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NIIKASA BURNED.
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Fire Got to the Magazine And
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. An Expk)sion Follows.
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SIX HUNDRED LOST.
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The Pride of the Japanese Navy Sinks
Into the Sea. She was Toko's
Flagship, but he was not on
Board When the Terrible
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Accident Took Place.
A dispatch from Tokio says the
Japanese ^wy department announces
mat tne ovtuesmp MiKasa nan oeen
destroyed oy fire and the explosion of
her magazine, caurfrg the loss of 599
lives, Including men of other ships,
who wer>fc to the rescue.
The tire star. d from an unknown
cause at midnight on Surul\y night,
September loth. Before the t fillers
could he rescured, the fire reached
the aft magazine, blowing a holo in
the port side of the vessel below tin
water line and causing the ship to
sink.
An investigation is now being held
to determine the cause of the fire.
As is well known the Mikasa was Admiral
Togo's tla/shlp, but he was not
on hoard when the terrible accident
happened.
Tue Jkhip was at anchor in Sasebo
harbonwhen the tire started at the
base of the mainmast at midnight.
It spread with great rapidity, exploding
the after magazine, an hour after
the fire had been discovered.
The Mikasa sank in shallow water
and it is believed the ship can be repaired.
Uiscuing parties were ssnt
from the various warships in the harbor
and there were heavy casualties
among them.
Various conjectures are current as
to t.he cansp. nf the fire. Soma attri
buto it to an overcharge of electricit y.
Great relief was felt throughout Japan,
when it was learned that Admiral
Togo was not on .board the ship
at the time of the lire. The disaster
has cast a gloom over the whole cf
Japan.
A fUOLiSH bOY
SliootH Two Yoiiiik LxIIoh anil Then
IviIIh Himself.
At Frederick, Md., because his 16
year old sweetheart persisted in her
refusal to marry him and had dismissed
him, L-e Waddle, 17 years of age
la dead by hi3 own hand, the sweetheart,
Nellie E'chelberger, is suffering
from two pistol shot wounds that
may prove fatal and her friend and
companion, Maud I)avl3, has a bullet
wound through her arm.
Weddle was the son of a prominent
builder and contractor of Thurnout,
this county, at which place the trag
edy took place last night. Miss Eichelberger,
with Miss Davis and another
girl were shopping and had reached
the public square of Tburmont when
Weodle approached and took Miss
Eichelberger to task for sending him
tils letter of dismissal. Upon her
J reiterating the sentiments she had ex
pressed In the letter, WeddJo drew a
revolver and fired at her twice.
The fiist of the bullets went
through Miss Davis's arm and into
Miss Eiohelberger's left shoulder; the
second penetrating a few inches to
the right of the first. As his victim
fell fainting to the ground, the boy
behoving he had killed her, turned
tie weapon and suit two bullets
through his own heart, dying instant
ly. lli is yaid to have threatened
such an act on several occasions.
l^uick. YVoi k.
The New York American says the
divorce suit by which Mrs. Cecilia
. L9wls was fre/d from her husband,
>- was instituted laot June, and broke
all records in point of time consumed
in its trial. It took Justice Mareau
just two minutes to grant an interlo
cucory degree. The three months
that must elapse before the final de
gree is s'gned expired at midnight on
Sunday. Mrs. Lewis was so anxious
to obtain her freedom that she in.
struoted her lawyer to have document
pigned immediately at the stroke of
twelve. She had made all arrangements
for her wedding to Senator
Wilcox Wednesday. The lawyer was
unable to get a Justice to execute the
degree until Wednesday afternoon.
The wedding had to be postponed,
much to Mrs Lewis' chagrin.
An Old }lri(l('Kr(Miiu.
A dispatch from Richmond, Va.,
ninety years old, six times married,
and the father of forty-four
children, is the record of Jacob Kin/
noy, better known as "Major," who
\ v' j applied for and secured a licence at
\J the Henrico County Clerk's Office
I Tuesday morning to wed one Ann
jS j Green, who is also no novice on the
I matrimonial sea and is sixty years of
W* I age. In recent years the old man has
-<ftft \heen getting feeble, and has been supworted
by his sons. When asked what
&A Ue meant by jotting married again
iSL v?sald: *nee(*a help
I Cilmnt Deftd*
X y'Bud" Uogan, the Tennesce negro
'(ant is dead at Gallatin Tenn. He
I [? eight feet nine inches tall. His
ft were 12 inches in length and
\jiefe la 1-2 inohes long.
JOBS 00 BEOOINO.
Offices Southern Democrats Could Get
If They Tr ed.
CauHOH of Failure to Participate. One
Section of the Country Whoro
There Id a Shortage.
The discovery made through the
personal investigation of Commissioner
Greene, of the United States
olvll service commission, that Demo
erats as a class refrain from participating
in the civil service examinations
in the South serves to explain
in a measure a point which has puzzled
l-ua i 1 * 1 *-1
uuc wmiui^iuumrii lung time, namely,
the dltliculty in maintaining registers
of Southern eliglbles sullloiently
large to enable the Southern states to
receive their proper quota in federal
appointments. This information wax
obtained by Commissioner Greene
while in Kentucky, North Carolina
and Tennessee on initial business.
Commissioner Greene lost no time in
making public the results of his investigation,
and uow the civil service
commission is doing all in Its power
to rectify this c .ndlti'?u of r.lTairs.
Various causes are assigned for the
reluctance of St ui hern Demi crats to
enter the lists for federal p'um Mr.
Greene obtained the impression that
the main cause wa3 the prevalence of
a feeling that, despite academic assurances
to the contrary, the spoils
still belong to the victors, and that,
therefore, a Democrat, however good
a showing he might make in a c( muetifcivc?
ex amination, stands but little
show of appointment. To correct this
impression Mr. Greene has used the
columns (f several newspapers of the
North to call renewed attent ion to the
non-partisan ciiaracter of appointments
made under the civil service
act and to cite the fact that the only
reason why Republicans are in so
large a majority in the minor federal
otllC'.s of the S< uth Is that Democrats
iiiwu i>iiettiiiu.Mjiy ueciineu to taKC one
examinations thereby leaving the
commission a list composed entirely of
Republicans from which to make the
federal selections.
The average rating obtained by
competitors from Southern states is
lower than that of the Northern
spates. The Democratic party, being
the dominant party, of course comprises
the better intelligence as a
whole of the community. It is therefore
evident that if tho Democrats as
a class should enter the lists of federal
appointment the standard of eligibles
w( uld be raised and more Democrats
than Republicans would be appointed,
because there are more Democrats
than Republicans in the South who
have the required qualifications. The
iirst state entitled to an appointment
at this time is Louisiana. It will take
twenty-nine appointments fr im Lou
lsiaua to bring it up into the list of
Northern states in the order of appointment.
Unless a special effort
had been made to induce applicants
from Louisiana to come forward and
take the examination it would have
run further and further behind in its
share of appointments.
As it is, eight men and five women
passed the examination for clerk, and
one woman passed for bojkkeeping.
It will be observed, however, that this
does not provide nearly encugh eligibles
to give Louisiana its due share
of appointments. The state next in
turn for appointments after Louisiana
is Alabama. This s:ate will be entitled
to thirty five appointments to
the share which Illinois now has. The
May examinations nrovlded twelve
men and six women ellgibles for
clerks, but this is not nearly enough
to till Its quota. Following Alabama
comes Mississippi. This state Is en
titled to have twenty-three appointments
to bring It abreast with Mlnne
sota. It furnished only seven men
and three women for the clerk register
and one man for the bookkeeping
register.
Taking the remaining Southern
states in the order in which they are
entitled to receive appointments, they
are Arkansas Texas, Georgia, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Missouri, South
Carolina and North Carolina. These
states are each entitled to from fifteen
to twenty appointments to bring
up their quotas, and male stenographers
will have an especially good
chance of early appointment. Friends
of the South in Washington hope that
the present efforts of the civil service
commission will result similarly to the
movement inaugurated by President
Harrison, which resulted in some 200
Southern appointments in the federal
service.
Cietn a Good Job.
Former Judge Alton B. Parker will
succeed Professor Collins as chief
counsel for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company at an annual salary of
$100,000, according to an announcement
Thursday. Professor Collins has
retired, and the Arm of Collins &
Sheehan, which has acted for years In
an advisory capacity to the company.
will be known as Sheehan & Parker.
William P. Sbeehan was one of Parker's
strongest supporters in the recent
presidential campaign.
Oat Snland Boy.
While some boys were bathing in a
creek near Belfast, Ga., recently a
wildcat suddenly darted from behind
a pile of lumber and fastened its teeth
in the leg of John Mahoney, a boy of
about 12 years of age.. Messrs! 0. L.
Skinner and A. L. Ktrkland were at
the hotel, some yards distant, and
hearing the screams of the lad, secured
guns and hurried to the scene.
They found the animal still holding
on to the boy's limb and making a
frantic effort to chew it ur i A timely
shot from Mr. Skinner s gun only
saved the lad from losing his leg.
NEW YORK LIFE
Insurance Company Contributed
to Republican Fund In
THE PAST CAMPAIGN.
George W. Perkins, of J. P. Morgan &
Co., the Star Witness at Friday's
Legislative Inquiry. Parker's
Flection Would Impair
Comnany's Assets.
George W. Perkins, member of the
tirm of J. P. Morgan & Co., and llrst
vice president of the New York Life
Insurance company, was the star witness
at Friday's session of the special
legislative com mitt e in New York
probing life insurance companies'
methods and his testimony was
i?o r\l nf^ I ? A-1 ? 1 -- n
&.\ ?/isuIU ni n; vcHitiui s 11.1 11
nance as applied to Jtuuiance companes.
TheoPmax of the day oimc
when Mr. Perkins was asked couceroan
entry of $48,702 iu a ledger marked
"ordered paid Vjy tlie pres dmt."
Mr. Pe kins hud b?en called to tes
tify as t<? Koine other transactions and
after a recess ho was asked to produce
the c'^eck. It was made out payable
to J. P. Morgan & Co , and Mr. Perkins
frankly staud it was a Contribution
to the national republican campaign
committee and had been paid to
CorneUious N. Miss. Mr. Perkins
said:
"This payment was made after very
careful deliberation. It must not be
considered an ordinary contribution to
the campaign fund. It was paid because
we felt the assets of the New
York Life Im-uranca company would
be j*opardizxl by a Democratic success."
Mr. Perkins Raid contributions were
also made in 1900 and 1890 As an
illustration witness said the lirst contribution
made was in 1890 by President
McCall, who is a Democrat "He
contributed money to the McKlnley
campaign fund and voted for Mc Kinley
because lie felt it was in the best interests
of the policy holders of his company."
Tills b om caused a murmur
of conversation about the room, which
had become packed with spectators.
St anding room was at a premium, and
everyone bent forward to catch the
testimony. This was hardly necessary
for Mr. Perkins spoke distinctly, in a
voice audible throughout ttie room,
lie paced the small platform upon
which the witness chair is placed just
before the committee s rostrum and
accompanied his explanations with
earnest gestures oftentimes suggesting
question to the council.
Pursuing the check inquiry further
Mr. Hughes brought out that this expenditure
was never brought to the
attention of the finance committee,
the witness terming ita"purely execu
tlve action." It was charged against
cash on the books of the Hanoverbank
cilice or financial department. The
witness did not know against what account
other contributions were made,
but he would furnish data.
Mr. Perkins here Interposed:
"I would like to make one statement.
The fact that the check Is drawn to J.
P. Morgan & Co. has no slgniticance.
I paid out trie money and it was merely
because of a convenience of repayment
that the check was made paya
ble to J. P. Morgan & Oo."
"What other contributions to political
campaign funds have been made
by fie New York Life?"
"None to my knowledge."
Mr. Hughes asked Mr. Perkins to
explain how on the books In the syndicate
action by which 8800.000 in
bonds was sold on December 31, 1901,
and bought back January 2, 1902,
there was nhfiwn on \ u'ri., ..f
the account $100,000 and on the credit)
side $800,000, and Mr. Perkins replied:
"I am glad that you brought that
matter up. In that transaction we
asked for $5,000,000 of bonds and only
got $4,000,000. We made up our
1 minds to sell $800,000. When It came.
1 to the end of the year we sold $800,000
and Instead of taking a loss of
$100,000, we only took a loss of $80.000.
I arranged with J. P. Morgan &
Co., to sell it at a price and then I
bought it back at the same prlci. After
rebuying I held on to It and finally
sold it at 00. Our first Idea was to
sell at 80, but we finally got 90."
The money was paid by check to J.
P. Morgan & Co.
"Were not the sale and purchase
for the purpose of deceiving the commissioner
of Insurance?"
"No, it was not; securities were depressed
at the time and it was consid
ered a good deal."
"But the real purpose was to have
your books read $3,200,000 instead of
$4 000,000?"
"Yes."
Senator Armstrong here queried
ahout the $48,000 oheok to the cam,
paign fund, lie asked: "How came
the check to be such an odd amount?"
"I do not know exactly except that
Mr. Bliss had asked for $50,000."
"Were you in a position to know of
other campaign contributions?" asked
i Senator Armstrong.
"I don't know, that Is a question
that ought to be looked into. In all
campaign contributions I believe that
the fullest publicity should be attached.
They ought to be publicly
known and there ought to be a law
passed to that effect."
"Is there no self-restraint allowed
the oflloers iu these campaign contributions?"
"None that I know of. I think we
have a right to leave the matter to
the judgment of the offloers."
"If the president out of his own executive
authority without reference to
the tinance committee pays out such
large sums as these, how do they ever
come before the otllcers of the com
panyV"
"I have said the tinance committee
has no authority over the agency accounts
and general expenses. I think
there should be a broadening of this
authority."
Mr. Perkins was closely questioned
as to liis dual connection with the
Now York Life and J. P. Morgan &
Uo., particularly as to sales by the one
concern to the other which were made
by him. He insisted that he was loyal
to both and acted as ho thought
right.
HIDDEN TREASURE
I* Fuurul In MIuIiIkaii by Two Moil
11 x Ht Wook.
Excitement prevails at Northport
owing to the reported finding of a
treasureof $150,000, suppose to be the
booty of two robbers who committed
theft in Chicago about the time of the
great tire.
Last week two aged strangers ap
pcared In Northport and hind a boat
to take them to North Fox Island,
some miles In the bay. Liter they returned
to Northport and secured a
quantity of supplies. It was learned
Uiat they were provided with maps
and charts.
When the, strangers started to re
turn lo the Island it Is reported that
Jay Sprmgel, a barber, and Joe Gag
non a blacksmith, followed In a launch
and watched their movements. Soon
after the man who carried the strangers
to the island returned after tools
la the meantime It is reported that
Spaniel an J Gaguon located the treasure
and got It. Telephone communication
with the island was cut olT and
the story as reported from Northport
by one of the men Is believed to he
correct.
In the late 60's or early 70's a great
robbery took place in Chicago. It is
stated by some that the robbery took
place during the great Chicago fire. A
large amount of money was stolen by
two men, who escaped by a small
schooner, but were pursued by officers.
They eluded the vigilance of their
pursuers and after several days out
sighted South Fox Island.
It is believed they buried the trea
sure on North Fox Island, then uninhabited.
A number of years afterward a man
in a Canadian prison died. Hut before
he died he imparted information of the
robbery and the location of the treasure.
While in prison ho made a chart
of the is'and, showing the exact location
of the Kold. Before he died he
sent the chart to his wife. The widow
married a^ain and to her husband
confided the .,ecret. The husband did
not believe the story and the chart,
was last.
In later years the husband in making
a trip from Mackinaw to Traverse
City passed the Fox Islands and rclat
ed the story of the buried treasure to
the sailors. It is believed that the
sailors, who heard the story, in some
way came poesissed of the chart and
that they sought to unearth the treas
ure.
Denounce** Society,
"Modern society is as corrupt as
hell." These were the words of Bishop
Bowman, the venerable member of the
Evangelical Association, wboarosellke
a patriarch at the meeting of the Ohio
conference in Columbus, Ohio. Wednesday
in the midst of a heated discussion
of the temperance question
and the hold that the saloon and Cox
element has on the Republican party
of the State. "Modern society is a* corrupt
as hell.' Yes, I said It; I will say
1 f. n irO 1 n B rl no I?? ?*Arl i 1 w. I) -
iv utviaicii tins Diauup alter
ward. "1 mean by that card playing,
beer drinking, gambling, dancing,
horse racing. These things are the
teachings of the devil, and what else,
then, than the corruption of hell. 1
don't mean exactly that all classes of
society are corrupt, but what Is popularly
termed as society where the
wealthy aud the moderately wealthy
follow the glare of amusements and
spend their time In riotous living when
not engaged in making money to dissipate.
Killed by Train.
W. M. Pacean. an aged white man,
was struck by a through freight train
as he sat on the S. U. & 0. track at
Inman Friday and was Instantly killed.
It appears to have been a case
of pure negligence on his part. He
was seated on one Bide or the track at
the end of a small trestle when the
freight came by. He made no attempt
to move and was hit by the
locomotive and hurled down an embankment.
Ills body was somewhat
mangled up. The verdict of the jury
was that he came to his death by being
struck by the train and that it
was due to his own carelessness and
further that there was no negligence
on the part of the, railroad company
or its employes.
Hhot by HIm Wtl'o,
At New York George Williamson, a
compositor 29 years old, while on his
way to work Wednesday morning, was
met by his wife, with whom he is not
living. An argument followed over the
payment to her of money ordered by
the court. He was about to enter the
place of employment at 1^0 Center
street, when she pulled 1 revolver
from the folds of her drewI and shot
him In the side. He was Amoved to
the hospital and Is not expected to
live. The woman was ari^sted. Jealousy
was apparently the qiuse.
SEVEN KILLED
By an Explosion in]a|Fuse Factory
at Avon, Conn.
Flrr Follow .Ml t li r? FxploHlon ?nd the
Victims Wore Hurnnd to AhMpb.
Caubo ot Aocl<lont Unknown.
The explosion of a fuse, followed
bv a tiro In a building of the Climax
Fuse Company at Avon, Conn., on
Friday afternoon, caused a panic
among 20 employes In the building
and resulted In the death of soven and
injuries that doubtless will prove fatal
to several others. There was no
way of coping with the llames which
soon spread rapidly and in less than
an hour after the explosion occurred
those who were unable to escape were
In the clutches of a tire that event- ,
ually burned tl elr bodies to ashes.
As the day wore on tho great crowd
that collected in tho hamlet saw the ,
bodies of men and women roasting In j
the tire; powerless to even check the ,
llames. The exact cause of the acci- ,
(leuL may never be known, but It is
the accepted theory here that in an j
etT ?rt to burn out a stoppage in one 1
of the machines, a workman caused
vu explosion of a fuse with tho hot ,
iron he lielcl in liis hand.
T j lose wlio wore in tlio room where
the explosion occurred say that the
exposi m was not severe and ordinarily
would not have caused a panic.
In 11 am in a bio material, bowover, was
set on lire and in a few mom >nts the
room was a mass of lUmos. In an instant
there was a mad rush for the
doors and windows and during the |
scramble many were pushed back into
the building while others were severe- 1
ly burned.
Seon after tho building in which 1
the lives were lost was consumed tiie 1
lire spread to the now structure which
was just completed at a cost of 835,000,
and in a few hours this building
was gutted, only the four walls re- '
malnlng. Two smaller buildings was 1
reduced to ashes, making a total of
four burned,, the lof-s o.i whloh is estimated
to be * 100,000.
KILLED HIMSELF?
\ Yuung Marion Farmer Fouml
Dead in tho ltoad.
A dispatch from Marlon to the
State says somewhat of a sensation ,
was caused in Marion Friday morning
by the report that Melvln Wig- ,
gins, a respectable young farmer, liv- j
ing across Catlish creek, live miles
west of town, was found dead In the ]
road not far from his home. (
lie had been to Marlon in the morn- ,
ing and had purchased three shells ,
loaded with buckshot, and In some- (
what an intoxicated condition, it is
rumored reached home in the afternoon.
He went to the house of his uncle
and neighbor, Mr. J. W. Wiggins, to
borrow his shotgun. Mr. Wiggins
was not at homo, but upon promising ]
to return the gun before bed time it
was loaned him by Mrs. Wiggins He (
stated that ho wanted the gun for the
purpose of shooting squirrels. He
did not return with the gun, but no
uneasiness was felt. The next heard
of him was when his body was found
this morning by Mr. J. W. Rogers,
who in company with Mr. P. T. Bullard,
after a hasty examination, notified
his relatives. Magistrate Oliver
was summoned to hold an inquest,
the jnry linding a verdict that the
deceased came to his death by his own
hands.
Toe unfortunate young man was an
orphan, the son of Mr. James Wiggins,
who died several years ago, His
mother has also been dead for a number
of yeais. He was a peaceable
and quiet young man, well thought
of, never having had a dilllculty with
any one. Tne trago iy was a complete
surprise to every one, for while there
was no reason and no evidence to bus*
pect foul play, still it Is inexplicable
why he should have ended ids own
life. That he had been drinking in
Marion was only a rumor, and it does
not apoear that he showed any indica
tions of being in an intoxicated condition
when he borrowed the gun.
Having Fun After Death.
A humorist lu Japan who jested all
his life told his fri< nds when he was
dying that his body was not to be
washed after death, but was to be
taken at once to tbe family temple
to be cremated. When he died Ids
Instructions were followed. As soon
as it was set on tire the mourners
were astonished by several loud explosionri.
At tirst they were inclined
to take to their heels, but ourloslty
got the better of fear, and carefull inspection
Nhowed that the humorist
had stowed away a large number of
firecrackers about his person before
his death.
victim orKoal Play.
J. H. Hawkins, who wan found In a
mangled and unconsious o >ndltion at
Calhoun ton days ago and who was
later indentiticd as a mill operator of
Greenville, S, 0 , has surprised the
physioans by living and though his
tongue cannot be controlled, he wa<
able to let Sheriff Gilreath understand
that his condition was due to foul
play Instead of a railway accident.
A Deadly Stroke*
Four men were killed, six were
seriously burned and a dozen more
were stunned by llgbtnlug which
wrecked a crowded poultry exhibition
tent at the county fair at Indiapola,
Iowa on Thursday, The lightning
struck the tent pole, splitting In two
and tearing the sides of the tent Into
shreds. Hundreds of the chickens on
exhibition were killed.
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A FATAL WRECK
Worst Accident of the Kind in
New York's History.
RAN IN OPEN SWITCH.
Twelve Persons Killed and Thirty Injured.
Responsibility for the Tragedy
Not Yet Fixed. The Motorman
a Fugitive and Other
Trainmen Arrested.
The death list of the accident on
the Ninth avenue elevated railroad In
New York Monday, when a car crowded
with early mornlrtf workers on
their way down town, pitched headlong
Into the streot, stands at 12.
Three men arc In hospitals with fractured
skulls. One of these, who as
yet remains unidentified at Roosevelt
linvinlfjll la iimmnuj.liM.n ..... .1 1 ?
.vwr>>?<| ? ? iniwi iviuun auu y?:iuu r J"
pooled to live. More than ivp- score
persons were injured, many <Sf them
seriously.
The cause of the accident and the
Immediate respo sihlllty rc mala to bo
settled. The morfcorman of the wrecklid
train Is a fund i ve, while a switohLnan,
conductor and four guard* aro
under arrest. The switchmen U
charged with manslaughter and the
trainmen are held as witnesses. Whatever
may have caused the mistake,
the accidont, the worst In the history
of the overhead railroads In New
York, came when a southbound train
on the Ninth avenue lino was switched
olT to the Sixth avenue line at the
Fifty-third street Junction.
The mot irm in, expecting a clear
track on the direct line of Ninth
avenue, or disregarding the warning
signal that the switch was open,
rushed ids train along at a high rate
of speed. The first car swung around
the right angle curve, holding to the '
rails becauso of the weight of the
train behind. Then the strain became
too great. The couples broke,
the Bccond car was whirled about almost
end for end and, to the horror of
those who looked on from below,
pitched into the street.
The first, indication people on the
sidewalk had of the accident was a
loud rumbling along the overhead
structure. Looking up they saw a
shower of sparks, then followed splinters
and the sound of splitting timbers.
Suddenly the outer guard rail
of the railroad structure gave way, a
score of bodies were hurled through
space, and with a deafening crash, the
car fell to the street. For an instant
it stood fairly on end, then the sides
gave way as if they were made of
pasteboard, belching out a mass of
humanity.
Those passengers who had not
jumped from platforms and windows
before the plunge came were thrown
Into a mass at the forward end of the
car. As the Injured men and women
were struggling to free themselves,
the heavy front trucks of the third car
on the train fell almost in their
midst, as the car itself jumped partly
oil the elevated structure and was
wedged against a building at the
southeast corner of Ninth avenue and
Fiftyty-third street.
Huge crowds were soon on the scene
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moned police reserves was directed to
clearing a way for the elective rescue
of the passengers pinned down by
the wreckage. Almost every ambulance
In Manhattan was summoned
and the Injured and dead were hurried
away with all speed. Three
alarms of tire brought many engines
to the scene. A slight lire caused by
burning insulation was quickly extinguished
and the tlremcn set to work
chopping out the dead and Injured.
The task was not au easy one for
the heavy car In falling had almost
completely hurled pedestrians in Its
wreckage. At least one was killed
outright In this way, while Policeman
lb?nry Altkens, who was standing
directly under the elevated structure,
Is among those most seriously
Injured. Eight persons were dead
when taken out of the wreck and four
died later at hospitals. The officers
had not time to make arrests, contenting
themselves with drubbing the
miscreants as heavily as they could. *
Coroner Scholer ordered the arrest
of all those Immediately concerned.
Search was at once made for the motorman,
Paul Kelley, who secured &
position on the elevated lines six
months ago. He came there from
St. Louis. Kelley could not be found
sua at a late hour Monday night wan
still missing, although it was said he
had spent the afternoon at the home
of a friend.
The switchman in the tower at
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niLiouu avenue aiiu uiny-tnira street,
Cornelius A. Jackson, wastlrafc arrest*
cd. Then Conductor J. W. Johnson
and Guards Timothy Higglnson, J.
MoDavltt, W. L. Berry and B. Clark .
were taken into oousody. At a preliminary
hearing Monday afternoon
all the men waived examination.
Two versions of the cause of the
wreck were told to tho coroner. One
of these was that the switchman had
set tho tracks for a Sixth avenue train ^
and when he saw his mistaken had
attempted to rectify it while the train
was on the ourve, the change throw-^flj^H
log the second, third and fourth oajM^sfl
off the track. M
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