The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-11-01

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New York.-More than 100 bodies
have been taken from what is known
as the Malbone Street Tunnel" on the
Brighton Beach line of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Co.. where a nve-car
train, carrying nearly 800 passengers,
running at high speed, jumped the
track on curve and struck the side
wall with such terrific force that the
first car was demolished and the others
''buckled" until they were jammsd
against the roof of the tunnel. Rescue
workers declared they believed more
bodies were buried under the wreck
age, and that the death list Of men,
women and children might reach 10.
Probably twice that many were injured
many of them seriously. Motorman
William Lewis who disappeared from
the scene of the wreck, was arrested
mt his home and taken to the Flatbush
police station, where he was question.
ed by District Attorney Lewis. He
declared he had no intention Of run
ning away, but remembered nothing
about the accident until he found him
self at home. He said he did not know
how he escaped from the wreck. Dis
trict Attorney Lewis declared the ac-
cident was due to carelessness on the
part of the mOt0rman. who had been
employed In another capacity and was
pressed into service because of the
strike which went into effect after the
company had refused to reinstate 20
discharged union employees.
The announcement was made that
the strike of motormen and motor
switchmen on the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company lines had been set
tied. The men will return to work.
The company has agreed to relnstate
~ discharged union employees Presi.
dent williams. Of the b. Il. T., denied
that the motorman In charge OF the
train was green" hand. He de-
clared he was a motor switchmans
whose duty IL had been to run trains
In and out of yards, and that he must
of necessity, have been familiar witt
their operation. He did not deny
that he had taken the place Of ~
but insisted that - wae 4|
a train dispatcher.
"What can man sav eCD0
Colonel Williams. when s(<cQ s
cared to make a 81, .ement ru1nr0
the wreck. II really feel too sad
say anything. 1 can't add anythi1
as to the causes Of the accident. HI
fact, II IL too soon yet to know the
cause" II
Mr.. Lewis said warrants would bel
issued for the arrest of all ofYicials
VI the corporation who could be held
! esponsIble for the disaster. An In
vestigation of the wreck was In pro-
Iress mt the offices Of the Public Serv-
Ice Commission. The Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company had made no state
lnent concerning the wreck, and four
hours after IL occurred ignorance was
professed Of exactly what had hap
pened.
The gloomy tunnel was quickly
into SHAMELESS The
v reckage burst into flames. increas-
Ing the Understandable panic among the
Almost every passenger
IN the first car was killed or desper-
ately injured. Many Of those unable
10 drag themselves free of the wreck
age are believed to have burned to
heath.
Dozens OF the bodies removed were
lharred beyond recognition and only
a few Of them have been identified
The walls of the cars were crushed
In rs the train side-swiped the tun-
lei wall, and many Of the passengers
we're ground to uesth against the con-