, W SHQEMfVa/W/V F. D. LYON 8: GO. 3 40. V I i 00 Waohlngton at. W.....» -._. Dynamite cars Exploded When Struck By Train (Continued mom First, Page.) Pittaburg. They Were taken to the hos- pital, where one of the attending phy- sicians gave them attention and then continent homo. . ' Mr. and Mrs. ff‘iudie, of, Pittsburg, the latter the daughter of United .States Senator Knox. were slightly injured by flying glans. tiovernor Pennypncker Immediately despatchetl his private secretary, lilromley Whar- ton, to the aid of Mr. and Mrs. 'l‘indle. Mr. Wharton was unable to iitid any cOnveyance to carry him to Steelton and procured a lltil‘ue and started to ride. On his way he met a cubtnau who lent him his cab anti Mr. and Mrs. Tindle were brought to the executive mansion, where they were furnished .with clothing and medical attention. The primary cause of the wreck was a shifting engine. it was going west slowly when the engineer of the east- bound freight train saw it coming on his truck. lie applied the alrbrakcs suddenly, causing'the middle of the freight train to buckle, shoving sever- al of the cars onto the west-bound passenger track. A moment later the expneus. one of the fastest night trains on the road, dashed into the wrecked cars. The heft instant the holler of the passenger locomotive exploded. The wreck look fine and those who eu- coped began the work of rescue. Six minutes after the express struck the freight wreck, the railroad men say, the flames reached the car filled with powder. There was a flash and a deafening roar. The earth trembled 35' in an earthquake. All who were. not killed or injured by the explosion fled from the awful scene. The en. tire wreckage became a mass of flames anti small boxes of powder that. had not exploded, “let go" continuous- ly. While those explosions continued men who had bravely gone to the res- cue before the first explosion did not dare to approach the burning wreck though they could hear the agonizing Sbrleks of the dying. Flames began to consume the bott- ies helplessly pinned in the wreckage. An alarm of tire was turned in amt when the, firemen arrived it was im- possible for tin-m to go closer than 300 yards of llli‘ fire lllllll thc cxpio- ' elons ceased. ’l‘hcu jhc intense heat interfered with the work or rescue. Rescuers were forced to retire with singed hair. blistcrcd faces anti burtr ing clothing when they attempted to respond to the piteotts cries for help. Those who escaped by crawling lthrongh windows in scant attire, front their sleeping car berths. hurried to the open fields whence they were car- ried to the l’uxtaug Electric Light Company and other industrial plants. which were quickly transformed into temporary hospitals and later into morgues. Many of the injured were hurried to the Harryburg Hospital. where a large staff 0 pbyslciunu and nurses dressed their injuries. Soon the hos. pital was filled to overflowing and many of the thinned were tttkcn to ht» lots and private residences. Henry Silverman, a New York jcw- olry salesman. had a satchel in his bcrth which contained $17,000 worth of fine sample jewelry. lie was com veiled to leave everything in the pits- oenger coach to escape being burned to death. lie could not iiiiti his bag in the darkness and the jewels were lost. The wreck was courted by a smaller wreck to the height train, which was east bottnd. Passing the plant of the Paxtang Electric Company near Cedar street. an air hose. burnt anti several cars in the: middle of the train buck- led up and fell across the punsenger tracks at the aide. Almost. at the. name moment the ex- press train, with ten coaches, dashed along and plunged into the. wrecked freight corn. The holler of the pun- aenger locomotive blew up untl the ooncuanlon entitled the immediate ex~ plooion of two cars of dynamite tn the freight train. The force of the collision oruahcd all of the pauuonger cars, which piled up in a huge mass on top of the freight. instantly the two trains war.- muanen of flame. With the crash the passengeru. all of whom were asleep in their bertltn, were hurl- ed in all tilrot-tloutt. Many were tortil- od front the wreckage, some down the railroad embankment. home into the ln‘tho bank five: a. in? about jthe Tm nomf ' e in; a can on oy. m ”own an it depositors in m: loam mawux ., . .ulva: m Mr 0mm (fail with a m “ our with what a caugtanthaddition: “m or are on ' on 0th 'tidy mum. for you to do like- outcome. so. Not-walk. Susquehanna River. which paralfila the railroad In that locality. All who were not pinned in the debris. or to. tallv incapacitated, ran away from the perfect volcano. intermingled with small explosions. It was impossible at the time for those who escaped nu- lnjurcd to reach the imprisoned pan- scugcru. "‘liere are few private dwellings near the scene of' the dinnuter, which is in the industrial district. The l'ttxtaug ilunt woe transferred into an emergency hospital. where every— thing was done for the mangled anti dying, while waiting for conveyances to take them to the Harrisburg Hospi- tal. A police patrol wagon“ was among the first conveyances to ur- rive at the. scene. title it were puck- od as many wounded on possible. Un- ttl long after daylight its horses were driven at. breakneck speed to and front the hospital. Special trains" were immediately matte up and con- veyed the injured to Union Station. whence they were taken to the hos- pital and other places. Every physician, surgeon and train- ed nurse iii the city was called. litany private housen 'were thrown open to the distressed The first special train from the wreck brought sixty-nix injured it? the hospital anti about twenty on the second trip. Delivery wagons, auto— mobiles anti a Stcclton fire engine brought. lmth‘t-‘ii twenty and thirty to the hospital‘and a city patrol Wag- on twenty-one. 'I‘wcnty morc were brought on trol- ley cars and were carried a block to the institution. The etretchers ran out and shutters Wore torn off hoasee and utilithl to carry the injured. At‘tt-r those whose injuries would permit had bccu sent away from the hospital there Wore fttliy 100 left. At. 5 o‘clock most of tilt-at had been pttt into wards. two to a narrow bed. it is believed that of these iiftecn are fatally injured Many of Harrisburg‘s wealthy citi- zcus sent their equipuges to carry the bleeding injured ttud sent great: quantities of cotton and linen bunr dages. Some who resided near the hospital sent their best table linen. l’athos indescribable characterized the section about the. wreck. Hus- lutnds separated from wives and iii- tic children bereft of their parents sought their friends among the dead and dying. in many instances theyi failed to find them at all, either be‘ cant-it- the bodice were still lllll‘lml iii the smoking debris or \vcro so badly burned as to be unrecognizable. Among the passengers Wore many‘ of prominence. Following is a revised list of the injured at liarriuburg Hospital. llarr. Mrs. A. .l.. l’ittshurg. slightly injured Barr, Miss Constance. I’ittsbtirg. slightly injured, ilurr, Adeline, i‘Ittsburg. slightly in- juretl. Barnes. James ttbrascti scalp. Berry, .l. 1).. Bedford t‘ity, itttl.. left foot sprained. ilopu. H. l’.. l’ittsburg. vice president olttbe Carnegie Sit-cl t'onipuny. slightly iujttrcd. Ill-own, S, ’l‘., Nauhviilc. 'i‘eun.v left ear torn. lirumbuugb, James ii, Martiusburg. i’a., cit on llt‘iitl and hands. Ilurde, i". W.. Mcmphie. 'l‘enu.. face laceruted and foot cut. (franc, A. A., Minncnpolis, left aitic of face cut. Crabbe, George, and bruised, Devlin, R. t}... (lattttlen. N. .I.. right leg cut and cheat and scalp Injured. Doraheimer. ti. W.. Philadelphia. int:- crated need. broken ligament In right leg. Deforest. Charles, Cleveland, serious- ly injured internally. Dinkle, I’aul, i’ittaburg, injured arm anti foot. Ikmneliy, Charles, l’lttnbttrg, forearm injured. litutght-rty, Robert (L, and son. Phil— udelphiu, both seriously injured. Dunpoat, A. R., Elizabeth, N. .l.. cut by gluon. Erickson iiclmu. New York. injury to our. , llay. John, Vinclttnd. N. .l., hand St'illtltltl and face lacerutod. l’ili't‘f'lit'Olil, .l. C., llroowlyn, forehead cut niitl ulu‘uued knec‘. tlrigga. iclltt, residence ttot given. left t-lltlt‘ hurt, , lit-ulcy, Matthew. i’hiitttlclphia. l’llll- tnttn conducting arm broken, Jordan, (I. (‘.. Lorain, Ohio. continued head. it. Unioutowu. l’a., i’ittsburg, badly cut .lohunst-u. Charles. l'ittaburg. acalp wound. lrwin, l’. M.. Philadelphia. turnip wound. Kuutz. N. it“., New York, flttiilil citt and burned. Klinemnn. Newton. New York. hnndh burned and body injured. King. Joucph, tl'lcvelnnd, body brulaed, Lundstrom. Hannah. New York. tinti- ly burned about face. Mullen. .i. 'l'.. Philadelphia. injuriett to head. Mason, .1. ii. Schuylkill Arsenal. in- juries to body. McCullough. Dr. W. H.. Cleveland. back strained and ponuibly Internal injuries. Miller. George W.. i’ittabutg. cut and bruised. Newnom. a, l’lttnbttrg. incerutetl scalp. Peter, Anton, Cleveland. hands badly federated. - Perkins. C. T.. Plttuburg, feet and hands burned. Pollock. Route. Plttoburg. face- incer~ Ibed and limited. Parhtuttky. Solomon. New York. head and is; mounted. hogan-tuck, 0., Nut York. cheat cow 1 tum. , hotly was not find. J. L, Philadelphia. loft ride ‘and client injure . Rose. temal taint-lea. , Roman. in. New York, hand mammal Stern, Samuel. Cleveland. buck upraln- ed~‘and head lacerated. Shumuker. A. P., Pittsburg, general conttiaiona and burns of body. Bliverman. ll. Chicago, fractured arm anti lax. . Stow, Mrs. C. it, Brooklyn, N. Y.. eye injured and cut. Schmidt, P. .l., New York, bruises and. ctttn. ’ ‘5 Spltzler, Henry. Wineberg, Pa., bruiav es of head and back. . Storret. M. 8.. Chicago. hands and feet injured. _ ‘ Stanley Mrs. J, A., New York, cttt on head. Taylor, John, New York. legs burned ttnd scalp cut. ‘ . . Went. Thomas W.. Philadelphia, scalp cut and lip lacefirated. White, 1). 1).. Philadelphia, scalp cut and abrasions. Whitley. W. 0.. Wilmington. i)el., cuts on head and arms. Lucia, Thomas. Altoonn. Pa. lnccrated. Yard. Mra. ll. C.,'Ilrooklyn. bruised; her ten tuontliu old baby was tin- injured. Oliver. Robert, New York, arm in- jured and hearing destroyed, l’ottt, Arden, Elizabeth, N. .l., burns of feet and head. Watt-ton. H, S., Clearfleld. Pa. hantia cut and incerated. Otsot E. 8.. Chicago, cut and burned. Harman. l). l... Pittaburg, arm broken. cttt anti bruised. Samuel Shubert, of New York. the well-known New York theatrical manager, jumped from hit-i berth and ran out of the train just in time to escape being burned to death. He was taken to the Commonwealth Ilo- tel. At 4:30 the first two bodies of those that were pinned lit the wreckage Were recovered. so badly charred that illt y could not be recognized. The body of Jacob Silvormnn was him- tilled by a Masonic emblem. Despite the horror. thtrc ware early on the scene many negroeo and for- r-lguers. searching for loot. ’l‘he po- lice were alert anti the boat was no great that they secured little of value. l’ructiculiy tilt of the glues exposed in windows in South Harrisburg .and Stccitou was broken by the force of the explosion. Most of the down town sidewalks were literally covered w th glass. (lines wiudowa on Market street. one mile from the scene, Were broken. Mr, and hire. ’l‘iudcli, the latter Sen- ator Knox‘s daughter, were on their way to l’ittsburg from New York. After the crush they hurriedly left the car in which they were sleeping and walked ulong the tracks to the home of a friend, where they tele- phoned to (iovcrnor Pennypacher. Among the injured not expected to recover arc George Sieglt-r anti \'it~- tor (‘rabhe. of l’ltisbttrg. 'l‘bc hotly of Mi‘l-t. Robert Dougherty. of Philadelphia. was the first to be rocorcrv-d, She was buried away,from the debris instead of into it, and her burned. (In the train were hrr husband and their little boy. 'l‘hey hunted for a long time In the dark anti finally found the hotly. Very few of the paalacngers who on- cupcd had any clothing to speak of. Moat of them had been in their berths and escaped In pajamas or other light apparel. When daylight broke upon Market atreet. pcdoeiriana on the cupitl city's principal thoroughfare presented a grotesque appearance. in the hotel districts men who but) passed through the wreck without injuries or escaped with slight ones fllltl who declined to take rootnn of the hostelrien because there wt-re wearied women who nccdctl the rooms. walked around with notitv ing on save raincouts and bedroom slippers. A few had merely bath. robes and overshoce. it was not long ll(l\\'t'\'t‘r, after tht- t-ltincna generally begundo learn of the catastrophe. before every one was antply provided for. it was impossible at tltiitl o‘clock to got the namca or the most seriously injured who are at the hospital. Matty of them are in such a critical state or covered with so many bandages that talking is ottt of the question, At 8 o‘clock it was estimated that the dead numbered between 25 and 30. One hundred anti twonty~flvc receiv. oil treatment for Injuries at the tier» riaburg Hospital, moat of whom are confined to the institution. Ten of ihcuo may (Me. Only three dead have been positive— ly identified. so completely were the bottles cremated. The known dead are: H. K. Thomas. engineer of the putt- senger locomotive, Philadelphia. head blown off when boiler exploded. Mrs. Robert llougherty. Philadel- pliln. Jacob l“. Slivormun, llritigeton,~ N. .l., burned to a crisp in his berth. Identified by it Masonic emblem on his coat. At 7:30 o'clock thin morning none of the trurku had been cleared. but the wrecking crown. three in number. the two original tilif‘fl on the aconc having been augmented by the (‘o lumbin crew. began throwing the. tie- brin over the bank into the Slit-KIM" ltannn river. At. thin time the fire in the two last l'llllmffll‘f‘m‘fl. watt extinguished. 'l‘hc routcnln of them, where it in believed a number of bodies were buried. were no completely burned that it was tint pottttible to tell whether there were any bodies there or not. If there were they were minced to ash— en it In unofficially eutimatetl that the financial loan will amount to fully $300,000. This included "5,000 in (earth. jewelry and other personal effects of the nonsense" that were deatroyed. "The first intimation i had of the wreck." maid John B. Reynolds, of Pittsburg. a newnpaper man who watt going home from New York. and no eanod with slight injuries. “wan when i heard an awful cratth and was thrown out into the aisle of the car. i wait dazed for a little tithe and only realiz- ed what had happeiied when i felt a woman not me and tit-ream. 'lt‘or God‘s suite elp me: i pushed her out or the window and a fellow passenger handed out her child. He then left the train and called to me to jump through the window. ”Just then there was a terrific explosion. All i dropped to the ground a mitotic knocked me down. When i recovered my room. at! mu the track: under a be ‘d t crawl ‘trcigltt min and rolled down tint "flu i ii."- . .3. . i . ' app " ibank . R. .l. L... Pullman porter, tn—i‘my nigh clothing. and belonging: were lost. "l amt wtint to witneun such a ,atght as that Which followed the col— Italon. Women were acreamiua. chil- dren were crying. and strong men wan~ lderingabout dazed and helplesa. The tracks were strewnttin all directions ‘ with half naked'mon anti women, some of whom were dead and others seriouw ly injured. "0n than ailing train was Sam Bhu- bert. the well-known. theatrical than. and Abe Thalholmer. one of Mr, Sim bert'a agents. They were accompanied by William Kline. a New York lawyer, and were on their way to Pittsburg to clone a deal for the fauna of a theatre. Mr. Shubert wan slightly burned and was taken to a hotel with scarcely any clothing. Mr. Kline was badly burn- ed.” . . NORWALK DEPARTMENT OUT. —.—_—— Alarm From Fire Box 56 Call: Men to Burning Barn. An alarm front Box 55. at the cor. tier of Camp street. and Adams avenue took the Norwalk Fire Department on a jump to a burning barn at 21 Adams avenue. on property owned by Mrs. Levi Warner and occupied by Janice G. McAlllator anti family, this morning about 11:15. - The department responded so quick. ly that the blaze was pttt. out of buatv none before it had a chance to do much harm. The loss is small and its believed to be practically nothing. The structure was discovered to be in flames by Mr. McAllister, who was in the back yard beating a carpet. He heard a peculiar crackling noise anti looking up saw one corner of the. barn all afire. He lost no time in getting to alarm box 55 and states that he heard the approach of the department apparatus before he got away from the box. no quick was the reuponsc. A line of bone was laid from the hy- drant at the corner of Adams avenue and Camp street. The origin of the blaze is unknown though the opinion wan expressed that pouslbly a care- leasly thrown cigarette is responsible. :WALL 'WPAPER-s lN'l‘ERiOR DECURA'l‘lONS. GENERAL PAINTiNG. PARQUET FLOORS. Our Specialty in HIGH GRADE WORK. 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