The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-26
TWODAY COACHES
PLUNGE 40 FEET
into RIVER BED
CONTINUED From First Page,
planks and timber were requisitioned
and field hospital established
Hundreds Need Treatment.

| "'u Il HeiQ nOSpltal eStaDllSneQ.
Hundreds Need Treatment.
1t was more than an hour before
many OF tho injured could be removed,
and special trains from both Geneva
| and Rochester brought physicians
nurses and medical supplies. Hun
| dreds awaited treatment, and the rail-
road station at Manchester. a cider
mill and an ice house were used to
to the suffering.
1t was necessary to chop through
the sides and bottom OF the day
coaches. and the work Of removing
the victims moved with painful slow
ness. Death had come swiftly 10
many. a large number OF tho dad
having had their skulls crushed IN,
when they were thrown against The
car seats and projections. The nor
tally was high among the older pas
sengers. most OF whom were veterans
OF the Civil War and their wives
The dead removed from the wreck
and brought to morgue at shorts
vile, near here. at o'clock tonight
numbered twenty three. Two other
persons died In Rochester from their
Injuries. Several other persons are
living in hospitals at Rochester. &C.
neva and Clifton Springs. with prob
ably fatal injuries.
Tho number OF Injured Will reach
sixty.
Owing to tho fact that the devailed
dining car in falling down the en-
bankment had brought down several
telegraph poles with scores of wires
Geographic service was broken. aud
VIII not be restored until tomorrow
Aid had to be summoned by telephone.
coroner d. a. Eisline. of Shortsville
TOOK charge of work at the wreck. as
sisted by Coroners Armstrong. OF Ca
nandaigua. and Flint. of Geneva.
Coroner Armstrong was assigned
particularly to investigating the legal
aspect OF the disaster. and after
preliminary examination of the scene
he said: 1T looks to me as thourh
the track was bad. and there was
prooaoiy broken rail. It looks as 81
the hrst truck OF the first car tha.
was uerailed left the rails about sixty
,eet from the west end OF the bridge
we VIII hold no inquest until we
Identify all OF the bodies
Adds to Debris.
Late tonight, while the wrorli,1
crews were trying to remove part OF
the wrcckage. the day coach that stood
on end fell into the gully. adding To
the debris at the bottom, under ,yh.c;,
II is possible few more bodies may ii.
concealed
narrowing aftermath Of the wreck
Is the scantiness OF means of iientiu
cation OF the victim. Rescuers. in their
haste TO remove clothing and effects
ION the victims. neglected To keep
the various articles near the bodies
and many OF the dead were found laid
ou' at the norGue. whore careless Wis
itors mixed up garments and idcn,ia
cation things, The breaking down ~
me telegraph service was confusing
because of the inability OF those WIN
are safe 10 send news to any relatives
II probably will he days before the
fuil list OF dead is made UP. Tho fee
lures OF some are so badly dis;iEured
difficult. ''
pathetic sight was witnessed =,
the Manchester station tonight when
the hats OF the men in blue. with their
gold braid. and the more uretentions
headgear of the Sons OF Veterans. ;yare
piied UP with baggage bloody gar
ments, umbrellas and othe. pc ra,xn
effects, most of which are thu pron,rTy
of the dead.
me wrecked train was IN charge OF
Conductor James Hinock. OF Geneva
with Engineers Bowman and Gala
nan Conductor Hiilock had ins, stno-
ped from the dining car to thr nax,
car IN front when the dining car loft
''c track RE pulled the signal for
brakes, and both engineers respon Id
instantly. Engineer Bowman. of ~.
second engine. was leaning from tis
cab window. and as he turned on ,i,a
brakes he looked backward to am
me cause Of the trouble. ana say the
cars topping off the bridge.
Pnsscngern Give Assistnncc
Passengers in the cars which re-
NAMED on the track gave prompt rs
sistance. Appeals for doctors and
nurses We're sent 10 the nearby nIaces
and special relief trains were run from
both east and west. SO great wac tho
number of injured that there was
work for all.
A. number of persons hal miraculou.
escapes. One woman was all that re-
NAMED alive from o family of four
Two men jumped through a window.
and escaped with slight cuts. Two
theories for the cause of tn. wreck
have been advanced by railroad men.
One is that 4; was 'caus.ad by brnko,,
rail or the spreading of the rails. The
road was blocked for several hours.
and L: was necessary to send the west
bound trains over the Now York Cen
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