Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-23
MID sTYGIAN GLOOM.
Frightful Disaster on an Under
ground Railroad.
Two Passenger Trains Collide in a Tunnel
Beneath the Streets Of New York -
The Old Story Of Some
body's CareIessness.
LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.

LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
NEw York, September 22.-Two trains
telescoped in the railway tunnel at
Eighty-sixth street this morning. Five per-
sons are reported killed. Several are re-
ported still under the trains. All the
police ambulances have been ordered to
the scene.
Later.
NEw YORX, September PA terrible
accident occurred this morning in the
Fourth avenue tunnel at the Eighty-sixth
street station. The New Haven train from
Mount Vernon, while standing on the
south bound track in the tunnel, was run
into by Harlem local. The two rear cars
were demolished. Two, with the engine of
the Harlem train, lie in the tunnel. As
near as can be ascertained at present four
persons were killed and nineteen badly in
lured. The names Of the killed and in
jured thus far are not known. 1t is claim
ed that the accident was the result Of
Gross Mismanaxement.
The locomotive on the main line of the
Hudson River road broke its driving wheel
at One Hundred and Twehty-third street.
and blocked the track. In consequence the
New Haven trains that arrived were
switched on the south-bound side track. At
:53 o'clock the train from Mt Vernon was
fully thirty five minutes late when it
reached the Eighty-sixth street station. 1t
had made frequent stops and backed in aud
out OF the tunnel as the engine exploded
signal torpedoes on the track. 1t had hard
ly been q minute at the Eighty-siXth street
station when a rumble was heard behind it.
In an instant
The Crash Came,
and the screams Of a score of men and wo-
men were heard. The engineer of the Har-
lem local was injured. The two rear cars
OF the six composing the New Haven train
were teleScoped and shattered.
1t is reported that several of the injured
persons have since died. Among the killed
is Miss Eugene Aubert, of Mt. Vernon, q
teacher in the normal school. Among the
additional injured are Miss Hitchcock, of
MOrrisiana, also teacher in the normal
school, the two Misses Bennett, slightly
hurt, and George Brinckerhof severe in
juries of head and neck.
Mrs. Eugene Auburt was teaching French
in the Twelfth street public school. She
was the wife of Prot Eugene Auourt teach
er of French in the Normal College. Her
body was terribly crushed and the skull
smashed. Mrs. Auburt is the only person
known with certainty to have been killed.
The police and firemen Immediately set
to work to rescue the injured, and succeed
ed in getting out five men and two women.
One of the latter expired soon after being
extrlcated. Policeman Slattery discovered
q woman in the debris who had fallen into
q trench alongside the wreck. She was
moaning. He pulled several pieces of tim
Der of her and had her removed to the
station on a stretcher. She there breathed
her last She was recognized as Miss Eu-
genia Aubert, teacher residing in Mt.
Vernon.
The following is
The Death List,
gathered so far:
Sherman Adamson, of Mt. Vernon; Fred.
X. Stein, OF New Rochelle; Miss j. Smith, q
school teacher, OF this city; an unknown
woman, and Eugenia Auburt, school
teacher, of Mt. Vernon. The injured are:
Herald Meiks, OF New Jersey, hurt in face
and left knee; Thomas Logan, of Mt. Yer
non, bruises on face; II. C.. HOughton, OF
No. 267 West Forty-fifth street, scalp wound;
Houghton, Jr., his son, ankle broken, Aaron
Hedden, engineer; John Sogar, OF Mt. Yer
non; Mr.. Stein, of New Rochelle; Godfrey
y. Stein, of Mt. Vernon; Lizzie Cammelin,
residence unknown, both legs cut off; VIM.
e,
of Mt. Vernon; two daughters OF J. n.
Mathews, and Herman Abrams OF New Ro-
chelle.
MI. ELLINGTON, mining editor of the Com
mercial- World, saws: | was sitting in the
car of Harlem train, which was next to the
engine. AS We were nearing the Eighty
| Sixth street station in the tunnel, noticed
that some one jumped from the train, and
u frai
| ing in front of us. Almost instantly the
| crash came. No red light could be seen on
the rear OF the train. There was the most
| intense excitement among the passengers;
| between the kissing OF the steam, the
screaming of the passengers, and the dark
ness of the tunnel, the scene was frighttul
| | struck match snd saw lady lying
| among the debris she was taken up, and
| found that her left foot was
Severed Below the Knee.
| Another gentleman was severely iniuredin
| the back. | should suppose about seven
\ were badly injured and from ten to four
teen we're hurt, but were able to leave for
| their homes"
One of the incoming trains was stopped
| and the passengers were transferred to 1t
| and brought to the Grand Central Depot.
\ The employees of the Harlem train worked
with GOODNESS and did their utmost for the
| wounded. Owing to total darkness In the
| tunnel it was impossible to form or 70 get
a clear idea of what did occur. The escap-
| ing steam soon filed the tunnel, and this
with darkness only added to the
Horror of the Scene.
| Shrieks and screams were heard from with
in the tunnel. Thel space was so limited
that very little could be done in the contu-
| sion 10 aid the victims of the disaster.
| Word was sent to the nearest police station
| and ambulances were taken to the place,
| but so contracted was the place where the
| accident occurred that it was difficult for
those who went TO the rescue to work with
any rapidity. The hremen were callea OUT
| and assisted in clearing away the wreck SO
as to remove the dead, dying and injured.
The engineer of the Harlem train has been
Placed Under Arrest
ON the charge of criminal carelessness, but
| an Investigation will be necessary to prove
whether he had received signal that the
track, which he supposed was.clear, wasioc-
| cupied or not. The railway officials who
were on the New Haven train Immediately
behind the Woodlawn rapid transit train,
and who were detained two hours, were at
loss to account for the cause OF the COLI
| sion and consider that il was carelessness
| on the part of some person, without being
able to say where the blame should rest
Mr.. Mathews, whose daughters were in
jured, is United States Inspector of Steam
| boats. Mr.. Mathews was in the smoking
car, and escaped injury. He says: "Our
train was composed of six cars in all. As
soon as possible left the car and CROPPED
my way on the track. The
Darkness Was So Dense
that it was scarcely possible. to see your
hand before your face, and it was only pos
sible to Judge of the extent OF the calamity
by the shrieks and groans OF the wounded.
! The tunnel was completely blocked by the
| wreck of the two cars, and the unfortunate
Messengers were so inextricably mixed up