People Fear Friend Were Dead or Injured and Make Frantic Appeals
In order to meet a public demand, The Notes issued an extra soon after midnight. This paper was eagerly sought, and nearly 2,500 copies were sold. It contained a correct list of the dead, the paper being somewhat delayed on account of the care taken to make the list absolutely correct.
Never before has there been such a clamor for papers as there was last night and this morning. It was necessary to start the press time and time again, as the papers were sold as soon as they reached the street.
The Notes was besieged by inquiries. Telephone calls were made by the score from people who feared their friends were among the victims. The newspapers from nearby towns, first Washington and later Pittsburg. Then the New York Times, from its high tower in Times Square, up Broadway, called, and the World down in Park Row.
The late street cars brought Pittsburg reporters, who besieged The Notes office for the list of the dead, which was furnished them and everybody else who requested it.
The news of the accident was sent out from Pittsburg by the Associated Press all over the country, and was furnished every Sunday morning paper. News as a habit of growing as it travels, and the present instance was not an exception.