Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-06
SUCCESSFUL TRAIN-wnEokEns.
Disaster to . New York Central and Hudson Rivee ExRress-Over Sixty Lives Endangered-A Reward of $5,OOO offered for the Capture of the EffanHs

Hudson Rtvee ExPress-Over Sixty Lives Endangered-A Reward Ol $5,OOO Offered for the Capture of the Fiends.
 ALBANY, Sept. 5.-Train- wreckers were | successful about midnight last night in their attempt to derail 6 passenger train on the Hudson River railroad at point on the opposite shore, about four miles below this city. A train of eight sleepers, filled with men, women and children unconsci- ous of their danger, was hurled from the track while running at full speed by col- liding with pile of iron fish-plates, which had been placed there to accomplish the destruction of the train and the slaughter of the passengers. It was miraculous that the deed was not attended with loss of life
 The second coach fared worse than any of the others, turning a complete somer- sault and landing in the ditch bottom side up. In this car were the conductor and a porter and Mrs. Atkinson of Fremont N. Y., and her three children Mrs. Atkin- son was at first thought to be seriously in- jured, but it was found that she was more frightened than hurt.
 The third car was thrown directly across the ditch, at right angles with the track, and was at first taken for bridge span ming the abyss. There were eight passen- gers in the coach, making in all about thirty-one passengers who were so fortu- nately saved from instant death To ac- count for the fact that not one life was lost was beyond the power of those who viewed the work of the wreckers. The other five sleepers did not leave the road bed, but were lying obliquely across the north-bound track, while the fourth car was suspended in the air over the ditch, held in place by it's coupling, and the re- sistance offered by the weight of the other three cars.
 Conductor Maurice McAuliffe was the first to appear out of the first three cars He thrust his arm through a window and jumping out called to one of the trainmen to take a red lantern back and signal an express train which was soon due, and then started for this city. Arrangements were then made to signal the other trains which were due, and the attention of the passengers in the other five cars was then given to the rescue of the passengers in the ditched cars As soon as heads appeared at the car windows willing hands were at work bestowing help were it was needed. When all the passengers had been taken ont it was found that Mrs. Jenkins of Brooklyn was the only one who appeared to be at all in need of medical attendance. She received severe blow on the head Mrs. Atkinson was prostrated by the shock, and is in the hospital here suffering from nervous prostration. A number of the passengers were cut and bruised by the shattered car windows in their endeavor to extricate themselves from the wreck.
 Superintendent Bissell next made an in- vestigation as to the cause of the wreck, and he was mortified at the results. He found rail jammed into the cattle guard. It was wedged with timbers and securely held by fsh-plates, the whole arrangement being placed in slanting position, so as to lift the train clear off the track.
 Third Vice President Webb has tele- offered reward of $5,000 for the de- tection and conviction of the person or persons who placed the Instructions on the track
 WHITEHALL, N. Y., Sept. 5.-Sleeping train No. 27, from New York for Rouse's Point, ran into freight train at How ards. near Westport, at 5:30 o'clock this morning. The engineer, Thomas Murray, and the fireman, James Starr, and A. J. Nffen, were killed. No passengers were injured.
 OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 5.-The east bound overland flyer on the Union Pacific rail way which left here this morning was partially derailed thirty miles east. Two coaches and chair car went over on their side and down bank about five feet high. One passenger, lady, was seriously but not fatally hurt. The others were badly shaken up. The accidental falling of a brake rod caused the accident.
 KANSAS CrTY, Mo-, Sept. 5.-It is re- ported here that @ bad wreck of freight train occurred last night on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad at Clancy, Kan. :, by the disconnecting of switch by some unknown person. The engineer and four tramps are reported to have been killed and the fireman scalded fatally Six cars of hogs were killed and eighteen cars of grain burned.
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