The Portland daily press., 1891-12-26
LIKE MURDER.
Neglect Which Caused the Loss Of
Eleven Lives
A BRAKEMAN LOITERING WHILE A
TRAIN DASHED BY.

a Third stopped to Talk The Collision
Resulted-Fire Added Its Horror to the
wreck-Bodies of Victims Robbed.
NEW YORK. December 25-The acci-
dent on the New York Central railroad.
near Hastings, on the Hudson, proved
worse than last nights reports indicated.
The official list of dead numbers eleven.
The Dead:
MRS. A. N. BALDWIN, New York.
THOMAS W. Policy, New York, of the
firm of Policy & Co, Boston.
ABRAHAM KNIGHT. conductor.
Miss VANsADATE, New York.
Miss MABEL SLoCUM. Lockport, N. Y.
Miss GERTRUDE MOORE. Medina. n. Y.
Miss LIZZIE FORD, Brooklyn, N. Y.
j. w. WHITE, porter of the Car "Gibral-
tar"
Miss LILLIAN BALDWIN, New York.
DR.. E. BEST. dentist, New York.
One man not identified.
The Injured Are:
Mrs. HOMER r. BALDWIN, New York.
MISS ANNIE FORD, Brooklyn.
d. b. MURPHY, lawyer, New York. who
may die.
HARRY A. JACOBS, New York.
j. r. BALE, editor of the Evening
Star.
The accident was due to the carelessness
of brakeman. Albert E. Herrick, of the
Niagara express, which was at standstill
below Hastings. Herrick fed and has
not yet been found. He left his uniform
in the train. From the official report given
out today, train No. SO, which left New
York at 6 p. m, last night, stopped at
DObbs Ferry to make some slight repairs
on the engine. The distance signal was
thrown out and the following train, the
Buffalo and Niagara Falls special, which
left New York at $50. stopped about three
quarters of a mile south of Dobbs Ferry
station. The conductor of the latter train
immediately sent Brakeman Herrick back
to signal the coming train. He proceeded
as far as the station at Hastings. He
went inside and talked to the station master
WSEsie waiting for the Cincinnati and St.
GsOuis express which left this city at 8
o'clock.
Rushing to Destruction.
While Herrick was standing near the
door, the st. Louis express whizzed past
going at the rate of 40 miles an hour. En-
gineer Donohue of the st. Louis express
received no warning of the presence of the
Buffalo express on the track ahead until
almost on that train. He reversed his en-
gine, put on the air brakes and jumped for
his life. The engine of the ST. Louis ex-
press crashed into the rear sleeper ''Glbral
tar OF the Buffalo special with terrific
force. twenty-five people were in the
sleeping car at the time. A TarrytOwn dis
datch says the accident was one of the
worst that has happened on the New York
railroad in its recent history. Several of
the wounded died In the hospital at Yon-
kers in great agony. Editor Bale is -un-
conscious.
Fire Adds to the Horrors.
The moment afte the collision the wag-
ner sleeping car Gibraltar took fire and the
hands of both the trains rushed to the aid
OF the imprisoned people. The passengers
on both trains followed suit. One after
another the wounded and dying were taken
out. Some of the nninjured passengers
summon help and stop other trains that
might be coming. The Buffalo aud Niaga-
ra Falls train was composed of one combi-
nation baggage and smoking car, one Ordi-
nary coach and two Wagner sleeping cars,
the Burnside" and "Gibraltar." The st.
Louis Express was made up of two express
cars, two ordinary coaches and three Sleep
ing cars. At midnight the north bound
track was cleared. and shortly before the
st. Louis Express went on its wav. using
the locomotive from the Niagara Express.
The uniDjured cars of the Niagara train
were united with the st. Louis Express
cars and taken TO their destination. An
inquest viii be held Monday next.
Bodies of the Victims Robbed.
To add to the horrors Of the occasion,
thieves robbed the dead and injured pas
sengers. How much they secured is not
known. This morning an undertaken in
preparing the remains of Mr.. Policy for
burial discovered that the dead mans pock-
cts had been rifled and cut from the gar
ments. All of Mr.. Polley's jewelry and
his wallet are missing.