New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-26
FATAL DISOBEDIEyCE OF ORDERS.
THREE PERSONS KILLED BY A COLLISION.
TWO CARS ON THE WEST SHORE ROAD RUN INTO
BY AN EAST BOUND TRAIN.
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Iyovs. \. Y. Nav 25-The second section of the
east bound passenger train, No. Oh ran
into the west bound passenger tram, NO.
81, on the West Shore Railroad, at Savannah,
n Y, at 1890 last night. The west bound
train was a few minutes late 1t passed the hrst
section of train No. 54 at Montezuma and there re-
ceived orders from the train dispatcher to go upon
the switch at Savannah until the second section
OF train No. 52 had passed it. At the same time
a message was sent to the conductor and engineer
of the second section of train No 81 at Lyons TO come
TO full stop before entering Savannah and be on the
lookout there for train No. 81. Engineer Whlte'
on train No. 81 observed his instructions, and was
going upon the switch at Savannah when the east
bound train ran into that station at full speed
Part of the second car from the rear of train NO
81 was torn away, and hardly solid timber was
left IN the last car, which was used as smoking
car The locomotive of the east bound tram was
ruined and thrown from the track The other
portions of the two trains were uninjured and re-
mained upon the track. There was only small
number of passengers in the smoking car snd none
of these escaped without injury or death.
| The scene of the accident Immediately after Its
| occurrence was never to he forgotten. Screams
and rroans filed the air, while the uninjured pas
sengers strove to extrcate the injured ones from the
tho extent of the accident was not real
! led There was no about the
| denot at tho time and 1t was some
! time before help could be procured from Savannah
Village The trainmen were unusually strenuous IN
their efforts to alleviate the suffering of the injured
ones A. H. Waterbury, a wealthy cigar man
ufacturer of Newark n. Y, was instantly killed
! and John Wright, of Savannah, who was just about
| to get off the train was crushed to death. James
! O'Grady, liquor dealer in Rochester was injured
| and died shortly after being taken from the
wreck His son was severely injured, but will live.
| s. w. Pitts, a travelling agent for syracuse
| paper house. was injured internally and 1t is be-
| 1eyed that he cannot survive. y Roberts, OF
Rochester plotting engineer nee ION on the 1 and
! John Smith of Buffalo, had his
right right foot ,t''"; crushed and ampqtation win
| pTobably be necessary. Philip Becker,
of Lockpo n. Y, received terrible wounds about
the face and scalp. James Reamer, OF Butler, NJ l.,
was injured internally, and there were fears that
he would not live through the night Henry hams s
| leg broken, and crushed i'll two places Mrs. A. u:
Lewis, of Port Jervis, n. T., sustained fracture Oh
| the skull. There several passengers VINO were
injured, but they were sufficiently able 10 resume
few hours after the accident the bodies Of the
dead were carried to savannah h0tel ana lal,l m
out there The residents willingly offered the use
of their residences for the accommodation OF the
injured ones. Medical aid was summoned trom
neghbOring villages and special train conveyed
physicians from Lyons and Clyde to Savannah:
! A West Shore wTecking tram arrived at
the scene of the accident about midnight,
and the work of clearing away the debris
was finished early this morning. m Trains were
again moving regularly at a. IN: IhlS Is the sec
ond disaster of the kind on the West Shore road at
Savannah in the last three months, he blame OF
the occident is generally placed at the door OF En-
g1neer Roberts, of train No. o. who was plotting a
new engineer one Stiner over the road, as this was
the latters first trip. Stiner says that he was told
to rely upon Roberts for advice and that the latter
! advised him to 60 ahead. On reaching Savannah
! his train was under such headway when he saw the
impending disaster, that IL was impossible to pre-
| vent the accident.