Evening star., 1923-12-10

, their condition. Inc DOQleS OF tHe
victims also were taken to Erie.
Speeding on past ca ltion signals in
an attempt to gain fifteen minutes
lost time, the last section of the train
crashed through a sleeping car at the
end Of the preceding section, early
Sunday morning.
Among the dead was William K.
(Wild Bid Donovan, veteran base
ball player, manager OF the New
Haven base ball club. who. with a
number OF other base ball notables,
including President John A. Heydler
of the National League, was en- route
to Chicago to attend the base bail
conferences opening there today
List of Dead.
The dead:
Ralph Parneu. New York city,
Pullman porter.
William f C"Wild BilpD Donovan,
2o3l Arch street, Philadelphia, man
ager of the New Haven base ball club
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard NJ. Sullivan,
Springfield, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Sweet. sos Wind
sor boulevard. Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs r. B. Stureman. 2l4
East Washington street, Sprlnghelo'
Ill.
Mrs. Carl d Kinsey. 5649 Winthrop
place, Chicago.
The known injured:
George Z. Van Hagen. sr, 150o
North Dearborn street, Chicago, severe
George Z. Van Hagen. jr,. severe
injuries
New York, broken arm
Carl D. Kinsey, 56+9 Winthrop place
manager of the Chicago Music Col
lege, Chicago, dying.
A. II. d. Bailey, Lake Shore Drive
Hotel. Chicago, released from hosptai
NJ S Lawrence. 1888 Hyde PARK
Boulevard. Chicago, minor hurts a.
George Weiss. 1904 Chapel street.
New Haven, Conn, president OF the
New Haven base ball CLUB.
Left Fiftcen Minutes Late.
At Albany the first of the three
sections of the train experienced en-
CINE trouble and tho second section
was ordered to go on. The first ana
the third pulled out fifteen minutes
late, train crews said
Near Forsyth the second section
now leading. plowed through an au-
tomobile which had stalled on the
grade crossing. The occupants. three
Pittrburgh men. w. 8. Strattord;
HarneX Ia FetS and B. the na,eft aext seea aao
tion pulled rast the scene or the
smash-up its; crew noticed the flaming
automobile and brought the train TO
a stop to see if help could be rem
dered any OF the occupants or the
automobile.
While the train was stopped the
third section came numbering on
fog. The red warning flares and
brakeman fra.ltically waving his
lantern a train length away were
noticed too late by Engineer Charles
nP ClavaIan6 who
plotting the onrushing engine
Two SIecpers Overthrown.
The brakes were applied and the
track sanded, but the terrific mo-
mentum carried the limited on
through the rear car of the standing
train with such force that 1t over
turned two other Pullman sleepers.
Their steel construction alone saved
the lives Of their occupants, railroad
officials said.
Jolted out of their berths by the
impact passengers of both trains bent
to the work of eXtricating the dead
and injured from the fated sleeper.
Soon these forces were aided by farm-
ers from the countryside, who for
time, with their lanterns, supplied
the only light.
: Crossbars and axes were used TO
chop through the debris of the wreck
ed car. in an effort to reach the
stricken. A relief train sped on from
Erie, Pa, thiItyfive miles west, fol-
lowed by wreck outfit.
Cut Through Car.
Before all the dead or some of the
more seriously injured could be re-
moved it was necessary to hack away
the top of the telescoped car. Wild
Bill Donovan was among the last
taken from the car. His body was
discovered by Mr.. Heydler.
In a statement to newspaper men
Engineer Charles Patterson of Buff
falo said he had noticed the yellow
warning signals along the block and
fifty-five from sixty miles. The red
flares, discernible q limited distance
away because of the fog did not give
him time to avert the collision. he
said. He estimated his train was
making twenty miles an hour when
it struck the section in front of 1t.
Woman Only Doctor.
The only physician on either of
the trains in the wreck was a wom-
an. DIR. Q. c. Thoren of Chicago.
Dressed only in a nightgown and a
cape, which some one tossed over
her shoulders. she worked tirelessly
until the relief train took the in
jured to hospitals.
"The first thing / can remember"
she said. was a terrible scream and
the next thing l knew l was tossed
out into the aisle Of our car and was
struck the head by a suit case
falling from some place. At first 1
couldn't think of anything. 1t was
pitch dark.
Every story / had read Of a train
wreck flashed across my memory. !
scrambled to my feet and made my
way as best I could. sometimes on
my hands and knees and sometimes
on my feet, to the front of the car.
I must have stepped on many people.
/ remember that the car was on its
side and all the berthS were made up.
Some kind man helped me through
the door and there ! was in the open.
couldn't seem to think yet, and
then the sounds of the terrible suf-
fering brought nS.to myself. / guess
IL was the call to duty. / had on my
shoes. 1 noticed. but don't remember
putting them on"
Features of Wreck.
The three outstanding features of
the wreck. according to President
Heydler, who was in the first Sec
ton, which was rammed by the third,
,were the coolness and bravery of
passengers and train crew, the life
saving property of steel cars and
she tragic picture Of one of the dead
women who lay by the side Of the