Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-09-28
y WRECK ON THE CENTRAL
Twenty-Five Persons Are Re-
ported Killed.
-FOUR BODIES ALREADY FOUND.

a
Come Together with Terrific Crash
Near PaIatine Bridge sleeping Cars
Telcscoped and Crushed.
CANAJoHARIE, N. ", Sept. % "A serious
Acident occurred on the New York Central
DDad at II; 10 p. M, two miles east Of Pala
sne bridge. The first section Of the St Louis
Express, which left New York at O'Clock
had broken down. an accident having hap
pened 60 the steam chest, when the second
section, which was composed Of eight vesti-
bnle sleeping coaches drawn by the sixty
ton engine, No 6Ss, in charge Of William
Horth, and running at the rate Of thirty
miles an hour, dashed into Il.
Twenty-Five Reported KILLED.
-Four dead bodies have already been taken
from oneof the Pullman coaches and it is said
abe whole number Of dead may reach TWEEN
1y-tive
The first section was made up Of engine
ia, Engineer Weeks and Condu ctor Abel
Baggage, mail and express car, three passen.
ger coaches, which were packed with people,
une Wagner sleeper and two private coaches.
The rear private coach, the Kankakee, tele.
scoped the Wagner car Of the first section to
half its distance. The only damage caused
20 the day cars was in the smashing Of win
dows and lamps
After the crash the second section with
drew from the first section, but left a hole
in the rear section OF the Kankakee big
nnough TO place a boiler In. The first, third
and fourth tracks We're Uttered with wreck
age.
3. "Bad Business, had business"
just how the accident happened at this
hour is not determined Conductor Abel
Esys bis rear brakeman was sent back, but
Conductor Horth, who is very badly hurt
has said that he did not see him, and the
first he saw were the lights Of the train.
Horth is in bad way. He had a pillow
nnder his head, and his face WIS CHASTITY
white. Some kind hands had placed eQsh-
Son under bis legs and back He was suffer
sing great agony and could only mutter
This is bad business, bad business
Saved by the Heavy Shoppers.
The second engine No. 6s3, one Of the
latest and heaviest engines on the road, was
wrecked beyond redemption The roof Of
the express car Immediately behind it had
sprung through the cab and thrown tho en-
gineer 20 the ground The fireman, Henry
Anderson, had jumped and escaped nnin
cured Beyond this the second section was
not damaged az all, the heavy vestibuie
Yleepers protecting il from telescoping.
1t was the three rear heavy Wagner alaayr
ing and private coaches that had sustained
She shock and saved those three passenger
soaches filed with men, women and children
from destruction.
Z, ~ six Wounded People Rescued.
There was not a surgeon or doctor on the
train, and il was with the greatest difficulty
that whisky aud brandy were procured for
The wounded. 1t was not tin large bonfire
was built on the north side Of the track that
a realizing sense OF The disaster was obtained
Already six wounded passengers, including
one lady, had been taken from the Wagner
sleeping car.
Assistance from Paiatino Bridge.
The writer hurried 70 Palatine Bridge, and
went from house Is house awakening sur
~eons who were hurried TO the front as rap.
aly as vehicles could take them
AN trains east and west, freight and pas
Rngers, were held at Palatne Within hnlf
hi hour every doctor had gone forward, and
assistance had been telegraphed 60 from
Fonda and Little Falls, It was just By mir
ric that the disaster was not rendered ten,
fold more terrible
Another Narrow Escape
Within FIVE minutes after the crash the
meat express came tearing along on the
fourth track at the rate Of thirty miles an
honr. II was stopped Just in time else It
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