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The Evening Ssnt’mei’s Extra
dentition Practically All the
Details. and Was 9111 at
‘ ‘. 9.39 O’clock
SPAIAIAIAIIA EXPRESS
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Story of Dr. Anderson, of in-
dianspolis,» 1s Interesting
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The following account of the Wrecltl
. {was printed! in The Even-lug Senti A
nel's' extra,A issued at 9: 30 ociock last: screams and groans of the il‘lJur'1WAAAAAAA AAAA .
Aed and dying and shouts of theithe time this caret We'nt w intros
Afrightencd men and' screams of The files were sixth ‘ ‘
evening
Sh;
killed and a score on more
injured was the awful toll of the 5‘1”th immediately and form. 111111111211, drenched 1511111111. endow...
. lug railroad rails We twisted
and bent like so 1.1111111 wire.
' of plumb and several of the hig“
"their cement beds to the road be-
The
butme'nt was jammed way out
atone blocks were thrown from
“low.
WINDOWS SCATTERED BY?
‘ EXPLOSION ‘
The scene immediately follow-
ing the accident was one of tern
rm and so shooked the few eye-A
witnesses that they could barely
tell of it. The explosion of the;
Alying‘ on too of 111.. other
- . sauteed.
gruesome task.
" gave the 111111111111 reporter the Arm.
lowing account: “We srrived Just in
time to get. into the car- and desist in A
briog'ing out the dead? The Westporc' ,,
boys and ourselves hitched in. 6We
tound two womsnrjammed undo ' he
rear wheels .11 111.; locomotive, one
Théy were
terribly binned and could not be rec-
The other two IEdles were found in
the car. . it wss rummad'i‘Waw baby,
:‘wos unions the deed hot i- nanny 1111111
this ti'ue. While scouring the interior
of that car I found 111311011113 nomads
«1111111119111. «The injured:'
4» ‘ brought to tholwahltnlg 111 1111111111111 .111
' walkers. As the train pulled into the
sing sets 1.
. his. were
your to Raymond‘s Ulldelta
ccnveyuncos from Westport Dr. W.
:3 Burnell mode is second trip tel-West...
Apo1't 11111] other doctors followed suit.
Norwslk Man Sometime; Ron Train
111- was worri’od over the wreck oer-
99111111} 1111 151.111.911.115 his cousiin,‘
G'éorgo Becker, oil'érnutes 11‘s engineer
on this 1min and he was uncertain
.whother he would boon it or not.-
.lrslns were line. The 9:15 train from
here took over fully fifty South Nor
mile 110m signal Just out at the Son-
stock stntt‘dn one could see the
‘liiszing coaches. the thousands oi new
1119 lined up on 'both sides" of the
trucks and thenfirookoge. The train);
Slowed donn and all bound for the
hand It had been ' 11111113 “'9‘“. the
boiler on the locOmotive Was tcn-Aghouy 11 the wrist 9.111 was hiltllelted
rific. Windows a quarter of a
mile away were shattered and
debris was thrown for a great dis—A
tance. The terrific report could
be heard for a mile or mare and A emu; SAW
brought hundreds of people to:
the scene. AWheh the noise fromA
the explosion had subsided theA
air was pregnant with the'
the terrified women; The
1111 h) the infinite heat [took the
rings of: and handed them . yer to the
proper out} “to IncIlitAnte ‘AAAPA,
,identificsk'
that: there weIe many
more dea ' so under tite- first e111;
“*"Able WI‘Ck 0f the SpringfieldA nately all but four succeeded in sir. not having unassuming A," 9‘“
express train, near the Westport. getting out of the first mach in since noon, returned . 1::t'0 their city
and. Saugatuck ““1703" station the rear of the locomotive. Tzhe which just!) feels 11191111 0.1: them £9195
WhAA‘A‘ occurred at 3AM“ 4 45 bodies were not recovered for the memo for good services Which?
Athey performed. '
oclz66k this afternoon when the
engiheer of the ill- fated express;
disregarded signals and his en
gins split the switch just east of '
the railroad station. A
ENGINE BOUNDED OVER
‘ SWITCH -.
The train was going at t‘erijifi‘cA
speed when it struck thp switch
The engine bounded over "the:
{:95th but the tank of the tender
Was” ‘thrown from the trucks and
crashed down the embankment
Tho‘engine went on track three
thrown from the rails, tipping
over to the right and half way lpital W119“ they rccewed atten- wm. crowds surged upon the tracks?
down the embankment. The bag-
gage car, directly behind the 1111-5
gine and 'one passenger coach.
forged ahead of the telescoped en-
gine by the terrific momentum
and sideswiped the engine as it1
passed. Those cats remained on
the tracks. The six remaining.
cars were thrown dram. theA
tracks, but did not turn over.
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN'
A " KILLED. ~
When the engine was thrown
from the tracks on the west side
of the bridge the boiler exploded.
killing the engineer and fireman
of the train and setting the car
just. behind. the locmnotive afire.
It was in this car that those'irilied
A met their terrible death. In an
instant the 1:01.11. blazed up- and
it was fully a half an hour Indore
the flames could. be controlled.
: pital.
fully an hour. . . . .
RELIEF BAND ORGANIZED
Those with cooler heads finally
succeeded in restoring some sort
of order. The men organized
Athemsvrives into a relief band and
Asearched the train for injured.
These were brought out of the
coaches and immediately carried
in stretchers from the scene _of
the accident where they received
medical attention from the many
physicians who soon arrived on
the scene.
tion. Drs William B. Burnell,
Henry C Sharer, A. N. Clark
'Robert M. Wolfe. Charles G Bo-f'
hannan and others from The Ndr—
walks rushed to the scene and
did highly commendable se'rviceA
in giving the injured first aid
and then carrying them in then—
autOmobiles to the Norwslk Hos-
.‘ . A
FIRE 11.111111 TURNED In.
by Chief 12911111 Fanning, -. was
soon on the scene. It was no
s‘ary Why a hose almost ‘1 q
t'cr bf 11 mile to the norm
H'P’
The Norwall: arnhu-A
for . fully one hundred yards, lance W33 0811911 and was rushed the scene or 11113 accicem and magma. s. parlor car, who suddenly the
crossing the bridge where it was to the scene, bringing several of lined up on both sides of the bridge war 1111; cams—«nothing 1110111 1111111 11A
the An‘AAAA'ed to the NOW/31k IRIS" for a distance of hall 11 mile either AAAACI’ EWAWM AA?! the “A" (“AA toré
hydrant. Chief Fanning quickly A
realized the terrible importance?“
eta speed and telephoned to Chief
George W! Begonias. oi- the
The only permits who 1111111 death
indirection
Dead Carried to Nearby Fia'id.
Tho dead were taken to a field to!
the north of ihe trucks and were ptac
ed in charge of Undertaker Clmries'
Fable, of We stport. Mr. Fable was
assumed hv telephone by The Sentinel
and stated that up to 8:39 o clock Eur-A
.oncr. melon, of Bridgeport had not
yet 1111111211. The bodies were lmrnod
to such an extent as to main: immcd~
late identification impossible.
Auto: Rush to Scene.
Hundreds of automobiles inched to
AaIl eagerly get a view of the u rock.
At about ii: "9 oclock one “rocker
come irom Bridgeport and another
from Stamford Anna immediately set to
work to remove the wreckage.
Trains Delayed.
A
Man§"‘ar"‘tns‘11.111.111.11... the east
1101111 on the west soundtracks
shone 00111111qu , _
ted‘lor several hours
“' ii:
. A Atuls.
eon mustered 11111 to
. Aconhl he rcnchedos telegraph wires
WWII“ poles o111esi1‘ed;.
and railroad signal wires all '1hrown '.
Aw were delayas and those coming from
Ah‘ow Yer-111mm hold up 111 South .\or«
Awaits. while gains from the east 11111119.
After
As soon as the wreck mum the “0931!!!!le booMJor mow York-melon Joll‘owed 1111111111 ending 11: the u
place some cool headed persohAA Wore “999911 9119 913999930959“ “’90
turned in the fire alarm at WesoA were on A119 511 1’91“ WAR ”19 W119
port and the department, hc'adsdfwem not lhlursn no 111114111. 111111111111
11111 their 111an 1111111th sorrowtuily.
.wreck hopped on To the left was
Athe Wreckage, the coaches still hintin-
Aing, the firemen on the other side' ply-
{in-g the hose, and visions of horror
greeted the oulookst. Dena bodies
were taken from the coaches and pine:
lthehridgenort and Norwalk hospi-
As for as could be known, no
iiocai parties were on board the ill-
fated train. As early 11‘s 5: 39 injured
people were being brought into the
Norwalk Hospital by autos.
The explosion and wreckage pieced
'Wesmort in an isolated state. No and
'11'1-1'9 hmkon,
10111 of older. The twin arriving here
A111 7 o. m. brought In 11 number or. the ' ,
spectatols and iujmcd parties. from .
the wreck. The 111111 was unable to
AIMSS the scene until after fire or ten
minutes of delay and. [hell orders were
Agiwh In omcinls present to take as
mam people who cared to go west.
tThere new mom whooscnpod with-
out 11111111 11 ho boarded this 11am and
Very likely their nannies will Ahever be
'kuown. . 1 ,
1 Dr. Anderson's 8901".
Dr. F: 'W Anderson, a dentist or In-
dish-spoils and his wife. A9180 0.1.1
111.1111 11 promineho business 111311.01“
Athat. (1111, who were returning home
Aliom the thirtyth'ird degree Shottls‘lt
rites of the Masonic ()1 tier, in Boston;
were pnessnxdrs iii the ill-111ml l: 31‘.
They were passengers in the second
'wsrd. some crashed through the trio
ldownlu11111111111199: and then came the
explosion at the engine's holler.
A .1
' Slogans Gar Tamed Somernuit.
it won réported'iby those on board
that thertmln. thundering along 111 s
tgood clip rolled over the crossing; at
lust. msea‘ 111.5:- the lir'st rails when
suddenly, the drain. slippedwthe 111111
ed .10 their on steam gauges. then the
boil 1' hurstlngw The shell or the an-
on: m a hundred yards around
urhhed‘ho
.Wsorcamod and coherently. theonlyA cool:
Ad *'
injured were taken by notes to. "
81111311111191. The Aenzines‘ wheels hsd
"1113, they said. The 1311 suite 11511 .
d' 11 1111111111111 pref 1 e Moder ,
«1111,1111. 916 engine 8 1011.11: commode».
e was hurled 'for nearly five h 'n-
rash lest tostho left 0111163 trscl; one
inchenod with the escaping 111mm.
‘ the right 1111111111111 . ,
. rly resorted 11111 1111193111 ~' ‘
cm crouch: to the
in the second couch and sits on intcr-
viewed; 1111 a. 99111111111» centurion. 81w
muted. that everything was confusion
tor 11 1111111111111; but no one suspected
, oilers 11111111. women minced. others ‘
person to the not she said; was Dr.
11111111175011.1110 dentist from indisuopo
lis. . 11111111915011. she“ stated denser-
all «the credit, as, '
the wisdom Sand drugged uncon~
Arthur. the cause was a. mocked train. ~
T 11‘ when the our 1.11 over and the ‘
efforts or the dentist, who kicked out ‘ '
No one of the dentist's party were
was uuhurt
Dr; W. Epsom“ WitnA
to rose A
the hodi
with a severe gash 1 ~
Burnett 'stlmhlsted- . him
Brophy 1.110 stated 1
with W healer was ”eels
iniured and theu‘whe
11111111111 ambulance a
men were sent. to the hogadAA ‘
KAI hen Dr Burnell a. A
were Just smashing the
Ache coaches were Just 0 .. ..
smoke. All around .1113 A ,
scorched with the smoke
vapor from the honors“
11111111111 Princeton Fool
hall Struggles ‘
. roe eleven. rolled.
cause it .1 made from it;
sort of hops and oth '
lento, brewed the so
year in, year 0111101151:
scious' women- and Mon .1191. the can. . A
Eorby High School
1:31} OAGA'LAOOKA. .
t the little colleges 01111113,
have shown sudh familiarity ‘
" burg Ameiicnn liner
' here today. it sank choose; (I
' waé; sunk ocurred while the
~ troi' 110111111 of 7 submarines
: of si\ vessels was man-euv
ii“ Acting 11.111.34.111 illnh mum: 111s "
swoon: out. 126
‘ ‘5 “o’clock, commuting to
is out In‘ two. .
' Anteriko. up to the mascot.
'2 the sister submarines know so
all up from the 11611..
com-e; ed‘ to parent ship.
marine B 2 was run down by At"
Amer!
11 ’ot‘tha créw.
cued
111s disaster in which
One. officer its
the
the outh forelaud on the co
Kent '
‘Tllo liner Amorlka spears to
cut the submarine coxnhietsfi
halves.
Lieut. Richard 1. Pulleyn, wh‘
Asé‘c‘ond in“ command. was. the
among the crew 01 htteon- w-lio
sated lie was found flown
Asea too exhausted to say. 1
he was~rescued then: “Tho‘Asuhm
i went; dewn A111
Nothing has been heard to
The "3.2” had left/Dover
with the'other snbaminss 111' .
of maneuvers. The accident qco'
Just. an hour Aster although 11
shout it'uutlhdiieut. Pulleys: ws
The young lieutenant collage!!!"
te‘r he was taken from 111 new
11.11.. liner Amonko 11m :1
he“ 1101111151. and threw
' ores-lion's. while 1‘1 durum-rot
Mm sitar below idioms ‘
dost my wireless telegraph}?
' ed the new for hour-.1 None oi?
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