New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-11
WRECKED BY A LATE TRAIN.
THREE PERSONS KILLED AND sEvERAp
BADLY HURT.
COACHES OCCUPIED By VISITORS TO A sUMME1
AEsoRT CRUSHED TO sPIG NrERs-THE
BLAME FOR THE ACCIDENT
NOT FIXED.

Charlotte. N. Y Aug l0.-A collision occurred
near Forest Lawn on the Rome. watertown and
Ogdensburg Railroad. about o'clock this
morning. The night express bound west fos
Niagara Falls. ran into a Rochester train which
was backing down. The accident was at Forest
Lawn Station. about seven miles from
windsor Beach. where many residents of Rochester
are spending the summer. Those at Forest
Lawn who come TO the city daily TO business do SO
in stub train, which runs between Windsor
Beach and Forest Lawn. This stub train had
just run up to Forest Lawn, and was standing
there waiting for passengers. when the Thousand
Island fast express, which should leave Oswego
at a. m, came flying along. Although every
thing possible done to stop the train it crashed
into the stub" The rear car Of the latter
train was wrecked. The engine of the express was
driven completely through it and the engine and
car thrown upon the platform of the depot Tho
coaches of the express were thrown into the ditch
and piled up in all conceivable shapes
Following is list of the killed and injured:
KILLED.
JAY John Of oswego died at the City Hospital after
PERRIN. Miss Emma. of St Johns. Mich. was tn
TIFFANY, Andrew, engineer OF the steamer Hazletan.
at Oswego died soon after the collision.
pound fracture OF the left leg.
BROWN Lowell c. Of sherman. N. Y, had his right leg
and left foot badly crushed.
HANNoN. Mrs Frances of slskyou, Ont. had her right
leg broken and was injured internally.
leg broken.
PERRIN, Mr. Of St. Johns Mich. bruised and In
PERRIN. Mrs. OF st Johns Mich. had her collar bons
broken.
SWEET Miss Sarah of West wOlcOtt. injured as the
hips
A special train was Immediately sent to the
scene of the accident from Rochester and the
injured were placed on cots and brought to this
city. Here the patrol wagon and city ambulance
were brought into requistiOn, and the sufferers
were taken TO the City Hospital.
Just where the blame for the accident is to be
placed is hard to state. One report has it that
the Forest Lawn train had no flag OUT another
that the express had orders to run no further
than Forest Lawn. The express was late. The
railway officials here are reticent
Mrs. Perrin, mother of the girl who was killed,
asked for her daughter. She did not know her
daughter was dead, and it was not thought wise
to inform her. So she was told that her daughter
had sustained injuries and could not get TO her.
Henry NJ. Perrin, father of the girl, was severely
crushed about the cLest, and received
a painful scalp wound. His face was
also bruised and cut in many places.
He is sixty years old. and the shock upon learn
ing of the sad death of his daughter may prove
fatal.
George Motley of this city. was on the wrecked
train. He said: Il was in one of the sleepers
There was not much of a crash in nv car. but ID
left the track. / looked out of the window and
saw man. whom l took to be train hand run
ming down the hill. He probably jumped before
the collision. l went out. and it was an
awful sight TO see people dug out of the wreck
The engineer lay on tine grass. He had jumped,
ID was said, and had broken his leg. One young
woman died soon after being taken out from
the wreck One man, who was the editor of
paper, | heard had his leg broken. The baggage
car was so thoroughly demolished thar nothing
was left but spnters. The first passenger coach
of our train was terribly wrecked, and the next
one was almost as bad All the passengers whs
were hurt were in the foremost car"