The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-10-29

ner,ue.I auT a regular man. running
drHf
IIr In ft.l train lrfi Camden nj
a.fl.t GOD uIs d1r here 40 go II
eImr fh.Ir f r.tHput mishap until the
fr..IIr u.. sIdeI wheu u slowed
faau o. fHtf o. l1wtilse II was
fIea ruta i.... rr. at o. good speed
IIs .. f ..f sf r.rl f'1It one mile
rrHm kII..... Iff. Tho bridge itsrl,
- nrlr'y H r.H Irle The train kept
f. Co.. h..Ir fF HH.If 2u feet. when
re frrrI car hrssc through Tie
guard rI Hui plunged into THE water
Mot af ul- r1a.enlor were rhlladcl.
rt'ans
JOAN Dough srfy OF .2l1 Braudywine
sfrsat Philadelphia. WIS severely Ia.
frrsi He broke his way through the
s nib0 and c-,uprd after being Ia the
aafrr
Joan TAYLOR n Camden was among
.hrss uhn went overheard with the
cara tHf E'aked bis way through
ufrflu af tIs rear car and swan 10
If. H.r. Hf fbe bridge whore ne was
Huff.f rssrurd by J. 4. DE Ford, Il
rI"rHai mHn.
tEnrrl kessIer vas one ~ the first
tr Hefk sui displayed a cool head lie
aueI au az jumped on top Of
- nrr.ri ear aud cut through the
rrf o. could not release many under
~ rfnsfances. bot be got some OF
DO women out to safety.
Too a.I nan who attends the bridge.
In speaking 90 the accident. declared
.haf r.r hr.i-r bad been opened about
hry minutes before the train came
H.nHr a yacht passed through. lie
says th1i he saw that the bridge was
Hr.rsriT closed aud that the tracks
Uere Inspected lie cannot explain
utY fhc rails spread az they did.
when fhc rear car Of the train caught
lu no ahutmeut on the bridge, where
10 hung poised Tor a minute. there was
"a frantic rush ~ the passengers for
thr n'ar door. Probably a score or
more got ont. and as the car plunged
over 10 cigr others lcaped into the
ulfsr Tho last ear that went over
the bridge fell upon the others and
slowly slId on into the water. The
moments delay. however gave several
passengers the opportunity to leap in
io thc water before the car finally was
submerged
Moiorman Scott stuck 60 his post
ana went down with his train. Con
iucfor curtis also persisted. The third
tru mman. Brakeman Wood. proved
hIn~sif hero. when the train left
the rails and was humping over the
tIe, Wool ran to the rear door Of the
iast car. threw II wide open and held
10 frr the passengers 10 escape. He
held the door open until the car slid
On the bridge and went into the wa
Ter with Il. He then swan to the
shore. Ills action IN holding the door
open probably saved many lives,
When the third car dropped into the
water Henry Roemer was in the act
of crawling from a window. Freeing
himself with an effort and being
strong swimmer. Roemer set about to
help others. Swimming along the side
Z The fast sinking car, he kicked out
''e glass and thus gave several pas
,engers an opportunity to escape. one
mau was caught in n window and was
drowned before he could eXtricate him
self
The accident was Witnessed by many
people. and rescue work was prompt.
Strong swimmers endeavored to dive
20 the submerged cars in search of
bodies. but so strong was the rushing
tide that they were forced to dejist.
Professional divers were then secured,
who donned their armor and went
down. but even they were unable to do
ANYTHING against the tide that swlrled
around the sunben coaches.
An.Italan named Marco Bona was
rescued from the third car, but died
later from his injuries. Boats soon
swarmed about the spot where the
ears went down, their location being
marked 10y the tops of their trolley
poles.