Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, July 03, 1922, Night Extra, Image 13

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    Bead or
CMlntta from " ,
i wrtfyed through his mistake he
wired te Atlantic City:
"My Gedl I sent 33 en the wrong
4Urack!"
"VTflWermsn Collapses With Crash
The Atlantic .City dispatcher's
office Immediately tried te raise De
Wald by wire, but was unable te get
'. response. He had fainted, it later
developed, as the terrific crash came
i'nd the rear of the locomotive, hlss-
lngvef steam and means and shrieks
of the victims arose.
The wreck, one of the most un-
...1 and deadly of recent years,
occurred 1000 yards east of the
Junction en the right-hand switch
off te Cape May. The tower, in which
D Wald was en duty, is 800 yards
east of the Junction and Is known as
When the speeding express struck
the switch it tore up rails and bent
them into ring shapes like wooden
shavings-
Wreckage Blocks P. B. B. Tracks
A.in. beneath the tracks of the
eMay Reading route 100 yArda te
hi eastward of the switch, fay the
Pennsylvania's right of way. Down
. . .ik.nimfnf. which from ten te
Lottem was n distance of sixty feet en
In angle, the locomotive nnd tender
V nirl'i reared high In. the nlr and fell
ver and beyond the heavier locemo-
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Tne nrsc car, tu luuumu, i.uiu.cu
xt idd engine a iwj wrr
i . .1.hI.i tA1fH ili nlf I n t taint
Ifbt of way with debris. Immediately
lievc the locomotive, piled in Indcscrlb-
k I'flflTlKriVUIlia LltlV-rtO. ,iiuni)t luui,
Ible confusion, were two mero
bsebes in WHICH were lern irairani
nd cracks, witn winnows Buuumeu aim
aiding steam from the mechanism be-
kw ascending. ,
i n.. iniiinnn lav iinfllue down en tne
Iocemotlve, which Was en its side. The
'ullman slid along en Its reef for twen
ty feet, the vestibule digging up a
mound of dirt, which clogged tne door
way. One of the Pullman chairs was
i.mm..i nut through the side of the
i'ar and lay en the wrecked engine.
Just above this en the side of the
embankment were two mere cars en
their sides, tilled wun screaming """
...,,! .MMrnn nml mnnnlnz men. The
crash had come with the suddenness of
i thunderbolt ana it was a minute i
two before the injured survivors of the
train crew could crawi out.
TBe wreckage uiu nei ibkc me, - -
e the steel coaches. The electric lights
In the less damaged coaches were kept
Mghted by storage batteries and acmeu
ie the welrdness of the scene, which
upeareu seraewnnt uw a cuem vi
.... ctamiinir nlmeRt: en end and piled
m these lower down lu the cut where
.he death leap stepped.
At daybreak, about 5 o'clock, wreck
ng crews of both the Pennsylvania and
leading reads began the work of clear
ig the tracks. , , .
Their delay was due te tne war u
artfnf a fire In shifting the debris.
. Rescue Trains Bushed te Scene
There was prompt response te the
leals for aid for the injured and the
meval of the dead and dying from the
ene of the wreck. The Beading dls
ntched trains from Camden and At
:intic City almost simultaneously, car-
lng surgeons, purses ana uespnai
luipment. The entire countryside also
'was aroused and nutomeblllsts return
ing home after midnight hurried te the
wreck, where they turned their hcad
HzutK niien the irhnstlv Hcenc.
The rescue ami wreck trains picked
ip doctors en route and ulse firemen
Ith axes and ladders. Many were
brought from May's Landing and Ham Ham Ham
uionten. The work of removing the
irtims began in less than an hour
under the flaring light of torches, Ian
terns and automobile headlights.
On the relief train from Atlantic
l ity were Drs. Lipschutz, Slracex,
Heed and Ireland. Their coats were
peeled off for action when the train
pulled in and they weiit te the work
heroically.
Station hands and trainmen had al
ready extricated many of the survivors
nnd these received the immediate atten
tion of the physicians.
Weman, Five Children, Unscratched
Many of these found in the wreckage
were hysterical. Most of them urged
the rescuers te try and save their chil
dren or some loved one in the family.
In the fourth coach of the train,
which was piled high ever another
conch, were u woman and her five
children, one a babe in arms and the
ethers rnuclnc in ace un te eicht years.
Nene of the party was hurt by some
freak of chance. All were shaken, but
net one received an Injury worthy of
the name.
The firemen and State police of Ham Ham Ham
monten also gave valuable aid. They
rushed te the scene In all sorts of
vehicles and did all in their power te
Have these in the shadow of death.
II. M. Phillips, head of the Haramon Haramen Haramon
ten Fire Department, directed the work.
He took many last messages from suf
ferers', who believed that they could
net survive.
The first train into Atlantic City car
ried mere than forty injured nnd as the
stretcher cases were taken out through
windows there wcre pathetic scenes.
Babies clung te their mothers and the
women were hysterical. Atlantic City
had a fleet of automobiles and ambu
lances en hand and a dozen doctors
worked with the injured in the hospital
all night.
Docter Tells of Rescues
Dr. Llpschultz. of Atlanta City,
was one of the first surseens te ar
rive back at Atlentic City, after work-
Anether Victim
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CHARLES LUKENS
Who is In lm Atlantic f'ltv linn.
'Pltal recovering from lnlurles re.
liMlvea lii ,tht) Winslow Junction
n.wtvui. tie lives at uaai eeecner
w, strert, uermacmwa
Missing as
Last three cars of the Ill-fated Reading flier, showing hew the train plunged
the Pennsylvania's right of way
Tewerman's Mistake Caused Wreck, .
Atlantic City, Dispatcher Asserts
"My Ged! I've sent Ne. 33 ever the wrong trackl I thought it
was 491."
That was the wire received by the train dispatcher at the Reading
Terminal in Atlantic City from Jehn De Wald, tewerman at Winslow
Junction.
De Wald went en te explain he had mistaken the Atlantic City
flyer for the Cape May freight, both of which were due at the Junc
tion about the same time.
He switched the flyer en te the track of the Cape May division,
which takes a sharp curve there. That, combined with' the speed of
the train, sent it crashing ever the embankment. After receiving the
message the dispatcher in Atlantic City tried te get in touch with
De Wald, but with no response. He said he believed the tewerman had
fainted.
lng ever survivors at the wreck. The
doctor was cxnausicu irem ins raww,
"When 1 get alongside the cars,"
he said. "I heard no screams at first.
only a few means from women and
plitlilren that were lammed in the debris.
The reason was that se many were dazed
or unconscious. I went immediately te
these that appeared te be the worst in
jured, giving emergency aid.
"Before long the scene nbruptly
changed, as the victims began regain
ing their senses nnd realization came
of what had happened. Frem the over
turned and smnshed cars came calls for
help and shrieks. AVlth ether physi
cians I gave all the assistance possible
te these we wens able te extricate, but
home were past all aid.
"In the flashes of light from auto
mobiles anil lanterns the wreck made
a weird and terrible spectacle. I found
the conductor with a bad head wound
and gave him all possible aid. The
rest of what happened has become al
most as much of a blank te my mind
as te the half-crazed survivors."
Weman Victim Describes Crash
Georgia Fnnywerler. Atlantic City,
was In the third coach trem the rear.
She suffered from shock and bruises.
"Everything was going smoothly,"
she said, ''when suddenly there came a
peculiar, dizzy careening of the cars
ahead. The first thing I knew we were
all violently fighting and scrumbllnc in
the darkness of the wreckage. I fainted
and net until I was lifted Inte an auto
mobile bv somebody did I regain con
scieusness and did I realize what bad
happened.
"It was sickening te see and hear
l.af in rllfl T fchflll nVJ. ftlVBOt tllflt
dreadfu Iplcture in the weird darkness
streaked with light from above, us long
as I live. I turned away my head and
begged te be taken away quickly. In a
short time there were crowds of men
about, nnd all were working like mad
men. They attacked the crumpled up
cars below from which came cries for
aid."
A here of the accident was a man
vtVinBA Inltlnln were J. T. Xj. and who
died after a display of heroism which-
moved the rescuers deeply, no was in
the second car of the trnin which was
piled upon the locomotive. Anether
mun was pinned just nbevc J. 1. L.,
and he was meaning in great distress
from broken legs and strained back.
J. T. L. was en his back. He di
rected the rescuers as follews:
"That's right, new get this peer fol fel
low out who Is above me first. Lift
him gently. New get my right leg.
Fine. New try the left."
They finally extricated him, his legs
cut and tern and one urm almost tern
from itsvsecket. His head was badly
nr.mlind nnd hrnised. Later tedUV lie
was identified as Jehn T. Llnnehun, lil4
Allegheny avenue. His body was iden
tified at 10 o'clock by his mother and
father in the Camden Morgue.
Jehn O'Nell, the friend for whose
safety Llnnehun with his last breath
was se solicitous, Is new at the Raleigh
Hetel in Hamonten under the euro of
Dr Espozlteus. He has serious inter
nal injuries, a dlsloceted spine nnd par
tial paralysis of both legs. He does
net knew that Llnnehan is dead.
"My middle and I," he said, when
he was able te talk, "eent te spend
the Fourth together in Atlantic City.
We had taken off our coats and were
curled up for a little Bleep. All T
knew then Is that there was acrash,
and that I was en top of Llnnehan and
P. &R. Train Plunges
THE DEATH CUT
somebody was en top of me. I don't
remember anything mere until they
brought me here
O'Ncil lives nt 1018 West Willard
street.
Isadewre Schwartz, 110 Vine street,
Hnmmonten, had his .five-year-old son,
15nx, en his knee when the crash oc
curred. "Then," he said, "I found I was
resting en my head. My body was
wrapped around Max, nnd that had
saved him from eettlnir killed. Nobedv
ncipeu me. i managed te lind a deer
and climb f out, drugging Max along I
within me.
Charles Schwartz, twentv-eicht. 2540
North Napa street, new recovering from
slight injuries at the home of a friend
in Hammouten, said:
"At the beginning the train slewed
up nnd almost stepped three times.
Then It began te pick up a pretty geqd
speed. Suddenly the car in which I
was riding seemed te crumple up. When
I opened my eyes I saw n woman with
a baby at her breast trying te crawl
out of a window. Finally she managed
te get out with the child. I don't knew
what became of her then."
Twe or Train Crew Killed
The body of Walter Wescott, the
engineer, wns net extricated from be
neath the locomotive until this after
noon, because of s the great mass of
debris te be lifted by the wrecking
crews.
Wescott had been with the Reading
for thirty years and was te have retired
from service en a pension next year. It
was said by trainmen te have been his
first wreck as it was his last. He
was married and lived at Gloucester,
N. J
The fireman. Jeseph Sleuder, was
killed instantly, but his body was found
eutbide the wreck of the locomotive,
which wns Ne. 340.
Shortly after 0 o'clock rescue workers
One of Injured
K.MANUEL ZEVIN
Of 10311 North Third street, this
city, 'who was Injured In I. and
K. wreck. He is In the Atlauile
City Hospital '
B nSisfe'-at Tk i ,. l
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into and across the depression of
who had broken into the wrecked Pull
man recovered the body of James Owen,
the Necre porter.
"F. Ij. C." the unidentified man who
lay In the Atlantic City morgue all
night, was identified this morning as
Francis L. Corbett, twenty-eight years
old, a carpenter of 1714 North Twelfth
btreet. Identification wns made by his
sister, Miss Mary Corbett.
Corbett died en the relief train en
the way te Atlantic City. Workers
nt the mergue were only able te find a
cuff button bearing the initials "F. L.
C." Ills sister, knowing that he had
taken the train, went te the shore and
identified the body.
Alongside the wrecked Pullman a
large pile of suitcases, straw hats and
coats guve silent evidence of the many
victlms. The baggage was watched by
a State trooper. A number of smaller
articles were found by the searchers,
and were held by the police.
One package containing underwear
and pajamns was addressed Mrs. A. J.
lteach, Marlboreugh-lilenhclm, At
lantic City. A hat bore the Initials
J. O. N, Phila., and another II. N.,
Phila.
A railroad pass bearing the name
Natile Crescnce and family, Philadel
phia te Egg Harber, was among ether
things found.
Harry hlnscy, one of the two brake
men, was badly hurt about the head
and arms. "Pes" Miller, the ether
brakeman, captain of the 1021 Uni
versity of Pennsjlvnnia football team,
working en the Bending for the summer
months, was unhurt except for Bheck
and bruises
Geerge Fisher, the baggageman en
the train, whose car happened te be
ui uiu i-ui, Mii imut MiiiKuii up and
was struck by boxes and nieces of Ine
gage, but escaped serious injury.
xuc conductor, jenn Ante, of eSJ
Line street, Camden, wns cut and
burned nnd Is in an Atlantic Citv hns.
pltnl.
The order of cars in the wreck ns
they lay in the cut. showed the force
with which the flying express bud
leaped the chasm below.
De Wald, the tewurman, who made
the fatal mistake of switching the ex
press, Is sixty-eight years old and has
been In the company's service many
years. He was Inter found te be In u
hybtcrical condition.
Seven Cars in Train
The train consisted of seven cars, one
a steel cer and a deadhead, being next
te the tender. The last car was broken
loose from the rest of the train, the
coupling being ripped out. It steed en
edge beside the track Inclined down
ward. The car ahead was just ever the
brink en 1n tilde.
W. S. TaWnr, of Philadelphia, one
of the survivors, said the wreck hap
pened se suddenly tha, no one could
conceive what had happened until it
wus all ever. There came a scries of
grinding, ripping shocks, as though
lightning had struck the train.
"I wns sitting beside an open win
dow." said Mr. Tuyler. "I felt my
self lifted by a resistless, unknown and
unseen force, nnd by geed luck I went
straight through the window aperture
and lunded clear of the wreck, catu-
fiultcd as though by a cannon. 1 uchvd
n every bone uftcrward, but for the
minute wuh se dazed I felt no pain,
although quite conscious. I was near
the edge of the embankment lending
down into the cut in which most of the
wreck lay. The scene thut I gazed upon
was et'.'pcfylng."
Sidney A. Peel, one of the injured,
is a rual estate operator In Seuth Jer
sey, with offices at Atlantic City. He
is thirty-five years old and single.
Mr. Peel had gene en a week-end
visit te his pereuts, Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney H. Peele, at 114 East Mont
gomery avenue, Ardmore, und had taken
the late train back te Atlantic Cit.
Upen receipt of n telephone call from
the Atlantic City Hospital, Mr. Peelo's
parents started for Atlantic City by
meter.
Charles H. Lukens, fifty-five years
old, of 0327 Beechwood street, one of
the victims ejf the Winslow Junction
wreck, nnd new iu the Atlantic Hos
pital, is a widower and hns two chil
dren, the youngest a girl of thirteen.
He had been working at Chelsea for
theMast six months ns a carpenter. lie
had returned te his home Sunday and
mis returning te Ills work. He wns
severely cut and bruised. Ills sister,
Mrs. Mary Jakcmun, keeps house for
him.
Down 60-ft.
PHYSICIAN'S WIFE
AIDED THE INJURED
Shortly after the noise of the col
lision had died away Dr. Charles Cun
ningham, of Hnmmonten, accompanied
by his wife, wns at the scene of the
wreck. Mrs. Cunningham, before her
marriage, was n trained nurse.
"It was terrible," she sold, "but I
have never seen such coolness nnd
courage n that displayed by every one
who took part in nclplng te straighten
out the tangle.
It was shortly before 1 o'clock tnnt
our telrnhenn bell ranir." she centin
ued. "Dr. Cunningham, who was for
merly Corener and hns recently been a
surgeon for the P. nnd It., nnswercd
the call. He told me there had been
a bad wreck.
"Of course, I was out of bed in n
minute, for I have been used te such
sudden calls,
"The wreck was obeut three miles
from our house nnd we certainly did
travel.
Toe Busy te Keep Count
"Once there. I really forget every
thing but trying te help these peer
people who were In agony. We worked
right en the rend nnd, te tell the
truth, I de net knew or have any
Idea of the number of people I fixed up,
together with Dr. Cunningham. As for
him. he was everywhere.
"I remained there, doing what I
could, until all the injured had been
taken away nnd then enmc home, but
the doctor Is still there, trying te get
out these underneath the train.
"It seemed te me that all of Ham Ham Ham
monten responded te the cry for help.
Shortly after the wreck the whole town
was up and off for Winslow Junction.
Women made coffee and took it te the
scene. Everything worked just like n
machine. Every one seemed te knew
just what te de, nnd nfter n short time
there was little confusion.
Will Never Ferget Scene
"It was a dreadful sight and one none
of us will ever forget, specially the
cries of these In agony. It Is a wonder
te me that mere were net mere serious
ly injured, or, indeed, killed.
"e i,nvn n Tliwl Oesh division here
nt Hnmmonten and the members dressed
hurriedly nnd went te tne wreck, xnere
were nlse many people from Egg Har
bar, nnd they helped get out the in
jured nnd put them en the relief train.
"The American I.eslen boys were
wonderful. Their experience in France
came In fine. Many get down en their
knees nnd tried te help get out the men
and women beneath the cars. And these
boys knew hew te dress injuries, tee.
"The fortitude of these hurt wns also
surprising. Every one wns mere than
brave and willing te wait until some
one else, mere fcerieusly hurt, had been
nttended te."
WORK OF CLEARING
DEBRIS IS STARTED
Twe wrecking trains of locomotives
nnd cars bearing cranes nud ether
equipment, with n third trnin standing
by, arc at the scene of the wreck. W itli
them are a corps of officials and 200
workmen. It Is believed it will take
eighteen te twenty hours te clear away
the debris.
At 11 ocleck mere bodies were be
lieved te be in the wreck. Ten persons
nt last count are listed as missing or
unaccounted for among the eighty -nine
known passengers.
A score of railway police and detec
tives quickly formed a cordon about the
wreck, which is a dangerous spot be
cause of the heavy Reading trnffic en
the overhead right of wav. They were
ra-enferced by n dozen Stnte troopers.
About two hundied nnd fifty auto
mobiles were pnrked beside the read ad
joining and scores mere were nrriving
every hour from all parts of the com
pass. Hundreds nrrived en feet from
the surrounding countryside, crossing
the fields, sodden with last night's rain,
te reach the dismal scene.
It wns believed great difficulty would
be experienced in cienrlng nnd repair
ing the Pennsylvania Cape May right
of way. One of the rails of the single
track was twisted into n giant letter
"S" by the force of the descending
wrcckage hailed from the Beading
tracks above.
In one of the cars the wreckers found
a woman's green unbrella with imita
tion hnry handle bearing the initials
"L. G." en the top.
On the tun of nnetber wrecked conch
removed fiem the smashed Pullman in
which the porter. .Tnmes Owen, died nt
Honeymoon Halted
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LOUIS COLKUB
MRS. LOUIS COLKICR
Were married here yesterday und
had traveled thirty miles ul thtir
lioneymeon trip when the train wen
wrecked at Winslow Juiictlua,
N. J. lletli were Injured
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green cexercd and partly burned, which n,m a " " ' " ". ,., ., ', of the three vie lms in the morgue had
had been thrown there by the Impact ball, Miller worked like a Trojan te net btfCIl 1(entltied that numerous per
in some queer way. aid the suffering victims nfter he nar- . sons started te gather nt the entrance
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HANDS BABY TO RESCUER,
FALLS BACK INTO CAR, DEAD
Passenger's Tragic End Described by Rey Cepe, Who Aids
Injured Eye-Witnesses Tell of Accident
Bey Cepe, of 2403 North Klxth
street, who was riding In the fourth
conch of the train, described the rcscue
of several injured pcrseni from the
wreckage.
I was asleen when the crash came.
he said. "I wns nwakend by a tre
mendous jolt. I found myself hurtling
down the aisle toward the front of the
coach.
'The car thca slid down an embank
ment nnd turned bver en Its sjdc ns it
came te a step. Fortunately I was
standing en the side of the car In a
place where I could reach up te a win
dow from which the glass hnd been
broken. I pulled myself through thin
opening and then assisted some of the
ethers out.
"One man handed me n bnby girl nnd
then dropped ever In the car apparently
dead. There were no women in the
coach in which I was riding.
"Several of the men found their way
te this window nnd I assisted them out.
We could hear ethers groaning in the
car: some of them severely Injured nnd
pinned fast were unable te rise. Other
rescuers seen arrived te help the Injured
out of the wreckage.
, Saw Baby Die
"While I wns wnlking through the
relief train en the way te Atlantic
Citv I noticed n husband and wife sit
ting en n seat, with bleed pouring from
cuts en their faces nnd arms. Hefore
them, en another seat, lay a little
baby. 'Hew is she new,' the mother
asked.
"Leaning ever the little fnce. all
covered with bleed, the young husband
looked Intently for a moment. Then
he resumed his sent and quietly took
his wife's hand. 'Edle Is dend,' he
said. The wife fainted.
"In one of the cars three men weru
trapped by closing in of steel walls and
frames. Twe were dend, one was caught
from the thighs down. Ills legs were
broken in six plnces and he wns severe
ly cut. He hammered for help nml
cried. 'Get me out, my feet are in
dreadful pain.' As n matter of fact,
it was his legs and net his feet thnt
were injured.
"Finally the beams were bent aside
and he was lifted out. The release of
the pressure caused him te bleed te
death.
Brakeman Tells of Crash
"It was a beautiful sight te see the
volunteer rescuers, themselves cut nnd
battered, working te rescue their less
fortunate fellow passengers.
Cepe wns severely cut en the right
shoulder nnd suffered cuts and bruises
en ether parts of his body. He was
taken te the Cooper Hospital in Cam-
j den en the special train. Despite his
I Injuries he did net leave the scene of
the wreck until forced te. Alter treat
ment nt the Cooper Hospital he went te
his home.
Jonathan Miller, of Lebanon, Pa.,
a student nt the University of Penn
sylvania Dental Scheel, and a brake
man en the trnin, said he wns In the
fourth coach when the wreck occurred
"There was a terrific jolt," he said,
"and everybody in the car took a
headlong dive tewnrd the front of the
Football Star Drags Passengers
Frem Overturned Coaches and
Administers First Aid
WORKING AS A BRAKEMAN
One of the outstanding iierees in the
wreck of the Atlantic City flier at
Winslow Junction was Jonathan K.
"Poss" Miller, captain of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania football tenm of
11)21
Small of stature, but with mus
cics nke Iren and n stamlnn that gained
' . v. - 4U !,.
Ha was a uraisi.-iiiuu uu un- .ci
rtn n ieb he took for the summer
MILLER HERO
ON WRECKED FLIER
5T7" 'te keep in trim for next year's foot feet
'V, ball encounters.
"I certainly i, ", .-
said when going through the long trnin.
checking up the passengers. I must
liove been born under a luckr star.
Miller was reluctant te d.ecuss his
braverv, although Injured pi'senpers
pointed him out as otje of the bravest
men they had ever seen.
"Hew the thing nctualiv happened I
don't knew." Miller said. "I think
we hit n switch nnd then I felt myself
going down nnd down nnd down. Then
we came te a sudden step.
"I wasn't very much hurt, although
shaken up a bit. I crawled through a
window- of the overturned couch and
made my way along the line. After I
had assisted some of the passengers from
the ether couches, I rnn te the cngina
te sce if it had cnught fire. It was in
noed condition, se I turned around te
sec what I could de for the victims wLe
weren't ns fortunate as I wus."
That is the story "Poss" Miller tells,
k tmir.n of the iassengers who saw
i him work have a different version.
a !. rn r niini iiiiiit iv-ii n iii
the job. It seemed, even before the first
shock of the crash had been felt. He
crnwled from one overturned conch te
the ether, dragging the unconscious .
passengers through doorways and win- "
dews. Several of the Injured said they
..i n,Pir lives te the football player,
and were profuse in their praise of
him.
It was Miller, they say, who first ad
ministered aid te suffering men an!
women who lay stretched en the ground
beside the wreck. When .ither help
arrived he continued his search for vic
tims and was Instrumental in quiet
ing the frantic-stricken passengers
cnught In the conches and unable te
extricate themselves.
Miller has been star halfback of the
Venn team two jears. He has played
in all sports for a decade, and has
never been hurt. Miller is twenty
four years old and a senior In the Den
tal Scheel. He belongs te the Delta
Upsllen Fraternity.
FIVE WRECK VICTIMS
TAKEN TO CAMDEN
Cooper Hespltnl in Camden received
news of the wreck shortly after it oc
curred with a report that a special
train wns te bring thirty injured per per
tens there.
The entire hospital stntr was prepared
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coach. The conch was fairly well filled
and most of the pnsengers were in a
heap near the front deer when the
couch settled at the bottom of the
bank.
Lights Still Burn, Help Itcsciie
"After helping nil ethers thnt we.
could I took n leek around the trnin.
At the engine I saw the legs of a man
pretrudlng upward. 1 supposed tnnt
it wns the engineer, ns n man supposed
te be the firemnn. was taken out dean
Although his body had no identifying lenn legion Pest 1. of Hnmmonten,
marks, the man had en canvas gloves ' were providing ces and Improved beds
nnd workman's clothing. I for the injured nleng the station plat-
"The lights en the trnin kept right ' form. Several of the men rushed about
en burning brightly nfter the wreck the town shouting news of the wreck,
which grcatlv aided the rescuers in Mere thnn n score of residents hustled
getting out the victims. There was no cots and couches from their homes, as
lire, however, in nnv part of the train, well as bed coverings. These were
Miller, who is spending his summer ' piled onto n truck which wns commnn cemmnn commnn
vncatien "braking" for the railroad (leered by the veterans nnd the very
company, was cut and bruNed. and was necessary supplies were rushed te the
the only ether of the victims brought te scene.
Cooper Hospital, in Camden. This practical co-operation greatly
' "News of the wreck had reached the aided the work of the brave nurse.
hospital long before we get there," Mil-
ler said. "There was a large stuff of
physlcinns nnd nurses en hand, who
said that they had been told that about
thirty of the victims were being brought
te thnt hespitul."
G. A. Beit-help, "middleman" en the
trnin. also told of rccIiil' the lees of n
mun sticking upward from the wreckage i
of the engine.
"I believed It te be the body of the I
engineer. Undoubtedly lie had been .
killed instantly. The fireman was car- '
ried nwny from the wreckage dead.
There was a large black streak across
Ills face as though he hnd been dragged
along th'- bed of the read. He, tee,
was undoubtedly killed outright
The train wus going at ten sntcd !
when the crnsh ncrnrreil. Thern i n
bend in the trnck near the switch for j
lift trnlnu tl.nt turn rtfF tn flnn-in fitv .
and ether points, but the trains bound I
for Atlantic City have a straightawu I
I course and de net need te slew down." '
te take care of the victims und ready
for any emergency operations, with a
large number of physicians and nurses I
en hand. i
When the special train arrived, hew-
ever, it carried only two of the In
iiired. Jonathan Mille, of Lebnnen, and
Bev Cepe. U4():i North Sixth street,
Philadelphia, who were treated and later '
were aide te leave for their homes. I
Three ethers were en the train but
were dead nnd were sent immediately
te the Cutndcn Morgue. They were A.
Deloscie, 10K Linden nvenue, Pleasant
vllle. N. .1.; William Souder. 11!) Seuth
Missouri avenue, Atlantic City, and an
unidentified man.
The relief train bearing the bodies of
the five victims te Camden reached
Kalghn's Point Perry shortly nfter 4
o'clock. The three men whose bodies
are at the morgue died en the way.
Ambulances, Which met the train.
rushed Miller and Cepe, who were un
conscious, te the hespitul. At that time
it was thought they aNe would die.
Ilesidents of Camden did net knew
of the wreck until secral hours after
Corener Hell had thrown open tit
I morgue In anticipation of mere bodies.
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When word of the Window Junction
wreck reached Hnmmonten one of thJ
very first en the .scene was Miss Mary
Ceterell. n Bed Cress nurse who had
seen active service in the World War,
Many passengers were still In tha
wreckage when she nrrived. Their
cries for help were growing feebler.
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"Get my little girl." said a wemrji
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of splintered Iren and weed.
Miss Ceterell hnd found n child in
the wreckage near the woman a few
moments before.
"We have her." said Miss Ceterell,
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