Evening journal., 1913-09-02
Is ARE KILLED In
NEW HAVEN WRECK
CONTINUED From F'Irst Pare.


cause Of It's record OF eleven dis
sstrous wrecks within the past two
years The twelfth and most serious
Of all today was reflected on the
stock exchange. when New Haven
stock dropped three points soon after
the opening because Of the belief that
heavy expenditures would be neces- !
sary 10 replace the old equipment Of
the road.
Owing to the last two Pullmans be-
ing completely demolished. the pas
eengers who escaped death in those
cars we're terribly injured. rhe. work
Of rescuing Them from the tangled
mass of wreckage was slow and din
cult Residents Of Wallingford hur-
ried to the scene to render such aid
as they could Most Of the passen
gers we're in their berths and when
the crash came they we're trapped.
Both the White Mountain and Bar
Harbor expresses were westbound
trains Both we're IN motion when
the White Mountain bore down upon
the express ahead. Terror r-stricken
persons who we're on the train and
escaped. declared frantically that tho
death list would reach ffty Others
regarded this estimate as far too
high
The last two cars Of the Bar Har-
Dor express we're wooden and we're
utterly demolished, some Of the pieces
being hurled hundreds OF feet from
the scene OF the ci ash
Some OF the bodies of the dead we're
picked up fifty feet away from the
tracks. A reporter for the New York
Evening Sun, who was a passenger
on the White Mountain express. said
that when he reached the point al
which the trains met the groans Of
the dying and injured filled the air.
Persons who we're so crushed as to
be apparently beyond surgical aid.
begged piteously for assistance
From the White Mountain express,
the passengers hurried to the assist
ance of those who we're in the wreck
ed train ahead.
Every one of the seven Pullman
cars on the Bar Harbor train was
wooden. All OF them we're packed
with passengers.
laundering IN the wake Of the Bar
Harbor express came the White
Mountain train, itself heavy one and
also jammed With persons whom had
been spending their holidays in the
New England mountains.
The White Mountain train was an
hour late. and il is believed for this
reason was erdeavoring 20 make up lost
time.
According 10 the best estimates. the
White Mountain express was running al
least forty-fve miles an hour The big
locomotive crashed through the anti
quated wooden Pullmans in the rear of
the Bar Harbor train like snow plow
sweeping through a drift. Practically
nothing of these two cars was left ON
the track. Crashing on stll further. the
locomotive upended the third car and
when the train came 10 stop this car
was standing on end, with the locomo-
tive acting as prop.
Albert Miller. the engineer of the
White Mountain train. and his fireman.
whose name Ia Robertson had seen the
train ahead too late TO avoid the crash,
but had time 60 save themselves by leap
ing. miller Just had time TO reverse his
engine before he jumped. The shock Of
the impact threw from their beds an
those in the cars that were not smashed
in the collision. When the two trains
stopped after tho wreck. passengegrs
rushed from all of the remaining ears
Men women and children appeared in
all manner Of scanty attire. Scattered
along the track and far out in the field
we're the dead and dying.
A. soon as a rescuing force could
be organized, attention was directed
TO those who we're most seriously in
a.
sent to all nearby towns Several
physicians we're among the Tassen-
gers and they led the rescuing
parties. A glance showed that at least
eight passengers had been killed
outright II did not require a second
look 10 show that many of the iniur-
ed would soon die. Some we're un-
conscious but most OF them we're
moaning piteousiy for aid
From the cars. sheets and mat
tresses we're brought. wounds were
tied up and the injured we're made
as comfortable as possible The
tralnmen in the meantime had been
busy calling assistance from nearby
towns Alongside the track runs a
trolley line from walllngford to New
Haven. A car appeared soon after
injured who we're quickly taken to
New Haven.
In the third car Of the Bar Harbor
train that had been appended. were
forty boys whose homes are in New
York. They we're returning from Camp
Cohbsssee. at Monmouth, n r. An
were injured, some Of them perhaps ia
tally
A H Fowler. conductor Of the White
Mountain express said that he could
not account for the accident. except
that the fog and the mist might have
hidden the signals Many passengers
on the telescoped train who were not
badly hurt. were taken aboard the
White Mountain train. The fields
around the wreck we're filled with de-
bris Mattresses and bad clothing hung
from the telegraph wires where they
had been flung by the force OF the col
lision. The two cars that bore the
brunt of the shock had been splintered
a If they were packing boxes.