The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-14
indeed that travellers have the feeling OF

When Jim Ryan took the Century |
through II yde Park few minutes before |
. O'Clock most OF the passengers were |
out of bed busy with their breakfast |
or making their toilet. In the library !
smoking car half dozen men. early
risers from the Vest were chatting over
after breakfast cigars.
A dozen or fifteen men and women were
al tables in the diner.
In the Phelps. the sleeper that was
fourth in the string. were number OF
women who had taken their time about
getting up. Several were invisible be-
hind drawn curtains. Others were sitting
on the edge of their berths dressing. In
the Horeyo, Mancelone and Bay Pond
passengers were getting fixed up for
New York. SThere were just three people
in the observation car, Pullman Con-
ductor r. ID. Lee J.. u. Wheeler Of Chicago
and Mrs. r. $. Curley. the colored maid
MIR. Wheeler had been talking with Harold
Mccormick.
\ just clear Of Bowman's Cut .but still on
u west turning curve. the train found the
weak rail- Locomotive and smoker
hummed safely over. The forward trucks
Of the sleeper Horeyo made, but the
outer wheels Of the rear truck kicked
and slowed and tore through the fawed
steel. The jerk brokeythe coupling that
held the Horeyo to the smoker, and
locomotive, tender and smoker went
booming southwark until Engineer Ryan
feeling the queer. light pull shut of power
and reversed a quarter OF "A mile below
where his train was breaking to pieces.
At the same time the Horeye was
swaying and rolling drunkenly, half on,
half of the track. her rear trucks tearing
,ip the outermost rail as the spikes were
cut through But the first sleeper slowed
before the direction Of the curve could
hunch it over the bank. 1t stuck 500
feet from the break and came in handy
later as hospital car.
The Mancelone, hitting the break next.
Slowed of the track. ripped up rail and
croesties for $50 feet and then shot toward
the river. The car took freakish twist
Upheld by the ice it turned almost TO the
right about. heading up stream. and then
tumbled over on its right side: The
Phelps. following. plunged straight for
the ice and there stuck. wedged tightly.
The twenty inch freeze gripped the car
and kept it upright. The ice broke here
and there under the impact Of such a
stoutly and kept water from rushing
into the car The water flowed in slowly
and gave the women time to get out.
The Bay Pond. the diner and the observa-
tlOn car, ali couplings seNtItu, StTuCh the
ice in different courses. The Bay Pond
didn't t0pple as the diner and the obser-
vation car did. They fell over on their
left side. pointing down river.
For a few minutes the passengers
feared that fire might be added to their
troubles A blaze from the electric stove
in the diner caught the woodwork but was
quickly extinguished by the negro walters
Before that peril was averted the train
crew. assisted by gang of section hands
D<xnrV y. NJ
were going about coolly and methodically
10 rescue passengers who were injured
or pinned in their berths.
CONDUCTOR FLAGS SECOND SECTION.
Conductor F. B. Lee. whose conduct
was praised by Frederick *. Wheeler
Of the banking concern Of II NJ Byllesby
h Co. here. ran with red flag to the
rear to stop the second section OF the
Century. Frank Julian. foreman of the
section gang. hustled his men TO the
wreck and sent them first to the Phelps,
where water danger was greatest.
". A. Cameron of Chicago, clad only
in shirt and trousers and socks. climbed
into the slowly filing sleeper and helped
the section hands get out women who
were injured or helpless from shock
Mr. Cameron came upon Mrs Strow-
bridge Of Cincinnati. who, dressed only
conscious in the water: In this car also
were Mrs Jennie McMicken Of Cincin-
natl. who was suffering from a broken
rib and was in great pain, and Mrs. 4. B..
ington avenue, this city. Mrs. White
was insensible and was half sitting, half
lying in a foot OF water.when Mr. Cameron
got to heris
From the Mancelone, the Bay Pond
and the dining car passengers made their
wa through broken windows without
much assistance. Their experiences had
bcei pretty much the same, as they agreed
when they found time to talk over their
adventure. Frederick B. Wheeler who
is an appraisal engineer for the Byllesby
banking firm. was confined to his bed at
the Engineers Club last night with a
sprained arm and many bruises.
DUTY FIRST IN CONDUCTORS MIND.
Conductor Lee. the colored maid
and myself were in the observation car. "
said Mr. Wheeler. Wv hen the accident
occurred the car turned over twice The
maid was thrown against the chandelier
and the conductor and ! were knock ed
fiat by furniture. got up first and found
that | was entirely paralyZed in my right
arm but that my left was all right Water
was pouring into the car and Lee. who
seemed to be hurt internally, asked me
TO help him out lifted him up to po-
sition whore the water couldn't cover
him, then broke the glass of the rear door
with a chair. Lee staggered out Of the
car after me. climbed the bank with the
blood streaming from his mouth. found
ared flag somewhere. ran back up the
track like a crazy man and tagged the
se. ond section of the Twentieth Century.
believe he saved the lives of many people
II waa> a bully stunt and have written
aletter about it to President W. c. Brown
Of the New York Central"
Thomas C. Willard Of Cleveland
Was in the dining car with Frank M.
Andrews of this city. who. besides being
the architect OF the Taft syndicate, i,
the husband of Pauline Frederick, the
actress. Mr. willard says the train wa.
going more than sixty miles an hour.
SOUNDED LIKE A BoMBARDMENT.
Suddenly" he said last night, "ther,
was a grinding noise. fearful jerk anc
then a crash as the car fell over on its
side on the ice. The noise of cracking
Ice and breaking glass sounded like cannon
firing mixed with rife shots Diners
walters. glassware. furniture-every,
thing--piled up in a heap at the end OF
the car. Fortunately most Of the window
on the river side Of the car were unbrokel
and this helped keep the water out. Blu
| believe we would have been drownet
II those windows had been smashed
Andrews and got out through broker
window on the upper side of the coach
Then we went around doing what w could
Things were pretty confused outside
People still confined in one Of the sleeper
1.-The Phelps. think-were crying fo
help. Men and women who weren'
il, Of ~