Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-14

at the hotel near the scene of the accident.
b. kealey, stove manufacturer, of Spring
City, Pa, had right arm burned to crisp and
was also burned about the body. He was
taken out of the car but died at midnight at
the hotel.
| PECULIARLY SAD CASE.
Among the passenger were young couple
named Valentine, from Bennington, Yer
mont, who were married Thursday evening
and were on their wedding tour. They were
19years old each and were accompanied by
the grooms and father, Abe Valentine, who
escaped uninjured. Both of the young couple
might have been saved, but for the desperate
clinging OF the young bride to the husband.
| No other bodies have been Identified up to 80
a. m.
SENATOR WAGNER.
1t is stated Senator Wagner was seen on the
car at Poughkeepsie, and not since. Senator
| Wagner's son was at the wreck looking for
his father.
j. D. Ransom, of the Hoffman house, is
also missing. The car burned brightly until
| the last vestige of wood was DESTROYED. The
road was blocked, but at o'clock wrecking
train arrived from New York In charge Of
Supt. Toucey and commenced to clear the
track.
BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION.
Four bodies burned beyond recognition are
at Kings Bridge police station, one being that
of a woman. Five bodies are in q room of
the hotel, one of which is supposed 10 be Mr..
Prindle, of Philadelphia.
AS the locomotive dashed into the standing
| train, Police Commissioner Nichols was
| lifted out of his seat and hurled over the head
| of Maurice F. Holohan, and was badly hurt.
| Edward Kearney was thrown violently against
the side of the car and was injured by the con-
cussion and broken glass. Aseemblymen
Ign, Commissioners Aldrich and Finney
| and Lyman, correspondents, were enclosed in
the telescoped portion. The roof fell down
EEoAsING THEM AS IN A BOX
and from which there seemed no escape.
Axes were brought into speedy use and on
the inside of the car hole was cut and
through this all were dragged out.
Gov. Curtiss was also rumored to
have been killed, but at late
hour it Is understood he escaped
THE DEAD.
The following is a list of the dead so far as
could be learned at o'clock this morning:
Senator Webster Wagner.
E. L. Rawson, Hoffman house.
Park Valentine, of Remington, Vt, and
Mrs. p. Valentine and woman supposed to
be from Philadelphia.
Oliver B. Kelly, age SO, of Spring Valley,
Pa, fatally injured.
Mary Daniels, badly injured.
STATEMENT OF AN EYE WITNESS.
The Tribune publishes the following from
R. Ell. Stillwell of Oswego, who was on the
Tarrytown train: When we were at Tarrytown,
he said, the train from Albany passed. AS it
was running fast and there seemed to be a
wheel on fire, l spoke to one of the men in the
depot and he said those brakes are down.
After leaving Tarrytown we ran along
smoothly for some minutes. The first
intimation had of danger was feeling as if
the air brakes had been suddenly put on. l
felt there was something coming, and braced
myself aSainst the seat. Then came crash.
Men and women were thrown headlong over
the seats. The stove was upset, and so was
the water cooler. The
EXCITEMENT WAS INTENSE
for a few moments. The women screamed
and men swore. Two or three of them were
severely, although not dangerously. Some
were cut by glass. Every one got out of the
cars and went forward to the Albany train.
There were three passenger coaches on our
number of men in the first car must have been
| fifty. AS 1 went forward I saw that the rear
palace car Idlewild / think, was badly dam
aged. The back part was on fire, and it had
apparently telescoped by our engine. Every
one in the Albany train seemed to he out of
it except some in the back rear car. In some
way ten or twelve persons seemed 10 be held
in the back car, which was
ALL IN FLAMES.
l suppose the shock tore the car all to
pieces, and that they were caught in between
the broken seats. I could only see one woman
at first, and she was lying down with the
stove on one leg and arm. Her shrieks were
horrible. The conductor on our train who
was the only one around who had his wits
| about him, broke It window and two men
None of the other passengers who
were held in the cars was in such a
dangerous place as she, and the first efforts
was to get her out. Some wooden bars were
handed the men and they made one desperate
effort to get the women out. Then
the flames swept around them and
out of the windows. Meantime
every one in the two trains had gathered
| around the last car and all were looking at the
| scene. The conductor again shouted to the
crowd to bring water and to roll snow balls
and to throw them upon the flames and every
one on the train went to this work and they
checked the flames for a time. The cries of
the women under the stove had ceased AnOth-
er party of men procured ladder and put
it against the side car, while some men were
pouring water and snow on the flames, Others
clambered to the windows, but the people were
SO wedged between the pieces of the seats that
they had to be pried out. The first person
taken out was the woman first alluded to.
She seemed dead. Then with great difficulty
two more women and two men were taken
out.
FATALLY INJURED.
There were several more in the cars. While
was walking through the crowd l saw
woman with baby in her arms. The woman
had been badly cut by glass and blood was
dripping over her child. She had been in the
forward rear car.
One man standing on the rear car saw the
Tarrytown train coming and jumped off just in
time to save himself The accident was due
to carelessnes of the man in charge of the Al
banY train. 1t had 40 signal out and the first
intimation our engineer had of the danger was
W hen he saw the lights of the drawing room
car about fifty feet in front of him
TERRIFIC SHOCK.
The coaches took fire Immediately. The
shock of the collision was terrific. In all the
cars of the Albany train the passengers were
thrown from their seats and many injured.
From both trains the passengers rushed to the
wreck and set to work to rescue. Water
was carried from Harlem river, and from the
locomotives, and dashed upon the flames, but
the fire apparently burned up brighter and
stronger. Some of the rescuers were burned
about the hands and faces. The cries and