Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-06
NIHILISTIC,
An Express Train Going Thirty Miles
an Hour Lifted from the Track.
Miraculou Escape Of Thirty-0ne Passengers
from Instant Death-The Object was to
Wreck Freight Trains.

ALBANY, n. y, Sept. 5.-Last night
about u o o'clock successful attempt at
train wrecking was made on the New
York Central about four miles south of
Greenbush. Luckily only one-half of
the attempt was successful and no loss
of life or serious injury resulted. The
second section of the Montreal sleeper
out of New York, due here at ll:30,
consisting of the engine and eight sleep
ers, was derailed, but barring the shak-
ing up of the passengers and the bruis-
ing of half a dozen or more, nothing
more serious than the wrecking of the cars
occurred. A relief train was Immediate
ly dispatched from here to the scene
bearing Superintendent Bissill, Chief of
Police willard, three physicians and an
Associated Press reporter. This train
was twenty-five minutes late and was
running thirty miles an hour at this
point, and when the engine struck the
obstruction on the track it was lifted up
ward In the air and the whole train was
thrown from the track The forward
part of the engine was suspended in the
air. The engineer and fireman both
stuck to their posts. The first sleeper
containing twenty-five passengers slid
down an embankment and came to
standstill on its side. None of the pas
sengers in this car were injured outside
of few bruises. The second coach
TURNED a COMPLETE sONIERsAULT,
landing in a ditch bottom side up. In
this car were only two passengers, Mr..
and Mrs. jenkins of Brooklyn, the con-
ductor and porter. Mrs. jenkins was
found 10 be more frightened than hurt.
The third car was thrown directly across
the ditch at right angles with the track.
There were eight passengers in this
coach, making in all thiTty-One
persons who were fortunately saved
from instant death. The other five
sleepers did not leave the Toadbed, but
we're lying ObliquelY across the north
bound track, while the fourth coach was
suspended in the air over the ditch, held
in place by its coupling and the re-
sistHuce offered by the weight of the
other three coaches. Conductor Maurice
MCAuhffe was the first to appear out of
wreck, and arrangements were made TO
signal other trains which were due.
When all the passengers had been taken
out the cars it was found that Mrs.
Jenkins was the only one who needed
medical attendance, she having received
q severe blow on the head. Superrn-
teudeut Blssell made an investigation as
to
THE CAUSE OF THE WRECK
and found a rail jummed into the cattle
guards wedged with timbers and Sc
curely held by fishplates, while the ar
rangemeut was placed IN a slanting posi-
ton 80 as to lift the train clear off the
track. Mr. Bissell also found similar
Instructions on the south bound track, a
little way below where the distractions
had been placed on the north bound
track. The relief train returned here at
10 a. m. bringing all the passengers
back to this city.
The evident intention in placing the
obstructors on the track was to accom-
plish the destruction of valuable freight
trains which pass both ways at that
time of night, the train wreckers evil
IDENTITY thinking the train that was
wrecked passed on time. Third Vice
President Webb has telegraphed Super
intendent Bissell he has offered q re-
ward of $4,000 for the detection and con-
viction of the person or persons who
placed the distractions on the track.
J J. Howard of the general executive
board of the Knights of Labor, arrived
here and had consultation with Messrs.
Wright and DevIin as to the advisability
of offering $40 200 reward for the arrest
and conviction of the persons who placed
the obstruction on the track.