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One OF the most convincing descrip-
lions Of the wreck was given By H. s.
Mooney. director OF the Cobbassee boys
camp, near Monmouth. Ne. Mr.. Mooney
vas returning in charge Of a party Of
seventy-fye. Of which ffty-eight were
boys and the remainder employees and
guests at the camp
The sleeping car Chisholm. in which
was. with most OF my boys. was the
third from the rear Of the Bar Harbor
Express" said Mr. Mooney. 'I was lying
n my berth. when suddenly I felt a
fr.ghtful crash. and the next instant the
car was thrown OF the track and toppled
over on its side. Right above me was
tne open window Of The opposite berth,
and through this I. managed TO crawl
~ found the engine that had struck
US resting on the track beside our car,
having completely telescoped the two rear
coaches. Luckily there was no fire and
no panic. the injured being too fright
fully mangled 70 make any outcry.
The boys in the car IN which ! had
been riding had by this time all crawled
out through the windows. and as most
Of them belonged 70 the Volunteer Life
Saving Association they knew what 10 90,
and at once set about the work Of rescue.
The two rear cars had been smashed
into kindl.ng, and the pieces were so
small that we could remove them without
the aid OF axes In the debris Of the Sec
ond car We found the body Of Albert
Green, a Columbia student. who had
been one Of the counsellors OF our party.
Near by vas william Altschul one Of
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fed. The two rear cars were ground into
finder. and everywhere were heard the
groans of the injured. will live II over
and over again as long as live. but
thank God that I was granted the oppor-
tunity Of comforting some OF those who
were in their last moments"
r. D. Delany, OF Swarthmore College.
was in the Chisholm with the party from
Camp Cabasse.
Il was seated near Green when the
train stopped" said Mr.. Delany. Pres
entity he rose and walked through the car
into the one behind. A moment later
came the crash. II Green had waited a
moment longer he would have been saved.
as no one in the Chisholm was seriously
hurt"
F. c Mott, Of No 80 East 42d street.
dealer In blueprints. who was a passen-
ger on the White Mountain Express. was
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SAW EXPRESS COMING AND
WARNED ALL TO HOLD TIGHT

W. A Bowen. Of watervine. Ne. Sec
fetaFy OF the Maine Young Mems Chris
ian Association, was in the fourth car
from the rear Of the Bar Harbor Express.
"As the train came to a standstlI some
thing prompted me TO raise my window
and look out said Mr. Bowen 1T was
foggy but suddenly heard a roar and
cav the White Mountain bearing down
upon US. the huge locomotive looming I'D
through the mist like some DESTROYING
monster Impulse told me 10 warn the
others In the car and, drawing nv head
Ia. yelled Hold tight" Then came the
crash
We were thrown 10 the floor. a turnbled
mass Of people. and for a moment IL
looked Ike a panic Then the cooler
heads restored order. and we made our
way out through the doors. Our car was
not hurt, and there was no trouble escap-
ing. We soon saw that those in the cars
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or Philadelphia. was Instantly killed. So
were Miss Maria Logan Bulltt, OF Torres
dale, Penn, twenty-five years old Miss
Emily Kennedy Davis. twenty-four years
old, daughter Of Dr. Charles y. Davis OF
Philadelphia. and Daniel J. McQuillen.
twenty-nine years old. son OF DR. John
McQuillen. II is believed that James
Hale Steinman. twenty-eight years old. OF
Lancaster. Penn. another member Of the
Fox party, who is missing. is among the
unidentified dead. Mr.. Elkins believes he
is dead, and is trying to find his body,
which has not been reported at any OF the
morgues.
Steinmans father is on his way here.
Miss Harriet Biddle. the twenty-one-
year-old daughter OF 4 Mercer Biddle. Of
Torresdale, Penn, another member OF the
Fox party was alive when taken from the
wreck. She was placed on board trolley
car that brought fifteen dead to this city.
She died as the car reached the city.
Alexander Mercer Blddle. who was
pulled from the Wreckage by Mr.. Elkins.
is in the New Haven Hospital, but he has
not yet been told Of his sisters death. He
will probably recover.
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THROWN FROM HIS BERTH,
UNHURT, HE ASSISTS OTHERS

one Of the passengers on the White
Mountain Express was Robert r. speer.
secretary Of the Presbyterian Board Of
Foreign Missions. Mr.. Speer described his
experience thus
The impact Of the crash sent ne out
Of my berth % the floor OF the car 7
cravled out 10 the vestibule and started
with several others toward the horrible
scene ahead We gathered as many blan-
ke,s as we could and wrapped these
around the injured. and then placed cush-
ions under their heads.
The horror Of the scene will haunt me
forever ! did not believe that anything
could be so terrible. Yet there was no
panic. and every one did his or her best
to relieve the suffering.
zone incident. however. remains in my
memory. Il was the sight OF an elderly
priest Al work administering the las, sac
raments. The man fascinated me as he
crawled over the wreckase. Knee!ing be
side the dead and the dying
Another PASSENGER on the White Noun
tain train was \. Goodman. OF "a! Rock
away.
"Our train was goirs at about forty
miles an hour said Mr. Goodman. and
when we struck three or four Of our cars
buckled. the middle Of the train shooting
out across the norrhbound track
Harold Holtz. sixteen years old. Of No
1876 Madison avenue. said he vas standing
on the platform Of one 81 the cars OF the
White Mountain Express just before the
collision.
II was talking 10 the porter SAID
young Holtz. and remember saying:
It's focgy. and we re going pretty
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RELATIVES GET LITTLE NEWS
FROM OFFICIAL STATEMENTS

Throughout the day, from the time that
those waiting IN the concourse at the
Grand Central Terminal for the arrival
OF relatives and friends learned that
there was a wreck until late last evening
the Office Of Edward G. RIGGS, executive
assistant 10 President Elliott. was be-
sieCed by persons seeking information
and by those seeking some kind OF Of
fcial explanation Of the accident
The publicity AGENTS Office became the
centre for news after there was placed
on the bulletin board in the concourse the
brief statement that the Bar Harbor EX-
press was DELAYED owing 70 an acct
dent" Then from New Haven a state
nent was received from General Man
ascr Bardo which save the names OF the
TWO demolished Pullman cars in the rear
Of the train These were the Chancellor.
from Kineo Ne. and the Kasota. from
Portland. Ne
There were nineteen passengers IN the
Kasota" the statement said. and tvcn-
ty-two IN the Chancellor Another sleeper.
the Chisholm. the third sleeper from the
rear. overturned. and lies on IFS side on
the track. A.. the passengers were in
their berths and in their rlghtc'othes
which makes Identification more difficult
AL the bodies and the injured have been
brought 70 New Haven and the injured
taken 70 hospitals there. The Chisholm
contained q camping party from Cob
bassee. conducted by Mr.. Mooney"
Il was the Chisholm. which was char
tered by Harry Rich Mooney. who runs a
camp for boys az Monmouth, Me, that
was the least injured Of the three wrecked
cars
supplementing this preliminary state
nent. Mr. Bardo issued another later In
the CAV. IN which II was explained why
the wrecked train. Train second o." was
stalled The statement follows.
Train first g. first section Of the Bar
Haroor Express. passed Wallingford at
635 a. m; secorI 81, consisting Of bag
gage car and ten sleepers. passed Wal
Lrgford az 6:43 a. m; first 95, consisting
ot baggage car. day coach and FIVE sleep.
ers, passed Wallngford at 6.51 a. m. all
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Washington. Sept 1.-The Interstate
Commerce Commission has begun an AZ
vestigation Of the New Haven Railroad
wreck to-day and probably Will hold hear
inss at New Haven within the next few
DAYS. Hiram ". Belknap. chief Inspector
OF safety appliances, and several other IN
spectors went 10 New Haven this after
noon. and Commissioner G. e. McDnor1
Will 20 tomorrow 10 arrange for the
hearing.
Impetus was gwen 10 pending railroad
legislation in Congress by the latest New
Haven wreck. and a resolution asking for
an investigation was introduced to-day.
Several bills designed TO remedy condi-
ticns on certain railroads. with the idea OF
preventing wrecks. undoubtedly Will be
reported from committee soon.
Commissioner McChord telegraphed u
the officials Of the New Haven road and
ordered that nothing at the scene OF the
wreck be destroyed. as was done at the
Stamford wreck He said the investiga-
ton by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission would he thorough and that a
careful examination Of the equipment
would be made by the inspectors.
BY reason of the fact that he will be
in personal charge of the inquiry, Mr..
NcChord refused 10 make comment At
length on the latest New Haven disaster.
but he marked the following paragraphs
Of his report on the Stamford wreck.
Modern steel equipment for high
speed passenger trains should be in
stalled at the earliest possible time. as
recommended in previous reports Of this
commission. and legislation fixing such
a time should be enacted without delay.
In its twenty-hfth annual report 10
Congress. the commission called par
ticular attention TO the desirability Of
all cars used in passenger train service
being constructed Of steel d.
The New Haven road, however, is
among those roads which have made
comparatively slow progress In the
matter OF steel car construction.
Establishment Of safer and more
Efficient operation Of this railroad is
Immediately necessary II Congressional
legislation extending the scope OF gov
eminent regulation Of railroads is not
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fast. II would be bad II we hit any
thing \ moment later came the crash.
heard no torpedoes explode, nor did !
feel any slowing down OF the speed OF our
train
Jules VI. Menken. OF West lilth street
was In the fourth car OF the wrecked
train. he said he heard some one yell
Hold tight" and felt a terrific shock.
Il looked out OF the window and saw
hod.es apparently flung from the rear
dropping all around ne Thirty feet away
from the train saw lying on the ground
a little girl with a part OF her jaw torn
away She had been catapulted out Of
the window Of the second car"
George 3. Warner. a broker at No. ?
Wall street. who was a passenger on the
White Mountain Express. declared that
something must have gone wrong with
the brakes.
The FIRST thing ! knew" said Mr.. War
ner. was being awakened b. a violent
grinding Of the brakes. and before could
leap out OF my berth We were crashing
through the fimsy wooden cars 81 the Bar
IIartor train. Something must have been
radically wrong as the signal had been
SGT against our train. sixty feet 10 the
rear of the Bar Hartor train.
The scene about US was hideous.
Mangled bodies had been thrown hfty feet
on either side Of the wrecked cars. and
pieces Of flesh with clothing sticking 70
them we're caught IN the telegraph wires.
Everything was mass OF blood. and |
don't know how they Will ever be able 70
Identity the dead. 50 badly were they
manglet ="
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asked If he heard the explosion Of the
torpedoes.
7 do not recall as it is difficult for me
70 remember any details" said Mr.. Mott
II was told, however, by other passengers
that they heard two such explosions
second before the crash came"
George W. Gallinger. OF New York. and
p. 4. Strook. Of Newburgh. passengers in
the Chisholm. were both cut and bruised.
II was awakened by the stopping OF the
train" said Mr.. Gallinger Il looked out
Of the window and saw that there was
dense fog. A moment later ] heard
roar. followed by a terrific shock, and the
car in which was was lifted OF the
tracks. turned half way over and rolled
down the embankment So far as I know.
no one was hurt in my car but the car
mage in the ones behind passes descrip-
ton. II was a long while before a wreck
ing train came TO our assistance"
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The accident killed his brother-in-law,
s. Grocer Fox. and four others who were
returning from Mr.. Foxs camp. Little Big
Wood. in the Maine woods. al Jackson.
Mr. Elkins whose wife is Mr.. Fox
sister. a governess and a three-and-a-
half-year-old daughter, Stella VI. Elkins,
boarded the Bar Harbor express at PuI-
man Springs. near Portland, Me. They
found the Fox party on board. MI
Elkins and his family were in the fourth
sleeper from the end OF the train and
escaped with slight bruises. The Fox
party were in the Pullman hasota. the
next 10 the last car. which was splintered
into kindling wood.
Mr. Fox. VINO is a son OF Caleb F. Fox,
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CONGRESS TO ACT ON WRECK;
COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE

70 be called for and justified IN the In
terest Of public safety"
The latest New Haven wreck. Il was
said to-day. will result In early action
by Congress. requiring ali railroads
IN interstate commerce 10 use only
steel cars. Chairman Adamson, OF the
House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce. said his committee
will give early consideration 10 several
bills now before IL. forbidding the use
OF wooden passenger equipment
The only reason Congress hasn't
passed a law requiring the general use
OF steel cars" he said. was the plea
Of the railroads that they were equip
ping their trains with steel coaches as
fast as possible"
Representative Britten. OF Illinois. late
to-day introduced resolution which
called for an investigation Of the New
Haven wreck The resolution recited that
fourteen wrecks occurred on the Now
Haven Railroad in the last two years. and
that 429 persons We're killed or injured
This indicates" the resolution said
"one Of three things: Either that ex-
IRENE negligence exists on the part OF
the trafic managers and officials OF the
railroad company. or that the equipment
on this road is obsolete. unsafe and IN
adequate or that the desire for divi-
dends Is paramount 10 the proper pro-
lection OF the travelling public; therefore.
be IL
Resolved. That the Interstate Com
merce Commission be. and IL hereby ~.
directed to make an immediate and thor
ough Investigation OF the causes OF the
accidents on the New York. New Haven
& Hartford Railroad and report it's find
ings 10 Congress with such recommended
tons for remedial legislation as 10 care
properly for the travelling public on this
road"
Representative Talcott, Of New York.
said he would ask a prompt hearing on
his bill. now before the Interstate Com
merce Committee of the House. prohibit
ing the use Of wooden cars on any inter-
state railroad.
The Connecticut wreck to-day was a
wooden car affair" he said. IF all-steel
cars had been in use many lives would
have been saved. Use of wooden cars is
slaughter and must be stopped"
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WILSON AT WRECK SCENE

New Haven. Sept. president Wilson
passed through here az 2 so o'clock to-
night on the way from Cornish. y. H.. 10
Washington. His train was more than an
hour late in reaching here. but the Fed
eral Express was held FOR the connection.
The Presidents train was taken over
the same route where. earlier in the day.
the disastrous wreck Of the Bar Harhor
Express occurred. The President stood
or the observation platform and saw the
wreckage as IL was being burned.
Accompanying Mr.. Wilson on his ride
from Cornish to New Haven was Francis
Doves Sayre. who is 70 marry Miss Jessie
Wilson next November.
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behind US had not been so fortunate. and
We al once re-entered cur car and carried
out blankets and sheets for oandases.
The injured we helped get out from under
the debris Of the two rear cars and iald
than on one side Of the track making
them, as comfortable as We could. About
half an hour later a trolley car oouna
for New Haven came along and We pu'
Asteen Of the injured aboard"
Father y. c. Wall. an elderly Catholic
nriest Of Dansville. y. Y, VINO was
passenger on the White Mountain TX
nress administered the last rites TO many
If the DYING. When he arrived al the
Grand central Terminal he was much az
fected ,t
Il thank Cod that | was there saiI
rather Wall. II am an old man anu
u,,sb that I could have done more Du'
did what I could. The train was II,
was uninjured but as 1 climbed out anu
s.w the one we had run into was horri-
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-. NJ Mooney she rushed toward him.
'.V-bere are the boys?' she cried.
THANK God, you've Ned. but Albert is
.sriously hurt replied Mooney.
Mrs Green collapsed and had TO be car
-,sd from the station. Her son had been
instantly killed.
BENJAMIN Altschul, father OF William
Altschul. who with Green, was the only
one killed in the camping party, was also
az the train Besides William, Mr.. Alt
sebul had two other sons in the party,
Herbert and Sylvan. Herbert. who was
yririured and did not know OF his broth
er's death, sprang, weeping with Joy. into
his fathers arms. Sylvan had been
slightly injured and was removed on a
stretcher 10 the Mount Sinai Hospital,
where his father accompanied him. II
was not until his arrival there that he
learned Of the death Of William.
Injured. Boy Arrives.
Among the other injured who arrived
on the 1875 train was Richard Frank, the
only boy in the third car who was hurt
HIS scalp was cut and his head bandaged.
bA- ne tp44 MS pa! tlttSt VIM 4l4ot 4I4AI'
that he was all right"
Miss Jean Stoddart. an attractive girl
who was one OF the passengers IN the
second car and who was seriously hurt
was lifted through a window Of the train
On a stretcher and taken 10 Roosevelt
Hospital, While DR.. John W. Dixon was
taken 70 the Presbyterian.
There was considerable excitement for
a short time when the women who were
unable 70 And their sons heard there was
an injured boy in the baggage car and
for a short time the train officials had
their hands full trying to force back the
frantic mothers, who attempted 10 storm
the baggage car in a body The boy in
side was Sylvan Altschul. who was only
slightly injured.
Another train bearing passengers from
the second section OF the White Noun
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MELLeN SILENT ON WRECK.

IBy IoItsraph y The IrlouUe-I
P!ttsheid. Mass. Sept. 2.-Charles $
Mellen. former president OF the. New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad,
refused 20 be seen to-day.
Mrs Mellen was asked II she could not
arrange for newspapers 70 obtain an in
terview on the wreck at Wallinsford. ana
she said.
Mr.. Melen is a private citizen ho,
He has nothing 10 say 10 the press"
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5 IN ELKINS'S PARTY DIE
Were Returning from Maine to
Homes in Pennsylvania.

rFroro a stan Correspondent Of The Tribune J
New Haven. Sept. 2.-Perhaps the sad
dest man In New Haven tonight IS
George W. Elkins, r., OF Philadelphia
Mr. Elkins. who lost his cousin Harry
Videner and his uncle. George p. Wild
ener. in the Titanic disaster is al the
New Taft Hotel tonight arranging TOT a
snecial car to leave here tomorrow noon
utth the bodies of I'VE friends who lost
their lives In the wreck here thls Hlo'
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tBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.l


Philadelphia. Sept 2-Of the seven men
ard women from Philadelphia who were
killed in the wreck nearly all were prom
inent in the younger social set or widely
known In business.
Miss Maria 5. Bullitt, S. Grocer Fox,
Daniel y. McQuillen. jr.. Miss Harriet
c. Biddle, Miss Emily x. Davis and sew
eral Of those injured were in a camping
party of Mrs. George Elkins. jr.. sister
Of Mr. Fox. with whom they had been
for several weeks at the camp OF her
father Caleb f. Fox, at Jackson, Me.
In some way Mr.. and Mrs. Elkins missed
the Bar Harbor train and followed on
later one.
Miss Bullitt dSiled). who was twenty
years old was the daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs Logan NJ Bullitt. OF Toresdale.
Philadelphia suburb She was graduate
Of Miss Irwin's School
Mr. Fox killed, who was twenty-five
years Old was the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Caleb F. Fox, and was with his father
in the brokerage firm Of George s. Fox
& Sons. of No sos Chestnut street He
was unmarried. and a graduate OF the
University of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. McQullen (killed) was the son OF
DR.. Daniel Nean McQuillen. a prominent
dentist and a member OF the Union
League Club Of Philadelphia. He was
with the brokerage firm Of r. T. Martin
& Co. in the Stock Exchange building.
Mr.. Biddle, who was injured in the
wreck is a cousin OF Mr.. Fox, and the
son Of A. VI. Biddle. OF Torresdale. He
was travelling with his sister, Miss Har-
riet Biddle. who was killed.
J. Browning Clement Gnjured). who is
twenty-eight years old, is a lawyer with
Brown & Co. Of No. AS Walnut street.
Arthur McIlvaine Maris Gnjured), TWEEN
ty-four years old, is a stockbroker.
Howard F. Martin Ckilled). forty-hvs
years old was the general sales manager
OF the Evelaud Engineering Company.
He had been touring New England on his
vacation with his wife, who died after the
wreck
Robert " Yahn dkilled). thirty-nine
years old, was a well known Mason and
a member Of the Union League He was
a cigar dealer. Accompanied by his wife
and daughter he had been STAYING al a
camp at Moosehead Lake In Maine.
William o. Rowland. jr. dnjured), Is
thirty-two years old and unmarried. He
was returning from Moosehead Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pemberton VI. Price On
'uredJ we're returning 10 their home, az
Devon. from West Outlet Camp. Wesc
outlet. Me. where they had spent two
weeks. Mr. Price IS soliciting agent tor
the Southern Railway.
Ellsworth. Ne. Sept 2.-Lou!s z. Coll
ony Gnjured). forty-eight years old, Is
manager Of a shoe factory in Brooklyn.
He had been in Maine TO spend Sunday
and Labor Day with his family. at their
summer home at North Bucksport. Mrs.
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having come TO this country from ireland,
where he was connected with the Bank OF
Ireland. He was identified with the E. c.
Remington Arms Company lion, Conn.
about ten years ago. He later went 10
Bridgeport Besides a daughter. Mar
garet. a son Alexander lives in lion. The
injured man is a member OF the Algon-
quin and Brookiawn clubs OF Bridgeport.
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Ellsworth. Ne. Sept 2.-Louis z. COL
ony Gnjured). forty-eight years old, is
manager Of a shoe factory in Brooklyn.
He had been in Maine TO spend Sunday
and Labor Day with his family, at their
summer home at North Bucksport. Mrs.
Colony and son. Louis +. jr., left here
tonight for New Haven.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1913-03-27
NADIA quiere Vitoriano.

Ell General Huerta, Presldente
INFERNO de la Rep1plica, declare
hace pocos dias ante un'grupo de
periodistas, Que abandonaria el
poder cuando ell pals e%stuviera
pacifcado y hubiera en- ell Tesoro
Nacional unos cincuenta millones
de rumbetudos.
Hacienda los calculos aritmetl,
COS tomando como base la admi-
nistraci6n del General Diaz, We
nimos a la conclusion de Que 81 e.
anciano ex-Presidente Sc mantu-
vo en- ell poder "a amos y dejo en-
ell Erario 68 millones de pesos, ell
General Huerta, para amasar los
50 millones de que nos habla,
uuiere zstar de ''interino' unos
25 antics.
Dios nos cola confesados.
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@ @ 9 9
iPOR QUE?!

.Nacemos al rigor de nuesta suerte,
Nj IN puntO nuestras almas e~squivamos,
Pues. apenas nacidos va lloramos
Cual 81 fuera ell nacer signO de muerte,
Muerde la duda nuestro pecho fuerte
ST a la verdad i~nc0gnita a%spiramos;
Y 81 amor 0 poder ~ambiciOnamOs,
En- polvo ell desengano 10 %convierte.
Asi la triste vida consumimos,
Y perpetual agonia padecemos,
Hasta Cue a muerte airada nos rendlmos
iEterno Dios. que nunca comprendemos
ST eres santa verdad 5por que sufrimos?
81 eres una Illusion jpOr que nacemos?
MANUEL DE LA REVILLA.