New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
TRAIN HITS AUTO
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automobile. Berbon. the chauffeur, was
/ hurled through the air for a distance OF
/ fifty feet and landed in ditch to the
( sou+h Of the tracks. He was instantly
killed his skull being fractured at the
| base and his neck broken. His body was
/ found living in a pool of blood
Pahecca Glass one of the Hirsch party
in tho automobile. was caught between
I Tho ea+ car and the hood of the auto
mobile and her body was terribly man
gled. It is believed that she was car
rfed along as the train dragged the ma
| chine down the track before coming 10
a STOP Her body was found in the same
| ditch where the chauffeur lay, but more
| than hundred feet to the SOUTHWARK
! She was still alive when picked up Tut
died after being removed to the Jamaica
Hospital The little girl still held doll
in her arms which was clasped tghtly
to her cheek as though she were seeking
70 nrotect it when the crash came.
The other child. Bertha Weiss, was
thrown beneath the wheels Of the Sec
ond fiat car, and her life was crushed
| out almost instantly.
/ Mrs Hirsch was tossed far into the
air when the automobile was first struck,
and landed in a field near the tracks.
When picked up she was UNCONSCIOUS
| and was rushed to st. Mary's Hospital,
! in Jamaica, where her condition is said
to be critical.
Mrs. Glass was found q short distance
away, and she failed to regain con-
sciousness, despite the efforts of a pl1ysi-
clan who was on the scene to bring her
around. An ambulance conveyed her to
the Jamaica hospital, where 1T is said
that her condition is also serious.
When the train had been brought to
full stop Levin leaped from his cab and
ran back along the tracks, trying des-
perateIy to render aid TO the injured
The gateman, William Peach, who was
on the scene q moment after the acci-
dent, was now acting like demented
man. running up and down the track,
wringing his hands and moaning. He
was unable to speak coherently, and
was led away to his shanty.
He continued to moan in stupOr, and
was finally led away by two policemen,
station house. where he was locked up,
charged with criminal negligence.
Surgeons Kept Busy.
Four ambulanCes from the TWO hos
pitfalls were hurriedly called TO the cross
/ ing. and the ambulance surgeons were
kept busy ninistering to the wounded,
who Uttered the surrounding fields.
After the more seriously wounded had
been placed in the ambulances the sur
geons turned their attention to the mem
bers Of the train crew, and many of
| these were taken away by passing auto
mobiles, who by this time were gathered
! in hundreds about the scene of the acci-
dent.
An investigation of the wrecked auto
mobile and fat cars showed that the
| hood of the automobile had become so
firmly wedged between the coupling of
the cars that it lifted the trucks from
the rails. thus causing the many tons of
rails on the cars to shift over TO one
side burying the trainhands beneath
them.
The train had dragged the broken au-
! tomobile down the tracks for perhaps a
hundred yards, crumbling it to pieces and
! leaving trail of blood on the road bed
Although there are usually large
number Of sutomobilists passing the
/ Springfield crossing al the time the acci-
| dent occurred-3:15-there were only two
witnesses Of the crash besides the train
! crew. the gateman and John r. Voss, a
member of the Public Service Commits
! sion. Peach was utterly incoherent in
any statements he tried to make con-
/ cerning the accident. and it IS thought
| that he viii be permanently demented
Mr.. Voss said he would not make any
statement unless requested to do go by
the Coroner. He referred all inquirers
| 10 the Public Service Commission.
AS soon as the news OF the accident
| had reached people living in or near
| Springfield there was a wild rush for
the scene. Physicians and others ar
rived in automobiles and carriages and
hastened to the work of rescue
( Homes near Merrick Road were turned
into temporary hospitals, and the lawns
! in sight Of the road were strewn with the
| injured. while surgeons busted them
| selves with bandages and splints, hastily
| prepared by the women.