The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20
ALBERT BUSH PAYS
 TRIBUTE ID HEROIC
 CONDUCT OF WOMEN
Displayed Wonderful Self Control and Bravery at
 Wreck, He Says
FORGOT SELF IN
 AIDING OTHERS
Jones Refused Whisky That He Might Die With Clear Conscience and Un- tarnished Reputation-Begged
 to Be Killed to Relieve Pain


 tarnished Reputation--Begged to Be Killed to Relieve Pain Admiration for the conduct of the women on the wrecked Alabama Great southern train, their heroism and their wonderful self sacrifice and self-con- troi was expressed here yesterday by Albert Bush of Mobile, who was in the wreck Which resulted in the death of lo persons and the serious injury of 37 others MT. Bush said that anyone who Is parent of children would have been lnexpressibly touched by the pathos and the sorrowful scenes that were enacted at the wreck in the early morning hours of Friday.
 | The heroism of the women of that train should not be allowed to mass without some public acknowledgement or It, said. Mir. Bush We all know what good women can do when called upon to display heroism and self-eon- trol. l have often heard of it myself. want to say however, that never ! 'Nt NiAAtSS6Q such scenes of sacrifice or self-control as at that wreck
 TO begin with the scene of the dis aster was in utter darkness. The PulI- mans carry emergency tapers. but thev were of no real service. We were afraid to build bonfires of great vol uhe Tor fear of setting fire to the wreck. We built small ones to enable us to see our "ay about MT. Jemison and I worked side by side for awhile The fact has not yet been mentioned that the cars were piled 20 feet high. Tn other words, we had to climb m and then down into a 10 or 12-foot mass of wreckage in order to get tbs mangied unfortunates to the ground. we did this the best we could. | Arose From Sickbed
 There was a Mrs. Wilson en route to Houston, Tex, who had been Ill and was In need of trained nurse. Miss McClusky, l believe who was traye1in Q with her. When the wreck ha nnepad that frail little Mrs. Wilson sent her nurse away Immediately to help. Then IL was seen that the sick woman her seir was up trying to help and she | oS e'tiiiihtStcilliS JOS the uXlnR and the wounded. l have seldom witnessed such heorism us was shown by that l little woman
 The death of the little child of l. M. smith of Gulfport, was exceedingly sad The parents were there as was a sister. The mother was grayely In- Jured and the father was soaked in ms own blood. l helped a nurse give the little child some ammonia. and A small drink of whisky, I believe. The childs pulse was scarcely noticeab and she died within a short time The cries or her mother were lost in the hour of her own extreme agony.
 Mrs. Clifton Robinette locked her two children In a drawing room, one aged three. years and one aged eight months, in order that she might go out and help take care of the wounded She rendered heroic service to those who were suffering while her children cried unceasingl< in the drawing room
 There was young lady whose name l could not obtain. She was returning home from her sisters wedding in shreveport That little miss took charge of Mrs l.. M. Smith, who was so terribly injured. and rendered all possible aid to her. The way she went at that angelic service made a deep impression upon every one.
 l ohuS SiCu OP tO luJuTcu NIOLneI | There was another distressing scene A woman with her two boys of tender age was badly hurt. The first I knew of the two boys was when l saw them | in the berth. The boy cried little and thinking he was all right told him | to shut up. Soon his mother was brought in and we lifted her bodily into the berth between the two boys You have seen bunch of little chickens Fa tIf.fr 1, l suppose. We'll, that is the way those two kiddies snuggled up to their in- Jured mother We were asked by the | lady not to let the children hurt her legs which we afterwards were told were badly mangled. One boy was lifted over and the trio made as easy as the circumstances would permit | Ihese instances are only few of the many scenes affecting the ladies of whom there must have been 20. In every solitary case never was there heard complaint or murmur Not one wall of anguish did I hear, nor was there any weeping. The stocism that the women exhibited was almost too wonderful to be true. It takes nerve to climb 20 feet into wrecked train and haul out mangled persons, including dead men and women. It re- quireS nerve for man to do that and it also requires nerve to render aid to the mangled and bleeding persons. However, these women went at that work unhesitatingly, and labored un- ceasingly to relieve the injured q could recite many instances of their remarkable conduct, which would only prolong necessarily sad mar rative.
 "I saw the heroic engineer. William Jones. when he was taken out of the wreck. He. begged piteously to be killed so that his misery could be al- leviated.
 Begged to Be Killed "'Sly suffering ks more than I can bear. End 1t all out of Kindness to me-
 These were the heart -rending words that fell from the lips of the dying man. He related later the fact that he saw some miscreant throw the switch which snuffed out the lives of those 10 persons and wounded the others l also heard the dying man refuse a slight pony of whisky saying that if he did take the whisky 1t would be de- tectod on his breath and differ ent opinion formed of the disaster which closed his 15 years of op- erating that limited train. No one could fail to see the clearness of his vision in steadfastly maintain ing that position.
 Tn my opinion the heroism of the