New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-27
killing Joseph Wright, John Adam and a boy named
NARROW ESCAPE FROM a DISASTER.
ALMOST REPETITION OF THE sPUYTEN DUYvIL
ACCIDENT NEAR SARATOGA.

Troy, Aug 26.-This morning the r-brakes
on the Saratoga special train, which due here at
$40 O'Clock got slightly OF order after leaving Me-
chaDlcye and dragged. Two miles north OF Waterford
Junction the train stopped In order to remedy the
difficulty, and nagman back The train mad
stopped about four minutes, and getting under way
when the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western train
which was due at $50 O'Clock, along, ten minutes
behind time and running very fast The Boston trains
locomotive tho OF the Saratoga train and
slightly damaged It. and the cowcacher and headnght
OF the locomotive smashed Only one OF the pas
sengers Saratoga train was injured ana ne only
against the mail and cut aud the baggagemHh VINO
was sitting IN the doorway Of the baggage car was r
thrown out and severely bruised Inc bOstOu u"in "
rived at the depot about noon.
The Saratoga express train is due at tue Grand Central
Depot in this city at 2l5 p m but yesterday it was an
hour and fifteen late This train which leaves
Saratoga at $50, IL always crowded on Saturdays
Among the passengers Dr. George II. Atkinson or
No. 9S Pineappe-st., Brooklyn. lie met In Third
Avenue Elevated train by TRIBUNE reporter TO whom
he gave the following explanation of the trains delay:
We left Saratoga few minutes behind the schedule
timeand after running rapidly for about halt an hour the
train "A sandstill At that me-about o'clock
think-I was sitting in a drawing car, the second
from the end Of the train. Behind another
parlor and a passenger car while bag
gage brought up the rear. When the
train stopped, as is usual under such cir
to inquire into the cause of the teay One man left
our car and went up the side Of toe track In few
minutes he returned and said his wife that the delay
on account OF a hot box Then he again went out,
but In minute two he returned and said to his wife
I'm tone that all Of us could hear: do not want to
frightcn you think you had better get out Of this
quickly ycn can, for there is going TO be col
llSiOn.'
There was an instantaneous rush among the passen-
gers for the doors, aud most OF them got out Those
ground a
ing down the track directly upon uS had lnst reached
the step and was about 70 step on when the crasl
came. l was knocked about twenty feet
into ditch, where | was rolled over
and among 'Ot OF bushes. picked myself up
quickly as possible, and finding that had luckily
escaped without scratch went TO the assistance of
woman who had also been thrown into the bushes In the
ditch. helped her up on her feet and found that Ike
myself she had escaped unhrt then went to the other
side Of the train, where nearly all the people who had
left the cars were collected ! found that one woman
had had her foot broken. did what / could for her
professionally fixed her and helped to carry her into
the understood that she sister Of DR.. Van
slyke, prominent physician OF Albany. passenger,
who learned was Mr.. Davis of Potsdarn " y hid suf-
cred severe aceration o. the hand, aId dressed
his wounds These were all the persons injured 20 fa as
of whom badly IN ken up by the collision, had
gathered on the track alongside and were the
origin OF the accident The universal opinion seemed 10
be that the escape from disaster similar to ha at
spuyen Duyyll was too narrow TO be comfortable. Il
| ia many respects second edition or the Spuyten
Duyyi collision Tho conductor Of our train Greatly
| to blame, was told When came 10 stop be acnt
| back brakeman TO 1aS the tram behind us. He re-
called this brakeman before his train was ready to start
but sent back anOtneI when lie saw he other train
| coming This man did not get far enough back
to stop the approaching tram in time 10 prevent the cO
si0n. The headlight OF the rear train was Knocked OH
and thrown into our baggage car aud tue cowcatcher
and locomotive were considerably damaged Inc rear
platform Of the baggage smashed IN and me two
trucks thrown off the track. was tod that the
air brakes OF tht rear tram were out OF order also ana
did work properly wAcn the engineer endeayored to
stop MS tram. The train hat ran into us should have
been ahead Of u.s. but instead II ten minutes behind
| us. We mad very narrow escape