New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-31

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only slightly injured. had been brought there
in carriage by citizen. Sergeant Conlin, who
was in charge. Immediately dispatched the reserve
force of thirty men to the Bridge, with orders not
to allow any moro people to pass the tOl-keepers
under any pretence. At the same ~ instant
word was sent to the Chambers
Street Hospital, and to st. Vincents New-York and
Bellevue, for ambulances and surgeons. Ex-Alder-
man Kraus, who happened to be there when the
first intelligence arrived. ran over to the Astor
House for DR.. Harrington. He found the doctor in,
and tho two returned running to the station.
BY this time, the ambuances with
geons in charge had arrived from the Cham
bers Street Hospital and were receiving the
wounded and the dying, who were now being car
ried In by citizens and policemen in almost I'M
broken succession They were first taken into the
rear room of the station. There restoratives were
applied and everything was done to restore con-
.ciousness to those who had swooned Those who
were badly injured were transferred as quickly as
possible to the ambulance and the more fortunate
carried into the front Office where they re-
manned until they were in q condition to be sent
home.
As each new victim, wounded, manned or dead,
hurried across the square into the station, the
pitlable sight was followed and dwelt on by q crowd
of men, women and children, and these constantly
arriving delegations soon swelled the mum
ber of people about the entrance to
the station with surging crowd that
fought and struggled for an advantageous place to
view what was going on, and these were only kept
IN some kind of order by the vig)r of half a dozen
policemen. Men aud boys forced passage to the
barred windows which open from the SER
geants office, and glued their cheeks and foreheads
against the iron In their eagerness to catch
glimpse of the awful and heartrendng sights within.
The scenes here, between half-past and half-pa
o'clock were certainly sufficient to make women
faint and strong men turn pale. The doctors and
attendants belonging to the ambulinces were bur
rying the dead aud injured from the back room
wagons at the door. There were bloated faces,
and eyes crclcd with dark blue rings, pretcrnatu-
rally swollen; checks and faces were covered with
blood, and hair matted with lt foam was exud-
ing from blue lips aud clothes were torn and shirts
and dresses were in tattcrs. This procession
passed through a group of pale-faced men
and women whose eyes were suhused with
tears and whose lips were trembling with inquiries
they scarcely da:cd to form into words.
In one corner stood policeman ciasping pretty,
bnc-cyed babe closely to his uniformed coat Tho
child was daintily dressed in pink and white, and
tho rough policeman wai trying to soothe Its fears
by gentle words As ho stood there stout
German made his way frantcally into the
place Before ho could utter the words of inquiry
from his choking throat his tear-illed eyes caught
slght of the chill !. With a cry of joy he sprang
toward her, tore her from the officers grasp aud
hugged her TO his own breast. In another part of
the roam young German girl, vi ho had been badly
crushed and trampled and was stlll nn-
conscious. was shrieking and groanlng.
and moving with pain so rapidly that the at
tendants found diff Guilty in keeping her on seat
lu the back rooma large, heavy man who had been
nder the feet Of tie crowd. and the lower part of
" hose body terribly manglcd and crushed
AS Joining piercing Outcres 10 those OF the glrl IN
the other apartment and these shrlcks OF pam and
anguish added an element to tue horrible scene
which WAS thrilling.
The wounded and dead that were thus taken
through this strange assembly OF noises and people
were pat into the waiting ambulances. That were
rapidly driven away 10 the various hospitals and
gave place 10 succeeding ambulances That were
dashing up at frequent intervals, 10 the
disturbance and discontinue OF the con
stantly collecting crowds All told there
were seventeen Injured and Two
dead that taken away from the CITY HAL
station To the hospitals. The dead and twelve OF
the injured were taken to Chambers street Hos
pital. Four injured persons were carTlod 10 81.
Bciore the dead and injured had been all removed
and whIlc the room still filed with wounded
people uttenng cries OF pain and anxiously IN
auiring friends aud relatives, Detective Sergeant
Magurc. of Inspector Byrnes's staff pushed through
the crowd with his hands on the collars OF
two plckpockets who had been caught
on the Bridge plying their nlmblc trade
among thc crowd slow ly dispensing after the ca
tastrophe Tnc. names were William Darrigan and
Oscar Nephew and their features are reproduced I'D
the Rogues Gallery.
BY quarter past five, or three quarters of an hour
after the first injured person had been brought to
the station the last victim had been sent away
the d1co hGsPt" nad tho gone polidcmcn nGG
who had had an hour Of such unexpected hard work
aud excitement. and to the friends and relatives OF
those W no were the Bridge or who were supposed
IN there.
more to come IN an almost unDrokcn procession
some overwhelmed with fear OF Impending mis-
fortune and scarcely able to speak. and others
chances of IA favorable outcome. Al hali-past SIX
there few of these left. They had gone 10 t9e
hospitals or were satisfied from Sergeant Conlns
information that their foars were gr0uhdless. As
to the crowd outside, from hali-past live on lt
rapidly diminished. Many, went over 10 the
Chambers Street Hospital and many Others
repaired to the Bridge with morbid de de,
sire to inspect the OF the disaster lew stil
fingered, however. and talked With the groups OF
friends and relatives that were constantly coming
As these grew less in number, the crowd stu fur
thcr decreased, until finally band passsug along
Broadway attracted the remnant, VINO qulchly us
appeared across the Park. as -,.
The first injured person from the Bridge brought
to the station was a little boy five years old, named
the crush at the side by ). r. Morrow'
of No. 10 Centcr-st., who with his family was drly-
ing along the roadway in a carriage. DetectiVe,,
Sergeant Mangin, of Inspector Byrness stan lad
preceded Mr. Morrow by II few minutes and had an
nouncvd the catastrophe at the station But ~ was
not until Mr.. Morrows arrival and that oI Sr.
Kalischer with "A woman dressed III nayy-Dlue
costume that the irightiu extent ot the dis Aster
was made known.
NIhere were of course. many touching scenes when
the friends and relatives began 10 come ln sal-
faced widow with "a child ut her SIDE trcmDnngly
asked if anything had been heard of her daughter,
Henrietta Noar who had been on the Bridge with
William Weaver. When assured that no such
name appeared among tho list OF dead OF
wounded she breathed sigh or reneii
and casped her childs hand more closely She had
sent one child away TO Weaver's business address
to learn whether not he had gone on some nigh,
duty which his business makes necessary Sne had
buried her husband four months ago, she explained
to the sergeant. with sob, and her daughter was
her only support OF course there were numerous III
quirIes for people who had been absent from nome
"A few honrs Mt the time of the accldent anu were