The morning call., 1891-12-26
Official Report Of the Hudson
River Wreck.
Gross Neglect Of Duty Caused the Fearful
BGCident
Scenes Around the Burning Sleeper Gibraltar.
Thieves Arrive and Rob the
Dead and Dying.
sFecial TO THE MORNING CAlt..

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-The accident on
the New York Central Railway last night
at Hastings has proved much greater than
from the reports received last night. The
official list of the dead as given out tonight
numbers eleven persons. The dead are:
MRS. A. n BALDWIN, New York.
THOMAS ". P1LLEY. New York, of
the firm of George Pilley & Co., Boston.
ABRAM KNIGHT, conductor.
MISS VANARSDALE, New York.
MISS SLOCUM. Lockport, n. Y.
MISS MOORE, Medina.
LIZZIE FORD. Brooklyn.
J. w. WHITE, porter.
MISS Lillian BALDWIN, New York.
DR. S. F. BEST, dentist, New York.
EDWIN S. WILCOX of the law firm of
Wilcox & Jones, New York.
TIE INJURED.
The burned and injured are:
Mrs. HOMER R. BALDWIN, New York
ANNIE FORD, Brooklyn.
ID. B. MURPHY, lawyer, New York
MARY A. JACOBSON, New York.
j. r. BAGNELLE, Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
The terrible accident was due to the care
lessness of Brakeman Albert F. Herrck of
the Buffalo express, which was lying still
below Hastings. Herrlck fled and has not
been found. He left his uniform in the
train and put on citizens clothes From an
official report given OFT to-day, train No. 90
stopped at Dobbs Ferry to make slight re-
pairs on the engine. The danger signal was
thrown, and the following train--a Buffalo
and Niagara Falls special leaving here at I
o'clock in the evening-stOpped about three
quarters of q mile below DobbS Ferry sta
ton.
FATAL DELAY.
The condu tor of No. As Immediately sent
Brakeman Herrick back to signal the com
ing trains He proceeded a. far as the
station at Hastings. He went inside and
talked with the station-master waiting for
the Cincinnati and St. Louis express, No. 7,
which left the city at o'clock While
Herrck was standing near the door the St.
Louis express whizzed past at the rate of
forty miles an hour. Engineer Donohue of
the express received no warning of the
presence of the Buffalo express on the track
ahead until she was almost on the train
he reversed his engine, nut on the air and
jumped The engine Of No. crashed into
the rear of the sleeper "Gibraltar" of the
Buffalo special with terrific force. There
were twenty-five people in the car at the
time.
REDUCED TO sPLINTERs
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 or three feet IN diameter
ia oil of
mains to-day to tell the story of the fright
ful disaster is the tin roof of the Wagner
sleeping-car Gibraltar that is still lying in
smoldering mass al the side of the track
where the disaster occurred. The rest of
the car was burned up.
When the ST. Louis express crashed into
the sleeping-car the engine was completely
lost In the interior of the car. The heavy
wood and iron work of the Gibraltar was
reduced to splinters, and the hiss Of escap-
Ing steam and the groans of the wounded
and dying passengers could be heard long
distance. The appeals of the dying were
heartrending. A moment later the Glib
raltar took fire. The crews of both trains
luckily recovered from the momeutary
shock, and rushed to the aid Of the impriS-
oned.
ROBBED THE DEAD.
The passengers from both trains followed
suit, and soon a score of persons had organ
lied them selves into a relief party. One
after another the wounded and dying were
taken out Axes were taken from the cars,
and by the light of lamps and torches the
men began to chop away the burning wood
work of the Gibraltar. 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, and
1t was not known the thieves were among
the injured at the time of the accident, and
the fact was not discovered until this morn
ing A number of volunteers worked among
the injured passengers, and it is probable
that this was made a cloak for stealing by
some. The Coroner this morning took
possession Of the effects of the dead, and
will hold them until they are claimed by
relatives Of the deceased. The scenes about
the waiting-rOom at Dobbs Ferry were pa
thetic. Little Homer Baldwin, son of Mrs
Baldwin, was crying for his mother. His
arms were bruised, but the child seemed
anxious TO know how his mother was. He
did not know she was killed. The child
was sleeping in the same berth with his
mother.
DEATH INnER nIEIiCTI.TIE