The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-07
ACCIDENT
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stop midway between the station. and
the lights went out. A large feed
cable had blown out in it's conduit.
fifty yards distant and soon the cars
were filled with the fumes of burning
rubber. This grew unbearable and IL
took little TO start a panic in the
darkness.
The demands Of some OF the paesen.
gers that the doors be opened We're
refused by the guards. IL was said
Fights ensued and there was soon in
progress on both trains a desperate
struggle TO get out. Windows were
smashed by the score: men and WON.
en- trampled each other and tore each
others clothes in unreasoning fear
Meantime smoke poured up through
the station entrances, manholes and
ventilators. in dense volumes. Little
attention seems TO have been paid
TO this warning until the first OF the
panic stricken passengers reached the
street. Then the report spread that
there had been a terrible catastrophe
in which many had been killed.
Police and Firemen on Scene.
Police and firemen quickly reached
the scene and although Il was al
length established that the reports
were exaggerated. they were busy
more than three hours in recue work.
They found abandoned in the two
trains mostly women half asphyxiated
oy smoke. Others had collapsed on
the hoor OF the tube Some were
brought up by ladders through man
holes, some through ventilating aper-
lures In the street. ordinarily covered
with steel grating.
Nearby theatres. stores and automo-
pile garages were Communicated by
the police as temporary hospitals for
the less seriously injured, while dog
ems of ambulances carried away to
hospitals those needing skilled atten.
ton. Some OF these were reported in
a serious condition tonight. Miss
Ella Brady, the only person to lose
her lifa died in an ambulance. The
lives Of several were undoubtedly 4
saved by the use OF pulmotors, ply. !!
sicians said.
Investigation TO FIX the blame for
the accident was at once started by /
District Attorney Perkins and the I
public service commission.
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officer. only the men whose duty IL Is I
Keep watch. Nowadays every man ON /
None Of that is written home. The |
censor wouldn't pass IL II 10 were writ |
I en-. and the men wouldn't write IL. any
now. Not long ago some German cruis- /
ers escaped from the kiel canal and /
made "A raid on the English coast towns
That was only possible because human |
endurance has Its limits. The net OF /
torpedo destroycrs which had been
drawn around England has been loosen
"a. The men could not stay on watch
az they had been doing live.
Life q Hell on a DeafroVer
There are no comforts on board de-
sstroyer. There are not even possibilities. /
with clicking. humming. burnished ma
chinery. The air T. compound Of OIL 1
sna 9fs, ydr h sbs sR pee one holds BY
like "a tuning fork. one shouts in con
yersation AZ FUN speed ono makes
= sea that would not bother a ferry l
boat IN hair a gale sleep Is quite Inn /
possible. Sometimes half the men ar.
slcN no matter now sturdy they may
For = time ths destroyers patrolled
three DAYS on and three days on For
A. winter came this task Was often i'm
possible. Longcr time IN port was given /
inE up under the pressure. This meant
that fewer boats we're on watch-and
eventually toe Germans slipped through
iiut thefe had been no complaint from \
so. and Lon has been transferred 10 a j
l"lHf WIl' Nesfu NItfr thfee DAYS
pr quite responsible Ue gave f01tfab
orders. Afterwards he could not rernam-
Der them.
THAT happened IN peace tirnss-vhsp /
ne most dfstruvers had 90 DO was 10
circle about the warahips they now helm
.H protect The tranaferred man has
been mentioned IN orders since the var
began Tor bravery IN action combined /
" Ith o. certainty and CELEBRITY Of thought \
bat saved Hives. n gives one an I1ea
NJ what iife on r. destroyer in war times L
must be-
But M ono has told % o.. There have \
.s tirht-lipped.