New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-31
THEE ACCIDANrS " rAE TUNNEL.

r was reported at Police HeaGquarters yesterday
that an accident hal occurred in the Hudson River
tunnel on tine New-Y0rh side. Inquiry AT the foot
Of MOrtoG-st. was met with the reply: Wei, we
have had what the public might call an accident
but similar happenings are 81 SO common an o.
currrnce with us tatt We think nothing OF them"
General MANAGER la ihins stated hat TWO accidents
took place lu the tunnel during tn day. one IN The
New York end at q. and lie other IN the Ntw-
jersey end at l D. III. The men on TINS SIDE are AT
present working IN loose grave soil mixed
with sand WnIle they were pushing their work
Yesterday morning. one of them removed from the
gravel and sand lar-e stone abot three feet long
by two broad. and SIX inches thlck. Inc removal
o tins, ii lett Al opening through when the
water rushed with considerable velocity, and COM
uelled the men to retreat through the iron
doors winch guard the entrance to the alr-ocA.
They maue their escape easily, but The
ln-rush of water and accompanying mud SO filled
the end of the tunnel that Il VIII ne several days
before the damage can be r,medlcd, Divers were
sent down supplied with bags and stopped up the
opening formed by The removal OF tie stone 50 that
further danger from tne Ie tngIn Of the WAGER
Considerable excitement was ere tee in the upper
part of jersey CITY yesterday evening by the cIrcu-
lauon % rumors nat another 9ieak had occurred
I'm the Hudson liyer tunnel. ENlrAydgant state
ments were made as 30 the extent OF The damage
and the loss of he aud IL was not uAil late Louf
la.r night when the true state Of affairs
becarnc Known that the cNcIicnl, nj was alayed
About | O'Clock 10 the afternoon While "a gang con-
sI.tinU O! tweLty-nine labOrcrs and several msOns
were az work near tue heaIIug IL he north tunnel
a Missing sound heard. indicating tnat the com
Drr-sed ar escaping some OF me men became
aar,ued and fastened back to the AIR lock. which
VA, about 300 feet away. Superintendent Bowen.
VINO MS in charge OF the gang remained AT ms
most and on making an NV ,stigation discovered
that the air escaping behind an IRON plate
winch had lust been put up but had not Deen rIy-
etrd. Superintendent Bowen applied sand-Dags To
the leak and stopped it. The men returned 70
york and at $50 O'Clock another blow
out occurred, the air rushing out with
an intense Missing sound Superintendent Bowen
himself then became alarmed and ordered tho men
10 run for the AR lock. They Immediately obeyed
tbr order and all gOt safely INTO the ar lock except
one mex perieuced man who had been at WORK only
ON. day ana VINO had his fingers crushed IN the
door of the lock. Seeing after few
minutes that there was no immediate danger,
Superintendent Bowen and some of the men re-
turned into the tunnel ana The new leak was
stopped with sand-bags and work was Resumed.
The only damage was the partial collapse OF about
ten feet OF inc tunnel nearest To the heading
which VIII have to DO dug M again.
Colonel Haskins arrived about O'Clock. and
remained unti the shift was changed at o'clock.
The north TUNE, has been advanced 80 feet from
the original shaft and the south tunnel on when
no work has been done for some time. 600 feet l ne
engineers IN charge of the tunnel look upon yester-
daSs accidents beins of very tIl'laA character