The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
Luxury Express Piles
 Up At Little Falls
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front and behind 1t and its sides had been smashed in. The workers had to cut off one end of the coach with acetylere torches and as they worked they heard shrill piercing screams that ceased after while, and groans and cries. State police men, priest, and railroad men climbed up on top of the tangled ball of wreckage and consoled the trapped victims as best they could. At last the end of the coach fell off and the rescuerS crawled in, crawling out with more injured and more dead.
 Hospital Train Arrives
 Meanwhile, g. hospital train ar- rived from Utica with more doctors and nurses and with medical sup- plies, food, and clothing. It left after an hour with some of the in- jured and most of the uninjured passengers and almost all of the pasSengers baggage which had been taken from the wrecked as well as CA4C uAlQdIIlhSCu COdC1lGSs
 The mail car had not been reach- ed at dawn. To get to it, the wreck workers had to clear the two pull man coaches on top of it.
 The news spread rapidly and within an hour 1000 persons had arrived by automobile and foot Within two hours there were al least 5000 persons and at dawn ap- proximately 5000 persons were as near the wreck as state policemen assembled hastily from barracks within 100 miles, would permit them
 In Picturesque Valley
 Little Falls is in the picturesque Mohawk Valley, scene of 50 much of the Revolutionary and Colonial history of America. The wreck oc- cured in a deep "cut." On one side of the four track right-of-way is one wall of the cut, wall of rock, 200 feet high. On the other side of the right-of-way is the State Barge Canal and beyond the Barge Canal is the other wall of the "cut.' The wreck was against the of the cut. The rails were torn up on the track on which the Lake Shore Limited was operating for over 100 yards. The other tracks were torn up too, for distances varying from 20 to 50 yards. Traffic was entire ly blocked on this-the main line of the New York Central. A few northbound trains had to be re- turned to Albany and taken across the Hudson to the New York Gen. tralS west shore line. South bound trains were returned north to be Shuttled over to the west shore.
 Cranes Lift Wreckage
 AS dawn broke giant railroad cranes, working under the huge arc lights which had been mounted by the first wreck crews, were lifting the tangled masses of steel which had been pullman coaches. A crew of 300 laborerS was clearing the line of mangled cross ties and cut- ting the twisted rails with acetylene torches, preparatory to laying new tracks. The blankets and seat cush- ions and sheets of the Pullman Company were scattered along the ditch between the right of way and the canal, as all the injured, who had used them, had been taken to hospitals or hotels or private homes. The remaining baggage of the pas- Sengers was piled in heap, guard nH hv O H1yI,itA io cLnfo<J rANvstar post office truck and post office workers were standing by to claim the mail from the pulverized mail coach.
 The Chinese deportees had been the most calm of the participants in the disaster. They climbed out of their day coach and stood in a placid group, making no attempt to escape. Their guards took charge quickly and when the first rescue train arrived they were herded aboard and sent on to Utica.
 No Cause Given
 Railroad officials refused to com- ment on the cause of the wreck, Though the curve is sharp and the train was making its accustomed speed. this was the first accident at the scene in the memory of Lit- tie Falls railroad men. It Is one of the busiest railroad right-of-ways in the world, carrying not only hundreds of thousands of the an- nual visitors to New York City, but much of the commerce of that city and the rich Hudson and Mohawk Valleys. The Twentieth Century Limited, a sister train of the Lake Shore Limited and the pride of the New York Central roars around the Al,