Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-15

alive when taken out but died when
placed on the relief train.
Conductor Edwards was caught
about the middle of the car. He
was on his way to the front of the
train to look over his passengers
| in the coaches prior to the train
reaching Harrisburg.
Surgeons Called
Trackmen with several uninjured
passengers went to the towers at
Elizabethtown, and to the watch
mans box at the east end of the
cut and sent word to this city. Phil
/ adelphia division officers were called
out at once. Company physicians and
surgeons were called, and arrived
few minutes. after the relief train was
ready.
On Train No. 10 which had pass
ed through the cut short time be-
fore was r. V. Massey, general SUI
perintendent of the Eastern division
of the pennsylvania railroad who was
enroute east. He was notified of
the wreck at Lancaster and return
ed to the scene OF the accident on an
engine with other officials.
Wreck Grew Called
Wreck crews were called from
Columbia, Lancaster. Royalton and
| Harrisburg. In the meantime the
injured passengers We're placed on
! the relief train and brought to Har-
risburg.
Passengers in the rear Pullman
cars were taken to Lancaster and
later sent to this city over the Co
lumbia branch. Here they were
given accommodations and resumed
their journey west, after registering
their names and places of residence.
SlccperS Lose Clothing
Many of the passengers left the
train scantily clothed. Others did
not stop to get their baggage. Those
who were not injured were placed in
hotels in this city A crew from
the local passenger station was sent
to the scene of the wreck to gather
up the baggage and lost articles. A
list is being compiled and as soon as
identified will be sent to the own
ers
At the office of Superintendent
Smith, Philadelphia division. there
is a large pile of wearing apparel,
belonging mostly to women, awaiting
Identification Trunks and other
parcels in the baggage car which
were not disturbed when the train
left the track and still held the
checks were placed in another car.
/ Given Transportation
Passengers who were able to con-
tinue their journey west were given
transportation and Pullman car tick
cts to replace those lost. Paul l..
Barclay, captain of police, of the
Philadelphia division, was given
charge of the valuables picked up
at the wreck and found in the cars.
Passengers who were brought TO
this city made u raid on the tele-
graph offices at the passenger sta.
In, 10 xrnrI tn 1l1aif.
friends and relatives regarding the
wreck and their condition. All mes
sages were filed and taken charge
of by railroad officials and sent to
their destinations. A second train
was made up about o'clock this
morning and sent west with passeng-
ers who did not reach the city until
o'clock, having been cared for at
the Masonic Home, Elizabethtown.
Brought to Hotel
One of the women passengers in
the wrecked car who escaped in
jury was found in a dazed condition
along the bank. She wore only her
nightdress. She was given blanket
and brought to Harrisburg and sent
to the Hotel Columbus. Later cloth
ing was provided for her and other
passengers who lost their wearing
apparel in the wreck.
tPtAAuS Out vi DohSCE
Late this morning it was said at
the Harrisburg Hospital that all of
the 26 victims of the accident are
expected to recover. Ellsworth E.
Edwards, the train conductor, 1924
Derry street, Harrisburg, who was
most seriously injured, was declared
at the hospital to have a fair chance
for recovery Edwards injuries con-
sist of bad scalp wound, a dis
located shoulder, fracture of the left
ankle, and confusion of the knee.
Several of the victims are eX-
pected to leave the hospital to-day.
Five of tie patients at the hospital
this morning were only slightly in
jured, suffering mostly from shock.
Many Arc Widely known
Among the accident victims at the
hospital are a number of widely
known and prominent people from
all sections of the country. IL. NJ.
Wilson, 11a2 Heberton street, Pitts
burgh, is president and owner of the
wilson Manufacturing Company, at
Pittsburgh. He was slightly injured
and has left the hospital.
Israel Lebendiger,' II n. Pearl
street, Youngstown, Ohio, who re-
ceiVed slight injuries to both hands,
is a widely-known Rabbi at Youngs-
town. III. II. SteinmetZ, whose in
Jurles consist of fracture of the
outer left clavicle, and abrasions of
the left shoulder and arm, is the
proprietor of the Hotel Dover, at
Dover, N. j. William Fitzpatrick,
LOG Morningside Drive, New York
city, is professor in the University
of Columbia. His injuries are very
slight. Miss Alice Manning, III
North One Hundred and Second
street, New York, who was but
slightly injured, is a famous model
in New York.
Official Statement
This afternoon a statement by i.
w. Smith, Jr., superintendent of the
Philadelphia division, was sent to
the Public Service Commission. 1t
was to the effect that the landslide
occurred at 1.02 a. m. and two were
killed and twenty eight injured. That
| train No. 10 was passing at the time
the slide occurred. 1t also said that
both trackwalkers had left the cut
! only a short time before the slide
J occurred. One who reports at the
EliZabethtown tower told the oper-
ator that he heard crash and that
train 19 had stopped and was evi-
IDENTIFY in trouble. The watchman
at the west end notified Harrisburg
| of the wreck. The train and crew
| was made up as follows:
! Combined car No. 1902, passenger
coach No. S065, sleepers Limedale,
| Collington and 1rvineton, all of
| which were wrecked: and sleepers