The evening world. Newspaper, May 11, 1905, Page 2

THE WORLD: (Gontinuéd from First Page.) @ paasenger train due here at 1.30 o'clock in the morning had lost Ing hie locomotive as fast as it could turn a wheel, As the pas- n of nine cars approached South Harrisburg a long freight train Mi for the enst, In the middle of the freight train was the car loaded powder, Whe freight train had gathered considerable headway when a switch- fine was awiiched off a side track onio the track upon which tho Was travelling. Tho freight engincer, fearing a collision, and think- of the fast approaching passenger train, put on the emergency GHT TRAIN BUCKLED. sudden stoppage of the freight caused it to buckle two cars in ‘of the carload of powdcr. ‘The pressure of the rear cars was so strong it the one next to the powder car was froced out on to the next track, which the passenger train was specding, “Not three car lengths separated the passenger locomotive from the car the track. The engineer could do nothing. Running at forty-five from tho cab over an embankment fifty fect away, escaping rerious injury, force of the holler explosion piled up three more freight cars in the ingluding the carload of powder. The wreckage caught fire. ‘There were no facilitics at hand to extinguish the flames, which ate into the dynamite car, reaching it six minutes after the first crash. Phiéh came the great explosion that was heard all over Harrisburg and ‘phook the country for miles around. Passengers who were climbing out of ‘the windows of the sleoping-cars were blown to death, Splinters and pieces of iron fell in showers for blocks, The few who gathered for the work of rescue fled in terror. | Then the small boxes in which the dynamite waa packed exploded one after another, making a continuous roar, like that of musketry, It was eul- ‘eidal to approach the wreck while these explosoins were taking place, In ithe mean time tite flames ate their way through the wreck unt] they had en- eompassed avery dar in the passenger train, The heat was so intense that it was fnpdssible to approach nearer than 100 yards to the blazing pile, |, ‘Above the crackling of the flames and the rattle of the explosions ould he heard the shrieks of the dying, pinned down in the demolished oars, Brave men wept at their own impotence against the flames as they | Qrawled in until their hair singed on their heads, thelr clothing amoked their akin blistered. ‘ / But the unfortunates bound down by the piles of lumber and oar frame- | Werk were beyond human ald, When ‘at last the fire had burned itself out | \ that could be done was to release such of the bodies as had not beén en- ‘consumed or had not been blown into the Susquehanna River alons- | the railroad tracks, SURVIVORS LOST HEAVILY. | The survivors of the wreck lost all their clothing, money and jewelry. ‘Henry Silverman, of New York, a jewelry salesman, had a bag containing $17,000, worth of dinmonds in his berth, He was compelled to flee from the flames'eo quickly after the first crash that he left the bag behind. No (mace of it can be found in the wreckage. " “The loss of the passengers in money, clothing and jewelry is estimated et $50,000, There were 169 passengers on the train. ‘The noise of the explosions awoke all Harrisburg. Many thought there i been an earthuake, Every window in South Harrisburg and Steel- ton wes broken, The force of the dynamite blew many passengers from their 1 in the sleepers through the windows. Others were crushed uudor rf weight of wreckage, unable to move. So frightful were the experiences of the survivors immediately follow fag the dynamite explosion that few of them are able to tell of succeeding Opourrences. Those who were able to walk were staggering away from the pile of blazing cars when there was another explosion, followed by succession of smaller ones, ‘ There were six Pullman coaches, two baxzaze and an express car in the passenger—all vestibuled and.of the stoutest construction, SHATTERED BY DYNAMITE. This fact preventec them from telescoping, but the dynamite shattered them. The fire seemed to break out from end to end of the train in one ‘gheet of flames, Nine of the freight cars also took fire, * Bimployces of the Paxton Electric Company plant, in front of which the wreck oocurred, telephoned to Police, Headquarters, A patrol wagor ras sent to the scene, equipped with blankets, and telephone messaga (MSwere sent.to the homes of physicians, Harrisburg Hospital was notified ‘and the railroad officials made preparations to take care of the dead an * injured at ‘he Union Station. " The fixet to arrive at the wreck were powerless to render any ald to the passengers pinned down in the burning cars, They were compelled to stand far and listen to the dying shricks of the unfortunates who were being foasted to dcath, Engines fram'the Harrisburg and Steelton fire departments ) ‘were sent to the fire, but the destruction of life hud been accomplished befores ‘thoy arrived, All they could do was to pour water upon the charred ruins, Bverybody on the passenger train but the members of the crew was asleep when the collision occurred. They were blown out of the cars or glimbed out with fragments of their night attire clinging to thelr bodies, Io some instances pajamas and nightrobes were burned off survivors, Rest- dents of the neighborhood who hurried to the wreck gave their coats to the half-naked survivors, | SENATOR KNOX’S DAUGHTER’S ESCAPE. Mrs. J. R. Tindell, daughter of Senator Philander C, Knox, weo was on! the train with her husband, bound from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, had an ‘experience characteristic of that of other survivors, She occupied an apart- ‘mont in the compartment-car with her husband, ‘hey were blown through the side of the car by the dynamite explosion and became scpamated, Mis. Tindell, crazed with fear, had but one idea, to get away. from tho frightful scene, With her bare fect leaving tracks of blood on the stone ballast of the track, she ran at full speed toward South A railroad employee stopped her and others approaching recognized her, ‘They took her to a residence nearby, where she was taken care of une til her husband arrived. Then they went to the home of Gov, Pennypacker, jervhere, irs, Tindell was attended to, She fs all right to-day save for bruises | weaand cuts on her Teet. | Ja >| Phe .work of recovering the bodies was nocessarily slow, ‘Ten hours after ‘wreck only twelve bodies had been recovered,, Boatmen were dragging! Alisquehana for the bodies of persons known to have been blown into! hhe stream by the force of tho explosion, Many of the corpses are unreeoge| isable, LEFT NEW YORK LAST NIGHT, <Made up of six Pullman coaches, two Keggage cars and | an expresss car, DROWNS IN HARLEM RIVER Peter H Kingsbri the H A Silver Dollar? Yes? That’s Good. es, of No. 5191 Broadway, was drowned to-day In HURLED INTO the upgrade pull from Philadelphia to this city, and the engineer | head was. blown from his’ body. His fireman was blown | THE RIVER AS DYNA i " NL re eT TN NTT ee a MA MUNN WIV ME Fon Ey SM May ers watt FNC ME TMF TEE Oe eT sc iif at ge THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1905. 4, | (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN SPE | OFFICIAL EXPLAINS _ AWFUL TRAIN WRECK (Special to The Evening World.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa,, May 11,—The Pennsylvania Ratlroad Co.'s version of the causes of the catastrophe Was made this afternoon by Superintendent of Passenger Traffic L. C. Sheaffer, Lt was as follows: “The second section of train No. 19 was running on No. 2 track, west- bound, he east-bound freight train was running on No, 8 track, The freight was flagged by a ehifting engine, which was on the track ahead of the freight, A sudden application of the air brakes wrecked cars 35 and 36, the latter of which was loaded with the dynamite consigned to Contractor Kerfbaugh at Columbia, So far as the company has been able to Jearn up to this time no one was killed by the swiping blow which the two wrecked cars struck the coaches of the passenger train, i! “It appeare that the third sleeper was almost, if not exactly, opposite the wrecked car on which the dynamite was when the passenger train was brought to a atop. “The explosion did not follow until a short time after the passenger train had been brought to a stop, The express was standing still when, the explosion occurred, That is shown by the statement of a passenger who helped a woman from one of the passenger coaches, and then handed @ baby through the window of the coach. He then states that the terrific! explosion had taken place, “Remember that this statement is made before the company has had an opportunity to complete the investigation now being made and which will be as thorough as possible,” Asked if the company had any explanation to make as to the handling of the dynamite, Supt. Sheaffer answered: ‘'The company as a common carrier is obliged to accept and carry dynamite as freight, “In this instance the usual precautions were taken, placarded on both sides.” The car was the express, which was the second section of the train, left Philadelphia at 11.05 o'clock last night, The train, while made up in Phikadelphia, also carried with It coaches of the Norfolk and Western Rajlroad, which left Jersey City at 8.25. The Norfolk and Western coaches were to ‘have been switched to the Norfolk and Western tracks at Harrisburg anid to be taken South, The regular train was bound west for Pittsburg and Cincinnati, The express train was in charge of H. K, Phillips, of Philadelphia, CIALLY BOR TH | FIRST PICTURE OF TRAIN WRECKED BY DYNAMITE BYPNING WORLD.) LIST OF THE DEAD AND KNOWN DEAD. DOUGMUBRTY, Mra, ROBERT, No. 1205 South Twenty-eighth street, Philadelphia} mangled by the exploding boller, THOMAS, BARRY K,, Ph el- phia, engineer of the passenger trains head blown off by boiler explomion, SILVERMAN, JACOB F., Bridge- ton, N, J.; burned to crisp in berth, Identifie€ by Musonie badge of Past Grand Master, KUMLMAN, C., Altoona, Fa, PHILLIPS, J, B., Pittsbure: died in the L,, Pittebure: died after being taken to thr hospital. WATSON, H. 4.. Clearfleld: died in the hospital at noon, | The child of an unidentified Aus- trian woman died rily after noon, THE INJURED. EDERLY, JAMES, New York, in- ternal injuries; may dle, FAKEBESCOM, J, ©. Brooklyn, forehead cut, knee bruised, | KAUTZ, N. and burned, | shoulder, alp out vere contusions of LIAM, lawyer, No, 846 y, New York, burned and NAH, New York, out face. T, New York, arm badly OLIVER, JOMON, New ork, head lem lacerated,, HOMAN, J. New York, hand Iac- erated, NOSENSTOCK, C., New York, chent New York, theatri- ned, M., 182 Bay Twenty- and John Thomas, engineer, and H, H, Dickey, fireman, also of Philadelphia. The tirst explosion was only met with cries of help from the Pullman coaches, Some of those hurled from their berths had been bruised, others had been cut by flying glass or woodwork. But the second explosion shot them in all directions, their very bodies making holes through sides of the splintered and twisted coaches, ‘he coaches were lifted into the air, and, as they fell, they toppled upon ends and sides. OMINOUS SILENCE FOLLOWS. There were no cries following this second explosion, If there wera those among those 169 passengers and the crews of the two trains who were conscious they were dumb with fright. Many were not conscious and many were dead, blown to fragments. Despite the harro-ving occurrence there were early on the scene, unde- tected, many negroes and foreigners searching for loot. The heat was so intense anc the crowd of reputable people so great that it {s believed that they secured but little of veluc, The Harrisburg police force almost,to a man was at the scene of horror and the; were Jargely responsible for the prevention of the work of the ghouls, Pe Tt is unofficially estimated that the financial loss will amount to fully 00,000, * eh ee FIRST WRECK SURVIVOR TO REACH NEW YORK The first survivor of the wreck to arrive In New York was Charles river off Niam landing, Hughes and Leon Parney of the «ame Aildreas, were rowing in the river In an consult the FOR SALE col-]/ 04 boat which iushen owned. Th some World’s wd swim, and Hughes Want Directory ‘all probability you will find the article in question and put o him in aby: He minaped to peace him, but Harney was completely ex md would have sunk In an- vute, a body Man not been recov. was twenty-two yeurs old, Rosenstack, of No, 217 East One Hundred and Vifteenth street. He left Harrisburg at 9 o'clock on the first train to come through. He was met at the Jersey City trainshed by a dozen relatives, mostly women, and they swooped on him as if they would eat him up as he limped from tho train. “The first I knew of the accident,” said Mr, Rosenstack, “I was being shot throfigh the alr with a mass of wreckage. I rolled almost to the bank of the Susquehanna River. When I picked myself up I saw that I was not much hurt, but when the explosions came one after another I thought the “ho al ARTO DAY EXCURSIONS, he, ) Mauch Chunk, $1, a ht ah al af ity concussion had killed me, I was 6o excited for an hour that I didn’t see pnything that was going on, I was wandering about in my nightshirt until I ‘met a fellow Mason, He (took: ma to his home and got sno. som 4 Ps Beach, eve infured and out, SCHMIDT, H. J.. New York, bralecs and outs, “ STAKELEY, Mrs, J, A.. New York, cut on head, SONTREIMET, nally tosured: will ‘TAYLOR. JOHN, N soaln cut. VAN BRUREN. F. New York. inter- York, les burned, Tn. New York, cut WANT TO MAKE MONEY Or Secure an Ideal Place to Live SEND POSTAL FOR CIRCULAR AND VIEWS or RAST ELMHURST PUREEQUE BLUSHING BAY. NEW YORK. CITY \ her Nearer Than Brooklyn. Bankers‘ Land & Mortgage Corp, 487 Manhattan Ave, Brookiyn, SPEOIAL FOR THURSDAY, Blackberry Mellow 1 ° THR MC Chocolate Pineapple ice Crem +e Lb, Annorted Fy Chocolates Mrs. H. C,, No, 182 Bay Twen- ty-fifth street BARR, Bes CONSTANCE and ADELAIDE, burg, all out and brutsed, Bath Beach, braised. PERRY, J. D., Bedford City, Ind., lett foot sprained, BROWN, 8. INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK J, and daughters Pitts- ear torn, BURDH, F. D., Memphis, Tenn., face lacerated, foot qut, BOPH, H, P,. Pittsburs, vice-preal- dent Catneg Co injuries alight, CRANE, A. A. Minn@apolia, left aldo of face cut, 5 DEVLIN, R, G., Camden, N, J., right lex cut and chest and scalp injured. DORSHEIMER, @. W., Philadelphia, jacerated head, bruised ‘hip and broken ‘igament tn right leg, DINKLR, PAUL, Pittsburg, injured arm and foot, strained back, DONNELLY. CHARLDS, Pittsburg, shoulder strained and forearm Injured. DOUGHERTY, ROBERT G., and on, Philadelphia; both seriously injured, DEFOREST, CHARLES, Cleveland, seriously (niured internally and cut and bruised, DUNPOST, A. Ry clit by flying glass. ERICKSON, HELMA, New York; in- Jury to left ear, HAY, JOHN, Vineland, N. J; scalded and face dacerated, GANNON, JOBEPH, Pitteburg; and both hands burned. GRIGG, BULA, realdence not given; left side hurt. Blizabeth, N. J; hand head HARMAN, D. L., Pittsburg; arm broken, cut and bruised, HENLEY, MATTHEW, Philadelphia, Pullman conductor; arm broken, IRWIN, P, M., Philadelphia; scalp wound, JORDAN, ©. C., Lorain, Ohio; con- tused head, JOHANSEN, CHAS,, Pittsburg; acalp wound, KING, JOBEPH, Cleveland; body bruised, LUCIA, ‘THOMAS, Altoona, Pa; head lacerated. MULLEN, J, 7, Philadelphia; in- Juries, to head, » Schuyleill Arsenal; injuries 10 bear, injuries to i MCULLOUGEH, Dr. W. H., Cleye- land; pack strained and’ possibly in- en. MILLER, GEORGE W., Pittsburg; cut and bruised, NEWSOME, B., Pittsburg; tacerated scalp. OTSET, B. B., Chloago; cut burned, PE . ANTON, Cleveland; badly lacerated, PERKINS, OC. 7, Pitteburg; and hands bummed, POLLOCK, ROSIE, Pittsburg; face lacerated and bruised, POST, ARDEN, Hlizabeth, wn. yx; bruises ‘of feet and Nead. : ‘AN, J, J., Philadelphia; tert side and chest’ injured, L, J., Pullman porter, in- O8F. R, ternal insured STERR |. B, Chicago; hands and feet injured, STERN, ind; ternal Injut and hands feet aRN, SAMUEL, Cleveland; pack sprained ‘and head Licerated, SHUMAKER, A. P.. Pittsburg, wen. ‘A tusioni urns of body. “RINERMAN, HY Ohicaads eS mea leg. “GEITAZLER, HENRY, Winebers, Pa, brutsea of head and. back, WEST, THOMAS W., Philadetphia; PAI oUt Be TD ecemdelNa; scay Ww B, a . Dp - out. and abrasions, » by WHITLEY, W. G., Wilmington, Del.; cuts on heed and arm CUBA. All 2>eut The Pearl of the An. * tiles in special 12-page Curan section of next Sunda: World, Beau- tful supplement in colors, MITE BLOWS UP THE TRAINS CAC AND PEELED Suffered for One Year—Water Caused Agony, Heat intense: Palo —Grew Worse Under Doctore— Could Not Do Any Housework. ANOTHER WONDERFUL CURE BY CUTICURA ago my hande began peel, I tried many reme- dies, but they grew worse all thetime, At last they be- came so @ore that it was impossible for me to do m: housework. If T put my handein water, I was in | agony for houras and if I tried to cook over the stove, the heat caused intense pain, I consulted a doctor, but his ee) were utterly useless, gave him up and tried another, but without the least satisfaction. About six weeks ago I ‘ot my first relicf when I purchased uticura Soap and Ointment, After using them for a week, I found to my eat delight that my hands were forinnite to feel much better, the deep cracks began to heal up and stop running, and to-day my hands are entirely well, the one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment being all that I used, (signed) Mrs, Minnie Drew, 18 Dana St., Roxbury Mass,” ONE NIGHT TREATMENT For Sore Hands and Feet with Cuticura Soak the hands or feet on retirin; in ‘ong, hot, creamy lather oi Cuticura Soap. Dry ana anoint freely with Cuticura Ointment, the great skip cure, Wear on the hands during the night old, loose gloves, or bandage the feet lightly in old, soft cotton or lines. ‘Cuticurs Soap, Olatment, and Pills are sold throughons ELS EG ical way meee irda hoh esas RAFFLES IS IN TOWN! m Don’t fall to.read “The Ides March” in tho Saturday color supple- ment of The Hvening World May It fs the first story of BE. W. Hornung’s great ecries, Crecksman,’ These are the finest burg- lar romances ever weitten, Dont mine them, “Ratfies, the Amateur PP EG I O Te Ni ie ge en gt er ne Nashville, Tenn., left STRUNDRY WANTBCFEMALE. FEEDER! DF 5 ee ChE D MOP ER SALE of MEN’S SUITS | A wholesale custom tailor who caters to only most exclusive trade in large cities was forced by partnership changes to sell his entire stock quickly. We bought it, It consists of 1,779 Spring and Summer Suits in sizes to fit ev:ry-one from boys of 16 to men of 46 inch chest measure, The STYLES are absolutely new, s to a few suits, The MATERIALS are all wool and in ever The TRIMMINGS are best quality Meryeilleux, Duchene and Pongee. The TAILORING is the highest and linings shows the touch of master I the coats, and they have all the knacks of finish in which particular men deli Hundreds of suits of this make are on the tables of other large ani New York marked at regular retail prices, This sale ht, The manufacturer has in the pocket of every coat a label reading: “This garment is your retail clothiers, who will adjust all claims at our expense.” In addition to this stands Mea “Your satisfaction or your money back.” And we want you to expect satisfaction from these sults, _ not according to the price you pay for them, but according to thelr regular prices. pratt ry Garment Grade 1—Every Garment Made Grade3: Eis ae eheca, dae te rents i meni: ist cheviots, in light stripes, broken a aine , Silk cast overplaids and ‘Mfferent patterns, running from Miia ‘ined me quarter line half had full ined with serge and alpaca. Sizes’ “boys’ to Materials fre cassimeres, double an ther aids, Irregular stripe effect stripes in forty {ight colorings to very breasted els, with allk, others to Sell at $15 or More, $9.50 The materials are English hopsacking, hard-finished worsteds, velour cassimeres and unfinished worsteds, All new, bright patterns; 25 styles to select from.’ Single and double breasted models; several styles $ 50 C e 16” to men’s 46-Inch chest... silk lined, balance half and full Ined Grade 4—Every Garment dark with serge or alpaca, Sizeg run from satisfaction guaranteed... Grode 3—Every Gar- Made to Retail at $22.50 $20 or More, $13.50 Materials worsteds, West-of- nels, finest velour cassimeres, English | England ids Scotch and ‘English et. worsteds, unfinished worsteds, double feet Spuns, patterns never shown outside of and double breasted models, displaying | custom shops, Suits single and double the latest custom style effects. Some tdeas, some extremely radical; full half or full lined with 50 and quarter lined with serge, alpaca or l sere, alpaca and silk, different patterns, . e faction: guaranteed... Remember, there is not an old model, not’an old coloring, not an old value stri thy as we state It. $25 sults for $15.50, $20.00 suits for $19.50, $18.00 suits for $11.50, and $15.00 suits for $8.60, We can sell these apne at regular putting them on sale now, giving you the chance to save 334% or more on your clothing purchases at the very Benibuine of the season, when you expect to pay be sold, as we have stated, to leading retaflers in th est cities, The manufac- turer made too many and had to sacrifice them for cash to facilitate changes in even in the best custom work, The values which \we claim to give here are un- usual, they are extraordinary, but they are actual. our business. was byilt up in a comparatively few. years by giving the public always the best end of every bargain, That we have done so Is proven by the fact that is to-day one of the'largest in America and is constantly growing, This suit sale starts Friday morning at 8 o'clock in our four convenient stores, “boys’ 16” to men's 46-inch chest; #15 ment Made to Sell at or $25, $15.50. Materials are imported French flan- s, In cassimeres, tweeds and home- and twist cheviots. Suits are in single breasted, designed after the newest style are quarter lined with silk, others half silk; about twenty All sizes, $25 satds- fabric among these suits, Every garment is absolutely up-to-date, Every prices and make an extraordinary profit, That is not the Brill method. We are regular prices. These suits are not made up for a sale, but they were intended to his firm, The suits embody an individuality, character and atyle seldom found We stake our reputation on the genuineness of this étatement, Remember that while seventeen years ago ours was one of the smallest concerns In New York, it s Get the Habit, Go to 4905 models and patterns, Many are exclusive and confined only, » case cold-water shrunk before making up. de. The canvas is Aberdeen linen, pre-shrunk, and the haircloth {fs the best France manufactures, The serge and alpaca linings are of pure wool, and the silk linings of best . : AS di meyman work. The work on buttonholes, collars, lapels ate joe TROUSERS and VESTS are as carefully tailored.as good stores right here tn of ours enables you to buy them at about half price, aranteed to ¢ Brill guare Made $11.50 Single and double 1 i