The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-27
A RAILROAD HORROR.
TWO TRAINS COLLIDE IN A TUN-
MEL
Severa; Persons Killed and Many Bad
Iy InjureG-Thc Accident Attributed
TO Gross Mismanagement.

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TO Gross MismanaGement.
New York, Sept. 22-Two trains
telescoped in the railway tunnel at
Eighty sixth street this morning.
Five persons are reported killed.
Several are reported still under the
trains. All the police ambulances
are ordered to the scene.
THE PARTICULARS.
a terrible accident occurred this
murning IN the Fourth-avenue tun-
mel, at the Eighty sixth-street Sta
ton. The New Haven train, from
Mt. Vernon, while standing on the
south bound treck. was run into by
Harlem local. The two rear cars
were demolished, and, with the ell
CINE of the Harlem train, lie in the
tunnel.
As near as can be ascertained, at
present, four persons We're killed, and
nineteen badly injured. The names
OF the killed and injured have thus
far not been ascertaned.
tbs claimed the accident was the
result of gross mismanagement.
The locomotive on the main line of
the Hudson River Road broke one
of its driving-wheels at One hundred
and twenty-th;rd street. and blocked
the track. In consequence the New
Haven train, on arriving, switched
on the outh-bound side-track. At
7:53 o'clock the train from Mt. Yer
non was fully thirty-five minutes late.
When it reached the Eighty-sixth
street station it had made frequent
stops, and backed out and in the
tunnel, as the engine exploded signal
torpedOes on the track. 1t had
hardly been a minute at the Eighty
sixth street station when rumble
was heard behind it, and in an in
slant Il crash and the screams OF Il
score OF men and women were
heard.
The two rear cars of the six COM
posing the New Haven train were
telescoped and scattered. 1t is re-
ported that several Of the injured
persons have since died.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
The police and firemen Immediate
~ set To work to rescue the injured,
and succeeded in getting out five
men and two women. One of the
latter expired soon after being extri-
Gated. Policeman Slaterly discover
ed Il woman in the debris who had
fallen into trench alongside of the
wreck She was moaning. He pull
ed several pieces of timber oil her,
and had her removed to the station
room Oh the surface. She there
breathed her last. She was recog-
nized as Mime. Eugene Aubert, Il
teacher residingin Mount Vernon.
The following is the death list as
gathered so Tar: Sherman Adamson,
of Mt. Vernon; Frederick Stein, of
New Rochelle Miss J. Smith,
school teacher of Mt. Vernon.
The injured are Herald Meiks, of
New Jersey, hurt in the lace and left
knee; Thos. Logan, OF Mt. Vernon,
bruised in the face; II. c. Houghton,
OF No. 267 West Forty-hfth street,
scalp wood: Aaron Hedden, engi-
neer; John Saaan, OF Mt. Vernon ;
Mr. Stein, New Rochelle; Godfrey \.
Stein and a Mr. Brenner, of Mt. Yer
non Lizzie Cammeline. residence
unknown, both legs cut off William
Howe, James Harper, and Alonzo
Bray. of Mt. Vernon the two daugh
tiers of j. X. Matthews, and Herman
Abrams, of New Rochelle.
A PASSENGERS STORY.
MIR. Eli Kingston, managing editor
of the Commercial, saws: Il was sit
ting in the car of the Harlem train
which was next to the engine rs We
We're nearing the Eighty-sIxth street
station. In the tunnel 1 noticed that
some one jumped from the tram.
then looked ahead, and saw "a train
in front of us. Almost instantly the /.
crash came No red lights 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 darkness of the tunnel the scene
was irightful. | struck a match, |
and saw a lady lying among the !
debris She was taken out. found /
her left leg was severed below the /
knee. A gentlemOn was severely !
injured in the back. | should sup
pose about seven were badly injured, |
and from ten TO fourteen were hurt. |
but were able to leave for their |
homes. One OF the incoming trains |
was stopped, and The passengers I
were transferred to it and brought to
the Grand Central Depot
The employees Of the Harlem
train behaved with coolne,s and did /
their utmost for the wounded Ow-
ing to the total darkness in the tun /
mel it was impossible for the to get il
clear idea of what did occur
The escaping steam soon filled the
tunnel, and this, with the dark +
ness, only added TO the horror of the /
scene. Shrieks and screams were
heard from within the tunnel The
space was SO small that very little .
could be done, in the confusion, to
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 rescue to work with /
any rapidity The firemen were /
called also, and assisted in clearing
away the wreck, so as To remove the /
dead. diving. and injured