New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-08
PASSENGERS ON THE TRAIN ARRIVE HERE.
SOME FORTUNATE BSCAPES-DESCRlPllON oF
THE SCENE

Several passengers who were the wrecked Lake
Shore train arrived this city last evening on tram
No . which reached the Grand Central station SHORTY
after O'Clock, hour late. nuHper vi per
sons were waiting the platform for 1lehus or
relatives about whose safety they were ANXIOUS
Among them was Mrs B. c. Brown of No. 3l6 Adelphi-
St. BROOKLYN whose husband the wrecked train
and was able to get in last night She was so over
joyed at meeting him that she would not permit MN
to stay to talk with the reporters present Almost
he announced that he was a survivor OF
the calamity aud had given his name and address, his
wife hustled him upstairs to the elevated station
one Of the belated passengers F. b. Kerr, OF
brooklyn. who the sleeping car Bufalo lie
said that when he boarded the Lake shore train ne
entered the forward sleeper, which was the one con
tanning Of those who were killed or injured
Luckily for him. II was discovered later that his berth
was in the behind it. Two women had also maze
the same mistake and changed their car.
In speaking Of the accident Mr.. Kerr said ::
d" At Dunkirk, about thirty miles west Of Buffalo,
it was found that the coupling between the
rear day coach and the forward sleeper was defective
and the steam and the air brakes were dctached'
When the train parted the down grade between
Hamburg and Bay View ard the collision occurred II
was about half past O'Clock. 1t was bitterly cold
and although two ca stbound trains passed Us at n
slow rate Of speed neither stopped to take us on
board and We were compelled 10 stay IN the open
air until half past II, when special train took Us
to Buffalo
"Whllc We were waiting for relief, nel-hbonnS
farmer, came to our assistance and built hug, p"-
fires which helped somewhat to relieve the general
discomfort The unniured cars Of the wrecked tram
were exc ingly cold and, moreover we were AFRAID
to enter them for fear that some tram mlPh' ooi"o
along and crash into them. The railroad au'Holi'c
were a. it appeared to me- frghtfully lax ana h'''
toting I'm their management of the affair. Every one
seemed TO lose his head will not atemp' 10 u7'IiO
he wounded aut killed
we're being eAtrcatcd from the ruins, IT wa, horrible
and don't like to think Of IT, can Only Prals'
the conduct Of WaJdron the colorcd porter OF tAc
a,lna v,ho prcvcuted the car from burning up by
selling and throwing out the lamp, which were
limiting the splintcls and beams OF the "ie'heu
sleeper. The escape Of c. /. Rice, "h" tFaNe' lol
: Oppcnhcimcr q Levy, No. AL broadway anu VI
three, buffalo men, who were sitting III inc 9"''''- y
commandment Of the forward sleeper, was Maf'cAou9'
julius sicgcl Of No. r9J ms A'e'' WHO WIS Il"
,urca IN the disaster. did not reach the city last
c,e,i,, rncrc were two young women at tie sta
ton waiting for Mrs. Natty Pierce. who le't Detroit
on thc IN fntcd tr:iu she was on her Way 10 lot
land and expected to s1ii tll, morning. NJ 'lVMn
described woman VINO was hl ', i"',''y' ,, '7' NJ
Injured and the two women I,t lAt >liuvh s"'l'
I'D tbat She VA. the person whom ;cy were cA-
peetine \ Mr. Fclls and his VIE. oihei paI,ep
aer. ON tl. Lake shore train, toSriIvr Win It
Ini,,i, woman whose name could NOT be ledIhru'
ALSO reached here on the through tiain lat nisnt.
II Wa reported I'm the city ycse.day mat JDih
f. bav the president OF the New Yori, baseball club.
Was among the missing in tlc III, . Pnfr
ncrs. Mcs-~; paws ana AbDey "y"s' .nf' ard ''g
DAY intended to uahe tc t"iu III ''' ,',' ,, i,, %
fhoy were extremely anNiou> FOR he"' "loni l'il, H.
gut Nr. DAY delayed at the L't-n' n'o'in- al
cleveland longer than expected ana uin NOT iN' t"c
f.af train AZ 3 p. M ,Npc. ted. Instead. me- wiz
e. T. DNlr cham. IN" vie pr'.i, ni oi i'. E.'o ",n
The train which lcft Cleveland at p. H. IheY
reached the city at noon Yesterday and at once
ha.~ncd TO inform their friends that they were all