived repeatedly
in an effort to again enter the car and his
life was only saved 10y rescuers dragging
him from the water. He is with friends
here. hut threatens TO commit suicide IN
his frenzy over the death of his child.
Eleudo Tasocoa, leader of the Italian
artillery band, wh,ch ocCup ed the rear
car, cannot explain how he was saved. He
recalls plunging beneath the water. When
| stopped" he sad, -I'naturally threw out
my arms. hoated upward. Nothing was
in my way. When I came to the surface
and found my breath | felt a sudden feeling
Of eNultat!on. Here | am saved from
death, | thought, and / caught the seats
and dragged myself upward. When |
emerged from the car there were men TO
nelp me and / was helped 10 the bridge"
One of the most miraculous ESCAPES was
that of Theodore Lawrence OF lois Brandy
wine street, Philadelphia, who was in the
middle coach. His was the only window
open in the car. His wife lost her life and
it is feared he will lose his mind. He has
been raving since the accident.
/ Mrs. IOTman of 1911 Paramount avenue,
Philadelphia. a sister of Mrs.. Lawrence.
had promised TO come 10 Atlantic City on
the l O'Clock express with them, but missed
the train. She came down on a later tram,
and at the residence Of another sister here
she said:
mir. Lawrence. ! fear. will lose his mind.
! He is unable 10 explain his escape mcidlyI
but from what | gathered from his talk he
opened the window at PleaSIntville to let
in the air. He docs not remember any
thing until he found himself in the water
outside the car. .
n kickai in two or three windows and
tried TO save my sister. Once he reached
her hand, but in trying 10 pull her from the
coach he lost his grip ana she must have
slipped back to the other sidc of the coach.
for he could not reach her again"
Mrs. Lawrence has two children Pearl.
who is 70 years old, and Florence, who il 3,
Their parents intended To bring them until
the last moment when they decided that
the air at the shore would be too cold FOR
them.
The wreck is the worst that ever occurred
in the State. The only catastrophe reaching
within a score Of the number Of lives lost
to-day was tho Meadow wrc ok in which
! forty-four people were killed by the engine
of a flyer tearing through an excursion
train on the sdnC road and only a few hun
dred yards from the scene Of tod avs
Coroner Gaskiil and County Physician
Soul1er were early on the scene and toe
/ active charge Of the investigation which is
to place responsibility for the wreck.
Even expert railroad men were unable 10
tell lust how the accident occurred.
The rails whore the wheels Of the motor
car had left the track were bent and twisted
entirely out of share and had 81 read for
several feet under the mTact OF the flying
train.
Conductor Curtis was nea rly crazed by
the ccide and was entirely incapable
of telling a connected story Of the wreck
Brakeman Wood, who also escaped, knows
nothing of the cause of the accident.
B. 5. Moore, a fisherman, was in his boat
when the accident occurred and was among
the first to reach the scene.
i SAW the car SnOOt on the track and
then plunge into the water" he said. "I
knew that the train was filled with people
and | was paralyZed for a moment When
/ looked again the train had gone down.
A half dozen persons were floating In the
water and screaming for help. In the
back car men and women were being pulled
out Of the windows and ! went TO help.c
At 10 O'Clock tonight the wrecking train
started to work. 1t IL expected that it will
raise both coaches before morning.
4 ---sIaa vwvna nAN N - -
to railroad men acquainted with conditions
on the Pennsylvania Railroads new electric
line from Camden To Atlantic City.
Walter s. Scott, motorman of the wrecked
train, quarrellei with his father and mother
in Camden this morning before he started
on the trip, the father. who is an old fire
man, insisting that the trains on the electric
railway were not safe, and that they were
sure to come to grief sooner or later. Mrs
Scott hung on her sons neck and begged
him to not take the train out. but the young
man brushed her aside and said:
That all fo0lishnesS. The trains are
safe enough TO suit mo and I'm going tC
take this one TO the shore
With Scott at tho controller. the trair
left Camden at l O'Clock and was due il
Atlantic City at 2:3O. James l.. Curtis
was the conductor and X. b. Wood the
brakeman. Both Of these men escaped
Scott is at the bottom of the Thoroughfare
There we're three cars in the train-liRhI
rigid street cars, with double doors which
opened by means Of a patent handle. Once
they were closed the passengers we're made
prisoners AZ effectually as though they hac
been fastened with a paddock. Only tn,
crew of the train, who knew the combina
ton, could operate the handles and ever
they could do nothing once the cars wer,
sprung or bent.
II was these patent doors that gave ris,
TO the rumor that the cars were locked
thus preventing many escapes which nigh
have been possible otherwise.
According to the conductors statemen
there were sevpnty-seven persons on board
exclusive Of the crew, making eighty soul
all told.
Scott was taking his train through Of
,