The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-31

l raid wardens and other civilian de- fense personnel formed rescue squads.
 Many of the dead were women, whose identities were delayed for hours because their handbags con- taining identification cards were lost in the wreckage.
 As the dead were removed they were taken to Wayland funeral homes to await identification. The most seriously injured were in Way land hospital, with others in the hospitals of nearby communities.
 Survivors told of horrifying scenes as the coaches piled up behind the locomotive.
 Robert Kaiser, 32, of Kenmore, N. Y., said the freight engine "fell into the side of our car" Its boiler burst and filled the car with hot steam," he said. Pas sengers were scalded. Many were cut by shattered glass as some smashed windows trying to get out. The odor of burnt flesh was terrible. Man Dies in Seat "A man about 65 years old sitting beside me died in his chair. So did a woman just ahead of me.
 Many other men were pounding their fists against the windows. There were screams of hysterical people. was trying to get out rear door, but it was damned with other passengers, all trying to get out at the same time.
 T managed to crawl along the aisle and finally got outside-just how I don't know"
 Corp. Wade Gibson of Carbondale, Pa., who was on the car which re- ceived the burst of steam, said pas- sengers seemed to lose their heads. He said he and other soldiers in the car broke windows in an effort to let out the steam and to escape. He was cut.
 Mrs. Henrietta Gibson, 3l, of Corning, N. Y, one of the injured, said she was riding in the last coach.
 There was terrific jolting," she said. People were screaming, try ing to get out of the coach. Some broke the windows and went out that way"
 Service Men Help
 Service men who were not injured aided townspeople in the rescue work and many housewives opened their homes to take care of those less seriously hurt. Many of the i,, i,,rad r,,oro ,,,aooho.r 70 As.. .. mems land army, recently recruited in and around New York City to aid in harvesting crops at Silver Springs, N. Y. It was the first major train wreck since May g when a Pennsylvania Railroad train bound from Atlantic City, N. J., to New York left the rails as 1t rounded curve near Delair, N. J., killing IA persons and injuring 100.
 The Known Dead
 Wayland, N. Y., Aug. 31.-UP)- The known dead in the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western train wreck:
 Ann Chelko, p, 1922 West 2sth street, Cleveland, O. Margaret Soulter, 30, 210 Spring. dale avenue, East Orange, N. J. Mrs. Edryce King, SPA Highland avenue, Williamsville, N. Y.
 Dorothy A. Littleton, 32. 27 W. Balcom street, Buffalo, N. Y.
 Henrietta Smith, 119 West End avenue, N. Y.
 Catherine Elliott, 21, 590 West 174th street, New York City.
 Margaret Guamback, 9010 Col lane road, Cleveland, Ohio.
 Mrs. Helen. Foster, Binghamton, N. Y.
 Anna Heymon, 50 Barberry street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Fred H. Meincke, Scranton. Pa. Mary Grant. no address. Clinton T. Rollinson, 54, Bath, N. Y., official of the Mercury Aircraft Corp, Hammondsport. N. Y.
 Mrs. Francis M. Ripley, 6S, Elmira Heights N. Y.
 Eleanor TfafY. Ridgewood, N. J. Mildred Cohen, 34, Al Webster avenue, Jersey City. N. Y.
 Margaret Pledge, 50, Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Eyewitness Story BY MRS. HENRIETTA GIBSON
 (Written For The United Press)
 Wayland, N. Y, Aug. 31-(UP)- Several soldiers in our coach went into action when hot, scalding steam shot in the windows from the out side after the Lackawanna limited tolted to stop.
 They took off their shoes and be- gan smashing the windows. Some their bodies against the windows to break them. People were crying and shouting and you could hardly hear yourself think above their cries and the noise of the steam. We had cen riding along smooth L.. 1. l~uA <u1l Al @