The New York herald., 1868-04-19
THE ERIE RAILWAY DISASTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF TINE HERALD.

srtChl Correspondence " lM htmLu'
Further Interesting Facts-The Condition
oil the Wounded-Twenty.six Deaths-The
Amount OF Life Insurance Upon the Dead
A Clue TO the Unknown Corpse.
PORT JERvIs, April Is, 1885,
Every Tram rom the east and west brings in one
or more persons In search OF friends wounded or
supposed TO be among the victims of the Carr's Rock
disaster or the wounded who were quar-
tered in the hotels OF the village many
have far recovered as to be able to
return to their homes. or the ifty-six domicped
at the Delaware House but twenty-five remain at the
present writing. All Of them are doing well, with
the exception of W. p. Decker, of Elmira; S. b. Fair
man, OF the Elmira Advertiser, and r. Ray of
Middletown who are seriously injured, but will pos
siby recover.
At the Minisink House there are now about ten OF
the wounded. The most seriously indispOsed is Miss
Mary Sterling, of Genesee, N. Y, whose head and
eyes are fearfully bruised. She has been insen-
sible since the accident, and has not spoken
nor opened her eyes since her arrival in the house.
Mr.. r. p. Beecher, OF Wellsville N. Y, and Mrs.
Sarah A. Bebes OF Genesee have arrived to mini
ster to her wants, but her death is hourly looked
for by the physicians, who are administering stimu-
lants to the sufferer. Mr.. Henry Hendlin, Of Dam
vile, N. Y, is very low. He complains Of severe
pain and internal injuries, and IL reported to be
deaths up 70 ncadng those killed.
bodies were recovered. No deaths have occurred
since yesterdays report.
hospital 1t is crowded to It's utmost capacity with
the wounded and their friends who have arrived to
take charge Of the victims. On the walls Of the hall
are posted the names OF the wounded, in the ONCE
descriptive list OF articles found at the scene OF tho
ane upon every doSr m tSe
less called friends or in the discharge OF duties az
nurses or attendants.
tion of one marked No. 5, which Is so badly burned
that its sex cannot be ascertained; but from effects
that were to-day M appears thaI tas VIC nc
articles found on the clothing Of the deceasedA red
flannel undershirt, with white pearl buttons, about
an inch in diameter, and side pocket In the shirt
which is bound with black; black silk cravat. The
railway officials hope to effect the Identification OF
the body by these articles.
their bower to make the wounded and their friends
cOmfortabe-paying their hotel bills providing nsd.
Conkin dispatcher of trains and Mr. Guppy, Assist
ant Superintendent, are dividing their time between
the wounded the forwarding OF BODIES TO tneir aaE9
The insurance companies suffer severely by this
accident. From careful estimate made BY Mr.
Rroadhead President OF the village appears that
the Insurance which the companies will be compelled
to pay is about $9S,00o, rs foowsOn general life,
S;ssedssl On ssdelG lsanes @ p109pa ana
$4s,oQQ as compensation for damage, estimated at
$25 per week. =
the killed will largely exceed the number so far re-
ported They agree that the burned car was crowded
at the time Of the accident and calculating three to
fOrty-two OF these but seventeen are known to
have been killed. burned to death or escaped. This
estass pan@as vson II supernenden who put TIE nun
ber of passengers on the train at two hundred, or
forty to each car II ~ more saa ploudnS atir @ cns
sumed by the fire, as was the case In the Angola
disaster. ..,..s..s, -.
have the authority Of aresponslbls gentleman to
mitted them to paper that the following statements
were given lin substancel by the parties:- =
in conversation has stated that he In the rear
sleepin0 car, that was burned. He entered 1t at
Emr in company nd ws f1ebe ey Wer
informed by the officer in charge that there were but
two unoccupied berths, In dnerent sections. MT.
TifYany took berth in section six and Mr.. Hendlin
one near the stove at the end Of the car. Mr. Tiffany
states that No. berth contained four passengers,
the opposite berth three. lie distinctly recalls the
faces OF TWENTY-FIVE in the burned car and he ia
der the impression that the total number In the car
"S Mr.. A. T Palmer, @ OF Ripley, N. Y, was In the
rear sleeping Car at the time of the accident. He
was awakened by the joltng OF the trucks upon the
ties When the car struck the culvert 1t separated
the ton sliding or Palmer was thrown out on the
breaking up Of the car and deposited upon the
culvert, from which he saw the burning OF the car
below lie is under the impression that three of tho
emp Oyes Of the company escaped az the same
tinie or those who escaped rom the rear car Mr..
was injured. His impression Is that there were In
the at the time OF the disaster fully forty pas
sengers calculating three to q section.
c. p Adams, OF Randolph, N. Y, believes that the
train was thrty-two minutes late at Bevidere; It
was again detained fifteen minutes In the open
country in the Valley Of Chemung Later In the
night another detention occurred at an hour nos
known, but east of Susquehanna station, where he
saw the train hands rush out to learn the OF
the detention. These detentiOns materially dis
turbed him and kept him awake during the night.
Having a presentment that something would occur.
when the train took the fearful leap This gentle-
was IN the second sleeping car rom the rear,
and first remembers the motion Of the cars upon the
ties aft er leaving the rail- then the fearful plunge to
the valley beneath. He asserts that at the time OF
the accident the train was running at an unusually
Mr. Austin woodruff, Of Randolph, N. Y, In
conversation makes statements that c0rrObOrat6
those OF Mr.. Adams. Mr.. woodruff was awake most
Of the night and Is, therefore, capable authority.
DR.. VIM Liasley Of NO ~ Lafayette place, @ e., New "
the accident, awake and standing upon his Feet.
lie knows the train was running very fast, as was
with difficulty he could keep his feet In the car owing
~ Its oscillation.
Mr. A. S. Tryan, of LIE Roy, N Y, entered the
middle sleeping car at Elmra ana was awake nearly
been awake for nearly two hours His impression
is that the train was running very fast Inc tram
had been detained number OF times, and IL seemed
To him that the conductor was running to make up
lost time. After the catastrophe Mr. Tryan found
himself I'm the creek, carried up the hill and saw
at the scene OF the accident a sign board warning
engineers TO run slow.
IhIr. Conkln and Engineer Green explain the facs
of this sign board being there in tins wise:-La5e
winter m - employed al that point In blasting
rocks, end the board was put up as u warning To
engineers of day trains, and never remoyed.-RE-
PORTER.l
Charles r. Moncrien, of New York, was in the mid.
die sleeping and says IL was so crowded he could
not secure double berth.
Miss Ioyt, Of Chenango Forks, says the train was
running rapidly that she expressed her fears OF
danger her father, who Is among the killed.
moment aftera gentleman sitting near, whose con-
versaiion gave her the impression that ne Was s.
q railway official, exclaimed "What does this
fellow by running fast round these curvesY"
The above fact CLEANED from the survivors seem
TO place the facts beyond doubt that the train was
moving q high rate OF speed, and that the number
passengers In the burned car whose escape mas noe
been accounted for il very large. The gentleman
who made these notes is confident that ne has cor
rectly reported the statements OF the passengers
whose names are given.