The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-30
Excursion Train From Utica
Rolls Into a Gully
and Burns.
As PERSONS ARE INJURED
Party Of 1853 Was Bound to
Washington Cars Hit !
Spreading Rails.

EAsToN, Pa. April 2e.-A Lackawanna
excursion train carrying $50 members
OF the Utica Teachers Association and
eighteen friends to Washington for q
holiday week Of sight seeing swerved
from the track half mile south Of Mar
tins Creek. n. j.. at $40 o'clock this
afternoon. Four OF the five coaches
rolled into gully to the east of the track,
caught fire from the acetylne gas tanks
and were destroyed in half an hour. Six
women teachers are missing and are
believed to have been burned to death;
imprisoned in the cars The baggage
man, Harry Wilmer Of Trenton, also ID
missing. Joseph Bcknell of Philadel-
phia district passen ger agent of the PENN
sylvania, is also reported missing late
tonight. Conductor Charles Pearson Of
Trenton. n. j.. and Miss Eleanor Ruther.
ford Of 90 West street. Utica, died to might
in'the Easton Hospital.
Fifteen We're injured seriously, thir-
teen Of them young women teachersi
the others being the fireman. George
W. Parsons Of Lambertsville. n. j., and
Engineer W. r. vanoy OF Trenton. All
Of these are in the Eastern Hospital.
At least thirty Of the teachers, mostly
women. escape with burns. cuts and
bruises that did not require hospital
treatment. They are in the hotels here
and will start back to Utica with the
other survivors tomorrow morning.
The teachers who are missing after a
careful checking up OF the members OF
the Teachers Association are:
ALLEN. Mrs. Mary. LNsNAS Louise
JONES Sarah. SEssIoxs. Susan.
| K0uIH. Sophie. wALKeR, Bessie.
Miss Rutherford was dresdfully burned
about the head and body before the men,
who did heroic work at the wreck al
though hurt themselves. could break a
way to where she was held and free her.
Some OF the injured are:
| BAoos. MISS CATHERINE. Utica, y. y. slightly
cut
| BAYSEs Miss c CATHERINE, Rome, y. ". slightly
cut
| BArNEs MIss NRII.IE. Rome. y. V. cut about
| the head face and arms and left side injured.
| BROWN. V. s. Utica. n. Y. principal.
! BURTON. $. A.. president of Utica Teachers
| Association.
| CAMpBELL MIss ANNA. Utica. n. V. bruised
| abou, head and arms.
| CoNpoS. MISS MARY f.. Utica, n. ". left arm
broken In two places.
DUFFY. Miss CATHERINE. slightly hurt.
HALL, MISS BERTHA. Waterville. n. V. broken
HALL. MISS EDITH wa,crville. n. W broke.
arm.
LAWSON. Miss CATHERINE. Utica. N. y. scalD
| wounds.
LISsMAS. Miss CECILIA. several cuts.
LIGHT Miss AuousrA. New Hartford. n. ~
at the Easton Hospital
PARsoSs G. W. fireman. Trenton. N. j.. At the
Easton Hospital, badly scalded about head and
body
RAwLEY MRS. ". c.. Utica. ~ ". and daughter
EDITH both cut about arms and hands.
RurHERroRp, MISS CAROLINE. Uuca, N. Y.
| seriously burned.
SCHwABs. FREDERICK. fireman. Utica, N. Y,
| slightly cut: at Easton Hospital.
SCHwABE. Miss WILHRLMINA. Utica, N. Y. a
Eas'on Hospital: slightly cut.
SMITH. MISS ETHEL. waterville. N. Y. a
Easton Hospital.
| SPRowI. SAMUEL. EastOn. Pa. trainman. head
and face cut.
vAsoY. WILBUR. engineer. badly scaided and
bruised.
WILLIAMS. Miss EI.IzABErH, Utica, n. y. head
cut and slightly burned.
WILLIAMS. Miss MARGARET, Utica, My. head
cut and slightly burned.
Although the Pennsylvania Railroad
officials will not admit that seven were
burned to death the represent atives Of
the Teachers Association say there IL no
doubt Miss Marian Haskins saw either
at the scene of the wreck or here in Eaeton
this evening all of the teachers who
escaped Her assistants in the investi-
CATION were unable to get the slightest
trace of six teachers,
Miss Haskins and dozens OF other ounR
women. as we'll as several men, told THE
Sun reporter tonight that half a minute
after the coaches rolled over the train
was blazing high; that two or three min
utes after the fire started ii WAS impos-
sible to get within fifty feet OF the wreck,
the heat was so intense. They were sure
that the six teachers who are missing
were pinned down by broken seats or
baggage or so badly hurt that they were
unable to move toward windows or doors
1t was four hours before anybody
knew accurately how many had been
killed or injured Immediately after
the wreck vague reports flashed out over
the wires that mt least twenty five were
dead and fifty injured. The teachers.
scattering widely, were unable at first
to tell how many had pershed in the
burning cars. but Miss Haskins and her
assistants compared identification cards
with lists that had been prepared by the
principals.
The first resul, of this checking up waa
hundreds of kilograms sent from Eaetou
and Phillipsburg to reassure relatives and
friends in Utica, Waterville and Syracuse
3 Many of the survivors were picked up BY
! q ralief train sent to Martins Creek from
4 Stroudsburg on the Delaware. Lacka-
2 wanna and Western line. This resulted
r in separating friends and relatives. and
! when the last relief train from here got
! ! back there were ever anxious inquiries that
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