Evening journal., 1915-12-18
FIVE KILLED, EIGHTEEN HURT,
WHEN TRAINS HIT AT FELTON,


Many Of the injured were taken there,
later to be removed TO hospitals. Many
passengers were cut by flying glass,
and those with minor injuries left the
, station before the doctors arrived.
Bonfires were built near the wreck,
and by their light the rescuers worked.
Saved Fair NeighbOr.
Many deeds Of heroism we're enacted
before anyone reached the scene. Paul
E. Helms, Of Twin Oaks, one of the
passengers who was injured, was
wedged between two heavy timbers.
\ After the suddenness OF the crash, in
spite of his own perilous position, he
thought only OF Miss Louise Wier, of
Media, an acquaintance. who had been
! sitting across the aisle from him in
2 the train.
With tremendous effort he extricated !
7 himself and, in spite OF his broken T.
; ribs, went TO work TO find the GIRL 1
lie pulled away the wrecked seats, al !
b though suffering intense pain, and I
4 finally managed to drag her from a (
position under the debris. a position |
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had allowed her TO remain there.
- The first passengers who pulled
{ themselves from the wreckage man.
aged to help others, who were only
}, slightly injured. and organized a relief
= party before the two trains arrived
on the scene. All the Chester fire en-
r. gines were ordered out. and in a.
q short time a crowd OF several thous-
and persons was at the wreck
: The removal of the dead TO the
u Chester morgue and the injured TO the
Chester Hospital was quickly accom-
j plished. All night long searchers went
about the debris. looking for addi-
Il tional dead and injured; but no more
- were found
All Tracks Blocked.
For several hours after the wreck
4. the tracks were blocked. The south
a bound track was not cleared until $40
~. m. and the north-bound track was
ol covered with debris until after mid
n. night. The Royal Blue Limited for
lv Washington and the west. which left
Philadelphia at gig. was held up two
In hours and twenty minutes.
tn The 5.15 train from Philadelphia.
which arrived at FELTON, a few min
tn utes after the wreck, ran into the de-
a bris; but no damage was done. A.
j. Carey. grocer Of Gilpin avenue and
ad Scott street. was on the train Sew
eral doctors and others on the Sis
got of the train and assisted in the
p relief work.
re Baltimore and Ohio officials were
ly unable to place responsibility for the
m wreck. except TO say that the fog was
ne responsible. The road is equipped
oI with block signals, and. therefore, the
engineer of the express must have ruT
OK past one OF them before hitting the
local. The Fog. It was explained might
IL have either dimmed the signal Of
% given il another color, which mi let
ee the engineer.
I'M Fireman Goes Insane.
w. Two OF the injured went out OF
J" their minds. one OF these the fireman
,,r OF the accommodation train. He wa
So captured by several men and sent I
~ Philadelphia. Another. Frank Duttor
OF Twin Oaks. lost all knowledge c
bo who he was or where he was an
NJ was assisted to his home a short dis
ise tance away.
Prompt Medical Aid.
he DIR. Norman Roberts OF the Unite
a States Marine Hospital. a resident q
I'M. Holly Oak, Del. was passenger o
at this train and was the first physical
ter to minister TO the injured. He organ
at ized a corps OF workers. Women ra
about hysterical; men collapsed in tn
G. road, dumb from the shock OF tn
W. collision, while the more seriously in
tor, jured rent the air with their scream
his Of agony. The five dead were foun
, as buried under several feet OF heav
spe- timOers. Tollinger was scarcely rec
said ognizable.
lies Twenty-Five Treated.
The more seriously injured wer
removed in wagons. automobiles an
hus trucks to the Chester Hospital. bu
tne twenty-five were treated by the vol
To- unteer physicians. Passengers o
we're the Baltimore bound express, 'whic
the had run over the wreckage, wer
uHs forced to leave the coaches and e
the back to Chester. They were give
transportation on the Pennsylvani
pc railroad to complete their journe,
'as- but many stayed to offer their aid.
ion Debris is Burned.
on Seven fires had been kindled by Il
les. wrecking crews that were rushed
ing FELTON,. A hundred laborers carri,
-, all the loose DEBRIS from the farn
lhe and tracks to these fires. The fam
oi shot twenty feet high. The red gla
put to shame the searchlight on Il
ere wrecking train engine. 1t made q
ma beams from the pocket searchiigh
anu of the searchers under the tangles
icn wood and iron seem pale and ghastl
lper the more so as all the enlookers knC
saN- that the torch-carriers were huntil
sla- cut more victims.
o Begin Investigation
ans, FELTON, station itself Is a mark Of I
helI wreck. which today is the subject of
OUT vestigation by representatives OF
Public Service Commission. Dcpt
ssee Coroner White. of Chester and the o
: VI cials of the railroad. One-thrd OF
sIeu track was removed when wooden co,
l'sns lsns was flung through it. The car crump
.,s si.e, the station wall and resolved itself il
'unu ~ a heap of fragments. some as small
Sii any toothpicS, Others weighing hall
ton.
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