Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-31
ELEVEN WERE KILLED.
Frlghtful Results of the Accident
on the New York Central.

A Flagman's Neglect Permits an Express
Train to Dash Into Another Train
Standing on tho 1raci--The Faithiess
Employe Flees.
NEw YoRK, Dec. 25.-T4ast nights terri
Bile railway disaster at Hastings, on the
Hudson, was much worse than the first re-
ports Of il Indicated. Eleven persons at
the very least were killed outright, and
score of Others shockingly crushed or
burned.
The disaster was due to the careessness
Of brakeman Albert T. Herrck, 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 his citizens clothes.
ELEVEN DEAD VICTIMS.
The official list of the dead, MS given ont
tonight, numbers II people; Thedead are
York, Thomas W. Policy, New York, of
the firm Of George II, Policy 4 Company
Boston, Abraham Knight, conductor, Miss
Van Arsdale, New York, Miss Slocum,
Lockport, New York Miss Moore, Medina
N. T., Lizzie Ford, Brooklyn.J. W. White
porter. New York, Miss Lillian Baldwin,
New York, DIR. $. Il. Best, dentist New
York, one man, not identified.
BURNED AND INJURED.
Mrs. Homer X. Baldwin, New York,
burned about face and arms and injured
internally.
Anarew Ford, Brooklyn, slightly burned.
ID. Is. Murphy, lawyer, New York leg
and collar bone broken, face and arms
badly burned may die
burned.
j.. r. Bagnelle, Poughkeepsie, N. Y;
badly burned about the face and injured
internally.
uNIHJuREp
J. 9; Could, travelling engineer, New
Mr.. Mccormick, Miss Freyer Pough-
Homer R. Baldwin, New York.
Mr.; and Mrs. Ambrose i. Tremain,
Brooklyn.
THE FLAGMAN's FATAL DELAY.
From the official report given out to-day
by Third Nice-president Webb of the New
YORK Central road, train No. 93, which left
New YORK at $40 p, m last night, stopped
AZ Dobb's Ferry TO make some slight re.
pairs on the engine. The distance signal
was thrown out and the following train,
No. 10, the Buffalo and Niagara Falls
special, which left here at $50 p. M, was
stopped about three-qtaricrs of mile
south Of Dobb's Ferry station.
The conductor of No. 45 Immediately
sent brakeman licrrick back to signal the
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station at Hastings. He went inside and
talked with the station master, waiting for
the Cincinnati and st. Louis express 40, 7.
which loft this city at 3 O'clock
While Hcrrick was standing near the
door the st. Louis express whizzed past at
the rate oil 40 miles an hour.
NO SIGN or WARNING.
Engineer j. Donohue of the st. Louis
express, received no warning whatever OF
the presence of the Buffalo express on tho
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 of No. crashed into the
rear sleeper Gibraltar, Of the Buffalo
special, with terrific force. There were "
people in the sleeping car at the time.
An 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 a smouldering mass Mt the
side of the track where the disaster oc-
CURED. The most of the car was burned
up. Great blotches Of blood along the
stone ballast Of the road near the scene Of
the crash complete the rough picture
NOT TILL THE CRASH CAME.
When the st. Louis express crashed into
the sleeping cur 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
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splinters.
There were Is passengers In tho Gibral-
TAR anu all but three Of them were killed
or injured The hiss of the escaping steam
and the cries and groans of the wounded
ana dying passengers could be heard a
long distance.
FLAMES ADD 70 THE HORROR
A moment later the Gibraltar took fire.
The hands of both trains as well as the
passengers, quickly recovered from the
momentary shock and rushed to the aid of
the imprisoned people. Axes were torn
from the uninjured cars and by the light
Of lamps and torches men began to Chop
away the burning wood work of the Glib
raltar. They were urged on by the cries
OF the injured and dying people within.
RoBBING THE VICTIMS.
To add 10 the horror thieves got To work
and began to rob the injured passengers.
How much they secured Is not known,
A number of volunteers worked among
the passengers and IL is probable that this
waY made cloak for stealing BY some.
This morning Undertaken Vanderbilt in
preparing the remains of Mr.. Policy, one
OF the dead, for burial. discovered that the
body had been robbed. Upon removing
the clothing from the body SIR. Vanderbilt
found that The pockets had been rfed and
cut from the garments All of his iewclry,
money and his wallet are missing.
nIs MoTHkR KILLED RESIDE HIM.
The scenes about the wating-room at
Dobbs' Ferry We're pathetic Little Homer
Baldwin, son of Mrs A. NJ Baldwin. WINS
crying for his mother. His arm Was
bruised, but the child seemed anxious 10
know how his mother was. He did moi
know that she had been instantly killed.
The child had been sleeping in the same
berth with his mother.
FELT SAFE TILL TOO LATE.
Among the passengers in the Gibraltar
was Mr.. j. G. Gould, travelling engineer Of
the New York Central. He was one of the
three men who escaped unhnrt. He said
that no one In the Gibraltar had any idea
Of their danger until they heard the roar
Of the y. Louis Express right behind
them. The next instant the crash came.
In an instant the locomotive had crashed
right into the sleeper and the escaping
steam was sealding the passengers 10
DEATH
For moment there was most absolute
silence and then the most awful shrieks
and groans were heard from the passen-
gers OF the cur. Mr.. Gould does not know
how he got out of the car.
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