Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-05-03
New Series No. Sso.--volun,e Lx11r.--No 1s.
BODIES or EIGHT IN RUINS.
Eleven Lives Lost in Wreck OF Teach.
ers' Special.

Easton, Pa, April 80. SO far as
it is possible to ascertain here at the
scene Of the accident, eight persons
were burned to death, three fatally
Injured, two Others so seriously in
jured that their lives are despaired
Of, and scores of persons were cut
and burned and bruised some dam
gerously, in the wreck OF the teach
ers' special from Utica, N. Y, to
Washington, ID. c., on the Belvidere-
Delaware division Of the Pennsylva-
mia railroad. at Martins Creek, N. j.,
yesterday afternoon. The line was
reopened for traffic to-day. Bodies Of
eight persons have been taken from
the debris and the wrecking crews
have quit work
Miss Eleanor Rutherford, a teacher
OF tica, died in the Easton Hospital
last night, as did also Walter Vance,
OF Trenton. N. j., engineer of the ILL
fated train, and Charles Person, con-
ductor, of Stroudsburg, Pa.
Rushed into Death Trap?
Trackmen here have been at work
at the piont OF disaster and 1t Is al
legged that the tracks were "jacked
up" that no sign was out, and that
the engineer, believing he had
clear track, rushed into what proved
q "
miles an hour. .Hs,TH
Gas Tank Exploded.
The explosion that occurred at the
wreck" last night was due to the ig-
milton Of gas in a tank under the
dining car, the only car which did
not go into the ditch. A flying frag-
ment of the tank struck Harry Fran
els, Of Titusville, Pa, a student at
Lafayette College, on the head and
inflicted an ugly cut.
T. While Charles Person, the conduc-
tor, lay pinned in the wreckage, he
suffered eXcruciating pain and had
premonition Of DEATH He said to w.
s. Cummings, district passenger
agent Of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, who lay pinned over his
| PROSTATE body, that he knew he was
| going to die. He took Cummings by.
the hand, saying he could not see. t,
i was later learned that Persons eyes
sgss s9l S2sa assp
ed IN rescuing the Ihangled body OF
the conductor. " IA
Distressing Scenes at Utica. Y
Utica, N. Y, April 30.-Three
thousand Uticans stood in pouring
rain tonight waiting to meet the
special train bringing: victims OF yes
terday's accident at Easton. Pa. The
police could scarcely cope with the
excited and grief-stricken crowd Am
balances and carriages had been pro-
vided by the railroad company to
take the injured to their homes or to
hospitals.
AS most of the residents of the
city were unaware just who had per-
ished or been injured, the scene as
the distressed relations OF the excur-
sion party crowded forward to obtain
some word can better be imagined
than described. Five cars of the
special train had been converted into
temporary hospitals and as many as
thirty persons, injured more or less
seriously, were helped from the cars
and into the ambulances and car
riages, scenes of great excitement
prevailed. Men and women were
clasDed in each others arms as tea rs
OF relief or sorrow coursed down their
cheeks. The injured withstood the
ride from EastOn with fortitude and
all seem to be in condition for recov-
cry.
In nearly all OF the churches to-
day reference was made from the pull
pits to the accident, and special
prayers were said for the dead and
injured. Flags on the city buildings
and schools were at half-mast.