Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

just above the scene OF the wreck, was
converted Into a temporary morgue during
the first hours Of the work Of removing the
dead. Here the dead were placed in rows
down the long lane between the stalls OF
the horses But the presence of the dead
soon made the horses so restless that they
| threatened to break from their stalls and
trample the MANNED bodies on the floor
Then it was that after the first hour OF
| confusion had passed the dead were re-
moved to the Bronx Park police station.
One Identification.
Only one identification was made during
the first two hours That was of Myron
Evans. who Is a member of the American
society OF Civil Engineers, and lives In
White Plains. A man without a hat and
with his coat partly torn from his back
came into the police station and looked at
the the watch which Evans had in his pocket
That is Evans" he said. His wife's nic-
ture is in his watch and know her. The
work OF identification was made slow by
the fact that those killed were not residents
OF the Bronx, and that there was conse-
quently no one In the vicinity who could
identify them
Several of the survivors who gave their
experiences to the police and the reporters
declared In the most emphatic terms that
the wreck was due to the speeding Legard
walker of Mount Kisco who Is secretary
OF the McVickar Gaillard Realty Company.
~ broadway, paused in his search among
.ne dead Tor his sister to give vent to his
strong opinion concerning responsibility for
the disaster. He said: THE cars of the
train were snapped off the rails Just as You
would snap OF the cracker of whip. The
motor cars were light, and so fast was the
train going that the passenger cars were
simply hurled off the rails by their own
momentum. This was a pure case of Grim
inal speeding. Why, yesterday. which was
haf 10 al
ran through to the upstate terminus.
my friends and 1 were so worried about its
speed that we commented on 1t.
Il was sitting in the smoker playinp
cards with three friends, and the swayins
or the car grew SO pronounced that we
mad to give up our game, and sat looking
out OF the window watching the lights go
by In long blur. One of my friends said
70 me not fifteen minutes before the acct
dent: wonder where the first accident
Will be-on this new electric line or In the
subway"
Like Lightning.
Edward c. Vanderbort of White Plains
corroborated Mr.. Walkers story in regard
to the speed of the train THAT train was
going SO fast he said. that l was very
nervous. I was afraid that il we struck a
curve we would be piled all in a heap.
understand that yesterday the railroad
company put into force a new schedule for
Tie eiectric train service, and that at
tempt was being made to cut down the
time between Grand Central station and
White Plains. the first stop. When the ac-
cident happened l should Judge that we
were going between sixty and seventy-fve
miles an hour"
Some Of those who escaped only with
severe bruises or cuts told tales Of marvel
Gus escapes. One of these was Robert
jackson, a member of the fire department
OF this city, and connected with engine
company %. who was on his way to Brews-
ter. Jackson and Henry Feldhouse of
Chappaqua. N. Y. were sitting together
when the shock came, Jackson was
knocked unconscious. When he got his
senses back he found himself tightly
wedged In beneath a seat and the wheels
of truck. He smelled smoke, and by
turning his head he could see the flames
gradually eating their way through the
woodwork of the wrecked smoking car,
about ten feet away. The fireman started
to move when, by the light of the flames,
he saw that his arm was stretched up to
the elbow underneath the third rail.