The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-05
"a RAILROAD COLLISION.

n HALFWAY CVuufpiVN
THE MIDNIGHT CRASH NEAR PALA-
TINE BRIDGE. NEW YORK.
rouR PERSONS KILLED AND A NUN.
Der INJURED.
CANAJoHARIE, N. Y, Sept. D.
Four killed and . dozen or more In
Iured 10 the result Of the terrible rail-
road accident on the New York Gem
tral and Hudson River Railroad, tvO
miles 10 Of Palatine Bridge Station
last night The tram TO which the &C.
cident occurred was tie 1t. Louis and
Chicago express, bound west, which
vas run in two sections, The first
section left Fonda At ll.20 O'Clock, ten
minutes htp Thesections generally run
len minutes apart, WHICH latter order
from the best authenticated inior-
nation obtainable SEEM to have been
dsregarded slightly last night. When
! The irst section, Charles Averill con-
d%uctor, reached q point q the
| Creether farm, opposite B~randywine
Rim, pin the Mohawk river, Engineer
Weeks, OF the first section. noticed q
giving out OF ths steam chest OF his
engine. He immediately stepped, and
several passengers state that the hind
brakeman Of the grst section ran back
| IKE . shot.
A near ~ President Ledysrd. of the
Michigan Central. can Judge, II was not
over i've or six minutes before the
crash came, moo D.fi a..
Horth. the engineer Of Section No
Z, says be made every effort to stop by
applying the air brakes, but they did
not seem TO york, and nothing was
left for him to do but TO brace for the
crash, He was pitched out Of the win-
dow and both of bis legs we're broken,
and be was otherwise injured, His
fireman, John Slater, went up about 90
feet In the air and landed on top Of the
Boston and Albany's baggage car,
which was ia the rear, and which
struck with such tremendous force
that 1t was mors thap half way tele-
sccped with the rear part Ut The en-
CINE. BaRgageman e. Wilcox, Of Sy-
rAcuse,, was thrown into one end OF the
gar and seriously hurt about the head.
He, was the irst to come 70 the rescue
VI the unfortunate fireman on top Of
The car, and the latter. though badly
shocked was not more seriously IN
jul led.
In President Ingalls, car. the Kan
kRkee, were his family, N. X. john
son, of Cincinnati, his private score
sary, and Charles Falkner, q porter,
ahol was formerly with the Pullman
Falkper was Instantly
KILLED. All the others escaped without
serious injury. The Kankakee, being
next to the big Southern Car, was
showed with great force through the
Wagner sleeper ahead. which was
packed with people. The people III
the upper berths Ut the sleeper.
escaped with slight Injuries. Sew
|eral of them crawled out of
holes in the top Of the car.
The saddest and most terrible part OF
the accident befell William Manning,
of Marquette, Michigan, and his party.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Manning came east
to Westport, New York, where he mar
ried Miss Julia Davis, v wealthy and
beautiful young lady. They had passed
a few weeks OF their honeymoon ia the
East, and yesterday started for their
new home, where an elegantly furnished
house awaited them. They were &C
c0mpanied by sadie Boyd, a maid ser
want, and George W. Allen, q man ser
want. Mr.. Manning was injured in
ternally and badly dis6gured about the
the face. He was cut out Of his berth.
He Was removed to the Hotel Wagner
in this place and died soon after. His
wife, who Is . beautiful lady, took
everything calmly. She was carried
10 The berth next to that of her
husband and clearly stated her con.
dition, saying: II am all right; look
after VIII and Sadie" She was not |
all right however. as her head IL injur-
cd, aud she Ii otherwise hurt, though
not fatally. Sadie never spoke after
the crash, Her remains were dug out
and laid by the side Of the track and
tenderly covered. The man servant
escaped injury In his upper berth. In
upper birth No. z was Charles w.
Weed, q livery man at Newburgh, who
was on his way to Michigan TO buy |
horsts. Before retiring he had a chat
with Rev. Prentiss Deveuye. Of Day
ton, OHIO, who was TO occupy the lower
section. After the crash MI. Deveuve
was found with his head bent upward
dead. He Appeared tn be sleeping.
DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 28.-NOt for
many years has there been such gloom |
cast v Q this community rs the news
OF the awful death OF Rev. Prentiss
Pastor Of the FIRST Presby-
terrain Church, who was killed in Pala-
tine bridge disaster last night. lie
was q native Of New York, q
graduate Of Princeton College and
Seminary, was for many years
Pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, at Newark, N. j., and since
April 1884, Pastor Of the First Presby. |
Church OF this city. Rev.
Deyeuve had gone to Newark, N. j.,
to preach the funtra sermon of q
He leaves q widow here but
other relatives West.
The First Presbyterian Church sent
= c committee to Consioharie to bring
the remains here for burial. +