Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-14
Plunged Into
Hudson River
CRACKED RAIL SENDS CARS
DOWN ENHANCEMENT.
PASSENGERS INJURED
Thirteen Removed to HospitaI-Thick
Ice on River and Steel Cars Prevent
Any atalities-conducto Praised.

Poughkeepsie, n. Y, March Ia
Thirteen persons injured, several seri-
ously, but none. il is believed, NOR
tally, sums up tonight the casualties
from the wreck Of the drst section Of
the southbound Twentieth Century
Limited, the New y York Centrars crack
flyer, from Chicago 10 New York a
mile south Of Hyde Park, near this
city, this morning. Running behind
schedule at an estimated speed Of
sixty miles an hour, and rounding a
curve close by the 0auks OF the Hud-
son, the train struck a rail cracked
to the breaking point. and in an in
slant t0ur cars hal left the track and
plunged Gown an e,iban&ment into
I the ice-cOvered river.
Thickness Of ice Saved Lives.
The thickness of the ice, acting as
4 check tC the laundering rush Of the
topping cars, as they piJv ed through
the shadows near the baGk, keeping
them from sliding into deep water and
tlc material cf the thes-steel-
probably prevented a far worse disas-
ter. Had the river been open, in the
opinion of railroad men, the cars
would have plowed into the river
depths and many persons would un-
doubtecly have been drowned.
Icy Bath for Sleeping Passengers.
AS it was. the ice held the cars,
and while the water entered the sleep
ers to the depth of the lower berths in
some OF them and gave many of the
sleeping passengers an icy bath, all
were rescued without great difficulty
Planks were run out to the windows
Of the cars and passengers made their
way to shore over these tmprOVised
bridges. The work Of rescue was ex-
| pedited by the fact that a constFuc-
ton company doing work on the road
near the scene of the accident was
able promptly to bring the much
needed planks to the scene.
Injured Rushed to New York.
The injured who were unable to helL
| themselves were carried out and al
those requiring surgical attention were
/ placed on board other trains of the
system which were halted near the
scene of the accident and rushed az
| quickly as possible to New York city
| The list of injured as given out by the
| railroad authorities late today, fol
lows;
List of the Injured
The list of injured, as made publ,
this afternoon by the New York Cen.
tral railroad, is as follows
August Kochs, Chicago, slightly
bruised
. Ben Woolf, Chicago, bruised.
L. S. Ottenheim, Toledo, Ohio, knee
bruised.
Fred B. Wheeler, Chicago, shoulde,
dislocated.
Mrs. McMicken, Cincinnati, broker
ribs.
Thomas c. Willard. Cleveland. in
ternal injuries
c. c. Reddington, Chicago, bruised
bruised and hands cut
e. s. Keefer, Elizabeth, N. J.
bruised.
l. New, Chicago, head cut.
William Lewis Greeley, New York
fractured elbow
Mrs. A. B. White, New York, frac
tured arm.
Patrick M. Sweeney, Brooklyn, Gu
by glass.
Second Section Fassed.
The train was running in two gee
tions. the second but ten minutes be
hind the first. This train was boom
ing along swiftly toward the seen
where the broken rail which hal
wrecked the first section and a road
bed torn up for SEQ yards or so wher
the derailed cars had bumped eve
the ties, had set a dangerous ira
for it. Frank Lee, conductor Of tn
wrecked train, stepped into the breac
here, and saved a second possible dis
aster. Lee, who lives in Buffalo. wa
standing on the rear of the observa
tion car wnen the wreck occurred an
| was pinned underneath some seat.
} His head was badly cut and he wa
otherwise bruised. He managed to ex
tricate himself. and bleeding. ra
back to flag the second section.
Praise for Conductor
, New York Central officials and pas
sengers who knew of the conductor
act praised it warmly tonight. With
out seeking to disparage the conduc
tors brave and heady work, howeve,
the officials were inclined to think tia
the block signals fortunately worke
i automaC1 aC1caIly. stopping the secon
, section about half a mile above th
scene of the disaster, from whic
: point the train approached the wrec
slowly.
f About so Passengers on Train.
In all there We're about fifty passeu
gers on tAs WEaelzsd section and az