The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-07-05
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from Elmira to Corning is fitted for
last running and he was sending his
train along at IS miles an hour.
Number nine was supposed to be half
an hour ahead of him. He had no
warning until he made out the outline
Of the rear coach OF number nine
through the fog. Then he threw In
the reverse without shutting on steam.
The jerk threw the train on the track
and the locomotive plunged on to
splinter the two day coaches filed
with excursionists and tear through
the last OF the Pullmans. Schroeder
said the impact threw him from the
cab and landed him on his shoulder
on the roadbed practically unhurt.
The iO0ton engine continued its
plunge through the middle Of the train
grinding everything In tie path. When
finally blocked by the debris. Il re-
NAMED on the roadbed in the midst OF
the desolation IL had caused while
hundreds OF persons rushed in every
kind OF vehicle to tie scene 10 lift
and pry the dead and injured from the
tangled mass OF wreckage.
A Holiday Crowd.
Taking advantage OF the holiday
excursion rates TO Buffalo and Niagra
Falls. many excursionists had boarded
number 3 at all points from Hoboken.
including Scranton. Binghamton and
Elmira. There were also many pas
sengers for the west. BY the time IL
mira was reached. the train carried
so many passengers that a second en-
CINE was attached.
When extra freight train number
CT. bound for Buffalo. reached the
heavy grade at Gibson. drawhead
pulled out and number 81 was Grip
pied. Signals which she put out
stopped number 3. The first engine
was uncoupled and set at work TO
push the dead end of the freight into
a siding to allow number 9 and number
IL. which was due in % or 80 minutes.
TO pass. The work was slow and dur
ing the wait. many passengers from
the day coaches got out.
Meanwhile the signals had been
thrown against number Il. These
failed TO stop the express and the
crash followed.
Rescucrs were quickly on the scene.
on what seemed an Incredibly short
lined the highway which led TO the
, wreck and the work OF getting the IN
jured TO the hospitals and the dead to
me morgues was impeded by the block
ing Of the road. Police from Corning
old their best to keep the rescuers path
clear and by o'clock. physicians had
been rushed u the scene In motor cars
mad started all OF the wounded on their
way TO the hospitals or were giving
emergency attention to the victims on
Injured Rushed 20 Hospitals
thirteen OF the injured and ten OF
the dead were taken 10 Elmira on a
l special train. All the other dead were
taken 70 undertaking rooms In Corning
and the other injured were conveyed
TO the Corning City hospital All the
physicians In the city were summoned
ito attend. while ministers and priests
were cal1d to administer sentiments
ana received messages from the dying.
Most OF the bodies found were badly
mangled The wrecked cars were one
heaped-up mass 81 wreckage. tanning
into each other in telescope fashion.
The last two cars on train No. IL re-
rlained on the track and latter were
used as temporary hospitals
tccOmodarons for only forty patients.
fsome % the injured had to lay on the
floors until physicians could give them
Scenes OF Horror.
Those who visited the scene OF tie
wreck before the hospital forces mad
time 10 nnish the work OF removal Wit
ressef many scenes q horror one man
picked up small white sheet which las
upon the ground. only TO draw bach,
asnen-faced. Is his act revealed the
body % baby only a few months old
~ late hour the child had not been
Identified. The Rev. John T Cassidy. a
Catholic priest. was one OF the carry ar
rivals. lie ministereI to the Injured
and performed the last rites for those
about To DE. once he halted n lone
line Of automobiles and several wagons
bound for the mOrgue while he per.
Formed the rites over the body Of q
little girl. which lay across the high
way. The automobiles and the by
ISLANDERS stood about with bowed heads
The people Of Corning have opcnet
their homes 20 the injured who couis
not md accommodations at tie hospit
This afternoon the workmen AZ n.
scene ~ the wreck picked W n numaI
Il skull which was entirely devoid Of marx
which would Indicate whether 10 cam,
from a man Or woman, A goia brace
found IN the wreckage this afternoon. J
/ had been pulled nearly straight IL "a
| supposed % have been upon the Wrls
| q Mrs Edith s. Hess. Of Scranton. IA
who was among those killed in n,
| wreck
| Although Engineer Schroeder. ~ a.,
express. declared there was 10 fagmai
4 Co warn him Of the presence Of IN
stalled train ahead. f.ackswanna offciai
\ declare tonight that naEman hn'
| been sent hack IN the rear OF No
when she was held No.
CORNING. y. Y. July "a -hor, in
| quest into tie cause of tO-day's wrecl
1 was held AZ the court house here to-niEh
| AMI afetr three passengers had told 90 ei
| eSperiences adjournment was taken mutt
| Tuesday
Il George Reynolds. Of Brooklyn. wal
| Standing smoking upon the rear platform
1 ~ The hnrk car when he saw the express
1 train rushing upon him and jumped H
| sWure that Dc had. not seen a flaFfnau y,
| Ntfh - warn any onruming trains. ii
1 ffii fnc flaEman might have been nroIn
f.e curve 100 yards away so blast o
| HTrriug from "a whistle ur from fprre
/ docs anne from the on-rushluK train
% li' Hlll fNfre was some mist huf MT ID
1 mlru That Dc could not see distinctly
IL MIrnnei -~ffeducati. Of Sew N0rl
/ city. who lost his mother in tire wreck