New-York tribune., 1891-02-21

of the road except one little boy, about fifteen
years old, who wore knickerbockers. who was
taken out of the wreck dead Nobody knew
anything about the boy at the time. and 1t was
presumed that he had been stealing ride
CARRYING HIS BROTHERS, DINNER.
The boy turned out to be Michael Mullane. of
No 247 East Fifty-second-st. His body is at the
Morgue. He horribly scorched and both oi
his legs broken in several places. Along
the right side of his face extended fearful cash.
He was fourteen years of age. He left his home
at 6 80 with breakfast pail for his brother,
who was an engineer working at the company
yard.
1T is said," continued Father Walker that
some Of the persons who were killed had no ousl-
ness on the train They lived in the neighborhood
of the Forty-second-st. station and were In the
habit Of boarding the empty cars that were going
to the yard every morning in order 10 reach ther
| work further up the road"
| At the Presbyterian Hospital last night it was
said that the coored cook, Daniel NJ. Culfrcd,
was not as severely injured as was at first sup
posed, and that he would probably be well in
| day or two
According to the police report in the Twenty
seventh Precinct in which the accident occurred,
| Policeman Carson was the first officer to reach
! the scene. Other officers soon followed and the
police gave great assistance to the ircmen In re-
moving bodies from the wreck.
BODIES TAKEN TO TIE MoRGUE.
| The dead wagon carried five bodies TO the
| Morgue before noon. They placed side by
side in rude pine collins in a separate part OF the
| Morgue. About p. m. young man, whose
! dress showed that he a mechanic, entered the
| Morgue, and was permitted to see the boys body
| He wept over it, and for time lost his sell
| control Then he said he Daniel Mullane.
| locomotive engineer in the employ Of the New
York Central Railroad Company. This is the
body Of my brother Michael" he said " lie Eved
with parents. Patrick and Mary Mullane' at
! No. 247 East Fifty-second-st. | have another
/ brother who is employed in the railroad shops az
| Melrose and Michael was sent up on the shop
train this morning to carry my brothers break
| fast to him. The young man went away with
| tears in his eyes.
| Shortly before 5 p. m. a boy who went to the
Morgue and said he Michael Murray. of No.
| 3O6 East Forty-fourth-st, was able to recognize
one of the corpses as the body of his father John
| Murray. laborer forty mine years old. who had
| been employed recently by the railroad company
| 10 clean cars and perform odd jobs. The boy
| had been sent to the MOreue by bis mother. who
had heard of the accident. and had been informed
| at the Grand Central Station that her husband
was missing. Although the lad was shocked
greatly at the sight of his fathers charrcd corpse
| he kept his composure manfu!ly, and answered.
| Mr.. Whites questions readily.
AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT
Superintendent Mccoy, of the Hudson River
road went up to the scene Of the collision 10 hnd
| out the extent of the accident, and at noon made
| his report to Mr.. Webb third vce-president, as
| follows:
The shop train leit the Grand Central Station at
55 a M and on account OF the hour carried number
OF people who are employed the yard and they were
all in the The train was the Boston ana Albany
night express and was made up Of hanNesbued paros
cars and regular coaches the lator being In the rear
The Ncw.Hayen accommodation train which left the Grand
Central Station at : :02 was running at about urF
miles an hour while The shop train had speed oi about
ak miles. The New Haven train passed The dahgef
signal at St. ond ran into the rear car
NJ IN. SION train telescopng and driving II part
through the in front, killing three men, oh' woman
and boy, and seriously njuring one Uan NO one else
was hurt, with helexception Of the engineer o. the Ne"
IMven train who was, however, iuIy abie 10 VaAe c'
| Of his engine.
The front cndIof the engine on the New.Haven train
was broken but not enough 10 prevent its oeihg u1
The collision had thrown lot Of debris on The No"n
track and a light switch engine upon 1t, throwing
itself OF track, one being hurt at that point
| A derrick was brought from White Plains and another
from the Grand Central Station and at noon all Of the
wrecked and burned cars were ana was expo tea
| that they would be cleared away by o'clock
The engineer pf the Newiayen train declared that Tho
first fereen, signal was that after he had passed
10 that the red signal was not set Inc signal
| say that it was.
| REPORT OF THE YARD SUPERINTENDENT.
c.. H. Platt who is superintendent of the track
system of the Grand Central Station. at the
scene of the wreck early He reported 10 the
traffic managers Of the New-York Central. the
New-York and New-Havcn, and the Harlem rail
roads as follows:
| Engineer and fireman Of NewHayen train claim that
home (rcd signal az Sevcyseccndst was clear conductor
OF New.Ilavcn train claims that he heard bell II sig
nal was rd tds bell Is extra pre-
cautonay signal. The number Of people in the slop train
not known The fire in the soptrsin was caused either
by lamp the explosion Of head light or by stoves 1Ae
signomsn Eighty sixhst, at which point the seventy
sicne and distant groen signal are oche
Lad not unlocked Seventy sccondst signal for the sew
Hayen train when the collision occurred
The operator Seventy ccOndt had not cleared either
the distant signal at Seventy Second-st and +
sbantatd IN these statements Ly the udck-waIker WHO
was in the cabin when the NewIaven
tain passed ard he states that the levers blocked
This track-w0keI made examination Of the seventy
signal and founG IT to be at danger and the
| laInp burning brightly The u9cKforenah says that he
saw the Seventy St. distant signal danger when the
Haven train passed. The foreman was right by the
signal
have examined entire mechanical and electrical sys
Of signals, and find everything IN nrstClsss order.
The operator Seventy Immediately notified
Eighty sixh-st. that the NewHavn train had passed h,
signal danger.
The signals nteocked and It is impossible 10 clear
the Seventy seconds signal when train In the section
! which was the on this occasion.
| vICE.PREsIDENT wEBB's STATEMENT.
II. Walter Webb, third vice-president of the
New-YorlS Central and Hudson River Railroad
made the following statement:
The accident happened what is known as
the Harlem Line, which is operated and managed
by an organization known as Grand Central
Station 1t includes all tracks between Forty.
second-st. and Mott Haven Junction 1.-THE juno
ton north Of the Harlem River. The manage
ment Of this line is entirely separate and disincf