Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-02

81 'SIoWley, who was on duty At tho
bridge. saw tho car so over the bank.
There was = scream that raised my
hair on end" he said THE bank kept
sgoink down. and In a moment tho troll
Icy car disappeared. I heard women
srly, and as 1 ran forward l saw the
car bottom side up in the water.
SSsIt was awful to see that struggle
In the water. l saw coats and hats
hoat away in the swift current, but I
sAh not sure that saw any bodies"
AS Tho statement by the national
sEdardsman tina. he had seen persons
STRUGGLING in the water was tho most
sdsdnite obtainable as to the number
OF persons carried away from the river
side of the wrecked car.
Nearly score Of persons were re-
norted to tho police as missing. but
most OF these were located In hos
pitfalls and hotels later in the evening.
tits certain. however. that in the holt
day crowd were many taking the trip
zUnaccompanied.
LIST OF DEAD AND KNOWN
MISSING PLACED AT 81
Tho list Of dead and known missing
and the injured makes a total Of only
thirty-four. Virtually no one escaped
injury, and this leaves more than ff-
teen persons to be accounted for II
the estimate OF fifty as the total num-
Der OF passengers on the car is correct.
e. E. Nicklis, superintendent Of the
Gorge Railroad. issued a statement late
tonight, placing the number Of dead
and missing at fourteen. All the other
passengers on the car had been ac-
counted for. he said.
Immediately after the accident a
rescue party was organized. 1t con-
sisted OF city fremen. national guards
mon on guard duty at the bridges. stu
dent officers from Fort Niagara. police
men and citizens. The police and fro
men are still making frantic efforts
to recover tho rest OF tho bodies. The
capsized car after it rolled into the
river came to stop between the crib
hing Of disused water-power system.
1t is upside down and resting on the
roof. and the flooring had to be chopped
away to rescue the injured and recover
the bodies OF those drowned. Work
continued tonight with the aid OF
lanterns.
SOME MANAGE TO CRAWL
OUT OF WATER TO SAFETY
Some OF those Who were uninjured
or only slightly hurt managed to crawl
out OF the water and to safety before
the rescue party arrived. A number
Of others Of the passengers managed
to keep themselves from drowning or
being carried away by the rushing
water by clinging to tho overturned
car and keeping their heads above
water until the rescuers arrived at the
spot. The rescuers worked in the
swift current with the water in some
instances reaching almost to their
chins. They had ropes about their
waists, one end being held by persons
on the lower bank. The rescuers
worked with frantic haste in the battle
to save the injured from the clutch
q OF the current, and many. instances OF
individual heroism were displayed. In
number of cases. however. injured
ana dead were just about to be grasped
by willing hands when snatched away
ana carried down the river into the
roaring rapids.
Among the rescued at Temperance
House are DR.. ]. G. Martin. Of Cleve-
land; Miss E. NJ. Collins. Of Toledo. and
c. ID. Wetherill Of Elsin. Ohio.
Those slightly injured at the Gorge
Office are: Miss Z. Grunn. Clara Schultz
Lillian Cook. Norma Cakes and May
Marshall. of Cleveland. Ohio.
The injured at Memorial Hospita
are:r George W. Fealley. OF Renova, Pa.
dislocated shoulder: John n. Orlacher
of sA2s Main Street. Rochester. dislo-
catsd hip: B. G. Slice, SIT Hudson Road
Toledo. Ohio. bruised; Mrs. B. G. Slice
bruised: Miss Bernha Lucas. OF Renova
Pa. bruised; Mrs. John n. Orlachcr
Rochester. injured back; Mrs. S. x
Brown. Warren. Ohio. bruised.
Some others left the hospital after
treatment Of minor injuries.
The accident. according to eye-wit.
.nesses. had happened and WAS over in
q moment Persons on the upper bank
on the Canadian side and on the lowe,
steel arch bridge say the roadbed slid
from beneath the car. which was or
the southbound track nearest tho river
in . twinkling OF an eye. and the car
instantly topnled over and was thrown
into the water on It's roof
The alarm was n.'st given by the
EeOtIlee OF u national Guard regime NJ
on duty at the bridges. and these sol.
diers then hurried 10 the lower river
bank nearly 200 feet below the uppe,
oank. In their guard work they use
ladders. and they we.o quickly brought
into use. and the guardsmen climbed
down.
Great crowds gathered at the bridges
and the entrance to the gorge. anc
othor soldiviu with hxcL bayonets were
called TO hold them back. Meanwhile
the ambulanccs. physicians, nurses. 20.
lice and fremen had been summoned
Ill the crowf1 w.re many parsons
who had friends here for the day anG
VINO rsd taken the ride on the be-!
line. he work ns the soldiers wa.
made very difficult by screaming
women and crying children.
The injured were brought up out Of
the gorge On stretchers which had beer
rushed to the scene on open cars. The,
then were rushed to the hospitals OF
trolleys and in ambulances.
One OF the hrst bodies recovered anc
brought to the upper bank was that O.
a woman She is believed TO DO Mrs
S. W. Dale. president of the Civic
League, Arcadia. Fla.
BRIDE AND GROOM