Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26


ping against hope that their mother Is
S there are stin nine unidentified bodies
) Among the unidentified dead women
Is one apparently 30 years old. On her
body was found a pin upon which
We're the initials IN, g. H" This Is
the age of Mrs. Hicks. who, because
of her gray hair, locks trifle older.
The only notification OF the death of
MIR. Hicks came last night. 1t was a
telegram from the Lehigh Valley rail
road. telling of the death of Mr.. Hicks.
IT was a brief message and simply
said: I'VE regret to notify you that
Charles Hicks was killed this afternoon
in a wreck at Manchester. N. Y.s
The family said at noon today that 1t
had given up all hope for Mrs. Hicks,
I'VE fear that Mrs. Hicks has been
killed, too" said CharlessHicks, jr. I'VE
have heard nothing, but expect to re-
ceive q telegram from William some
time this afternoon"
Dispatches from Manchester today
said that Miss Clara Hicks, Of New
ark, N. J., was among the victims. No
description of the woman was given,
but 1t Is believed that II Is the body of
Mrs. Hicks, There is a Miss Clara
Hic,is living at 115s Broad street. At
that address today 1t was said that the
young woman was at home.
Charles Hicks the man killed, had
been in the employ of the Central rail-
road for more than thirty years as
carman. In all his experience he had
never before been in a wreck. HIS sis-
ter, Mrs. Anna DER, who is 10 years
old, has not been told OF the death of
her brother and the probable death of
Mrs. Hicks.
Mr. and Mrs. Hicks were in the party
returning from the @. A. r. convention
in Rochester. Mrs. Hicks wore her
wedding ring, an amethyst ring,
small diamond ring, signet ring and
opal pin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hicks have three sons.
They are Charles, jr William, who is
employed by the Central Railroad of
New Jersey, and Herbert, who is
spending his vacation at Keansburg.
Mrs. Alice Patch, of Cortland street,
Belleville, and a boy, Nelson c. Palmer
who accompanied her and her husband
to the q. A. II. convention, were also
In the wreck but escaped injury. Mr.
Patch did not return on that train. He
had business to attend to, and was
forced to take another train, so as to
arrive home earlier.
Mrs. Patch was in the first coach of
the wrecked train. "Tt was horrible"
she said today. THE grinding of the
wheels and humping of cars, then that
awful crash, followed by the cries of
the Injured and dying The scene is
too horrible for me to describe"
AS soon as she reached Easton,
which was about Q o'clock last night,
she telegraphed to her husband that
she was safe. Her train was late in
arriving and 1t was nearly 8 o'clock
this morning when she reached homo.
1--WE been on the battlefield where
men were shot and the dead picked up
next morning, but / have never seen
anything so horrible as that awful
mass of clothes and blood and bodies
all mixed up together in the upturned
and crushed coaches of the wrecked
train"
Thus spoke Charles N Drake, OF
Crawford, who as a member of Dahk
gren Post No. %, of Elizabeth. had
attended the national encampment at
Rochester and who was on the III
fated train. but escaped injury. He
reached the Market Street station OF
the Pennsylvania early this morning
and gave vivid description Of tbs
horrible scenes that followed the dis
aster.
women literally tore their dresses
from their bodies to make bandagef
for the injured strong men shuddered
and cried and all the while the less
seriously injured worked. forgetful Of
their own hurts. to pull the crushed and
mangled from that hell of twisted steel
and splintered wood and tragedy
Il was sitting In one of the forward
coaches when ! felt the wheels of tn,
car in which l was riding leave ths
rails and run over the ties of the tres
tie we were crossing. In another sec.
ond | was jolted out of my seat. Tn,
train came to a standstill, l looked
out of the window and saw three of tt,
cars back of me over the embank.
ment. l left my car and went back
but l could render little assistance
Two men soon appeared with axes ana
they started to cut through one of thi
wrecked cars in which many passen
gers were imprisoned. The sight o.
those who were in the car carrying
the dead and injured from the car wal
sickenlng even to a hardened old sol
der"
Many others from this vicinity wer