The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-02
ANOTHER RAILROAD SAASH-UP.
TIL. "saratss.a Special" coIlidss with Freight
Train Near TarytOwu.
A Terrible Disaster Narrowly Averted-A
Brakeman Mortally Wounded Three Pas
ssngers Dangerously Injured and
Twenty Others Bruised or Cut
by the Broken Class

| Dy the Broken Class
serious collision occurred yesterday morning
on the Hudson River Railroad IN the neighborhood
OF Tarrytown, which resulted In fatally injuring
Richard Finley, brakeman; In manning Mr.. vos-
bourg, baggage master; in seriously wOunding
| Mr.. and Mrs. Asa d. Warren, Of New York, and in
badly bruising eighteen or twenty other pas
sengers With the exception OF Mr.. and Mrs.
| Warren and Richard Finley, all the wounded went
FORWARD without any delay to Saratoga.
THU SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.
The passenger express on the Hudson River
Railroad known as the Saratoga special' left
| New York at nine A. NJ. yesterday with Jour pas
| senger coaches, two OF which were wagner draw
ing room cars moderately flied with passengers
There were not to exceed one hundred and fifty
passengers on the train. About seventeen min
| utes to ten freight train left Tarrytown on
| the down track, and at ten minutes to ten had
reached the switch, two miles below at which point
it was to be u transferred to third track running
midway between the two main lines, and from this
| place to spuyten Duyvil, used exclusively for
| freight traffic.
| ''THE JUMPING FROG"
The switch tender was in his place and the
| engine and tender OF the freight train were prop
erly shifted TO the middle track; but the forward
freight car, striking the frog jumped the rails and
| ran or on the eastern side, toward the
| main up line. Just at this instant the
| Saratoga express came laundering up at the rate
or thrty-fve miles an hour. The Car in the moving
freight train jumped along over the ties until the
wheels Of the right side ran or into the gully be-
tween the two tracks. This caused the car to take
an oscillating motion so that its upper corner
leaned over the main track.
"wORLDS FOR AN INCH OF TIME"
1t could not have been more than one moment of
time that the freight car thus DISTRACTED the
passage of trains, but such was the juxtapesition
OF the two trains at that CRITICAL instant that
the front corner of the freight car roof tore
open the whole side of the express trains
baggage car, broke the sides and glass
of the Wagner coaches and scattered
sp1nters, boards and terror among all the passen.
sengers on the Saratoga special" Fortunately
the engine and the tender of the express train
passed the before it took its tal urch or the
entire train must have been q wreck.
WRECKS ARE THE WORK OF MOMENT
Such was the rate OF speed at which the passen-
ger train was travelling that not car was thrown
from the rails, and after the wounded had been
cared for the shattered coaches moved or towards
side track at Tarrytown. The effect Of the shock
upon the freight train was startling. The box car
was torn all to pieces and the trucks were broken
apart. The engine was thrown across the track
of into the river before the engineer could shut or
the throttle and leap from his seat. The tender
was dragged from its trucks, and alter separating
from the engine turned over several times before
1t lodged on the side OF the embankment. The
second freight car was badly smashed. The steel
rails under the first car were cut with knife
THE FATALLY INJURED.
A brakeman, Richard Finley, who was on the top
of the freight train, in discharge OF his duty
was thrown between two cars and had his
legs and shoulder broken, and was otherwise
dreadfully bruised about the head. He was
taken out in an insensible condition, and first
where ne resides lie Is middleaged man, and 1t
| is reported has o wife and child. He was removed
to Bellevue Hospital but there no hopes enter.
that he win have ceased to suffer by this morning
THE PANIC IN THE COACHES
cars for few moments succeeding the
. RsPs' Of sa s P SSISs e
the drawing room cars, and many who were
seated on the opposite side Of the coaches were
severely cut about the face and hands. The
screams OF the women continued for some moments
after the train had been slowed up, but it was
ascertained that the injury to ali but two passen
THE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
Mr.. Ira ID. warren, of New York, bound for Sara
toga, seated with his wife on the opposite side
OF the drawing room car Maynower. A large
the car sns 5Sash
on the head, back Of the right ear, innicting
very severe, but 1t is not believed dangerous,
wound. His head was also severely bruised against
the side Of the car. Mrs. Warren was terribly cut
under the right eye, either by piece Of plate glass
or large splinter OF wood. sharp-pointed nipple.
ment OF some description entered under the right
eye and carried away the small bone and the flesh
| over the temple. The cut is very severe one,
| and, although the Dall of the eye Is uninjured,
| great fear Is entertained that
INFLAMMATION MAY SET IN
| She was suffering terribly last evening at the
| Tarrytown Hotel, where she and Mr.. warren had
| been conveyed from the station The skull Is not
fractured IN either case and with proper there
| is little danger Of death The ady's face will be
disngured without doubt.
the trunks which were piled on the left hand side
had been torn TO pieces and strewed the road
master Of the train was not injured, ' but a
John Vosbourg, who was to have charge Of
the baggage from ON, Troy , 70 Saratoga, was in
falling trunk. He was injured on the back also, and
was taken up from one end OF the baggage car in
an insensible condition. He soon regained con-
sciousness however, and went on the train to
Saratoga 1t is not believed that his injuries are Of
Some eighteen or twenty passengers in the
two drawing room cars were cut and bruised, but
A large gang Of workmen were placed on the
wreck and the trains are now running as usual
The News OF the Disaster In Saratoga.
SARATOGA, August, 1873,
| The Saratoga special train, which leaves New
York at nine in the morning, failed to reach here
this afternoon until fully two hours after It was
DUE The detention was caused by its coming into
collision with freight train, which had run on the
track about two miles below Tarrytown. As soon
as it was learned that an accident had occurred
the most painful rumors began to circulate in
Saratoga Those who were expecting friends be-
came more and more uneasy as the hours new by
and the train was not heard from. About i've
O'Clock the train came rafting along. At this
| time there was quite q number OF people at the
depot waiting to receive their friends or to learn
| the news Of the disaster.
From one OF the passengers who was on one OF
the drawing room cars IL was ascerained that
Just as they were approaching farrytown the Sara.
toga special into q freight train which mad got
en- the track. The collision was wholly unexpected
The engine OF the freight train was knocked of the
track into the river, while the baggage OF the
special was completely smashed In on one side and
| three Of the drawing room cars were badly shat
| tered on the side next the water. The baggage
master, my informant tells me, was killed and