Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
TWO MORE MAY DIE
Will Increase to Thirteen
Number Killed in Wreck.
IDENTIFICATION HOPELESS
Bodies in Such Condition They Can
not Be Recognized.
HEROES OF THE DISASTER
Fireman of Train, Though Morally
Hurt, Thought of Passengers.
Scores Saw Man Burn.
IDENTIFICATION HOPELESS
HEROES OF THE DISASTER

EASTON. Pa, May ALI the injured
in the Martins Creek wreck of Saturday
on the Belvidere- Delaware division of the
Pennsylvania railroad who are still at the
Easton Hospital. with the exception of
Miss August Light. the New Hartford,
\. V, teacher. and George w. Parsons
Of Lambertville, n. j., the fireman of
the Inflated train. are recovering from
the effects Of the burns and bruises they
received when the train went over the
embankment and took fire.
Miss Light is In critical condition.
and the hospital attendants are not san
guine Of her recovery. At first it was
thought the fireman was not seriously in
iured This was due to the fact that he
bore up bravely, never complaining. and
insisted that the nurses give their atten
ton to other victims of the disaster.
Has Internal Injuries.
More careful examination OF Parsons
revealed the fact that he was injured in
ternally and his burns were extensive.
His death is momentarily looked for.
Relatives and friends Of the Utica dead
are at the morgue in Philipsburg, \. j.,
victims were taken last night. Every ell
fort is being made to arrive at identl1-
cation, but the remains are IN slch con-
dition that the task seems hopeless. and
the indications at this hour are that all
the recovered parts will be placed In one
casket and there will be one funeral
The coroner will hold an inquest during
the day and the funeral party Will start
for home tomorrow morning. Three more
watches, making five In all. have been
found in the ruins together with large
number of trinkets.
Eleven Dead, Two Dying.
MARTINS CREEK, y. j., May l.
Eleven persons are dead and two are dy-
ing as a result of the wreck of the Utica
school teachers special train just south
Of this village Saturday afternoon. OF
the eleven seven were teachers. in the
Utica public schools. They were burned
to death in the hideous pile OF twisted
steel and splintered wood that fiickered
and smoked all night.
Two railroad men were cremated with
the unfortunate .women-one in the very
sight of the half-crazed women and men
who stood on the ripped and narrowed
roadbed and watched the awful sight
One OF the school teachers died In the
Easton Hospital piteously begging that
her young sister be shielded from harm
on an adjoining cot. Two other rail-
road men died in the hospital.
Four other members Of the school
teachers excursion are missing. NO
ceived. and the NTeckers are digging
slowly through the black heap sitting
and raking in their effort to locate more
of the charred and twisted things that
they call bodies.
nj is finally established that 165 persons
were on the Inflated train when it
lurched from the tracks and rolled over
into the ditch at the foot of David Hill
liard's corn field.
Four Are Still Missing.
All but four are accounted for. and
that once established. the harder work
Of fixing the blame is under way.
George Parsons, the fireman of the big
engine, is dying in the hospital. a Drawer
man never was on a train crew. The
doctors told him that he did not have a
chance for recovery.
Are you sure of that, Doc?" asked
Parsons.
well; George" was the reply. you're
pretty badly burned
Parsons merely said that he was
sorry for the women" and asked
that his wife be called from Lam
bertville. Before she came Parsons con-
scented to talk to newspaper men. ne
said that all the warning that he re-
ceived was a jolt.
Died Standing Upright.
Joe" Bicknell, the tourist agent, was
burned to death while standing bolt up
right. He, Prof Brown, c. M. Person
and another member Of the train crew
were talking in the rear of the second
{rfo fhn
Mushroom and Bicknell went to the rear
of one Of the chairs to speak to a woman.
The crash came. and when the terrific
avalanche stopped at the bottom Of the
ditch Bicknell. was pinioned between the
ment
The f1rebox had smashed sufficiently to
allow trail Of hot Goals to follow like
the tail of comet. The twisting and
tearing broke the pipes running from the
gas tanks, and in a twinklinS huge
piston Of flame shot back and forth
through the cars, whitening and soaring
everything 1t touched. The chairs that
held Bicknell had been wrenched at right
angles to their natural position and held
the unfortunate man in vise-'ik" "trip.
His head, shoulders and body had been
damned through window.
The flames arose about him as they
crept along the doomed train, and slow
ly MS nedO anu DOuy Wlltcu III
sion. A negro porter rushed toward him
and stretched out his hand. Bicknell
grasped the negro's hand feebly. gave 1t
a gentle shake and dropped.
Fully a hundred persons saw the man
die Many Of the women who went back
to Utica are nervous wrecks. Some may
never recover from the shock.
! Believe Rails Spread.
1t is the general belief that the rails
spread and caused the train to leave the
track and plunge over the embankment
Trackmen had been at work at the point
of the disaster. and 1t is declared that
the tracks were lacked up and that no
signal was out. and the engineer. believ-
ing he had a clear track, rushed into that
death trap at the rate OF fifty miles an
hour. AS an explanation for the absence
of the usual green flag of caution near
the point where the trackmen are at
work, 1t Is said that the section hands,
seeing the regular train 60 by, and not
knowing Of the special following. had
not put out the signal.
Arcade to Be Opened on G Street.
The first floor OF the building at 1415 G
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