The Dillon tribune., 1882-01-21
4 Horrible Z. r. Accident.

a terrible disaster occurred ON the even.
ing ot the l3th inst. at East ALBANY, when
the New York special was stopped and the
palace car, idicwilie, Was i,;.,i,e,i ON. The
Tarrytown train following, not being prop
cry >ignaled, ran into the rear OF the pal
ace car, nearly de,noli~hng it, and setting
it on fire. The occupants Of the car were
only removed by cutting hole in one side
Ut the car through which the dead and
wounded were dragged. The following
are the dead:
Senator Wagner. Park Valentine aged
II. Bennington, Vermont; Mrs. Valentine.
aged l9, North Adams, Vermont; Oliver
b. keely, Spring City. Pa; ID. l.. Ransom
guest Of the Hoffman lIouse; Rev f.
Marshall, residence not given; Miss Maud
Yo,k; and Il man unknown. All the in
jured with the exception Of Miss Mary
Daniels, guest Of the Sherwood House
were able to gn home, and no list is kept bv
the police. Miss Daniels was seriously
burned but will probably recover.
Senator Wagner was heard to say imne
diately after the collision, and while the
flames burned tiercely in the car he was in !:
For Gods sake help me. I'm under the
bars" Efforts were unavailing to save him,
and his friends were driven back by the
fire, and the voice was soon stilled.
Frank Burr. engineer of the Tarrvtown
train which collided with the Chicago en-
i:ress, on Friday evening last, made u
statement to- day 20 Commissioner Merkle:
We left Tarrytown at 6:4o r. m., five
minutes behind the regular time, because
Of waiting for the Chicago Express to pass.
! It went by rarrytown at 6:3s, stopped
at Spuyten Duyvil at 7:l+. About a mile
above Spuvten Duyvil station, and accord.
Ing to time card, We were thirteen minutes
| behind the Chicago express. After leav-
ing Spuyten Duyvil, we entered the cut,
going at speed Of from eighteen to TWEEN.
t. miles an hour There were no danger
or warning signals ahead, of me and I
passed on to a curve, looking ahead saw
a flagman with red and white light In
either hand lie was swinging the red
light across and down the track. At tht
same time saw the red light at the rear o
train No. before me. When first saw
the red light Of tn. A,gman giving signal,
he was not more than two car length
ahead Of me, and the tram was not NOR.
Than thirty five distant from him. had ;
train Of three cars, and Immediately put ot
The air breakers reversed the engine pullet
TN" thrnttls: wide open, blew the whistle
AMI did all in my power to come ~ Il stop
hit failed to do so in time to prevent th
accident. remained Mt my post until tn
train had stopped and assisted in extricat
in. the injured passengers. The cngin
was mashed through the rear car.
A Bennington, (Vt). dispatch Of the 10th
saws: The bodies of Park Valentine an
wife two victims Of the railroad disaster
arrived this morning. The parents Of tn
bride and the groom. who were both young
are nearly distracted and receive the syn,
pathirs of the entire community. The fat
OF the couple is q general theme Of CONVEX
sation here Tomorrow, the clerg. ma
" no oM lated at the wedding Thursda
evening last at North Adams, will condue
, the funeral services.
Governor Cornell sent his message I
; the Legislature calling attention to tn
recent railway accident at S?uvten D"yv
and recommending prompt and vigorou
Legislation to prevent Il recurrence Of sue
calamities. The Governor refers to tn
above mentioned accident as one easil
prevented and absolutely inexcuseatlt
, denounces the present means Of heatin
and lightning railway cars; suggests til;
all trains be required by law 10 carry appl
. ances for breaking into wrecked cars an
for cxtinguishing fire.