The Washington times., 1911-07-11
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out In the night with the other res
cuers. ..
The first crash of the wreck had
barely died out when the dreaded smoke
. that promises death by fire followed.
Policemen who had heard the crash
II had rushed to the scene, but others,
quick of thought, had rushed to the
!, nearest fire box and an alarm was
Through the streets of West Bridge
port canNa the fire engines, and as their
bells changed the flames began to show
more activity: Roger Bresnahan: man
ager of the St. Louis team, aided by
his team mates, worked feverishly and
| with the assistance Of other untnJured
| passengers the trapped ones were, one at
a time, drawn from their posltions OK
peril.
Woman Is Saved.
Armed with an ak and assisted by
two Of his players, Bresnahan chopped
away the timbers that held pinned down
a woman who moaned for freedom. She
was dragged out of the wreck and to
safety just as the fire was reaching
her tattered and scant night clothing.
On all sides other rescuers were
Iiemulating the example of the ball
players. The firemen saved the wreck
| from becoming a worse catastrophe
and the flames were soon checked.
AS the light turned the morning
| into a gray dawn the wreck doomed
a huge monolithic tribute to the care
lessness Of an engineer who, leaving
New York one hour late-time lost by
switching about the tracks there
tried TO get his train in on time.
AS the sun came DIP y was seen TO
be a pile of twisted iron and steel
and splintered wood. Six cars were
piled on top of the crushed engine,
and in this pile of splintered cars may
be still other bodies.
The city of Washington was par
ticuiarly unfortunate in having more
than its share OF the quota of pas
sengers on board the train, known
as the Federal Express, and the favo-
rite train out of the Capital City
brought almost an excursion number
of passengers from Washington.
A large number Of teachers, en-
joying their summer vacation, were
on their way to Boston and other
New England points. but the major
portion of them escaped serious in
jury. Washingtons list as now count
ed includes two dead and three Sc
riously and perhaps fatally injured.
Thirteen others are not seriously in
| jured and will be able either to con-
| tinue their journy or make their way
back to Washington
Army Wife Victim.
The two dead are the wife and
young son of Sergeant G. E. Rogers, |
| of the Coast Artillery Corps Rogers |
home station Is Washington. He was |
with his wife and child when they |
went to their deaths. |
Occupying one of the forward state |
rooms in one of the Pullmans that did !
not leave the track was Mrs. L. w. /
Page, 2223 Sheridan circle. Washington; |
her son, Lee Page: and the chiId's |
nurse. The shock of the impact threw |
| them from their berths and Mrs. Pages |
back was wrenched. She and the nurse |
escaped with slight bruises. The child !
was not injured.
Other Washingtonians known to have |
been injured in the wreck are:
Mrs. Mary Walker, Iowa Circle; |
Mrs. James B. Royce, 701 Nineteenth |
street northwest; Mrs. Mary Note (no |
eddress).
Miss Isabelle Dorsey (no address); |
Miss Jessie Gray Mickens Ono ad- |
dress; Miss Mildred Earnest, 134S |
Newton street; Miss Helen Gibbs, 1419 |
Chaplin street northwest; Miss Ange- |
lima Grimke. 1415 Corcoran street; |
Mrs Sarah Clark (colored), 1904 L |
street northwest; Mrs. Logan w. |
chusetts avenue; Mrs. Nellie Gle
Gd. SLHs anu Two en''o'eN' 'ne'' CAsss'
Rescuers Work Hard.
The work of rushing the injured to
he Pril
and West Bridgeport was ably handled |
by the police and the volunteer sur
geons who hastily responded to the ap-
peals for help.
The ambulances from Bridgeport were
hurried to the scene, and the hospitals
are now filed with victims Of the wreck.
The New Haven made up a train for
| the survivors, and all who cared or
| who were able to continue on their jour-
ney were sent on to Boston, The st.
Louis ball team, scheduled to play in
Boston this afternoon, was rushed on
its way. This team has figured that
the series in Boston would cap Its re-
maTkable playing season by landing 1t
| in first place. 1t remains to be seen
ii the players will suffer from the shock
of the wreck.
MADE the declaration that Engineer
Curtis was not the regular engineer
in charge of the Federal. Curtis was
the regular engineman on the Cannon
Ball. the fastest freight train of the
New Haven system. He was unfa-
miliar with the run and it Is said was
put on the FederaPs engine, as the
regular engineer had been overcome
by the heat while the train was being
made up in New York.
Taken Off Freight.
Curtis was drafted from his freight
engine and ordered to take the Federal h
through to Boston. He was evidently
trying to make up the time lost in New
York by the illness of the regular man,
and when he got to West Bridgeport
did not know that the switch had been
set at the cross-over for him to take the
outside track. This was necessary n
the train was to make the Bridgeport
stop. Not knowing this, Curtis hit the
switch at a rate close to sixty miles
an hour. and then came the plunge into
the coping and through the bridge to
the street below.
w. H. Saunders, of New London, was
sitting alongside his wife in the day
coach when the wreck occurred. His
clothing took fire, and he managed to
extinguish the flames only after his
arms and hands had been badly burned.
Mrs. Saunders was pinned under the
wreck and her husband could do MOTH |