New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-04
WRECKED BY 4 FALLEN ROCh
ACCIDENT TO A FAST FREIGHT TRAIN ON
THE NETWORK CENTRAL.
A CATA- -TEoPnE

Garrson's. April 3.-Io.i than hali mile south Of
this place. the lnc oi the %ew ok Central Ran
road the tracks through cat N solid rock which
n some place is from thirty 10 forty feet high and at
the top oycIlaAe, the goad1ci. The cut }, narrow
and dark ard the railroad irici., leading into each
entrance Sharply. making 10 impossible FOR an
engineer b. au Obstruction iai enough 10 stop a
train that is under much hcadvay.
because IF the danger Of COLI sion. "a watchman Is
stationed near the entrance to the cat 4" signal the
trains they approach. lie lycs with his "fc in a
LITTLE lut hardly biz enough for to ct into. A.
near Il. be can ascertain. lt wa, ahont 30 O'Clock
this morning when be- ard h, wife heard a tremendous
crash lie i-hcd ont u the iir,lc cabin and almost
u.tncitcly caught up "a red light. tWo or thru" II
which were kept Burning rafy for Instant u,c. III,
VIE followed him IN her uirmoothc- with only thin
slippers On her feet. She. too. caught up I'D light
They found trl- au Immense mas Of rock Weighing
100 tons or more. had fallen from the prccipcc on
.ldc of cut tat it Law acros, the up track.
completely blocking the way. Already the roar Of An
approaching freight train. coming 40 the rate Of thirty
mllc. an hour toward ~ 100 thl, very track could bc
heard. They knew al.o that the Atlantic Express
with scores Of human being, aboard, va, due In B.
moment or two. The vatcAman did not lose his
prc-cnoc Of mind. Calling to hs wife to run mp
the track aud signal the express, he hurried
down TO meet the coming freight train. lie ran a.
fat a. possible toward the curve but Was not quick
enough The engineer SAW the rcd l- -ht swinging
wildly in the air and app-- The bialc- but little of
the trains momentum had been checked when the
cn gnc struck the howid The crash va, terrific.
The engine, 80. - in charge Of John Palmer jumped
from the track to the south track tcalIns oh the cow
catcher and the forward truck and taking ont the en-
tire right side of the cab beside, brcadus the piston
rods and crushing all Of the outwOrk. The tender
was sina he'd a. the two freight caro directly
behind IT, The engine. tender and three frce eIt cars
were piled up in a heap reaching 10 the top of the
blun.
In the third car was "a horse hdrnc. scd TO a buggy
in which was boy asleep. The boy was unhurt, but
the horse received slight injuries. In the cab with
the engineer were James Carey the fireman. and
Frank Do,Ic, the head brakeman. They were taken
ont Of the wrcc, under the engine. but, however,
received only Slight injuries outside Of the shock
Wrecldug trains from pcchskll and Poughkccpse
were soon ON the spot with heavy cngincs and wreck
ing machinery and about ZOO men. IIanc Was dc
laycd for nearly twelve hours. and II was not uniI
late IN the afternoon mat tin c"nu Ic. ~, ,
The early soutIbound trains were stoppcd aI us NJ,
station and the pisacnfciS were icIIeu 0Nr "a
Newbure. where they took the Wet shore h"llrnaa %
TO NcclaWhcn. some ol lhc s"ulioV"'u
passenger tans were switched 10 the Boston ana
hIl,nv Railroad. and from there 10 the Harlem kh
road tlacls The passengers Jn the chicago hAprcs'
,hc Nnrhrrn ENpcss and the NJ. Loni, Express we're
Transferred 10 the Wet shore several outgoing u ui' M
fIon Sew York were abandoned altogether. Inc
state Eyure-s. which leave, the Grand central station
al = 30 {. m did not 20 out but the chicago Li,,cl
which start, at . 80. and the southwestern Llmltcd
leaving at 10 30 went ont oyer me iia,icn W on nn,s M
ON fine The train leaving Ncw YORK al @:5o was
withdrawn, but the train at 80 p m went through
ali right All trains were stopped at the cut nov"
ever and much time lost.
The falling Of the rock Is attributed to the wet
weather The rocks all aons here are interlaed win
little crcviccs made by the water ana III riny "ether
NJ tLe rock This. together with the Jar OF heavy
trains probably looscncd the immense piece OF stone.