Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-13
New York Reporter Last to
Die From Crash on New
Haven Road Yesterday.
KEEN SENSE OF NEWS
RETAINED TO THE LAST
Others Injured in Collision Are Ex-
pected to Recover-Official
Statement.

STAMFORD. Conn. June l3-One
VINO We're victims in the collision OF
the first and second sections of the
Springfield express here late yesterday.
making the total six
Gregory Hume a newspaper man en-
ployed by the New York World died
this morning. The woman's body. which
was not identified last night is that
of Mrs W. II. Seeley. wife OF the man
ager of the industrial bureau of the
New Haven railroad. The condition OF
seventeen passengers who are at the
stamford Hospital was good this morn
ing. All of them will recover.
The correct death list from the wreck
follows:
Mrs. Edward j. Kelly. winthrop.
Mass.
Everett II. Woodruff. Flushing, l.. l.
Dr. Harmon G. Howe. Hartford
Frank X. COnfeld. Springfield Mass.
Mrs. W. Fl. Seeley. Boston
Gregory Hume. New York city.
Hume retained above all else his sense
! OF news when terribly crushed yester-
day in the wreck which caused the
death of five persons and the injury or
about twenty more on the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad. near
the Stamford station.
Hume, a reporter on the STAFF of the
World, was returning from a visit To
his mother at Pine Orchard, Conn. and
was passenger in the Pullman car
carried out of the wreck. suffering from
crushed pelvis and compound frac-
| lures of both ankles. as well as pain
full internal injuries. he said to those
who We're carrying him:
,o Taii & up my paper right away and
L q
| be able to work because | am smashed
| up Call up my mother. too
Having done his duty-the first thing
| that flashed into his newspaper mind
he collapsed.
An inexperienced Engineer.
That he had not Been running pas
| senger train regularly until three days
before the accident; that last Tuesday.
when he was put on the run, he was
nervous because OF the newness of the
thing. but that the nervousness had
worn off by Thursday. We're statements
Of Engineer Charles J. Doherty of the
second section Of the Springfield express
which was In collision with its first sec
ton yesterday, in the coroner's inquest
| today On four isolated occasions lie had
| run a passenger train
| The inquiry began at noon, Doherty
being questioned at great length.
| was v1sfbIy nervous, tearing up bits Of
| paper in his hand. Once or twice his
| eyes filled with tears.
The second section of the Springfield
| express weStbOund, crashed into the first
section which was just leaving the sta
| ton. yesterday afternoon at 4:46 O CLOCK.
The engine of the second section plowed
half way through the Pullman car Sky
| lark. the last car on the first section In
| this car there were thirty-one passengers
| and practically all Of them We're injured.
According to an official statement given
| out by the railroad. the indications are
that the engineer of the second section
| ran by both the distant and home signals.
A report from New York says that the
| air brake did not work.
Same Train in October Wreck.
The Springfield express was the same
train that was i'm the wreck at Westport,
Conn.,, last October. i'm which eight per-
| sons were killed and scores injured. This
wreck was caused when the engineer ran
by signals.
The first section of the train. which
made up at Boston, reached here on
TIME. but was halted momentarily TO
change the power from steam to electric
ity. While awaiting orders to proceed
the second section rounded a curve at
high speed and crashed into the last Pull
man car. The engine plowed through the
car for forty feet. This car was Well
filled, and that more persons were not
Simultaneous with the crash the
wreckage took fire, and the city de-
partment was called out. The blaze
was easily extinguished however. and
the work Of rescue begun at once.
Story of Survivor.
Allan \. Warfield Of Washington,
ID. c.. who was injured in the wreck.
told a graphic story of the wreck.
There were screams and shouts as
the car was ripped apart, as though
made of paper" said Mr.. Warfield. .'and
the black steaminS monster cut
through. stopping few feet from
where j was. L was thrown on the
floor underneath the seat. wedged I'm
by the walls Of the car. A few mo-
ments later / regained consciousness
in the midst OF kissing steam and the
fumes of coal gas filling the car. 4
tried in vain to move my legs. and i'm
effort to find something by which to
raise myself up. touched the wall OF
the locomotive, which was burning hot.
My hand was scared by the contact
Finally, By desperate efforts, I man
aged to free both legs. the left being
badly injured, and crawled to the spot
where lay a young bride who had been
before the shock. AS I gently touched
her on the shoulder she tried to turn
her head and murmured, Is that you.
dear? She thought / was her hus-
band, and when she found II was not
he. she pleaded to be allowed to lie
where she was.
Il dragged her from the car, and as
we landed on a pile of debris l tainted.
When l came to, 1 told two men. ~ho
We're bending over me, that the wo,n-
ans husband was in the car under the
locomotive AS we lay there l saw the
body of the husband dragged out and
laid beside her. The me1 carried her
to an automobile. then ca:ne 1o; NE.
and we were taken To a hospital.
was bpdly cut and my body was a
mas of bruises but / was able, with
to dress after oein:s at
tended.
Mr. Warfield May Return Today.