The Red Cloud chief., 1889-10-04
REC

Collision Between Two Sections OF . NeW
York Central Express T~r.In->everai
Sleepers Crowded With Passenger
wrecked-Many Victims
CASAoHAEII y. Y, Sept @.-A right
&c firal accident happened on The Central
railroai nea- Palac1ne bridge last night
and three sleeping cars are n q snepeIess
mass, while many lives have been lost
The accident occurred two miles east OF
PaIa.iue bridge. The first section Of the
train b-oke down and before the second
section could be tagged it ran into tie
first section The first section CT tee St
Louis express No. ). which left Albany a.
ten O'Clock last night broke down and
stopped for repairs two miles of Pala-
tine bridge. Tie rear brakeman was sent
back 20 signal the secocd section but for
soCa unknown reason failed 10 perform
his duty. The engineer ot the second Sec
ton saws be id not see hin and the nrsc
thing be saw vas The lights OK the trss
section directly II hi. front The first sec
ton WIGS made up OF baggage. mail. *.
press and three passenger cars, packed
with people, and q Wagner sleeper or the
end
The crash was terrific. The second sec.
cioa teIescoped into the first section
knocking out the lights and plUnsirg
every thing into Darkness
Cp 20 cwo O'Clock foUr bodies had been
taken out OF TIE 5 eeper AID il was feared
The total hunter OF deaths would run up
to twenty-five and possibly more as the
car Vas full Ir is difficult to get par.
ciccia-A
Engineer Worth Of the second section
was so badly injured tnac he Is not ex-
pectej to survive the night Ge restless
in ALBANY.
ETAIL OF TIE DISASTER
NEW YORK. Sept &-A newspaper cor
respondent relegraphs: "A serious acct.
dent occurred on the New Terk Central
road at II 40 last night .wo nj es east OF
PaIacins bride. Tie first section OF the
Sc. Louis. express which left New York .:
six O'Clock had broken down. an accident
having happened 70 the steam chest wien
the second ~.ectiur, which was con-
posed OF eight vestibU,e sleeping
coaches drawn By . sixt?-tou en-
sas and running at the rate OF
thirty miles a hour. dashed into IL The
frs. section vas drawn By Conductor
Weeks, had q baggage, express and mat!
cars and .tree coaches which were packed
with people, q Wagner sleeper and two
private coaches. The private car kanka-
kee telescoped the first v-scibule sleeper
FOR half - length The only damage done
to the day coaches was the crashing o:
the windows AMI putting OF: tie lights.
The FIST, third anu fourth tracks were
Uttered with wreckage
Just how the accident happened 10 Al
this hoI- lone o'c.ocsl not determined
Conductor Weeks says MS rear brakeman
was sent back. but Engineer North ot The
second section who was very badly nurr,
say. he did not see him North Is IN q
bad way. He tad q pillow Uncer his tace
and looked very ghasciv.
Every seat in the car was taken One
haIt o. the passenger were women They
made 9 wild Or Ak for the door. but were
deferred from Jumping on. into the DARK
BIZ the cooler. neate! passengers The
wreck could net have occu-rei in a more
Unfavorable place. n the left tttE feet
below IS the roarin. Mohawk river. The
lights had all been eIrinsuished and al
was total darkness One-halt Of the pas
sengers were wrapped IN s,uuberiug
dreams and ewoke 20 ind themselves IL
extreme darkness and all confusion
There was not q surgeon or q doco!
OF the train and It was WITH The creates
c Ecuirv tia: whisky Z tranay wers
rr-cGreG for the wounded. L vas not q,
q large bonfire Was 10 Z On the north sid
OF The track rnar q reai zin- sens- CT n:
ecc.5snt Was obtained Already 81
wounded passengers intending one lady
had been taken from she Wagner sleepin.
car. Axes. saws and p.cks we're procured
AID wiling hands ST once Set 70 WORK {,
Gu. away TIE side OF the telescoped cars
How many are dead or wounded !. IS in
po-s be 20 TEL. as vet.
Engineer Weeks OF the f-st sec.
ton said: Ny engine had broken
down and I was out by III. side
OF nv engine when the e-asl
Came. I Immediately sent nv FIRE
man back 20 see wha. was the matter an,
Conductor Abel dispatched q daSman {
Palsrine bridge, two wiIes away, for As
~slstcrce'
IL Was Just By q miracle that the dis
aster was not rendered ten fold NOR
terrible Within five minutes after III
crash the meat < -ss cane tearing alooi
tn. fourth track a. the rate Of thirt,
niles an hour. e was stopped just Il
-&ne. else ir would have dasbeG INTO "a
debris q ne wreck TIE seco-d At!aact
EXPRESS due ID New YorS at go g. n va
hailed q. the station just as u was puilin,
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