The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-12

tell a clear story Of the wreck was Frank
I'VE were little over an hour late
leaving the Harlem River" said Hovt
when the smash came was sitting in the
baggage car on trunk. felt the, shock
and the next thing | knew my car was
banging over the ties When | finally
got out | could hear the groans and CRIES
Of the injured. For "a few seconds after
the wreck there was an awful Stiffness.
but that didn't last very long. As soon
~ l got on, on the track | saw the rear
brakeman going back westward with u
red lantern. So grabbed another red
light and went east My car hung over
Fairfield avenue and il didn't look to me
as If the coupling had broken. but | sup.
pose II must have
W. A. King. Il toolmaker of Kansas
CITY, Mo. was ON the train with "a friend
named George u. Kirby, also Of Kansas
to 81. Nincent's Hospital practically in-
sane for the time being. Kirby couldn't
he found and the police thought that one
of the unidentified bodies might be his,
King was in no condition To make The
identiiicalion.
DEAD NEGRO At HER FEET.
W Il Saunders of New London. Conn.
was travelling IN the day coach with his
wife They had turned tw q seats oget her
by stretching their legs out. When the
train went over the ernbankm ment they
We're stunned for " few minutes. Then
Saunders found that hi- wife was pinned
down bv the broken seat. He got his
poke, knife out and cut her skirt off and
fiually managed To free her Lying at
Mrs. Saunders's feet WAS the body of "a
negro. who had not been identified mp to
tonight. He had 500 in his pockets. His
head was crushed
In the sleeping car Mandarin was Mrs
L. W Page. 2?23 Massachusetts avenue,
y W. Washington. She was asleep
with her baby when the shock hurled both
her and the child out of their berth to
the floor. She crawled over piles OF
debris to the vestibule. which was closed
by wreckage, and waited there until III"
tiremen chopped her ont. Sh. wasn't
al all hurt and there wasn't u scratch on
the baby
Another baby had a good deal 10 do
with saving its own life and that OF It's
grandmother and mother Tn. three
We're in the forward part Of the sleeper
Atrels The berth in break ing from the
car walls had trapped them, and bedding
| and upholstery had fallen on top Of them
as they lay. The women were uncon-
scio,iS but the baby wasn't. Its stout
| cries finally attracted the attention of
on. of tho ST. Louis ball PLAYERS He
got two Of his companions and by the Use
away enough of the wreckage To permit
the women To escap"
CALLED FOR WIFE IN VAIN.
While tn. work 60 rescuing he in lure d
wS.> going on u IN with a baby in his
arms wondered ny and down the ruins
If the cars crying Bertha! Berthe''
The policemen took him TO Mrs. lIoran's.
where he explained the, his wife, Bcr,ha
Wilson of Washing; on. hcd been with
him in the dpy roech and that he couldn't
find her. She he'd not been found to-
night and the police believe tina, sh. is
one Of he unidentified dead.
S-rgt Grorge = Rogers Of the Coast
Artillery. attached 10 Fort Hunt. Nirg MIA
was travelling with his wife and baby
Sergt Rogers WAS in an upper berth III
the sleeper Atrou- Mrs Rogers and the
baby sleeping in the lower She was
crushed 10 death and the baby was killed
a. her side Rogers. except for bruis-
of tn. wreck that few reople who occu-
pied upper berths We're seriously hurt
kogers'- baby was found first. i dab Of
white in the dark stained wreckaga Of
the sleeper. One of the tirenen found
il and handed il To him He carried the
hen came back To search for his wife
Her body was found immediately after
! ward
A policeman heard child crying some
, where in the sleeper Mandarin. After
| a lot Of coutrIvlng with an axe he wor ked
his way TO IL II was girl of 4. " no sat
. on "a pile of bedding with her hand tightly
claspiDg her mothers. The mother " az
Mrs W. y Ciephane of Cherry Creek,
Md. She was unconscious from wound
in the head. but not dangerously injured
The body of Mrs. Helena ID. Walcott
was found IN he sleeper Atreus. She
mad been killed instantly A splinter
| had been driven into her body and her
head was crushed. Tn. ldentifca, ion
wGs Juad. by markings on her stockings
aud dress. plainly written Helena ID
| Waicott" IN white stitching on strip
Of black silk. She Wore wedding ring
inscribed &c. u. W. 10 II. u. l.. June
-. IsSs "
! lnENTIFICATIoE IMPOSSIBLE.
| Many Of the dead We're 80 mangled that
| iudentit cation was IN some cases inpos-
sible to-day. Others We're ideut fled
/ from cards or letters in their pocketbooks.
| 4. y. Woodward. the superintendent Of
the shore division. took charge Of the
wreck this morning. tn. police com
planned that the railroad officials were
slow coming. Police Chief Birmingham m
of Bridgeport said to- day that there was "A
wait OF TWO hours before wrecking crew
appeare The crew. however. had 10
come from the Harlem River.
| Sup' Woodward declined Ia make
any statement conCerrn.. the cause Of
the wreck He referred all inQuir.rS
Ia the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford general offices in New Haven. There
this afternoon the officials gave out this
| statement:
Train No. ~. Federal Express. left
! Fairfield AZ $40 A. Vi. and was wrecked At
1892 A, NJ. rraln consisted uf United
| States Fish toniinss ION Ger. baggage
car. coach and siN s!eHp"rs, total nine
cars.
The eng inc and frat six cars left the
! rats a. IN" crossoyer and went down the
bank, most Of them in the street a. Fair
field ayenlI". or the remaining three
slecperS two are still Oh the rails, Will,
one Of the sleeperS was drrailed
| The accident was due TO the engineer
striking the crossover from track No.
to track No. at 4 high rate of speed
estimated close to sixty miles an hour
He was going from track No TO TRACK
No. in order to make the station stot
al Bridgeport, Time card rules spccif,
fifteen miles an hour.
The killed are Engineer A NJ Curtis
Fireman ". A. Ryan and eleven pas
sengers.
The injured are Conductor NJ. J. Fure,
and forty-one passengers. They are beinl
taken care of in the three different hos
ptals at Bridgeport.
a. NJ, Curtis. the engineer of the
wrecked train, was thoroughly familiar
with the road between New York and New
Haven. n he had run the Federal Express
before