The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-15
TELEGRAPHIG NEWS
THE TRAIN DISASTER.
Horrible Deaths and Painful
IDjuries.
How she Wreck Happened.

| New York, 13.-Assemb lymen PheehY
Robb and Chaplin of Brooklyn, Commits
sioner Ulrich and Spinney and Lyman,
correspondents, were enclosed in the tele
scope. portion of the roof fell down
enclosing them as in a box, from which
there seemed no escape. Axes were
brought in speedy use, and inside of thu
car a hole was cut and through this al
were dragged out. George VIM. Curtis
was also rumored at first to have beer
killed, but at late hour it is un-
Iderstood he escaped. Following is 8
list of the dead SO far as could be learned
at am. Sen ators Webster and Wag.
lner; E. L. Rswson, Hoffman House
Park Valentine, Of Remington, VT,
Mrs. Park Valentine, woman sup
posed to be from Philadelphia. Injured:
Oliver B, Kelly, aged Sc, OF Spring VAL
ley, Pa, fatally injured; Mary Daniels,
N. Y, badly injured.
The Tribune publishes the following
statement of r. r. Stillwell, of Oswego,
who was on the TsrrytoWn train,
| When we we're at Tarrytown, he said.
the train from Albany passed US. Il was
running fast, and there seemed to be a
wheel on fire. 1 spoke to one of the men
in the depot, and be said, "Those breaks
are down." After leaving Tsrrytown
we ran along smoothly for some time.
The first intimation had of danger was
feeling the air brakes had been suddenly
put on. l felt there wSs something COM
ing. and l braced myself sgainst the seat.
Then came the crash. Men and women
were thrown headlong over the seats. the
stove was upset, and so was the water
80 int for
few minutes. Women screamed and men
swore. Two or three men were burned
severely, although not dangerously.
Some were hurt by glass. Every one
got out Of the cars Immediately and went
forward to the Albany train. There were
three passenger coaches in our train, and
l was in the second. I suppose num-
Der of men in the first car must have been
hurt. As I went forward 1 saw that the
rear palace car, "Idlewild" I think, was
badly damaged. The back part was on
fire. and it had apparently been COM
pletely tslescoped by our engine. Every
one in the Albany train seemed to be out
of 1t except some in the back of the rear
car. In some way, ten or twelve seemed
to be held in the back part of the car,
which was all in flames. I suppose the
shock tore the ear all to pieces, and that
they were caught in betw 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 that
had his wits about hun Immediately
broke one Of the windows OF the car, and
two men helped in trying to get her out
None ofehe other passengers, who were
held IL the cars, was In such a dangerous
place as she was, and the first effort was
TO get her ont. Some wooden bars we're
handed to the men and they made one
great effort to get the woman out. Then
the flames swept around them and two
men jumped out of the window. Mean
time every one in the two trains had
gathered around the last cars. The con-
ductor again shouted to the crowd to
bring water and some snow balls, and to
throw them upon the flames, and every
one on the train went at this work and
they checked the flames for time.
under the stove had ceased. Another
psrty OF men procured ladder, and this
was put up against the side of the car.
While some men were pouring water and
snow on the flames others clambered to
the windows, but the. people were so
wed9ed in bet v cen the pieces Of seats that
they had to be pried out. The first per-
son taken out was the woman frat
alluded to-. She scanned dead. Then
with great difficulty two more women
and two men we're taken out, apparently
fatally injured. There we're several more
in the cars. I did not see how they
were got out. While I WAS walking
through the crowd saw woman with
q baby In her arms. The wcnan had
been badly cut by glass. and blood was
dripping over her child. She had been
in the forward part Of the rear psrlor car.
One man standing on the rear Of the
parlor car saw the Tsrrytown train
coming, and jumped off ust in time to
save himself. The accident was due to
the carelessness Of the man in charge of
the Albany train. It had no signal out,
and the first intimation our engineer had
of the danger was when he saw the lights
Of the drawing room Car about fifty feet
in front Of him.
The Tribune adds that the coach
took fire Immediately. The shock of the
collision was terrific, in all the cars o.
the Albany train the passengers were
thrown from their seats and many In
ljured. From both trains the passenger
rushed to the wreck and set to the worE
Of rescue. Water was carried from
the Harlem River and from the locomo
tiVes and dashed upon the flames, but tn
fire apparently burned up brighter ant
stronger. Some of the rescuers wer
burned about the hands and faces. Tn
cries and grosns from the injured wer
heard on every side. A short time be
fore the disaster occurred Senator Wag
liner passed through the car contsinin
1.-THE Tammsny party and said, lsug hingl
"Ah, here are all the snti-monopolists.
he added, 81 am opposed to monopolie
myself, for sometimes they smash M
cars" The party laughed at this sail
and Senstor Wagner passed int
the coach. Senator Browning
Of the Tammsny party, thinks no on
Twas killed in his car, bat all were NOR
or less injured by the conclusion, hyin
IRlass and splinters. Assemblyma
ISheen was badly hurt. Police Commi:
lsioner Nichols was cut painfully; 0eore
Thompson, Of st. Louis, passenger,
all right; mblyman Ersstus Brook
is unhurt; also Senators Jacobs and Jon
J. Herman, each Of whom is spoken {
FOR temporary presiding officer Of ID
lsenate.
New York, 14.-Geo. VIM. Curtiss
safe and unframed. The body of Sens
tor Wagner was recovered and broHgh
here. He suffered the horrible death c