Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-04
AIDING WOUNDED,
KILLED BY SHELL
Red Cross Man Dies Trying
to Help City
Soldier
TWO HURT THREE TIMES
One Of Brothers Nearly Died
From Drinking Water
Poisoned by Foe
TWO HURT THREE TIMES

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Dropped by German bullet that en-
tered the right side OF his neck and came
nut his left shoulder. Corporal John NJ.
Griffenburs had arcely been helped to
his feet by Red Cross man when a
piece Of shrapnel crushed the skull Of
the stretcher bearer
Corporal Grifenburg was so weak that
he could not aid the man who had been
wounded whle trying to help him, and
had to crawl away to n field dressing
station, leaving the Red Cross man lying
on the battlefield.
Some other Red Cross men went after
him as soon as told my story" said
Griffenburg, who returned to this coun-
try recently, but they could not ind
him. 7 am afraid he died from loss of
blood. and was buried by the Germans.
who swept forward over the spot where
] was injured and held that section OF
terrain for little while Later we
drove them back. but there was no trace
of the man who had tried to assist me-"
Corporal Griffenburg spent New Years
ray with his parents, who live at 340s
North Front street, but left yesterday
Tor the convalescent hospital at Camp
Merritt
Two brothers. former minor league
baseball stars, are reported in the day's
casualty list as injured for the third
time each. They are Private Stanley r,
Mathews. Company NJ. 112th Infantry.
and Private Earl Mathews, Company II,
18th Infantry. Both hail from Pottsyille.
nut have lived In this city for a number
OF years with an aunt. who resides at
l@46 Jessup street.
Stanley Mathews nearly died from,
drinking water from a well poisoned by
lhe Germans before they retreated from
The Marne. recovered, rejoined his unit
was sassed at the battle Of the Meuse
recovered ard went back to the front
again only 10 have a leg so badly
smashed by shrapnel during the last
week OF october that ii had to be anpu-
lated His company was almost wiped
our at this battle, very few of the rank
and file escaping injury Young Mathews
formerly caught for the Trenton team
IN the Tri-State League and also PLAYED
with n number of strong semipro mines
IN pennsylvania and New Jersey
Private Earl Mathews was formerly
employed by the Reading Railway,
played on the Readings Y NJ C. A.
baseball team and on upstate mines.
He was gassed twice during the summer
and was wounded in October. but is re-
covering Earl Mathews is married
and is the father of boucing baby bow
whom he has never seen and of whose
existence. it is believed by his wife he
il not yet aware.
Reports OF a train wreck in France
on october IS, in which two American
divisions being hurried TO the front were
involved and which was accompanied bv
great loss of life and many men injured.
nave reached this city before but de-
ialls were lacking until today Then it
became known through letter TO the
parents OF Drum jor f. Paul Stroud,
Of the 13sth Field Artillery. that he
had been killed in this fatal accident.
1T appears that his division and tho
ammunition train OF the 18th Field
Artillery were being rushed from Cher
oourg to Meucon. At a little village
called Gael the train carrying the am
mCnition battalion, which was in front.
was halted, but by some mistake in the
orders the train behind. carrying the
13sth Field Artillery and other units
was allowed to go tearing on its way
The night was dark and the engineer
Of the rear train saw the front train too
late to stop. Fourteen soldiers were
killed outright and forty-one badly hurt
in the collision that ensued The dead
were buried at Gael with fun military
honors.
Private Stroud enlisted in August .:
1917. in the old First Regiment, y q. r.,
and was later assigned 10 the lO9th In
fantry. He had 10 undergo an operation
at Camp Hancock. however, and was
left behind when his unit sailed for
France. When he recovered he was
transferred TO the l3sth F, A.
The young soldier formerly lived At
6i2S Catharine street, was a graduate OF
the West Philadelphia High School and
q member Of the West Walnut Street
club, OF the Stoneman's Fellowship. and
OF the Evangelical Lutheran Church, at
Fifty-ninth and Spruce streets \ me-
mortal service will be held for him At
that church on January 2s. The late
Enoch Y. Edredse, grandfather Of Young
stroud. was noted pilot of the Della
ware River and Bay.