Telegram-herald., 1890-09-06
FIENDS AT WORK.
They Wreck New York Central
Passenger Tgaia
Scores Of Travellers MlrsCuioasiY IS
cape Death s e Reward Offered
Tor tiss Guilty Oncs.

AfBANY, \. =. sept a-4Eprsaay
night sboUt ~ o'clock . ssccos sfut e.
teppt "a traiE wrccktng vas saade on
The New York Ceniral a5out foof
miles south ~ Ggeenbush. LccsLy
ouly one-h4lf 81 TIE attewp plod
wreeking was suooessiul. ana no
Joss a. life 81 seTloss I'M nturies resuliee,
The second sectlon az the h2n-
treal sleeper train ont o. AsW ork. cue
here at 1889. consisting ~ En engine
and eight sleepefs. fllea vith mfa.
women and caiidren, e as deHalle4. lsi.
barring the shaklng Up 81 thc passen-
gers and The hruising o. half-aozen er
So, nothing more se rious than TIE Nresa-
ing OF the cars resulted.
The injured lisl Nlll foot up aboat
seven. the most seriously surea htiHs
Mrs Atkinson. Of Irenton. ~ g.. Who
was badly cut aud Trslnman SaDls-
paugh, back wrenched. The Others
have backs and limbs Nrenched.
but none of tho eases are fatal.
a single raj placed crosswise ca
the track in front of the train caused
the disaster SIX coaches we're turnel
bottom-side up a. The bottom of q f.i-
teea-foot EN- bankment aad three were
twisted and wrenched beyond repair
OF the eight sleepers con prising the
train bat two were left on the track.
The Others were either on the eu bsEk-
ment or lying across the rails
The loss viii be many thousands q
dollars. There is no cleN % the per-
petrators, and = the Central company
offers $. 600 reward for The arrest and
conviction Of the parties who caused
the wreck The distractions were
lashed 70 the rails. 30 that
there could be no doubt Of
the dastardly intentions of the wreck.
ers. The escape OF the train from .
more serious disaster Was little short
Of miraculous. When the engine struck
the obstruction IL was lifted bodily
into the air. and the forward part was
left suspended in space The en-
pineer and fireman both stuck 70 their
posts. The fret car. containing twenty
two passengers slid down the en- bank
ment and came 70 a stanos1l or iis
side. None Of the passengers In thls
car was more than slightly bruised
The second coach turned . corplets
souersault and landed In the ditch
bottom side up. There was only one
passenger. Miss Gsrakzn. Of Brook.
lyn. in this car beside tie conductor
and the porter II was 81 frsi
thought that Miss GarakGn was serl-
ously injured, but she suffered no more
than severe blow on the head. outside
of shock. The third car of the train
was thrown a. right angles across The
ditch. but was not overturned None
OF the thirty-one passengers IN tbs car
was injured
Superintendent Bissell made = per.
sonal inspection o. the wreck and
learned that a rail had been jatnme8
into the csttle-gvarss, xedFed with tim.
bers and fastened With the ash plates
The purpose Of the wrookcrt vat
10 lift the entire train from
The road bed A similar obstroc.
ton was found By the super
iniendont or the South bound track .
few yards distant The ei.ff three
passengers Of the train were broerht &c
the city early In The morning bY The re-.
lief train. The destructioa - the train
must have been decided upon in .
hurry. FOR the wrecked train was but
thirsy-fvc inmates behind ihe frst sec-
tion sr1 that cane through al right
FysIrFrR AND TIKEGAs K1fLID.
WHITE HsLf. y. y. Sept . En-
eineer Thomas Murray and Tirenen
James Hsrr and A. J. Kifen were Killed
bv coilis-on at Howards. TIE col
lision Was between sleeping-csr train
No ~. from New York for Rolses
Point. and freight train. No passen
gers were ln -ared.