The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
CRASH OF THE TRAINS.
A BRAKEMANS CARELESsNEss
COSTS ELEVEN LIVES.


to whlz Past Him Running Forty
Miles an hour.
New YoRK, Dec. 25.-The accident
which occurred on the New York Central
railroad last night at Hastings-on-the-
Hudson has proved to be much greater than
from the reports received last night. The
official list OF dead as given out tonight
numbers eleven people, as follows: hrs.
A N. Baldwin of New York, Thomas ".
Policy Of New York, of the firm of George
H. Policy & Co. of B,ston; Abraham
knight, the conductor; Miss Venarsdal of
New York, Miss 6locum of Lockport, Miss
Moore Of Medina. Lizzie Ford of Brooklyn,
J. W. White. porter; Miss Lillian Bald
win of New York, DIR. e. s. Best, a dentist
of New York, Edwin s. Wilcox of the law
firm Of Wilcox & Johns of New York.
The burned and injured are:
Mrs. W. b. Baldwin of New York, burned
about the face and arms and injured in
ternally.
Annie Ford Of Brooklyn. slightly burned.
ID. X. Murphy, a lawyer, Of New York,
leg and collar bone broken, face and arms
badly burned, may die.
Harry jacobson of New York, slightly
burned.
j. B. BagneIle of Poughkeepsie, badly
burned about the face and injured inter
nally.
A BRAKEMAN's oARELEssNEss.
The disaster was due to the carelessness of
Brakeman Albert Herrick of the Buffalo
express, which was lying still below Hast
ings. Herrick 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 by Third
Vice President Webb of the Central road
fraf xrybs sut. lnRk No W E.an
O'Clock last night, stopped at Dobb's Ferry
to make some slight repairs on the engine
A distant signal was thrown out and the
following train, the Buffalo and Niagara
Falls special, which left here at 7:30 O'Clock,
was stopped about three quarters Of mile
south Of Dobb's Ferry station. The conduc-
tor Of No. As Immediately sent Brakeman
Herrck back to signal the coming train.
he proceeded as far as the station at Hast
ings He went inside and talked with the
statioumaster, waiting for the Cincinnati
and st. Louis express No. z, which left this
city at o'clock.
AN EXPRESS WHIzZES PAST.
While Herrick was standing near the door
the st. Louis express whizzed past, running
at rate of forty miles an hour. Engineer
j. Donohue of the st. Louis express received
no warning whatever of the presence of the
Buffalo express on the 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, the Gibraltar, of the Buff
falo special with terrific force There were
twenty-five people in the sleeping car at the
time.
The remains Of ]. w. White, the porter,
who died of his injuries this morning.
were shipped to his home in Virginia.
The coroner released the bodies at the
scene Of the disaster to-day ard they will
be brought to this city by relah res
All 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 a smoldering mass at the side
of the track where the disaster occurred.
The rest of the car was burned up The
trucks of the car and all the other
movable wreckage, as well as theSdamaged
cars, have been moved by wreckIng trains
on the New York Central road. When the
St. Louis express crashed into the Gibraltar,
winch was in the rear of the Niagara ex-
press, the engine was completely lost IN the
interior OF the sleeping car. The heavy
wood and iron work of the Gibraltar was
reduced to splinters. There were eighteen
passengers in the Gibraltar, and all but
three of them were killed or injured.
THE DIN OF DEATH.
The hiss of the escaping steam and the
cries and groans Of the wounded and dying
passengers could be heard q long distance
The appeals of the wounded aud the cries Of
the dying were heartrending. A moment
later the Gibraltar took fire. The hands Of
both trains quickly recovered from the
momentary shook and rushed to the aid of
the imprisoned people. Passengers
from both trains followed suit and soon
score of persons had organized
themselves into relief party. One after an
other the wounded and dying were taken
out. Axes were torn from the uninjured
l. 1s.NA L.. krN~x,l hoe
mon began to chop away the burning wood
work of the Gibralter. They were urged on
by the cries of the injured and dying peo-
pie within. Some of the uDinjured passen-
gers hurried back to the depot at Hastings
to summon help and stop any other trains
that might be coming.
ROBBERS AT WORK.
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. IL is known that the
thieves were among the injured at the time
Of the accident, and the fact was not dis
covered until this morning. number OF
volunteers worked among the wounded, and
it is feared that this was made
This morning Undertaken Vanderbilt
in preparing the refneins OF Peeley, one OF
the dead, for burial, discovered that the
body had been robbed. Upon removing the
clothing from the body Mr.. Vanderbilt
found that the pockets had been rifled and
cut from the garments. All of his Jewelry
and money and his wallet are miss
ing. The coroner this morning took
possession Of the receipts and will hold them
until they are claimed by the relatives OF
the deceased.
CRYING FOR HIS MOTHER.
The scenes about th waiting room were
not very pathetic. Little Horner BALDWIN,
son of Mrs. A. M. Baldwin, was crying for
MS mother. His arm was bruised, but the
child seemed anxious to know how his
mother was. He did not know that she had
been instantly killed. He had been Sleep
ing In the same berth with his mother.
Two young girls were among the injured.
A PASSENGERS STORY.
Among the passengers in the Gibraltar
vas ]. 9. Gould, atraveling engineer OF che
New York Central. He was one OF the
three men who escaped unhurt he said
that no one in the Gibraltar had any Idea
Of their danger until they heard the roar OF
gne St Louis express right behind them.
nae next instant the crash came. In less
slme than it takes to tell it the locomotive
mad crashed right into the sleeper, and the
escaping steam was scalding the passengers
70 death. For moment there was aoso~
iute silence, and then most awful shrieks
and groans were heard from the passengers
OF the car. Mr.. Gould does not know how
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