New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-12

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fore the railroad sent any aid 10 the
/ scene Of the wreck. but this was later
explained bv railroad officials
DIRECTLY west ~ the Fairfield avenue
viaduCt they said, was a switching
tower. from which the switch was
thrown TO send the Federal Express on
TO the station track The wreck broke
sll the wires 70 the east Of the tower and
/ cut off the towernane communication
with New Haven end points east Of
Bridgeport
Clarence HemingVar. the towerman.
was not seen in his tower Immediately
after the wreck. and rumor started
that he had disappeared. and later il
grew into q story that he had committed
suicide Hemingway was found how
ever. busilv working with the police and
hremen in helping to get the injured out
Of the wreckage.
II appeared that Immediately after the
| wreck he sent 2 brief report of II TO
Stamford. telling them to get it 10 New
|
! Stamford sent the word 10 New Haven
by long distance telephone. being unable
to get a connection because Of the broken
wires at Bridgeport.
Hemingway was entirely absolved
! from any blame in connection with the
wreck by the officials of the road and
! G. " Woodward, the division superin-
! tendent who took charge Of the wreckng
! crews. added a word Of praise 10 the
towerman's record, for his evident desire
and efficiency in handling the situation
when it confronted him.
Two Of the most remarkable escapes
| in a wreck which was conspicuous for
escapes were those Of the two employees
Of the United States Bureau Of Fisheries,
who were in the car which was right
5ehind the engine.
! ". l.. Garfield and F. Oden, r.. Of the
| Fisheries Bureau. were sleeping IN their
hunks when the train plunged over the
| embankment They were the only at
! tendants in the moving aquarium. One
side Of their car was wiped out as II II
]
thrown violently against the roof If the
/ car Almost instantly the car was over
on one side. with two or three gaping
holes in its flooring The two men
dropped through the holes, literally
thrown out 70 comparative safety, and
thev lost not minute in crawling away
from the en,bankment on which they
found themselves They crossed the
/ ,,itch AZ the foot Of the incline and didn't
Ia, few bruises and scratches keep
them from turning around To hein othetS
u-ho were not 50 fortunate
Several thousand fishes, mostly trout
we're scattered around the Ureckage ~
the governments stock car
! The stone retaining vail which holds
the Ambankment ar the street crossing
,.iaduct held three strangely painted
notices which were an object or 'u1-
4, crs ave both 70 the thousands If people
uho came 10 look az the scene of the
wreck to-day and 70 the lucky sur
,-ivors Of the wreck.
ePrApsre 70 Meet Thy God "es the
wording Of these signs so uncannlly
placed bv . religious enthusiast on the
scene ~ disaster The words were
rain,ed in characters ten inches or so in
! beight and could he read easily from al
r,oet sny poirt within Two hundred feet
| q the viadrc'
Saved Through Mistake.
Roger Bresnahan, the manager of the
g Louis baseball team, said that il was
due 10 mistake that the two cars IN
which his men were travelling we're
rleced ~ the tail end Of the train
Leaving Philadelphia, their cars were
midway in the train, he said. but when
the New Haven road picked them off
the ferry after they came around Man
haitian the train was accidentally put
together a little differently. and 70 that
fact IL Is probable that ar least some OF
the baseball PLAYERS owe their lives
7 was in the next 10 the last car
said Roger and when the spill came
grabbed something and held On 7 got
out all right. and not one Of our fellows
was hurt seriously
"Pube" Ellis. Of the ST. Louis team.
said r was in bed ar the time Of the
wreck. and I Just grabbed hold of a bar
and held on for life. I got . good bump
on the head. but that was all
Frank A Hoyt baggage master of the
train. had not only plunging car from
which 70 save himself but also pile of
tumbling. tossing trunks
4 was sitting In the middle ~ the car
on q trunk" he said. when suddenly the
cars swayed a. II we had struck something
and the next moment We we're rolling down
the embankment.
"The car wasn't quite fun ~ ba ggage.
and the trunks bumped ard rolled around
like pieces OF cardboard. II was lucky for
me that the car didn't go all the way down
into the street when came 10 my senses
n biz pulled myself out from under half
dozen trunks and looked around me
up above there was hole and I made
for II When got there I saw,it was the
door Of the car. for We lay on our sida
about half way down the embankment. For
n few moments after the crash there was a
terrible stiffness. but all OF a sudden the
cries OF the injured filled the air. When l
gained the ground | saw the rear man going
hack down the tracks TO warn any oncom-
ing trains ard seized red lantern and
went In the other direction.
Il have been in accidents before, but
never in any as bad as this
! " "A Saunders Of New London. who WA