Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03

Miss Bullitt, Miss Biddle. Daniel Neal
McQuillan, jr., and S. Crozier Fox.
The other members of the party, A.
M. Biddle and W. o. Rowland, were
injured, but their condition Is good.
! Was First to Reach Wreck.
The first of the rescuers to reach the
scene of the wreck was Peter Mueller
who lives in a little cottage about
1000 feet from the scene of the
wreck. Mr.. Mueller was working In
his garden, and noticed that trains
seemed to be passing with greater
frequency than usual
There was quite heavy fog" said
Mr.. Mueller. 'I heard one train ap-
parently slowing down and stopping.
Then l heard voices and a long sue
cession of blasts from the locomotive
whistle, as If there was something
wrong. About the same time I heard
one long whistle from the north.
Very soon after the one long blast
from the north train the crash hap
pened. ran as quickly as I could,
and found two trains piled high on
the rails. The north one had struck
the stalled train with terrific force
and had plowed under the rear trucks,
tossing one sleeper almost up into a
vertical position.
"As I neared the place | could see
that the stalled train had been split
| apparently as by an upward stroke
and the bodies and debris thrown high
in the air. Dead and dying lay to
both sides of the rails, some of them
as far away as one hundred feet or
more. Clothing, bed clothing, suit
cases, hats, night garments and toilet
articles were scattered along the road
bed for a distance of five hundred
yards.
Killed While Asleep.
81 began picking up the dead and
injured, putting the dead near to-
gether and covering their bodies with
sheets or blankets or anything could
! find. Most of the persons killed. I be-
lieve, died in their sleep, and some of
them even were wrapped in sheets. I
believe the force of their being thrown
through the air covered them with
shrouds. There were not many per-
sons on the left-hand side whom |
could help, because most of them
seemed dead.
| After l had been working for half
an hour trolley car appeared, and
we turned II into a temporary ambu-
lance and sent some of the victims
and bodies into New Haven"
| A. H. Cashn, of Philadelphia, who
was on the Bar Harbor express, said:
Il was in the act of dressing with
three other companions. We were re-
turning from short stay up in New
Hampshire. l was bending over put
| ting on shoe when there was a ter
rife roar, the car sort of parted in
two, and two of my friends shot
! through 1t. l was thrown on top OF
them, and / guess was knocked I'm.
conscious. When / woke I'D they were
dead and my legs were very stiff.
IT found 'Davie' Dunn, of New
Britain, friend of mine, a little fur.
Their down the rails with trunk OF
top of him. He was only scratched
| though. l could not find my othel
friend, and don't know yet whether
he was hurt or not. We found every
thing torn apart and wreckage spread
all over two sides of the roadbed
We went about helping all we could
The cries of the victims were not yer,
numerous and Soon they died out
Most of the passengers were killed
outright or so seriously injured tina
they were unconscious"
Bodies in Melon Patch.
Joseph w. Boardman, of East Hart
ford, who has a hotel at Savin Rock
said:
1T was horrible. The first section
of the White mountain express
crashed into the rear end of the Ba
Harbor express and ploughed through
the three cars, which were turned int,
mass of splinters and twisted steel
Seven or eight of those who wer
killed were hurled into a melon patel
into which | was thrown and wer
not far away from me.
las soon as / could get to my fee
friend (Mr. Delmore) helped me t,
carry these bodies to an improviset
morgue on the edge of the patch nea
the. railroad. There the bodies wer
covered as best we could. / saw tw,
bodies on top of the locomotive, an,
/ believe there were ten OF more dea,
nearby and lying around the wheel
of the locomotive, which stood still
and painting in the debris. with it
smokestack protruding. as If survey
ing the damage it had wrought
Bodies were strewn all about