Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03
LADS FROM CAMP
AIDED IN RESCUE
Although Many Were Injured
Youths Turned In and
Helped Others.

II. r. Mooney, proprietor of Camp
Cobbossee, a hotel and a model farm
in Monmouth county Maine. who was
returning at the time of the wreck
with seventy-five boys. friends and
employees, furnished the most vivid
description Of the wreck and the Incl
dents that followed.
After greeting relatives of boys who
attended his camp and assuring them
of the safety of practically all except
four boys-two being killed and two
hurt-he recited Incidents of his own
escape and of the manner in which
his youngsters, as a result of training
in first aid and the right thing to do
In case of emergency, gave help to the
wounded and help In the rescue Of
persons from the wreck.
Mr.. Mooney had engaged the Pull
man coach Chisholm, the third car
from the rear of the train that was
rammed, to bring his party back to
the city. He was in a stateroom at
the forward end of the car when the
crash occurred.
st was in my berth at the time of
the collision" said Mr.. Mooney. and
had one boy, Fred Storck, with me.
The car was turned over on its side
with the car wheels turned slightly
upward. The front of the car was
damned against the car ahead in such
way that you could not get out
and the rear entrance was smashed
shut.
Boys Soon Gained Down.
Young Storck had cut his arm by
jamming 1t through a window-pane.
An artery was severed. / quickly
bandaged 1t up, and getting out of
the compartment crawled along with
the other boys. By smashing a win
dow we We're able to crawl out on the
side of the car. The boys were ex-
cited at first, but they quickly became
calm.
II helped the boys out of the car
and accounted for them mentally as
rapidly as l could. 1 was thankful
as l looked at the second car from
the rear to think that l had insisted
on putting my guests and what boys
could not get into the Chisholm into
a car ahead.
eat the last minute last night I had
transferred several guests from the
second car to the fourth car from the
rear. In place 1 sent back two jap
anese servants, one of whom was
killed, and two women servants en-
ployed at my model farm. The latter
were Catherie Sweeney and Rose Zim-
norman.
Among the first boys who reported
to me were two who owed their safety
to William Shuster, 16 years old, one
of my campers. William, with Joe
Hennessy and Edward Bauman, of
Mount Vernon, were standing at the
rear OF the third car. The brakeman
had alighted and they were watching
him.
Suddenly Shuster saw the brake
man reckoning to him and heard him
yell, 'Jumpv Shuster looked out and
saw the White Mountain express COM |
ing. He seized Joe Hennessy and
gave him a push. Then he grabbed |
Eddie Bauman and sent him out. He |
jumped himself and all three were |
saved. They quickly reported to me. |
From one of them heard that AL
bert Green, a Columbia student, who
was one of my instructors. had gone
into the second car from the rear a
few minutes before the accident, and
in that way was killed. / soon found
that William Altschul was dead but |
/ told the boys not to tell his little |
brother, Herbert
Boys Aid In Rescue.
THE way the boys jumped in after
the first shock and helped in the res |
cue was wonderful. AS we looked |
around we could see bodies stretched |
out and arms and legs strewn around. |
1t was awful.
Several men seized axes and began |
to help in the rescue work. There. |
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cept to break a window or something |
like that The last two cars were |
smashed to splinters and al that was
was to lift pieces of wreck |
age off the wounded or the dead.
women started at once to help in |
caring for the wounded. Likewise my |
boys gave aid. They have received |
weekly instructions in flrst-aid-to-th |
injured and in resuscitation, and they
knew what to do in an emergency.
1T had with me David Dunn, a Yale |
football man, as one of my instruc-
tors. He handled the boys splendidly. |
Under his direction the boys began
to pull out sheets from the wreck |
bandages. Next they got pals of
water and carried both the water and
the bandages to the women who were
helping In caring for the wounded.
1.-The boys not only looked out for
one another. but they gave splendid
service for others. Occasionally the
boys would become excited, but a cool
word from one of the instructors
Gained them down and yet them to
work
"It must have been almost two
hours before any doctors reached the
scene, so the work of the women and
of the boys was of material benefit
zone of the striking sights of the
wreck was the clothing, blankets and
even satchels strewn on the telegraph
wires near the scene"