The Washington times., 1907-09-16

car escaped death OF INJURY
The next car was a smoker and here
many were hurt. IN the sleeper, which
was Of more substantial construction, no
one was wounded. one side OF the
coach was ripped on
Killed While Asleep.
It was 4:24 o'clock in the morning
when the accident occurred The pas
sengers were asleep or nodding. and
some Of those who persisted passed from
mcrtal 10 eternal slumber without an
awakening.
One of the injured survivors said that
some Of the passengers had been dis
turbed by boy who began singing sort
y, and that at that time little party
left the coach and went back 10 the
the sleeper 1T was a procession from
death 10 lie, ne said. for IN another
minute. the trains had c0llded. The
man had been sitting with n the coach
For uinute," said another pas
SeuEvT. there was no sound Then We
heard the cries of the injured, and as
speedily rs possible began 10 drag then.
from beneath the seats. wrecked side
walls Of the car, and from the heavy
iron work of the running parts II was
a horrible sight. as We put the victims
IN a row alongside the track, some dead.
some dying, as the light was breaking
sntO fun day.
Rescue Injured.
AS rapidly as possible we bound up
the injured with blankets and sheets
taken from the sleeper. There was no
time to care for the dead, and they
were left there uncovered.
Women who were able played the
parts of heroines. After they had re-
covered from the FIRST shock OF the &C
cidenJ. they turped 10 and attended the
injured. No wound was too revolving 10
turn them away from this task, and thus
they labored for an hour until the
physicians began to arrive
II was indeed a piteous spectacle.
There was hardly person IN the train
but lost some member of his family,
or found . relative manned in that aw-
ful row along the ditch
Found Mothers Body.
Benjamin Briggs. a West Canaan
farmer worked for two hours with other
men 70 rescue the wounded and re-
cover the bodies OF the injured At the
end OF two hours he pulled forth the
lfeless form Of a woman. Turning her
face upward IN the light Of lanters, he
Eazed for the fraction Of a second upon
the body. II was his mother
The baggage car had teiescoped com
pletely through the second car. cutting
IL diagonally. At the end of the car
q man hung with his head damned be
tween two timDers. his feet being three
feet from the ground. He had apparent
~ been thrown up when the timbers
buckled, and was caught at the same
instant He had been instantly killed
One woman seemed to be ineXtricably
tangled by her lower limbs in the tim
bers. She walled piteously and kept
asking If she would be gotten on, alive.
Some one gave her some brandy and
three others held her up while others
chopped her loose. She was gotten out
2 live and the doctors said she stood a
good chance OF recovering. She was
sandWiched in between two dead bodies
--one above her. with the fragments Of
a seat between, and another just be-
meath. with another seat separating It
from her.
Baby's Escape Remarkable.
Inside the car one of the passengers
vas doing splendid work in getting out
the dead and injured. He got out one
elderly woman who was badly crushed
Just beside her lay two-monIhs 81 old
baby. The baby was finally rescued
bv cutting a hole through the timbers