The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-29

h second day coach struck on the
bottom and stood end up. the rear end
projecting a few feet above the TOP
Of the trestle. All of the passen-
gers in this al We're piled in a tang
led mass Of broken seats at the bot
tom Of the car. Indescribable pande-
monium followed. The Pullman car
Emelyn, which remained on the bridge
with one end projecting over the
gulch and several cars behind it, de-
rallied and in immediate danger of go
ing over the mass of wreckage be-
low, were Q emptied of ali their
passengers, who aided by gangs of
railroad employees from the big freight
Yards at Manchester rushed to their
aid. It was several minutes. how
ever, before anybody reached the cars
at the bottom to help the victims.
The cars did not catch fire. Axes
were secured and body after body was
removed and carried by the rescuers
knee deep in the liver bed to the
bank on the west side Of
the ~trestle. There the lead and in
jured were laid out on the ground
While planks and timber were requi
sitioned and a field hospital estab-
lished.
It was more than an hour before
man of the injured could be remoV-
ed. and special trains from both Gene
Nd ot1o bAoAoA
nurses and medical supplies. Hun
dreds awaited treatment, and the rail
road station at Manchester, a cider
mill and an ice house We're used to
| give temporary shelter and treatment
to the suffering.
It was necessary to chop through
the sides and bottom of the day coach
at the bottom and the work of re-
moving the victims moved with pain
| full slowness. Death had come swift
Nv to many. a large number Of the
dead having had their skulls crushed
in when they were thrown against
the car seats and projections. The
mortality vas high among the older
passengers, most Of whom were vet
wives.
The dead. removed from the wreck
and brought to a morgue at shorts
Vile, near here, at 9 o'clock tonight,
numbered %. Two other persons
died in Rochester from their injuries.
Several other persons are living in
hospitals at Rochester,, Geneva ana
Clifton Springs with probably fatal
injuries. The number Of injured
will reach sixty.
Details of the Terrible Accident.
Owing to the fact that the derailed
dining car, in going into the ditch
east Of the trestle. had brought down
/ several telegraph pOleS, With scores
Of wires telegraph service was
broken and Will not be restored until
tomorrow. Aid had to summoned by
telephone.
Coroner D. A.. Eisline, Of Shorts
vile, took charge of the work at the
wreck, assisted by Coroners Arm
strong, of C~anandaigua. and Flint Of
Geneva. Coroner Armstrong was as
signed particularly to investigating the
legal aspect of the disaster and after
a preliminary examination Of the
scene he said: 1t looks to me as
though the track was bad and there
was probably a broken rail. 1t look 5
as if the first truck of the first car
that was derailed left the rails about
SO feet from the west end of the
bridge. We will hold no inquest until
We identify all Of the bodies
Late tonight. While the wrecking
crews We're trying to remove part of
stood on end fell into the gully, add
ing to the debris at the bottom,
under which it is possible a few more
bodies may be concealed.
4 Narrowing Aftermath.
A narrowing aftermath of the
wreck is the ScantinesS of means of
identifying the victims. Rescuers in
their haste to remove clothing and
effects from the victims neglected to
keep the various articles near the