New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-06

that at 10 o'clock last evening the remains OF the
wrecked locomotives and several of the cars were
still on the track, and it was not ascertained with
certainty that all the dead had been recovered,
although it was so hoped.
As soon as Geographic dispatches could reach
Isaac ID. Barton, the General Superintendent, and
John j. Barr the Assistant superintendent, VINO
were far from the scene Of disaster, they az once
went 10 Valley Stream, and Mr.. Barton, with a
special locomotive, went on to the place where
the accident occurred, and personally super
intended the labors of the wrecking work.
men. He also made provisions for the trans
portation of the many persons who were SUI u.
Rockaway, anxious to get home. and who up to q
late hour were ignorant of the OF the delay OF
the trains. Many of the Rockaway visitors who
wished to get home earlier walked along the track
of the railroad in the hope of catching some train at
the Far Rockaway station and thus learned OF the
disaster for the first time
A great excitement was created by the news
whether true or false could not be asccrained-that
Conrad Propenhausen, the German manager OF the
road was of the trains, and that 1t was by MS
order that the train he was had proceeded III he
had been found anywhere on the ground between
Ocean Point and Lawrence he would probably nave
been assailed, as loud threats were made against
him.
1t is considered by some to reflect severely on this
road that an accident of nearly similar character
occurred about three years ago, also ON the fourth
of JULY and many were the expressions OF lndlgna-
ton yesterday in consequence of the supposed repe
tion Of neglect involved in this similarity OF disas-
ters The management of the road, however, mas
been changed since the first calamity.
In the neighbOrhood of Bushwick large crowd OIL
anxious persons was gathered late last night wait
Ia fha xurp
trains or who had been detained at Rockaway IN
of the want of means to reach this CITY,
RECEPTION OF THE NEWS IN BROOKLYN.
APPARENT DISPOSITION OF THE RAILROAD OFFICIALS
To SUPPRESS THE DETAILS-sCENES AT TIE DE-
POT.
information concerning the disaster was received
at the Southern Railroad Depot, at the foot of South
Seventh-st Brooklyn T.. d., about 2:15 p. M, ac-
cordng to a statement made by telegraph operator
to a reporter of TIE TRIBUNE at the depot
last night. There seemed, however, to be O
desire on the part of the railway officials to suppress
the details of the accident, and nothing was known
of it at tie Brooklyn police headquarters until 800
p. H.. when the following dispatch was received
from the Sixth Precinct by the police telegraph:
Sixth Precinct-9:J5.
A collision occurred at p M, on the ROckaway
Branch of the Southside Railroad, between TWO
trans going east and west, near far hoch3wHN,
killing Herbert conductor Finn fireman Philp
Hartman cigarmaker, of Broadway, near Second
ST.; Thurman jeweler OF Broadway, near scout mi
st.: several wounded, names not known; seven Killed
i'll all.
The railroad depot at the foot of South Seyenthst
was crowded last evening with persons who were
anxiously inquiring for friends whom they believed
to have been upon the other of the two TRAINS
Those of the employees of tho Company
who were present either ignorant OF the facts
or unwilling to impart them to the reporters OF
Others and the information obtained at that point
was very mcager, but substantially corroborate Oh
the foregoing account. The general report was that
| there were seven killed and twenty-seven wouhdeu