Daily globe., 1882-09-23


and did their utmost for the wounded.
OWING to the total darkness in the tunnel
1t was impossible for me to get clear
le.ea OF what did occur. Escaping steam
soon filled the tunnel, and this, with the
darkness, only added to the horror of the
scene. Shrieks and screams were heard
from within the tunnel, but the space was
so limited very little could be done in the
confusion to aid the victims of the disas-
ter. Word was sent to the nearest police
station, and ambulances were taken to the
place, but so contracted was the space
where the accident occurred that it was
difficult for those who went to rescue to
work with any rapidity.'
The fremen were also called out and
assisted in cleaning the wreck so as to re-
move the dead, dying and injured. The
engineer of the Harlem train has been
placed under arrest on the charge of Grim
inal carelessness, but an investigation will
be necessary to prove whether he had re-
ceived the signal that the TRACK. which he
supposed was clear, was occupied or not.
Railroad officials who were on the New
Haven train Immediately behind Wood
lawn rapid transit train, who were detain-
two hours are at loss to account for the
cause of the accident. and consider that it
was carelessness on the part of some per-
son without being able to say where the
blame should be placed. Mr.. Mathews.
whose daughters were injured is United
States Inspector of steamboilers. Mr..
Matthews was in the smoking car and es-
capped injury. He says: Our train was
composed of six cars in all. AS soon as
possible l left the car and CROPPED my way
on to the track. The darkness was so
dense that it was scarcely possible to
judge Of the extent of the calamity by the
shrieks and groans Of the wounded. The
tunnel was completely blocked by the
wrecks of the two cars, and the unfortunate
passengers were so oinextricably mixed with
a tangle of broken iron and woodwork it
was equally impossible to guess at their
number or the extent of their injuries. l
know by past experience that these cars
are generally well filled, and I think it
would be a moderate estimate to say there
were at least 100 persons in them. How
many of them were killed or how many
injured l can, of course, form no idea, but
the cries were pitiful. The train is always
filled with well known business men, mer-
chants, brokers and others. 1 saw two
ladies and a gentleman who had been in
jured. The mans leg was bleeding badly,
but the injuries of the women were ap-
parently slight. All three were taken to
neighboring drug store. found my way
as quickly as could on to the main track,
and finally succeeded in discovering po-
hceman, to whom 1 gave information of
the disaster"
Nine. Eugenie Aubert was teaching
French in a public school. She was the
wife of Prof. Eugene Aubert, teacher of
French in the Normal college. Her body
was terribly crushed and her skull smash
ed. Mrs. Aubert is the only person known
with certainty to have been killed.
A great majority of the passengers were
school girls on their way to the Normal
college. 1t was some time before all anxi-
ETY. concerning them was relieved. They
were sent back to their homes. A large
force of laborers and wrecking train
were soon on the spot, and after some
hours work succeeded in drawing the
wrecked locomotive from the smashed and
broken cars. Then with the fremen and
the police they searched the ruins. The
body of Madame Aubert was taken to the
Eighty eighth street police station, where
1t now lies. When the fremen pulled away
the sides of the wreck man, supposed to
be Harold Weeks, was found with his skull
fractured. He will die. Stein will also die.