New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-15
swept FROM A TRAIN.

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rorxDs OF FIVE likely TO BE fAlA~ i
,x,rRyp MEN TAKEN To BROOKLYN
,lont which gave rise TO the widest ru-
n" .,,,re6 Yesterday morning on the Long
nv M pa,lroad. branch of the Long Island hoau
D,;Ios long. running from Valley Stream TO tue
Nv S.,or hotel M Long Beach. East Rockaway
he" renorted at first that tweuty-one
I'd been lost and that many persons had
., ;,;ured on an excursion train. Inc acc'uen'
-. siupular and unusual one. Between ana
,~I,cL a gravel tram, the hrst out was
$50 from Pearsafs to Long Beach WIN
sO'ns tortv ltahsn aborers who were engaged on
a. road. At East Rockaway, three miles TINS
81 The new hotel gang of laborers under J"hn
su. Nd heen engaged with a derrick hosting
, ,rop A large well N the course of construction
~. left side of the track, designed 10 store
- Cor the use of the hotel. The well
Az feet In diameter, and will con-
600 600 gallons OF water. Its
.aa,+ 6eplh is twenty feet. Two derricks had been
20 One was removed and the men were engaged
- loweriug the second "a the gravel tram APP
.aoobeS The derrick held in place by four or
long euv ropes, of threequarter inch iron wire.
Of which crossed the track at angle of forty
Co. degrees. Four men. according TO Lalor's state
,cept had bold OF each rope.
A the train passed the rope over the track, which
was held by men stationed in field the right,
slsckened from cause which is not definitely
known It's said. however, to have been due to care
lessness of some of the in handling the
derrick The in the field. according
10 one eyewitness held on. and were
dragged to the fence where they could
no longer make resistance. The guy just
missed the smOkestack of the locomotive struck
and carried away the whistle. caught the brake and
was thrown up, and thus the men the first three
ears where the gravel not piled so high
as on the last car escaped. But as
the rope descended It caught and swept
off the Italians on the last cars Some of them
clung franucally 10 the ropes, but, according TO
eyewitness. none jumped into the sand-drop at
the roadside. although it is stated that the tram
was not moving faster than five miles an hour The
brakemeu did jump and ESCAPED injury.
Labor the foreman of the gang at the well. stated
that there were not enough the ropes to keep
the derrick from falling while the train was pass
Ing. He saws the dd their best, and hung on
as long as they could, or more would have been
injured and doubt many killed outr ght.
Lalor seemed disinclined 10 permit Of the
IraianS to cOmmun cate with the reporter, and
angriiy Ieprovrd one VINO eVinced llin%nesN 10
Tell what he knew of the accident. Little symDl-
thy was expressed Tor the Italians. II they were
half men they could have saved themselves was
Ibrr'. were tour railroad employees on the train
James ~ ght. the engineer. hn Roberts, the lire
nun and Clarence Badger and Michael GiobIn.
brakesmcu-;l escaped az urt. Badger stated 10
reporter that tue TRAN vas gong from elgHt 10
ten miles an hour. Glbbrn. who told tne same
story. saved himSel! b crouchIng down rs the rope
passed ever be car X men were swept from the
car but he only one ran over.
The rain stopped within hundred feet OF
the scene Of the accident, and all the men at the
scene busleI themselves in picking NJ the wounded.
These were raken 10 a n.g b ring nOuss aud Ia
response 20 a telegram. Dr. Conway. OF Rockwell
" ri was sent at once TO the Officers of the com
paHy. A special car, provided by Master q Iran--
ppriation MlT~1w. brOu yht the INJURED men to the
depot Of the Long land Railroad at Fiat bush and
Atlantic YES, Brooklyn. Nv minutes after
i o'clock No ice hll been preylou3y sent 20
tn Central Police Office. and the aEbn ance~ from
the rub ic hospitals at tue OeP0t, Wlfb ruelr
sttenai * sur cons. at the head of whom WAS DR..
Drake OF The Long Island College Hospital Other
physicians had been summoned and were presen'
among them were SANITARY Superintendent Kay
moud. DIS. Richardson, Fleming. Wild. Watt,
Corbn aud Hathaway. The car contaluinR the IN
jurel meu had been made as c0miortab as posi-
bic Tor tuem by putting IN boards and making uSe
o. cushions. On ITS arrival al The depot u was
switched to the en- of the main track Dearest u
Fla busL-aVe A large number or persons lad col
lected az the depot alter zoe announcement OF ire
disaster. lud wild unor, as 10 Jhe number OF in
jnled were ahoat. The statement was current that
200 lives wesO lost
The pic kept back the crowd, and the phys-
claus were uDrded IL thelr WORK OF caring Tor
the maiuIed. who were transteiTe as RAPIDLY as
possible 10 the amOu ances ana 10 wag II, loaned
FOR TIE purpose and hiied with straw.
2 o'clock work Of removing the men
was fished. They were taken TO the
Guy Hospitals. be physicians were
much Murdered bv the fact that none of the men
cOlld .peak English, anu while those badly hurt
kept sui Tor tue mo-. part, those injured oalg Il
hale kept crying oul loudly. Seventeen men were
taken 10 tae hospitals
Ibe 70 lowing nalncs Of the wounded were fur
nished b. an emDuye of the railroad who accOmpa-
MED The neu 10 the hosp las. IheiT injuries tar
as c0uId be learned are gwen:
of NJ Ie
BREDoSa. FRANCISCO. o. No. 2i5 Houston-st He re-
eeEco severe cOHtusiOBs o. tDe arms and shoulder
CADAGA GAcoNO, No. 81 Mott-st. received INJURIES
tue etI arm ana lex, ana also internally. His
illdie- severe that his recovery Is des-
cASsALLA. JosEPHo, OF No. 253 Baker Lad his
lOSsr Jaw gsctdrrd aud MS Lost icg DrOKen.
CARDALE NIcOLo 81 No. 2l5 Bdxter-st. He received
II cure Of t"lee os causi internal he-oorrhaSe.
HIS rcc0V' ~ 10 doubtful.
CAzzIANo PAsQUALE. of Ne. AZ hottest His right arm
Nas ssy.. Ell 10 the DOdl. lie did la last
evening al the CITY Hosp tai He was forty years OF
PAAcELLo. JOSIE OF No. 215 Hassau-s. Brooklyn. His
ngut ~rm broken ana he received severe INJURIES
RAscuILLo GEA1zIxeA o. No. I45 Barter-st. bad his
rsht az efusnei ana was badly liberated ABOUT the
PAzzE1Tl GAcoMo, CT No. 100 stanton ST.. received
. ever scDp und ana bruises III the lower ilmDs.
PLAzA sAvAroR. Of No. 60 BaIter-sl, was injured IN
e en-. II am a jdUmeu.
QCASz DOMINECO. OF MOti-st. received fracture OF
. &c leit Ii, ANA had tour ribs brOk u.
ouiANzo, GEORGE Injured severely IN the head and
ksCHAYr GIUSEPPE, OF No. Jersey-st.. was severely
- nj .fe 10 beld and hands
EocK, ANTONIO. OF No. las Mulberry ST., received
itacturr at the base OF the skull His injuries are
- lrO ably fatal
vNcESzo GIUSEPPE of NO. % Bayardst.. was injured
~, ~ Tue b-ck aud snOui0erDladrs.
VIOLA. fRAYOLo. Of No. 2I5 HcseT-st received a cut
~ OFtr ID" tempe and hal right arm fractured.
iLAOisE FRANCISCO. OF No. Al BDWery received frac
luir 81 the and Leg Oady Injured IN
teinaily. HIS chances doubtful.
IN addition to the seventeen named above five OF
wnpm are dangerously hurt, nlne others received
shght injuries, but able walk home afteg the
surgeons dressed their wounds.
DISGRACEFUL RIOT IN MISSOURI