Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-01
Eleven Dead,
 Two Can'i Live
DEATH ROLL OF SATURDAYS
 WRECK IS GROWING.
EIGHT BURNED TO DEATH
Three Others Died of Injuries in Hos pitaI-Accdent Is Believed to Have Been Caused by Spreading Rails.

Easton, Pa, April 30.-So far as it is possible to ascertain, in this city, and at the scene of the accident, eight persons were burned to death. three fatally injured, two others so seriously injured that their lives are despaired of and scores of persons were cut, burned and bruised some of them dangerously, in the wreck of the to Washington, D. C.. on the Belvi- [ dere- Delaware division of the Penn { sylvania railroad at Martins Greek, New Jersey. yesterday
 Bones of Eight Removed.
 The line was reopened for traffic to- day. Bones of eight persons have been taken from the debris and the wreck crew has quit work.
 List of the Missing.
 The missing, who long ago were giv- en up as dead. are: Miss Bessie Walk CT, Miss susan Sessions, Mrs. Mary Allen Miss Sophia Knott, Miss Louise Lindeman, Miss Sarah Jones. all of Utica; Harry Winner. Trenton, N. J.. bagg gemaster of the train; James l Bicknel1. Philadelphia, tourist agent for the Pennsylvania railroad. Three Die in Hospital.
 Miss Eleanor Rutherford, a teacher in the Utica schools, died in the East on hospital last night, as did also Wal ter Nanyo of Trenton, N. J. engineer of the ill-fated train. and Charles Per son, conductor, of Stroudshurg, Pa. Two Others Won't Survive.
 Miss Augusta Lyte of Utica is in critical condition in the hospital. sui ] fering from burns and shock. and i George w. Parsons of Larnbertville. 1 N. J.. fireman, is so severely burned 1 that neither is expected to survive. i The body of Miss Rutherford has been | taken charge of by her brother and 1 shipped from Easton tonight.
 Two Have Fractured Arms. I This morning pr. J.,J. Quincy. local l health officer. took X-ray pictures of 1 the injuries of Miss Frederick Schwabe 1 and Miss Mary Condron, both Utica l teachers, and found that each sustafn- l ed fractured arm.
 Others Resting Comfortably. Both the young women and all the i other New Workers, with the excep- 1 ton Of Miss Lyte, are resting com fortably and the hospital authorities
 see no cause for alarm in their condi-
 Railroad Officials Reticent.
 Local officials of the railroad cem- panv are unconlsaunicative as to the cause of the accident. General Man 1 ager Shepard of the Pennsylvania 1 railroad was at the wreck today, but ] refused to make statement. He went | back to Jersey City! Other high of | ficials have been at the scene.
 Spreading Rails \BIamed.
 l It is the general belief that the rails 1 spread and caused the train to leave l the track and plunge over the em - l banknent te destruction, carrying it's 1 load of humanity Track men had been l at work at the point of the disaster, ! and it is alleged that the tna cks were i lacked up. that no signal was out, 1 and that the engineer, believing he had l a clear track, rushed into what is be- l lieved to be a death trap at the rate l of fifty miles an hour.
 Injured Woman Assists Others. 1 Miss Dr. Hennessy of Utica assisted the injured and while doing so she was suffering intensely from severe 1 injury to the spine Effects Found in Wreokase. Among the effects of the dead found 1 in the wreckage were three gold l watches one of which was marked "S.
 J., and is believed to have been the 1 property of Miss Sarah Jones. Under l some charred bones was found hand 1 bag which contained papexs bearing g the name of Mrs. Mary Holland. A 1 bunch of keys and a trainrna ns broth- 1 erhood button were identified as be- | longing to Wilner, the bagsa gen1an. | The explosion that occurred at the 1 wreck last night was due to the is- 1 hilton of gas in tank under the din ing car, the only car which did not go into the ditch A flying fra sment of the tank struck Harry Francis of Titusvifle, Pa, on the head and in flicted an ugly gash. Francis, whe is
 a student at Lafayette college, was
 watching the wrecking crew at work