The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-10-26
FIFTEEN ARE HURT IN
NEW HAVEN WRECK
Broken Rail Near Westerly,
X. l., Sends "Gilt Edge"
Cars OFF Track.
NONE SERIOUSLY INJURED
Roadbed Badly Torn Up. as
Train Was Speeding to
Make Up Lost Time.

MUhV IVSN tIUV'
WESTERLY. r. l., Oct 25.-A broken
rail one mile west Of Westerly caused
another wreck on the New Haven railroad
at $50 this evening and injured fifteen
persons The most severe injury was the
fracture OF collarbone, the majority Of
the persons injured being cut ~ bruised
The wrecked train was the Gilt Edged
! Express. which left New York at :33
and was due in Boston at II 20. II is
said here that all the cars were of steel
! frame and all except two were all steel.
| Four of the six cars were hurled from
the track and fell on their sides one
remained on the edge OF a twenty foot
emhankment and was held from rolling
over only by couplings which Joined 1t
! to coaches at each end.
The broken rail which caused tho ac-
! cident was AT sharp point known ~
= the White Dog curve. on the right
! hand side going to Boston Is "A steep
embanl<ment from fifteen to thirty feet
high
! Witnesses vino examined the rail to-
/ hicnt say that the rail- must have
snapped some time ago because the
edges had been worn by the trains run.
Ming over it The rail. however had been
well spiked
Cars IN Git Edge Exprcsa.
Th" Git Edge Express when leaving
New York was made up OF "A buffet car.
two parlor cars. "A diner two coaches. "A
ns,tr nd
diner was taken of at New London.
The conductor OF the train was Con.
rad Haher. The engineer was e.
Smith of New Haven who has worked on
the New Haven road for forty years, and
this was his first wreck
The train was twenty minutes lat. in
reaching Westerly. 1t left here at o.
1t had hit up speed Of thirty-nv. miles
an hour by the time it reached the Whit.
Dog curve.
The engine passed over the broken ran
and then the rail apparently bent up-
ward and caught the buffet car. to,,iuy
IT enough to throw 1t on the track. ono
parlor car was swung of n little and then
the rail appeared to have given away
entirely. FOR the four b,her cars were
swung far OFF the track
u,
pulling two cars. while the four others. as
the couplings snapped. were swung over
on their sides, scrapinc the ground The
two cars which the engine pulled tore up
the track, smashed ties and dug into the
earth for a distance OF 500 fee; or more
when Smith stopped his engine.
; tn" passengers in the four rear cars
were hurled to one side into the forward
~ l, Thns. .
have slackencd considerably before they
torpled over because the sides of tn.
, cars wer" no, severely damaged and III,
/ momentum was not sufficient to throw the
:. passengers through tn. windows as tn,
cars toppled over on their sides
= There is Il swamp on each side of tn.
track. As soon as Smith had stopped hi.
engine he ran back to help the Injured
| George swan. one OF the brak.m.n VIII,
was cut, and Donald Camp and Richar,
. Keith, trainmen. ran to the rescue They
helped the injured from the cars an,
somebody telephoncd to Westerly tn,
news Of the wreck.
+, Bishop Assists In R~scu~.
I one Of the passengers IN the first par
v lor car was Bishop Terry OF Providenc.
VINO was on his way home after attendins
the Episcopal convention in New York
He ran back and helped from the Wrecl
Mrs Louis Bennett Of Winthrop. Mass
Her collarbone was fractured and her foo
was spra ined
She was on her way home after havini
!. Undergone an operation in New York
The Bishop wrapped his overcoat aroun,
her and helped carry her to the Pullman
:, car which was still attached to the en-
u gine.
~ Among the New Workers. on the traii
was H. 4. Crutt Of the King Edwar,
l.. Hotel. whose little finger on his righ
. hand was broken. and Mrs Margarc
h Eagan Of AoI West Forty-thrd street
s Glass from spintered windows cut botl
her arms and scalp.
l. Mrs r. Horowitz of 1871 Mapes ave
Al nur. The Bronx. was bruised about tn
y chest. Leslie Horowitz. Of the same al
N dress. received cuts about the face am
n head,
II The other injured persons lived in Nc'
Ie England Among them wcr" Hugh casse
of Providence who was cut about tn
arms and back; Mrs. V. NJ. Straus q
g 80 Cambridge street, Boston. both c
whose arms were cut Mrs. Emma Wilke
of IS johnson street. Pawtucket cut owe
" the left eye Mrs. J. a. Berth OF Prov
dence, collarbone fractured; Mrs.
in Evans Phramer of Providence. cuts an
70 bruises Frank Neal Of Boston. arm cut
m Harry Bridge OF Arlington, MASS. Ct
nj on the right eyelid Mrs. l.. NJ. willis {
,x Pawtucket, fractured jawbone; GeOrG
Swan, brakeman. Of Pawtucket. scsfl
N, wounds, and Charles Tabrich OF Allstol
Mass, cut over the right eye.
. The rainmen and the passengers di
their best to care for the wounded Near
time, messages had been sent from Yves
terly to New London and to Providenc
r for doctors. nurses and other aid
g. Special trains were despatched fror
both places with corps of doctors an
- surgical supplies.
SPENDS 100000 IN TIPS DAILY