The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-08-29

we are Catholics or Protestants?
Won't you say prayer TO the good
Lord Jesus for me-" And the priest
knelt beside the woman and offered
up a prayer to the Not High Such
scenes as the above were common
When the priests icafAcl the side OF
an injured man or woman II mattered
but little what their religion might
be. The black. CARRIED men knelt I'M
prayer and rendered whatever aid
they could.
Although the wreck occurred short
" after noon. the scene Is still one OF
indescrlbable chaos. The civic Off
cials are overwhelmed with the work,
and the work of Identifying the dead
is slowly going on. A revised list OF
the dead places II at thirtycight OF
this number but comparatively few
have been identified. The coroners
from this section are all at the scene
81 the catastrophe. and It is probable
that an inquest into the cause OF the
wreck will be started just as soon as
the officials can do So The work OF
clearing up the demolished cars Isl
now going on. Traffic over the road
Is at present at a standstill. All Of
the injured were taken to the Roches
ter hospitals while the dead were
placed in a temporary morgue at
ShOrtsville.
The Dead.
The revised list of the dead is as
follows:
Mrs. Barbara Goodrich, Philadcl
phia.
Mrs. Phillips. Philadelphia.
Mrs. c. +. Johnson. Oberlin, Ohio.
A. NJ. Kuniskle. Vineland. Ont
Mrs. Harry Smith, Sayre. Pa.
Mrs. Gerald d. Hnman, Swarth-
port, Pa.
Mrs. Timothy Madden, Trenton.
n. J.
Miss Clara Hicks, Newark, n. J.
Edgar Pangbore. Ellis Island.
b. y. Belt. Los Angeles, Cal.
The unknown dead furnished up to
this time are:
Unknown man, sixty-hye years old,
wearing cum buttons marked p.
Unknown woman, thirty years Old.
Father, mother and son, aged
twelve.
TfpEnou.p ysnfuon
Another unknown woman wearing
ring inscribed G.. +. to NJ. l..
Unknown woman about q ,rty years
old. wearing ring bearing initials ~
r. H.
The Injured.
The injured in the Rochester hos
pitfalls are as follows Mrs Chatam,
serious, residence unknown; Charles
II. Sadler. Sharon Hill, Pa. slightly;
Rev. and Mrs. j. p. Whipley. slightly
and seriously injured. respectively; j.
y. Hide and wife, New York. serious
ly. Mr.. and Mrs 7. b. Waterbury, To-
ronto. Ont, seriously; Emil Kealcr
Lancaster Pa. slightly; Mrs. +. }.
Spindle, Olcan. y. Y. seriously; How
ard Ileadley, Philadelphia, slightly; +.
A. Draper and daughter Emmaline.
Lancaster, Pa. slightly; Mrs. Agnes
Gardner, Atlantic City, slightly; c. Z.
Johnson, no address, slightly. H. o.
Douglas. Newton Square, Pa pain
fully: Miss Julia Phillips. Philadel'
phia, painfully; W. p Randle, Easfon
Pa, badly. Edward a. Keller, Wash
ington, d. c., slightly; John Green
Wolland, Ont, badly; Mrs. d Ran
dali. Niagara Falls, right leg broken
Miss Kate Boyle. Philadelphia, slisi-
ly; Miss \. G.. Kratzewski, Buffalo.
slightly. Mr. and rms. S. w. Walker
Lakewood. Ohio. slightly; Geraldine
Tuman, Philadelphia, seriously; Cap
tain Robert Amesbury and wife. Phila-
delphia, seriously.
The whole disaster happened so
quickly that passengers on the cars
which stood on the track were stun
ned. One veteran. Frank J. Finer, OF
1912 North street. Philadelphia, who
was in charge of L. 5. Grant Post OF
Philadelphia, retained his presence Of
mind sufficiently to save the lives OF
tho occupants OF the last two cars. \.
soon as he heard the crash OF the
first car falling he jumped for the
emergency brake and threw 1t on. The
car stopped Just as the forward edge
reached the embankment. The car
was filled with eighty-two members OF
the u. $. Grant Post
Mr. Finer then climbed down to the
wreck and smashed all the windows
he could in the cars and assisted sew
eral injured out OF the cars. Eliza
beth white. of Philadelphia, was one
of those in the car which stood on
end in the gulley. Three people who
were near her we're killed instantly,
but she managed to escape with
few scratches and crewled to safety
out Of one OF the windows.
II was tho opinion Of the surgeons
who took charge Of the injured that
three.quarters of them would probably