Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-12
STORIES OF THE DISASTER.
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where we are scheduled for game
with the Boston Nationals today
The ball players left for Boston on a
special train at $50 o'clock.
Rube Ellis of the st. Louis team said !:
Il was in bed at the time of the wreck
/ grabbed hold of a bar and held en- for
life. l got good bump on the head. but
that was all. | thank God that our boys
got OF safely, but feel for the other poor
people.
Mrs. G.. B. Bliss of Altoona, Pa. said
that she was passenger in one of the
Pullman cars that went over the embank-
ment. The glass OF one of the windows
in the car was broken in and police
man reached in and pulled her out through
the window and over the wreckage of the
engine to firm ground The woman was
slightly injured and in a very nervous
state Penned in one of the sleeping cars
and finally liberated by a hole cut in the
top of the car was the experience of c.
b. Hayes of Baltimore. who said he was
asleep when the wreck occurred and the
first he knew was a falling and tumbling
sensation. When the car finally COM
pleted its mad plunge downward. Hayes
said everything seemed upside down and
he could not get out of his berth Finally
when he was becoming exhausted he heard
hammering noise atcve his head and
then a little light was seen. Men were
cutting hole in the car and in few
minutes he climbed out through the hole.
Clarence E. Davidson of Westdale. Mass,
had great praise for Rev Mr.. Mitchell of
Providence and Mr. Hayes of Baltimore,
Md.
I'VE were all asleep in our berths," said
Mr. Davidson suddenly there was d jolt
and we we're thrown into the aisles. Then
the car, it the third from the engine
pitched forward. People were knocked
down when they attempted to gain their
feet and many went rolling down to the
end of the car. Next there was a crash
and the cries and shrieks of the women.
1t was horrible. Rev. Mr.. Mitchell Mr..
Hayes and myself pulled six women from
under the debris. l am glad to say that
none of them was seriously injured
guess We reached them just in time
The survivors had many incidents to
relate to inquiring reporters about the
accident striking one was told by
Col. G. Percy Halves of Richmond, Va.
who is located at Fort Warren.
II shall never forget last night" said
Col Halves ut was the most trying
of my life. hsd been awak
ened and had reached for my watch when
the train began to jar. l looked at the
watch through the curtains. 1t was ex-
actly $50 A. NJ. thought nothing of the
jarring and had laid back ON my pillow
~. rAfI cd
down from the upper berth | heard his
body strike the floor and was attempting
to arise when / was pitched forward into
the aisle. Then the car pitched forward
down the embankment / grabbed for
the side of my berth and succeeded in
retaining my hold on the side. When
the car struck the ground it turned tur-
tie and 1 found that my berth was now
the upper one and that / had been |
saved"
I'VE were going SO miles an hour when |
the car left the track" said William But |
Ter, porter on one of the Pullmans of
the wrecked train. He said that he felt |
a big bump and jumped" The porter
rolled some distance but was not injured |
except for a few bruises Lieut.. E. A |
osterman of the Marine Corps in Boston
stated that he was in one of the cars
that did not leave the irons. He was I'M |
injured and for several hours helped in |
the work of aiding the injured and clear |
ing away the wreckage.
Mrs. Edna Porter II years old, of Chel- |
sea. her mother, Mrs. G. C. Porter. and |
sister. Mrs. May Clifford of Boston. all |
said that they We're terribly frightened |
when the wreck occurred Mrs. Clifford |
was the only one of the party who was
injured. Three times in quick succession. |
she said. her head hit the top of her |
berth and for a few minutes she was |
dazed,
George S. Rogers, an electrical sergeant |
had been transferred from Virginia to |
Maine. was travelling with his wife and |
two little children. Mrs. Rogers was |
crushed and her tiny babe was killed by |
her side. Sergeant Rogers was in the |
upper berth with the S-yearold boy. AL |
though fearfully hurt. Rogers took out
his boy and went back into the wreckage |
to find his wife. The dead babe was
handed to him and later his wife's body
was recovered. Rogers and the boy were
sent to a hospital.
w A. King, who was in a Pullman,
says that G. II. Kirby of Kansas City
may he among the dead. The latter.
King says, went out on the platform out
a moment before the crash. King says
he saw Kirby's body in the debris Both
men were coming here to take positions.