The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-25

Of the wounded are likely to die. Four OF the
dead bodies were not recognizable last night
Tho list is as follows:
| THE DEAD
BALDWIN. Mrs A. NJ. of II East Eighty.nfth street
| widow Of Homer Baldwin.
| Knight. A. N. conductor Of the Wagner car.
| PoLLEr. THos W.. publisher. 10 West Twenty third
street. house II East Thrtyeighth street. New York.
| -Four unidentified corpses.
| THE INJURED.
| BALDWIN. HOMER R., slightly.
| BALDWIN. Mrs. II. r.
| BALDWIN, Miss LILLIAN.
| BEST DIR. STEPHEN E., IA Lenox avenue. New York
Ford. Miss ID. g.
FoRD. Mr.. r. NJ.
LIVINGSTON. d. G.
MURPHY, 7. B.. 81 Chambers street, badly burned.
RipGwAY-
WHITE J. W.. porter of the Wagner car. badly burned
and not expected to live.
Others less seriously whose names not taken.
The Buffalo and Niagara Falls special was
composed Of one combination baggage and
smoking cor. one ordinary coach. and two
Wagner sleeping cars. the Burnside and the
Gibraltar. The Gibraltar was the last car on
the train.
There were sixteen passengers in her be-
sides a conductor and porter. Ali the other
cars were filed. The train is one Of the fast
est night trains on the Central Its first regular
otoH uitSH 1CuSiuk tho Seutful ID Ieek6-
kill Exactly what caused the train to stop above
Hastings .last night is not known. but the
railroad SlHcials say that 1t was probably a
hot box on one Of the sleeping cars. and not the
smash at Sing Sing. sixteen miles up the
track. The St Louis express was COM
posed Of two express cars. two Or
binary coaches. and three sleepers. Her
running time between the Grand Central and
Hastings is nearly two minutes faster than the
Buffalo and Niagara Falls specials. Her fitst'
regular stopi is Pouehkeepsie. and she goes
through the towns between here and there at
terrific pace ''
Last night she was two minutes late
leaving the depot and made more
than average speed. She was going
particularly fast at Hastings. for there
are no switches or sidings to fear
there. The engineer had no warning what
ever Of the danger until his engine was within
a hundred feet or 90 from the rear OF the
stalled express.
Then he discovered the red lights on the tail
end Of the last car. He blew his whistle. re-
versed his engine. and damned down the
brakes. all in an instant. but too late.
TERRIFIC CRASH.
The speed Of the heavy train WAS scarcely
checked when the collision came. No one has
yet been able to describe the scene.
J. c. Gould. the travelling engineer OF the
New York Central. was one Of the passengers
in the Gibraltar. and he with two other men
wore the only persons in the car who escaped
alive and uninjured. They sat in seats near
tho front OF the car. They say there was no
warning whatever until an instant before
the crash. when the laundering OF the St Louis
express was heard almost upon them. No one
In the car had time to think before it was all
over
There were shrieks and cries from the
wounded and dying. and then they say that for
a moment there was absolute silence save for
the painting OF the engine that stood
In the midst OF the sleeper and for the
grinding OF its unchecked wheels n the track
The three men do not know how they got out
OF the car.
Tho shock sent passengers in the other cars
rolling from their seats into the aisles and on
top OF each other. Many Of them were bruised
but none SO far as is known was seriously in
jured.
PANIC AFTER THE WRECK.
1t was several minutes before these passen-
gers and the traihmen recovered from the
shock. and then they were panic stricken.
They trampled on each other In their efforts to
get tothe open mir. Some were hurt In this
way.
1t was fully Is minutes before any one
ndu TecpNcTeu W ste tne uuHluE0
wrought and to think Of saving life. The train
men were first about
They had axes from the uninjurcd cars. and
got lamps and torches and went to work chop
ping away what little OF the woodwork of the
Gibraltar remained. The injured. who were
pinned in the wreck. moaned and begged to
be released.
Their cries urged on the workers. Some of
the passengers were hurried back to the depot
at Hastings to send the news out over the road
to warn other trains that were due and to
summon assistance from the village.
That there had been mn accident was known
before they arrived. but no one had any idea
OF the extent Of the disaster.
The frightened passengers spread the report
that fifty had been killed. and that report
was telegraphed here. but was contra
dcted In very few minutes All the
doctors In Hastings and Dobbs Ferry were
summoned and more from Tarrytown and
Yonkers were telegraphed for. They were
bound to the scene OF the disaster as soon as
they arrived
TAKING OUT THE DEAD.
A half hours choppinR by the train men
and some OF the uninjured passengers.
who had also procured axes. cut away
the shell Of the telescoped chr and
the bodies OF two or three OF the dead were
brought out. Now and then an injured man
was released. The dead bodies were laid out
beside the track on improvised stretchers.
Beds were procured for the injured. and the
doctors attended to them. Besides their cuts
and bruises and broken bones they had been
frightfuly scalded by tho steam that escaped
from the pipes that heated tho ears.
1t was more than an hour before the last Of
the injured and tho dead were taken out.
Then train was mado up. and with the
doctors they were put on board and taken to
Yonkers and to Tarytown.
Nearly all Of the injured went 10 the former