The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-11
z LIVES ARE
LOST IN
WRECK
Federal Express. Between New
York and Boston Plunges
Over Bridge-Probably 20
More Viii Die--St. Louis
Ball Team Aids in Rescue.

Ball Team Aids in Rescue.
tHs rnit-d rrws. Ies>ed wirel
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, July IT,
Between ~ and IS persons we're
killed and IS Injured In the wreck
OF the. Federal express. eassbound,
on the New York. New Haven and
Hartford railroad near here al 4
o'clock this morning. Twelve
corpses were counted Immediately
after the crash.
The wrecked express ran onto a.
siding and tumbled over a bridge
into the street AZ Fairfield av. All
the dead 50 far. found were In the
forward coachea
The ST. louls baseball team. the
Cardinals, we're In the last two
coaches None ef the players was
hurt.
THE DEAD
Louis Rising. Warm Springs.
Mrs. Louis Rising. Warm Springs.
Mrs J. w. Rssmuss, Ellsworth.
Wis.
Mrs c. w. Baker, Sheridan, Or.
20 More Viii Die.
Twenty OF those injured In the
wreck probably will die When the
cars crashed down into the street
they az once took fire. and only
quick and efficient action by the
city fire department prevented
many from roasting to death. The
wrecked train. which consisted OF
an engine. baggage car, two day
coaches and five sieepers. was
more than an hour late aud was
running 40 miles an hour through
the suburbs On reaching a viaduct
nj State ST. and Fairfield av. West
bridgeport, the engine swayed and
its front end struck the coping OF
the vfaduct. The Impact threw the
locomotive from the rails and II
toppied over the edge OF the 3o-foot
viaducf. carrying with II all the cars
except the last two Pullmans. ihe
two day coaches were torn TO
pieces. Most OF the dead were found
there The heavy Puilmans piled
MP on the wrcckage. making the
whole an indescribable mass OF
twisted and spIintered wood and
steel.
Desperate Rescue Work.
The baseball players and the
other passengers In the two sleepers
which remained on the tracks. as
soon as the crash came turned out
of their berths and worked desper-
ately among the debris. carrying
ont dead bodies and tugging and
hauling at the piled up timbers to
rescue those pinned down In the
path OF the advancing flames.
Chop Through Roofs
Penned up In the ruins OF the day
coaches and held down by the
mixed up seats and broken fixtures,
scores of the passengers walled and
screamed while the rescuers strove
to reach them. In most cars IL was
Necessary TO chop through the roofs
10 asscue the victims. and ball
players and citizens strove with
each other in rivalry until the last
MANNED body had been drawn from
the wreck.
Psrtiai Death List.
The following list OF dead was
given out from st. vincents hospi-
tai this morning,
c. W. Christie, philadelphia; Mrs.
George Rogers and infant son,
Washington. unidentified young
woman. unidentified boy about 3
years cid; unidentified woman aged
shout 60; Engineer A m. Curtis
and Fireman w. A. Reaan, Federal
express; negro passenger; uniden-
titled trsinman; two unidentified
children.
Hundreds Help.
When the train left the trestle
and plunged to the street. binding
.fIasbes from the torn trolley wires
through which II plunged aroused
the whole neIghborhood. and hun
dreds Of people poured out of their
houses to aid In the rescue. II was
at first reported that number Of
the dead had been electrocuted, but
investigation later proved that
while the whole mass Of the smash
ed cars was bathed in electric fire
none Of the passengers was more
than singed by the electric flames.
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