Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-06
FRIGHTFCL RAILROAD aCCF-
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Eleven Killed and Thirty Wounded
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NEW YORK, July 6.-The accident on the
Rockaway branch OF the Southern, formerly
the Southside railroad, yesterday afternoon,
was even more fatal in its results than first
stated. The following were killed:-Bruno
Thurmer, Williamsburg; John Prefer. Will
lamsburg; Jesse Hibbard, conductor OF the
Rockaway; VIM. Brady, New York; John
Ellers, Brooklyn; Mr.. Hartman. Williams
burg; VIM. Flynn, Oyster Bay, l.. l.; John
kehoe. New YORK, and two others, at pres
ent unknown. Wounded-ThomaS Lewis
New York, wounded I'm side; John Slater
Brooklyn, badly hurt; r. Walsh Now York
Thomas Robinson, Greenpoint; Jacob New.
GreenpOint; Mrs. Pringle. New York Be
sides these there are twenty-five persons
slightly wounded, whose names could not
be aScertained, as they left the scene as soon
as possible. Nearly all OF those named
above are believed To be fatally injured. as
they were terribly crushed.
Cause OF the Disaster.
Atout ~hO.00o worth of property was De
Stroyed. ON account Of the holiday yeSter-
day. q number of extra trains were put on
the road TO convey the unusually large mum
Der of visitors To Rockaway beach, and
new time table for the regulation Of the roa
and for the gulIance OF conductors went INFO
effect for the first time. The ROckaway
branch being a single track road. IL was i'm
perative that the time table should he ad-
hered to, and failure in observing this is
said 10y the officials of the road Ia be the
cause OF the disaster. IL appears that the
tram from Valley stream for ROckaway
beach. which left BROOKLYN AZ $3.50 n. m
left the former station fifteen minutes after
time. This train, which consisted OF seven
heavily laden passenger cars, was drawn by
the locomotive Norwood, ia charge OF Jesse
NJ. HibbeTi, conductor. The Valley stream
Tram II seems has the right OF way Tor ten
minutes after the time set down in the time
table, and an extra allowance offve minutes
is made for variation of watches, but this
extra allowance is not 10 be made use Of by
either of the conductors for any purpose Of
making Roadway at starting so much after
time as this train did. II was the duty OF the
conductor TO make his train subSerN lent TO
the train from ROckaway beach, which left
the beach al 1880 p. m. unless he could have
recovered the five minutes lost time at
starting before reaching Lawrence. Instead
of his doing this ii appears from the usual
checks that the valley stream train had lost
an extra minute and was therefore sixteen
minutes behind time at Lawrence; IL was,
therefore. Hibheri's duty, according to the
statement of his superior officers, To be over
at the siding at Lawrence for the Rockaway
beach train TO have passed him al that point
when he found that he could not conform TO
the time table passing point by the the close
OF ten minutes right OF way. The time for
the Nalley-Stream train 10 pay the Rock
away train at Far ROckaway was 80 ID.
m, but IL had not reached Lawrence at lJo.
when il should have been two stations be-
You'd, and II the time of the calamity was
overdue at ROckaway train. The ROckaway
train, which consisted of five cars. was under
the care of Augustus HOldridge CJrlir. who.
overdue. thought il had been stopped on the
siding, and started his train on the ROAD.
for Valley Stream. After stopping at anl
passing Ocean point and another siding
without seeing any signs OF the Valley
Stream train. he started his train for L8u-
renee. the next train from Rockaway. The
ira in had proceeded about 100 yards, when
the Valley Stream train was seen coming At
full speed around the curve and only a short
distance away. The speed of the Rockaway
train was checked, Ike engines reversed and
that was all that could be done before the
collision took place. With a force that
smashed the engine Norwood into pieces the
two engine rushed against each other. the
shock being 50 great as To drive the smoking
car of the Valley Stream train under the
tender OF the Norwood, raising the tender
high into the air over the ruins OF the loco
motive and telescoping and smashing seve-
raj OF the cars OF the train. The shock also
caused the cars of the ROckaway train to
telescope each other and greatly damaged
the locomotive, without causing the entire
ruin which had involved the Nor wood.