Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-26
A ABRAKEMAN'S SCRIME
Particulars of the New York
Central Disaster.
A Catastrophe Due to q Brake
mans Carelessness.
Eleven People Killed and Many Seri-
Ously Injured.
Horrible Sights at the ecene Of the
Wreck-Thieves Rob the Wounded
Ps.sensers-The Author of
the Ruin Missing.

Associated Press Dispatches.
New York, Dec. 25.-The accident on
the New York Central railway last night
at Hastings has proved much greater
than was supposed from reports received
last night. The official list of dead as
given out tonight numbers eleven peo-
Pile.
The dead are: Mrs. A. N. Baldwin,
New York; Thomas w. Pilley, New
York, of the firm of George Pilley &
Co., Boston; Abram Knight, conductor; !;
Miss Canarsadale, New York; Miss Slo-
cum, Lockport, N. Y; Miss Moore,
Medina Lizzie Ford, Brooklyn; j. W.
White, porter; Miss Lillian Baldwin,
New York; DIR. d. f. Best, dentist,
New York; one man not identified.
The burned and otherwise injured
are: Mrs. Homer r. Baldwin, New
York; Annie Ford, Brooklyn; D. b.
Murphy. lawyer, New York; Harry
A. jacobson, New York; j. r. Bagnelle,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
The terrible accident was due to the
carelessnees of Brakeman Albert 4.
Herrick of the Buffalo express, which
was lying still below Hastings. Her
rick fed and has not yet been found.
He left his uniform in the train and put
on citizens clothes.
From the official report given out to-
day, it appears that train No. 92 stopped
at Dobbs' Ferry to make slight repairs
on the engine. A distant signal was
thrown and the following train, q Buf-
falo and Niagara Falls special, No. 40,
leaving here at p. M. stopped about
three-quarters of mile south of Dobbs'
Ferry station. The conductor OF No. 45
Immediately sent Brakeman Herrick
back to signal the coming train. He
proceeded as far as the station at Hast
ings. He went inside and talked with
the station master, waiting forthe Gin
cinnati and st. Louis express, No. Z,
which left the city at O'Clock. While
Herrick was standing near the door, the
St. Louis express whizzed past at the
rate Of forty miles an hour.
> Engineer Donohue of the express se-
ceiyed no warning of the presence Of
the Du4falo- oxprasn- the track ahead
until he was almost on the train He
reversed his engine, put on the air and
Jumped. The engine OF No. crashed
into the rear sleeper, the Gibraltar, OF
the Buffalo express, 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
diameter. The sight is sickening. All
else that remains today to tell the story
of the frightful disaster is the tin roof
of Wagner sleeping car. This is still
living in q smoldering mass at the side
OF the track where the disaster occurred.
The rest of the car was burned up.
When the St. Louis express Grained
into the sleeping car, the engine was
completely lost in the interior ot the
car. The heasy wood and iron wolk OF
the Gibraltar was reduced to splinlers.
The hiss OF the escaping steam ano the
cries for help were heard longdis-
tance. A moment later the Gibraltar
took FIRE. The crews OF both tRins
luckily recovered from the momerary
shocK, and rushed to aid the imprisned
people. The passengers from both trlns
followed suit, and soon score OF per-
sons had organized themselves mo a
relief party. One after another the
wounded and dying were taken put.
Axes were torn from the cars, AMI by
the light Of lamps and torches the men
began to chop away the burning wood
work from the Gibraltar.
To add to the horror OF the occaion,
thieves got to work and began to ro the
injured passengers. How much hey
secured is not known. 1t was not kpwn
that thieves were robbing the injnrd at
the time of the accident, and thefact
was not discovered until this moring.
The coroner this morning took psseee,-
sion of the effects OF the dead anf Will
hold them until they are claimd by
relatives of the deceased.
The scenes about the waiting ro0s at
Dobb's Ferry were pathetic. httle
Homer Baldwin, son of Mrs. Balwin,
was crying for his mother. HiArms
were bruised, but the child seemeanx-
ious to know how his mother was He
did not know she was killed. Thchild
had been sleeping in the sam0erth
| with his mother.
The unidentified body has beenlscer-.
tanned to be that of Edwin S. WilIx, OF
the law firm of Wilcox & Jones, New
| York