New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21
THIRTY DIE In WRECK
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in was undamaged and seeking the quickest
exit to the open air. jumped through the win
dow to the ground. found my sister several
cars ahead uninjured, but my mother was stand
ing supported by a couple of men. with her head
and her hands covered with blood Father was
sitting inside the window of one Of the forward
cars his right and shoulder free and lean
ing outside the window, but his left hand caught
fast where the seats had damned together in the
car 1t took three four minutes to get him
free"
MOTHER DEAD BESIDE HIM
Law Eddy. a young man from Ionia. was sit
ting in a seat with his mother, and when he re-
gained his senses after the crash she was DEAD
They were in the first car of the train. ana
young Eddy said that he could see the rrelght
approaching as the excursion train swung
around the
"The next moment the trains came together
with horrible crash" he said Il was soaked
with water from the tender of the engine, which
torn to pieces The air was full OF flying
objects and terrible noises When 1 regained
my senses 1 pinned in the wreck L looked
around for my mother, and there she was, dead
One of her arms was cut off and lay a couple
of feet away, and she horribly mangled- L
managed to release myself and drag my poor
mother out of the wreck"
Eddy pulled his mothers body to the bank of
the ditch, where he covered it with an open
umbrella. The shock and horror of his mothers
death had driven him nearly frantic when he
was AIel iOl4Ceu ny IL party OA ISSCueLo.
Miss Mamie Speckin. of Saginaw. sitting
in coach in the middle of the train. The shock
of the collision threw her to the floor and piled
over her a covering of cushions and loose arti-
cles swept from the forward end. Screaming
in her dark prison and unable to realize what
had occurred, the girl remained for some time
penned in until rescuers heard her cries and dug
her out unnjured.
Passengers who jumped from the windows Of
the rear coach after the collision almost alight-
ed upon Alvord, the engineer of the passenger
train, who had leaped from his engine and sat
on the bank, watch in hand, trying to learn
from it whether any blame for the mistake
which had cost so heavily rested with him.
FARMERS CARE FOR INJURED
The crash Of the trains was heard for great
distance up and down the tracks. and many
farmers working near by realizing that a
tragedy had occurred hurried from their homes
with bedding, cloth for bandages and stimu-
lants. They Joined in the rescue work. while
physicians hurried TO the scene from all the
neighboring towns. Numbers Of the uninjured
women passengers tore strips from their cloth
ing TO help bandage up the wounds of the suf
fering before the surgeons arrived the Keller
trains.
Z. f. Smith. a farmer living near the track.
was at work in his field and the two trains
bearing down upon each other. Both Of them
dashed into the cut and out Of his range OF
vision. Just the tops of the smokestacks were
banks TO destruction. He saw the stacks come
together and the two engines reared UP above
the banks. and fell back as the roar OF the
collision came to his ears. Almost before he
realized what had happened the air pierced
with shrieks and screams OF the wounded and
dying people. staggering out from the wrecked
cars.
In addition to the seventy-hve to one hundred
who were severely injured there are scores more
who were cut and bruised by being thrown about
in the uninjured cars when the trains struck.
Nearly every person in the first half dozen
coaches needed some medical attention. The
most severely hurt were first looked after by the
surgeons. Their wounds were hastily dressed
and hemorrhages stopped. after which they were
carried 70 the relief trains and laid on cots TO be
taken to hospitals for further treatment The
less seriously hurt waited their turn and when
their wounds were dressed most Of them re-
turned 10 the seats in the undamaged cars
There with the blood stIenng on their clothes
and bandages. they told Of their experiences.
Many OF them were so dazed that they had no
clear idea OF what had happened
WOMAN TELLS EXPERIENCE.
Mrs. Minnie Densmore. Of .IonIa. was one Of
the passengers on the wrecked train
My husband and myself were in the sixth
coach right behind the first five in which the
greatest loss Of life occurred" she said There
was terrific crash. and the train came to
sudden stop. throwing out Of our seats
instantly our car was filled with terror
stricken people trying to fight their way out No
one knew Just what had happened but evory,
occupant Of the car seemed 10 feel instinctiveIy
that there had been tragedy. and seemed to be
filled with fear. The passengers clothes were
torn and they inflicted severe bruises on one an
other In their mad efforts to get 10 the ground
That was before they realized that our car was
not damaged and that they were not in danger
themselves. When got out Of the coach we
found the engine and the first five cars piled up
beside tho tracks. while shrieks OF pain and
cries for mercy filled the air"