New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-23
friends Pace Grand Cen
trail for Hours Awaiting
Terrified Passengers.
INJURED HARRlED
BY CLAIM AGENTS
r,.;nmen. Bewildered After the
crash. Failed TO Help Wound
ed, Many Declare.

hundred men and women paced
..,,ry sentry beat before the train
.,,,stt the Grand Central Terminal all
....rsav afternoon. Hour after hour
's,v ,ramped to and fro. from the bull
-. hoard al one end OF the great
IN 70 No. platform az the other.
-,r spoke but little. these wan
...,er, for talking did no good.
r.,y,r IN the day they had volleyed
.-,,aons at the helpless station Off
:, who could only confirm the news
-, serious wreck had occuNed, and
element this intelligence with a par
Ills, Of the killed and injured. Moth
.,m.ined but 10 wait for the trains
-.;.b ruaning on schedule fan out
-, mint. were bringing the survivors
tas Milford wreck on TO the city
therefore, they walked back and
-, silent and hsggsrd, waiting.
~, train after train rolled into the
-, from the fearful tsngle Of
...,,d bodies which blocked the rails
/, Connecticut, they thronged
-. ,be exits. as close to them as
:. temporary ratings would allow
....,lv scanning each figure which
800 from the trsinsheds below.
To-, when the last rspturous greet
-, The fortunate was over and the
-, Messenger had passed the long row
:, .,,rchine eyes, those who renamed
....,5 away. thin-lipped and dry-eyed'
h.Sin again their marching. Late
=. evening some Of them st'H re-
..,ss .tlll tramping, still waiting
nd hoping - .bose
.,,sned when the speeding loca'
- - Way into the rear Of 'he
~ 49, Connecticut Special began 10
....,,le through the station. nose
'-''s .. M, TOO dazed and shaken 10
,-s tho disaster told and retold
....me story Of the shock OF con-
80 inter lack Of excuse for the
' a.,.- Of the horror that reisned
=. ,hs first passengers leaped from
,.r,,.ted cars 70 the tracks; OF the
.sor, A.. rather, lack Of effort on the
art Of the train crews
Anxious Crowd Seeks Details
T,,b person who saw fit TO stop ana
.Tof his experience was quickly sur
,,,,sed By dozen questioners asking
..,sw. Of sister or husband or 1rieno'
9h,s the first survivors appeared an
a ls5v was wheeled through the hail
r.roller chair. She was immediately
So. upon BY q crowd Of the Watchers
rso each asked score or more OF
ss.stons before the indignant woman
.osld explain that it was not railway
uciden. but rheumatism which hau
confined her 20 her chair long before
M ore ever associated the New York,
New Haven & Hartford with wrecks.
70 one of those who had lived
through the wreck could offer any eN-
use for its occurrence. Many were
severe in their criticism OF the rail-
ysy's employees on the scene, accusing
them Of losing their heads in the crisis
ird doing many foolish and useless
things.
The way the injured were handled
vas extremely thoughtless. j. +. Nc
Lr.sn, Of Bellows Falls, Vt, re-
naked. Dust as soon as the crash
e;ured some one telephoned 70 NIL
I'D for all the medical aid that the
sEn could afford.
Every physician in the town i'm
'si'aiely started toward the wreck. IN
/ =, mean time the most severely
stunded were placed in the FIRST three
ar Of the express-it was only the
isi two which were badly shattered
nd taken % Milford When they
reached the station there every doctor
town was. Of course. out at the scene
q the disaster There the injured lay
~ some sine grooming piteously, pc
~. any skilled aid could be found Tor
hen. Il was horrible TO hear them.
tvss more horrible 10 see them. Many
q them were covered with blood
tsir own and others. Their clothes
'rs eaked with dirt and ashes and
''il dust, until they all looked like
'c.ns Of an explosion"
. was in the forward car Of the
'esl," Harvard man, who refused TO
I've bis name, related. 1--WE were going
F'iiy fast, and had just come abreast