Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-28
TELESCOPED.
A Fearful Wreck on a New
York Road.
A SCORE OR MORE OF VICTIMS.
Four Persons Known to Have Beer
Killed-The Rear Brakeman's
BlundeP.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
ALBANY, N. Y, September 27.-The
first section of the st. Louis express wal
run into tonight near Palatine Bridge by
the second section, and the rear car was
telescoped. There is no night telegraph
office at Palatine Bridge and details are
hard to get. A relief train with physic
ians has been sent.
Nothing definite has yet been heard az
to the number killed or injured. 1t il
reported now that three coaches were
wrecked. Two wrecking trains have
gone to the scene.
The train wrecked is the one which
goes via Niagara Falls and the Micbigar
Southern route. A special from Canajo
harie says great excitement prevails, and
that the dead are estimated at from
twenty to thirty.
PROBABLY THIRTY VICTIMS.
PALATINE BRIDGE, N. Y, September
e7.--The st. Louis express No. 5, which
left Albany at 10 o'clock last night, met
with bad accident about two miles east
of here about midnight. The first section
broke down and stopped for repairs. The
rear brakeman was sent back to signal
the second section, but for some reason
failed. The first section was made up /, I
baggage, mail, express and three pas
senger care, packed with people, and a
Wagner sleeper on the end. The second
section telescoped into the first section
knocking out the lights and plungine
everything into darkness. The crash
was terrific.
Up to this hour, a. M, four bodies
have been taken out of the sleeper, and
it is feared that the total number OF
deaths will run up to twenty-five, and
possibly more, as the Car was full. 1t is
difficult to get particulars at this hour.
LATER REPORT.
ALBANY, September 27.-3 a. m.-Au-
thentlc information received here says
four persons we're killed in the acciden.
at Pala Inc Bridge: ,:three men and one
woman. Engineer Horth, of Albany,
had both legs broken. The Superin,
tendent has issued orders that the in
jured be conveyed to hotels and taken
care Of.
An EYE-WITNESS' ACCOUNT.
NBw YORK, September PA CORE.
spondent of the Times, who was on the
wrecked train, says when the crash came
he was asleep in the coach next ahead
Of the sleeper, in the first section, The
Car was crowded with passengers. The
wreck could not have occurred in more
unfavorabls place, and everything except
the coaches was in pitch darkness. For
a while the people were too dazed to do
any thing. The engineer Of the second sec
tion, VIM. Horth, When seen, was suffer
ing great agony and could talk but little.
The train men were mute as usual under
such circumstances. The engine of the
second section was wrecked beyond re-
demption. The roof of the exppess car
Immediately behind had sprung through
the cab and thrown the engineer to the
ground, the fireman making his escape
Dy jumping. Beyond this the second
section was not damaged, the heavy YES.
tibule sleepers protecting it from tels.
acoping.
REMOVING THR WOUNDED.
The heavy sleepers on the frst section
sustained the shock of the collision and
saved three passenger coaches in front.
filed with men, women and children,
from destruction. There was not . doc
tor on board, aud it was very difficult to
get restoratives for the injured. 1t was
not until q large bondre was built on
the north side of the track that
Q realizing sense of the disaster was OBJ
tanned. Already six wounded passengers,
including one lady, have been taken
from the Wagner sleeping Car. Axes
and saws were procured and willing
hands eet to work to cut away the sides
of the telescoped cara. How many
bodies, if any, are left in there at this
writing, it is i'm possible to tell. When
the correspondent left the scene they
had not made much progress.
WHO 10 TO BLAME.
The correspondent tried in vain before
leaving to find the rear brakeman of the
first section. He ia q most imp ortanr
person, for it was his duty to run back at
least 900 yards the moment the train
stopped. There is 9 iscrepancy as to
the length of time the first section was
standing at Palatine while the engineer
was making repairs, some claiming thai
scarcely moment elapsed before the
crash, and others that they were stand
| iUk Iuily ut0 nluuLck. lu6 COIT6eUO0Q-
en- and passenger walked two miles to
Palstine village and aroused the sur.
geons, who were hurried to the front as
quickly as possible. Assistance was also
telegraphed for from other points.
The latest report that four bodies have
been taken from the wreck is all the
authentic news now obtainable. 1t 10
feared the list of dead will run much
higher.
THE WOUNDED ENGINEER'S STORY.
| ALBANY, September 27.-The wounded
engineer, Horth, was brought here on u
late train at $3.50 this morning. He
claims not to have seen any signal which
should have been made by the rear
brakeman Of the frst section, and
on going around the curve he discov-
cred the rear lights Of the
first section when he was almost
onto it. BE reversed and applied the
air. but the brakes did not resp md prop
cry. Horth is in critical condition.
| Tho train which brought him here did