Show PASSENGERS UN PENNSYLVANIA PERISH LIKE RA RATS IS IN TRAP TRAPi i 1 Electric I Cars Plunge Into Water and those Inside Meet Death Without Getting Even a p Fighting Chance i for Their Lives f I WD DOZENS ZENS AND AD I DOZENS OF DEAD SAYS DIVER j t Whole Musical Organization Wiped Out Out Drowned Drowned Persons if 1 Were Mostly Philadelphians and Number at Least Fifty f Morel More t and Perhaps Many f w I k ft Atlantic Cit City Oct act ct IS S.-At S. At least 50 c 4 persons arid in all probability GO CO or 01 ll 70 iO O lost t their lives ll In a horrible mallI manner man mall J ner Just outside outs city at o'clock this afternoon when a threecE three thice- I ti cE car electric train ovet the P Pennsylvania's Pennsyl pennsyl- vania's railroad third rail 1311 system 7 r running about 2 25 miles an hour struck r a n spreading rail upon the drawbridge that carries the thc tracks trade over the beach thoroughfare and plunged headlong Into 35 36 feet of water E gery man luau woman and child hiltl in the thc first two cars perished without even a remote fi fighting light fight ht- ht ing Ing- chance for foi their lives The cats cat's I were closely cl ve with tIght air t- t windows There was no escaping from t From Froni th the third car a few Cew managed lo o make their way from the rear INU end cull as as ts U this this- ls rested ted above water vater upon one of f tho tim projecting piers of ot the bridge c nut hut thc they w were re cut a and bruised d ai nel and anel the they said ai l that hat there l j A ren man many J Jj J lj the thc I f no fI tj n c 1 ri ul J i- i b been t. t recovered c e cd No No accurate te of ot orr r r number of t dead deall can be obtained d pj James S S. Curtic the tho conj con con- p j of the train ala is alive b but t he ise la is e gO So led with wilh grief and sh ck th t li J r H m mu u l I 1 n S Ud t-t t UJ t 1 vary LJ 3 from r om m mM M to 1304 f f Train Was US Well Pi Tiled It I Is known that the train WOK was fair fairly well velL filled when It left Camden and it took on more pas at New New- IW Held the junction point of the Iho Cape rr May tay Ia division and at upon the other side ilde of oC the Meadows 1 from here I 1 i survive sur the Iho wreck wrede who Passengers S 'S declare that there were at least pert persons ns II in the three cars which have u havea a capacity of about 58 calt cah i Nobody Is trying to determine the number of oC victims tonight hL Every Ivery ef- ef tort foil nit Is Is being bent toward recovering the bodies A hundred yachts and motor notor boats bonts and anti skiffs arc are out at tho the drawbridge tilling filling the thc waters of the thenan nan lW t thoroughfare These boats ar are manned by hy men who are arc worl working like fien fiends s although pitiably there Is little they can doA do A 4 wrecking train Is drawn up UI just justi i above the spot where the three sub sub- merged e-d e cars aI are lying Hut Bui its Us powerful powerful power power- ful UI derricks cannot attempt to lo raise the thc cars for tor th the bridge Is a n light structure and auth a any 11 stron strong pull would drag the derricks into the thoroughfare thorough thorough- fa fare faie 1 It has been Impo Impossible so far to attach hoisting chains to the cars In the thc light of or at acetylene lenc automobile lamps electric search lights light and locomotive loco loco- b. b motive headlights there are men In iii the small boat boats grappling for tor bodies that may po possibly be bl swept out of or the car cau with oyster tongs tons and heavy line I Jl EJ SHOCKING G ING STORY Dead h hy Imy Io unel Dozens nao are 4 1 Piled In lii Heaps j John hn Cooney Conney a dl liver diver has been down doii bc beside the thc submerged coaches time after time until his hilS physical strength Is completely gUile gone All AU h he h. could do was vas to bring up with him a ace ce heartrending tory of what he lie saw be be- 4 low Rough Hough and hardened man as he heIs I Is If tears teru were streaming down his cheeks and his voice was broken en with i sobs as S he ho c came up UI for the first time lime and remo c removed tho the rubber helmet from 1 his head hend My Iy 1 God people he said they 1 arc 10 lying down there thero b by dozens and arni doz dozens ns all jammed to together ether dead The They did not have a seconds second's chance for fOl their lives I 1 could only get Jet a aS S good look at the first car Up in front of that there are arc twenty or thirty people all In a n bunch The he bod body of a man maim in uniform hie he he must have hu been the Is motorman Is sort of or half floating and anh resting on en one of or those bras lS along alonA the time upper I part of or one of the sides of or the car S Theres one wl man with her hOl baby right up her breast brewst tight an WI she fihe could get It Tho The two bodies were lying acro a seat S And Andl I 1 saw sav a bab baby with a big cut on its ib little cheek cheele Its body cumo carno kind hind of bumping and bumping against tho the window as I 1 was looking through an as anif if Jr It ItUS was vas askIm asking me to take tako it IL out JUt I Men do Men do not ask me 1110 to tell you alJ any ally more about It I cannot Its It's too awful It Us WOI C than hell down there And I could not do anything All 11 Iv Ive I've got sot Is this leaky old rubber diving ln suit and a n hoer beer pump rigged ell up to jive give Ive me nw air ala Tills This was true It Is a marvel that Cooney COOlley did not lo lose lone e hl his own life liCe down fu lii the cold salt Halt water ater with time the swift h lido tide rushing about him and amul only a allm alIm rickety tub lube to give elve him air Other PIs dl have been telegraphed k to for tOl I from Crom Philadelphia New ew York But Dut the they will not be he able to do much work until daylight mind and there is It no hope hOllO of oC raising the cars or 01 recovering must most of the tho dead until their thell Relatives Il Bc e Jo Hospitals i In the city hospital here there ar armore are more mora than a dozen ibsen persons persona seriously t- t Injured twine some of or whom may diu before 0 1 morning The he hospital Is besieged b by hundreds of or men and women who fear eal th that their relatives or 01 friends s may ha have been aboard the thc fated Ill train The Empire building and police pollee headquarters which vh Ich first reed received ved bodies as ss R. R the they were brought In the cH city are aie also thronged by hundreds At least 2000 persons have ha come comedown comedown comedown down from Philadelphia during dUling the late afternoon and evening and are wandering about distractedly from place to place seeking any fragment of or news they ma may obtain But Dut there Is little satisfaction for tor them Nobody No No- hod body knows who these dead clead people are arc heating about In the submerged cars bumping and bumping humping as the diver described It It a against aln t the thc confining In lag ing glass of or the thc doors and windows Sn Sunday mitla Crowd CIo on BOI Board el The Thc train of three cars left Camden Cam Cain den on OIl lime time at al 1 At the handle was tas Walter Wal al alter ter tel Scott of oC Camden Charles Wood rood of Camden was the brakeman and James I L al also o of oC that city the conductor The usual crowd of or Sun Sunday a passengers was aboard some same of going oln down clown to the hc beach to try uy tim tho f of riding riding riding rid rid- ing over ovel the the- now new electric road which has been In operation only sInce September Sep Sd- I 10 0 Others weeo Atlantic City people returning from visits and preferring pre pre- ferring to take this train In Instead 0 of the steam m roads and a n. few Con tron other cities Intending to make mako at tho r sort resort j ClIe or 01 tr r. r I Il h ro rp aJ at least loat L ten len PC IJ tal I on Oil on tho train i rolled alun along to and there at exactly 2 20 25 jon j- j on oil time to tn the second 11 Here 1 there was Wa 4 a short Mop of about half a min main ute and soon somi the fl motor car cal pulling Its IlM two tr trailers came CUIne- to III thed the th ed edge idge c of nC f th the drawbridge This Flits Is u a wood wooden structure about 15 Hi feet feel above water vater supported by four heavy woo wooden en piers strengthened b by thick t. It i is next to 10 the southernmost i of the series of bridges that cross CIOS the thc Beach Bach thoroughfare within half haIr a mile I ic t corn comes Cs t the lu Pennsylvania's bridge for Its ilK steam trains then the suburban traction companies companies' trolley bridge then th the Reading railroad bridge Beyond this to the south couth Is the tho structure that carries the Atlantic Shore trolley system over tho thorough thoroughfare fare The Thc thoroughfare is about yards wide at this timis point All 11 Well Was WU Si Signalled Pletto Pietro an It Italian llan der was the on only I person lerson ler on upon the bridge as the electric loll rolled roiled d out alit He lie waved a white while Oa flag as a II signal nal that all was well vell and Motorman l Scott coll swung hl his controller lever level around until his train was moving at al the late of if about twenty five miles an au hour It came cameon on swiftly anI naIl and 1 smooth smoothly foi fam yearly pearly learl yards Ich at the must half the distance distance distance dis dis- tance across acro the time bridge blIcS Then Thon with only a little noisy bump the tho front lOnt wheels of oC the motor car jumped to lo the right ht off ofT the trades tracks ripping the right right- hand rail from its ilM spikes In an In Instant Iii In- stant nt the rear wheels jumped then the she second car nit inc tue open space where th the rail had been pushed aside and th then n the lie thui third d and the time whole train was vas free of or the bonds that had hac held it to Its cour course e and was running wild ill Scott tried tiled to throw on all the tho force of or his brakes Ann And he ho did succeed In slackening Blackening UI up the speed of or the tIme pounding swaying train to some Rome ext extent ex ex- t tent nt the survivors sa say for fOI they were thrown back In their teats seats But the tho momentum was too great reaL Swinging first to the left safety and then hen to the right In the wa way of death time the three cars III like e some seine great drunken en snake plunged along alons for or about feet their wheels cuttin cutting cutting cut cut- tin ting Into the tho soft sorl woo wood ties ane and ripping ripping rip rip- ping Ing out length th after aCter length of rails Then with a final swerve the car reached the thc edge of tho the tics seemed to pause for fOl a fraction of a a. second In mid-air mid and fell lengthwise dragging ras ln the thc second car after Il It to the water 15 feet feet- below Still attached the third car followed SPIRIT OP Oli HEROISM l ALIVE l Men Not ot Sum Sill of Their Om 0 Own ii 11 Safe Safet Safety Jump tl to 10 rIH There rc was none of oC the thc clamor of or explosion the crackle of or lames flames or 01 the tho hiss hisa of oC scalding steam about this wreck It was Va strangely from the wrecks which are arc familiar In tho the experience of those whoso whose duty calls upon them to tu view such scenes There was scarcely carcel an any nol o at nt all Just three thieo great reat splashes al almost most am merged Into one omie which sent a mighty wave almost to tho the height of oC the tile top tOI of the drawbridge and the thou then II a crunch of ur wood as the rear end of oC the third car struck struel upon the pier lier supporting tho the thoI middle or em of the thc structure IJO I In Iii a n couple coupie of seconds a human form shot head first above time the surface of the water ater and a man maim in tn a light over ver- overcoat coat who had been thrown through a u window In ilL the forward nd of or tho 1 last Ut ear car the end that was submerged struck out for the pier Then came caine two tso more lIole men and a bo boy all nil of them could CoLlid swim marlin but the little fellow andone and amid one of tho the men inca nearest him swam swain to his sub Ride and s aided illel him to get gut to the tho wooden Sillies Then came camo u u. woman woman wo wo- man then another and amI another The rho Continued on Pa Page Pago o Two PASSENGERS ON PENNSYLVANIA RR HR PERISH LIKE RATS Continued From First Page three women threshed about wildly with their arms and two of oC them disappeared disappeared dis dis- appeared twice but the spirit of ot heroIsm heroism hero hero- J ism m was alive alve anti and men who were not yet ct sure of oC their own o n safety went vent ventI I daring to the rescue More ole than half of oC this third car was under water vater id nd it I was pointed forward forward for tor- ward and down so io O that those still living liv liv- 1 the tho end ing lug were vere about upper of ot it I it clinging to racks and scat seat backs J and whatever el the they could I lay cu their hands to to half halt choked closely cosely Jammed In Ill a mass maR of or fighting humanity But Dut the they fought for each cach other as ns well wel as each for himself and man many a talc tale of ot splendid gallantry Is 18 told tol among the thc survivors tonight Down stream a couple of oC hundred yards ards were two skiffs filled fled with late fishermen a n motor boat or two were wor chugging along at a greater distance while fa far faraway I away were a n dozen or more little 4 z yachts of or the tho type typo which sail sai about t thc those these e Inland waters water As soon goon as tho occupants of ot these craft could believe J their eyes could realize that this was vas dream this k not some horrible daylight I awful spectacle which without a I sound sund of ot warning had come como across their vision Islon In Iii a a few seconds the they 31 I made for tho the rescue n Jels Jel's Lost ost t IJ-t No Xo Time 7 4 I Another score or so of or railroad men menA A r and residents of tho the few ew houses near I tho the thoroughfare who also had seen r that sudden plunge and that big ghastly wave ran mn to the tho drawbridge c and sped across its perilous length Tile The They grabbed up ropes and poles as thc they ran rai All Al these men mn got to work Instant instantly Some clambered over the I C edge of or the third car cr anti and by sheer t t. t strength hauled up tho lie half-exhausted half from within Others let Jet letdown passengers down IOWa their ropes and poles still sti others oth oth- ers era cr rowed about bout and picked up an occasional oc oc- oc- oc f form Corm that would suddenly appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear above the tho surface In this manner man man- ner tier perhaps twenty five or thirty were wele saved sved Every Ever OUR one was from the thelast j last car eal But the dread invisibility of those two forward olward cars the absence J of or ot C a n trace or sound from rom them them them-it them them-I It was horrible ghastly hat anti and stupefying But nut there were wele traces luces for Just a few Cew see see- 5 Little Lite bubbles would rise to the i surface of the salt sal arm of oC the sea and andI I break The rescuers knew what that thal meant and ant sickened at the tho sight sight Every Ever bubble bubblo was a I bit of precious air airI J I from the lungs of some somo of oC those doomed men and women away avay down town there at nt the lie bottom penned In like 10 rats rat in a trap dying choking smothering smothering ering for fOI a breath It I was all ni over o er In lii ten minutes In that lapse of time every one still alive alve had hat been hauled out to safety covered with wih blankets ets and anti overcoats and ant rushed to hospitals and ant places of oC refuge Some were hurt nearly to death some were unconscious unconscious front from the water In their lungs I and exposure somo some were not injured at all al merely merel wet and cold But nut there i was aid and |