The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-12-26
Special to the REcoRn.uS1on

'Pecill 10 the RECORD-USI0N.
New YORK, Dec. 25.-The accident on
the New Central Railway last night at
Hastings has proved much greater than
from reports received last night. The of
neal list of the dead, as given out to-
night, numbers eleven people.
Inc dead are: Mrs. A. n. Baldwin.
New York; Thomas w. PiIley. New
York, Of the firm of George Pilley 81 Co.,
Boston; Abram Knight, conductor: Miss
Van Arsdale. New York; Miss Slocum.
Lockport, n. Y; Miss Moore, Medina:
Lizzie Ford, Brooklyn; J. w. White,
porter; Miss Lillian Baldwin, New York;
DIR. 5. f. Best, a dentist of New York;
Edwin S. Wilcox, of the law firm of
Wilcox q Jones of New York.
The burned and injured are: Mrs.
Homer h. Baldwin, New York: Annie
Ford. Brooklyn; D. B. Murphy, LAWYER
New York; Harry a. jacobson, New
YORK; j. X. Bagnelle, Poughkeepsie,
The terrible accident was due to the
carelessness of Brakeman Albert Z. Her
rick OF the Buffalo express, which was
lying still below Hastings. Herrick fed
and has not yet been found. He left his
uniform IN the train, and put on citizens
clothes.
From an official report given out to-
day train No. SO stopped at Dobbs' Ferry
to make slight repairs on the engine. A
distant signal was thrown, and the fol-
lowing train, a Buffalo and Niagara Falls
special, leaving here at p. NJ, stopped
about three-quarters of mile south of
DobbS' Ferry Station. The conductor OF
No. 10 Immediately sent Brakeman Her
rick back to signal the coming trains. He
proceeded as far as the station at Hast
IngS. lie went inside and talked with
the statlon-maSter, waiting for the Gin
cinnatl and st. Louis express No. :,
which left this city at o'clock. While
Herrick was standing near the door the
st. Louis express WhlZZed past at rate
OF forty miles an hour. Engineer Dono-
hue OF the express received no warning
OF the presence of the Buffalo express on
the track ahead until he was almost on
the train. He reversed the engine, put on
the r-brakes and jumped.
The engine Of No. Z crushed into the
rear sleeper, the Gibraltar, of the Buffalo
special, with terrific force. There were
twenty-five people in the car at the time.
The ballast on the New York Central
is of stone. Here and there between the
tracks are great blotches of blood, dried
and clotted, two and three feet in diane
ter. The sight Is sickening.
All else that remains to-day to tell the
story OF the frightful disaster is the tin
roof OF the Wagner sleeping car Gibraltar,
This is still lying in the smoldering mass
at the side OF the track where the disaster
occurred. The rest ofthe car was burned
up.
When the st. Louis express crushed
into the sleeping car the engine was COM
pletely lost in the interior OF the car The
heavy wood and iron work of the GibraI-
tar was reduced to splinters
The hiss OF escaping steam and the cries
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Sengers could be heard a long distance.
The appeals of the dying were heart
rending. A moment later the Gibraltar
took fire. The crews of both trains luck
lily recovered from the momentary shock
and rushed to the aid OF the imprisoned
people. The passengers from both trains
followed suit, and soon score of persons
had organized themselves into a relief
party. One after another the wounded
and dying were taken out. Axes were
torn from the cars, and by the light of
lamps and torches the men began to chop
away the burning woodwork of the Glib
raltar.
TO add to the horror Of the occasion.
thieves set TO work to rob the injured
passengers. How much they secured is
not known. 1t was not known that any
thieves were present at the time Of the
accident, and the fact was not discovered
until this morning. A number of volun-
teeTS Workeu among Inc injured paSSen-
gers, and it is probable that this was
made cloak for stealing by some.
The Coroner this morning took pos
session of the effects of the dead, and will
hold them until they are claimed by rela-
tives of the deceased.
The scene about the waiting-room at
Dobbs' Ferry were pathetic. Little Ho-
mer Baldwin, son of Mrs. Baldwin, was
crying for his mother. His arms were
bruised, but the child seemed anxious 10
know how his mother was He did not
know she was killed. The child had
been sleeping in the same berth with his
mother.