Evening star., 1911-08-26
to await Identification and the orders OF
the coroner.
Rushed to Hospitals.


When the special relief train arrived
from Rochester about sixty of the injured
were placed aboard and. attended by plen-
ty of doctors and nurses, were rushed to
that city, to be accommodated at it's hos
pitals. Several children we're taken to
the Clifton Springs Sanatorium.
Several priests were aboard the train
and two nuns. who were killed. The
priests went among the dying and ad-
ministered the last rites Of the church to
them. Father Hendricks Of Ovid, Father
William Harrington of Ithaca and Falher
James Griffith of Waverly had received a
bad shaking up and suffered some from
shock, but they did not spare themselves.
The priests turned their attention at
first to the Roman Catholics, but as
Father Harrington was passing one wom-
an she called to him, and when he asked
If she was Catholic she replied that
she was not, and then asked for a prayer.
The priest knelt and offered one. After
that the priests ministered to all who
would accept.
Stories Of Disaster.
ROCHESTER, N. Y. August 24-Frank
Rogers Of Shortsville was, so far as can
be learned, the only outside witness to
the Manchester wreck. Rogers was
standing at the street crossing, some 800
feet from the trestle. when the first car
left the rails. and he next saw it lying
on its side in the bottom OF the creek
and another standing almost straight up.
Il broke some of the windows in the
car. which was dangling from the
bridge" said Rogers. "and must have
assisted about fifteen passengers out The
men and women used the seats as stairs
and were able to reach the top of the
bridge. I then slid down the car and
worked h0ffnm L q IL
road men and passengers take out a score
more of people. l passed them out OF the
window, one by one. Many of those taken
out were dead and others had tainted.
were dead or alive. The sight was a sick
ening one, but there was no time to think
about it.
I'VE were afraid the wreckage would
but never saw sight like this The
dead and seriously injured were jammed
together The interior Of the coaches was
smashed into Splinters. The first woman
to be taken out lay limp and unconscious
on the baggage rack. One boy was
drowned in the water and the sight was
appalling. The blood Of the injured
mingled with the water and it ran red
Helped in Rescue Work.
A passenger in the Atlantic City coach,
who escaped practically uninjured, de-
scribed the scene as follows:
II was sitting in the middle Of the car
when I heard a cracking underneath and
at once knew that the train was derailed.
AS 1 glanced out Of the window l saw
the creek and knew we were on a bridge
An instant later I was rolling down the
aisle. people pushing me on every side,
all falling toward the end OF the car that
had struck the ground below.
Il happened to be on the outside Of the
heap and made my way through q win
doW to the outer air. AS did so 1 could
feel more of the passengers falling on
top of the pile. each one striking the
mass with a thud.
l. "As soon as / reached the ground ]
| looked around to see what could be done
The scene that witnessed you can look
| upon for yourself. But you cannot lool,
| upon the suffering that I saw nor the dy-
| ing, nor can you hear the shrieks Of the
| injured and the walls OF tho dying.
II will never forget the first thing that
| in the car from which had 30 miracu.
lousy escaped I saw the head OF q baby
who was possibly three years old. I'm.
hurt and unfrfghtened. tho little one
seemed med to to- be ENJOYING the episode; 81 sh: 2:
| something about stopping.
"A few moments later she was rescued
by the trainmen. Afterward her mother
| was taken out dead"
Report Of the Wreck.
| ALBANY, N. Y, August 26.-The up
state public service commission today re.
ceived the following report from its rep
resentatives who are in Manchester In
vestigating the wreck:
| '.Lehigh Valley train No. 4 consisting
Of fourteen cars. left Rochester Junction
forty-two minutes late. Running through
Manchester yards at about twenty-fv,
miles an hour. at a point about 600 fee
| east Of Manchester station, 1t struck 9
pieces. The rail was 'piped' "a defect IL
rolling), and there were a number o.
growing defects on the ball OF the rail.
1.-The last nine cars of the train were
derailed. The train ran so that tho las
car stopped about three rail lengths from
the broken rail. The two engines ani
4 five cars passed over the Canandaigus
outlet trestle. Coaches 273 and 278 drop
ped forty-five feet into Canandaigua out
| let. Dining car turned over on its side
bankment. The rest OF the derailed cars
were not seriously damaged.
Dead and Injured.
up to this morning twenty-five deaths
were recorded and sixty-eight persons in.
jured. thirty-seven OF whom are In the
hospital. OF the seriously injured It Is
expected six or seven will die.
''The tracks were opened for travel al
midnight. A thorough search has been
made of the cars which are in the stream
for additional bodies; mono was found.
equipment Of the train. Most Of the peo-
pie who were killed were In car go.
which was practically torn to pieces.
| This was a modern car. with full vesti-
lbules and steel platfoEmA aud Has lighted