St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-26
DEATH LIST GROWING.
Eleven Are Dead at Yonkers and
More May Die.


TARRYTowN, n. Y, Dec. 25.-Nine
people in all were killed in the collision
between the st. Louis express and the
Niagara Falls express, Oh the New York
Central railroad, one mile north of Hast
ings, last night. Their names are as
follows: Thomas Palley, Boston; Abra-
ham Knight, conductor: Gertrude Moore,
Medina; n. Y; Miss G. d. Ford. Me-
dina, \. Y: George Wright. car porter;
Mrs. A. n. Baldwin, New York; Mrs.
Van Arsdale, New York; Lawyer Ed
win s. Wilcox, of the firm of Johnes Il
Wilcox, New York; Miss Slocum.
IOckport, n. Y; j. w. White, porter;
Miss Lille Baldwin, New York; DR..
Best, New York.
The injured who are at hospitals in
Yonkers are as follows: Editor of
the POughkeepsie Star, name unknown;
woman with the Baldwin family,
name unknown; Miss Lizzie Ford, and
Miss Murphy, Medina. n. Y.
Both Miss ID. G. Ford and George
Wright were terribly scalded, and their
agOnies were intense until they died
from their burns. 1t is probable the
death list will be swelled to twelve or
fifteen. Of the injured Miss Lille
Baldwin is scalded about the head and
body and her recovery is doubtful.
Mrs. IL. r. Baldwin is also badly
sCalded and bruised. Her condition is
critical. DR.. E. E. Best is scalded and
bruised about the body and he is in a
very dangerous condition. j. X. Bag
nellie, editor Of the Poughkeepsie Star,
who is also bruised and scalded, is UNI
conscious. He has not spoken a word
about the accident. The unknown
woman who was with the Baldwins is
70 iS
sciOus and has been so ever since the
accident. Mrs. Lizzie Ford is in a crit
ical condition from burns. Miss Murphy
is also in serious condition.
All that remains today 20 tell the
story of the frightful disaster is the tin
roof of the Wagner sleeping car "Gi-
braltar." This is still SmouldeTing at
the side of the track where the collision
occurred. The rest of the car was
burned up. All the other movable
wreckage as well as the damaged cars
have been removed by the wrecking
trains of the New York Central railroad.
The terrible disaster was due to the
careleSsneSS of Brakeman Albert Z.
Herrick. of the Buffalo express, which
was lying still below Hastings. Her
rick has not yet been found. He left his
uniform in the train and put on his citi-
Zen's clothes. The conductor had sent
Brakeman Herrick back to signal the
coming train. He proceeded as far as
the station at Hastings. where he went
inside and talked with the station
master. While Herrick was standing
near tine door the st. Louis express
whiZzed past, running at the
rate of sixty miles an hour. The engin-
eer received no warning whatever of
the presence of the Buffalo express on
the track ahead until he was almost on
the train. He reversed his engine, put
on the air brakes and jumped for his
life. The engine crashed into the
sleeper Gibraltar" with terrific force.
Here and there between the tracks
are great blotches of blood. dried and
clothed, two and three feet in diameter.
The sight is sickening. When the st.
Louis express crashed into the sleeping
car Gibraltar, which was in the rear of
the Niagara express, the engine was
completely lost in the interior of the
sleeping car. The heavy wood and iron
work OF the Gibraltar was reduced to
SplinterS.
There were eighteen passengers in the
Gibraltar. and all but three of them were
killed or injured. The hiss of the es-
Gaping steam and the cries and groans
of the wounded and dying passengers
could be heard = long distance. The
appeals of the wounded and the cries of
the dying were heartrendlng. A mo-
ment later the Gibraltar took fire. The
hands of both trains and the passengers
quickly recovered from the momentary
shock and rushed to the aid of the i'm
prisohed people. One after another the
wounded and dying were taken out.
Axes were torn from the cars, and by
the light of lamps and torches men be-
gan to chop awap the burning wood
work of the Gibraltar. They were
urged on by the cries of the injured and
dying people within.
To add to the horror of the occasion
thieves got to work and began to rob |
the injured passengers. How much they
secured is not known. 1t was not known |
that thieves were among the injured at
the time of the accident, and the fact
was not discovered until this morning.
A number of volunteers worked among
the injured passengers and it is proba-
bic that this was made cloak for steal
Spg by some. This morning Under
faker Vanderbilt, in preparing the re-
mains of Mr.. Pilley. one of the killed.
discovered that the body had been
robbed. Upon removing the clothing
from the body Vanderbilt found that
the pockets had been emptied and gar
mentS cut. All of his jewelry, money
and his wallet are missing.
The scenes about the waiting room at
Dobb's Ferry were pathetic. Little |
Homer Baldwin, son OF Mrs. A. NJ.
Baldwin, was crying for his mother.