Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-02-28
A CRASH IN A TUNNEL.
Two Trains Collide and the Wreck
Takes Fire.
stu Persons Lose Their Lives and seven
Others are severely iniUred-A sIts-
leading siEnnI The Cnuar

STU Persons Lose Their Lives and seven
Others are severely Iniured-A Mts-
leading signal the Cause.
There was collision nj o'clock the other
morning between two trains in the Fourth
avenue tunnel at Eighty-sixth street in New
York. What is known as shop train,''
consisting Of empty ears. was being drawn
to the Mott Haven yard When, for somereaf
son as yet unexplained, ii came to a stop in
the tunnel at Eighty 6lh street, Train No.
10, the New Haven local. which len the Grand
Central Depot at O'Clock, ID charge Of En-
gineer Fowler. Fireman Gooiale and con.
ductor George Hutchinson, ran into the rear
OF the standing shop train" Six persons
were Silied--iour men, woman and a boy.
and seven injured.
Flames broke out few moments aftcr the
second collision, but they were soon eotlen
under control, when six dead aud seven In
iured were removed. The injured were
taken to the Preshy tcrian Hospital None al
the passengers are knnwn to be among the
killed or injured. They are all believed 10
be employees Of the road The passengers in
the New Haven tRin were badly shaken up.
but hey 9nd some slight cuts and bruises none
Of them was badly hurt
Engineer Fowler Of the New Haven train
said that when AZ Seycnty.seeoud street he
got the white signal. which was the signal X
70 ahead, there was no ringing Of The belle
either, as Is customary when the danger air.
nal Is up. lie was running At the rate "a
about 70 miles an hour on the North.bousd
track. lie WAS 60 close % the "shop train9
before he was aware OF u that he tclescopcd
II before he was hardly able 10 put on tho
air-brakes. The shop train consisted OF
seven cars. including several sleopefs that
had come into the Grand Central Depot early
In the morning aud were on the way To the
repair shop, as Is the custom after trip.
On the teleseopcd shop train" there were
probably dozen or more employees both OF
the road aud Of the Wagner Company One
OF the bodies Is that OF woman She WA
probably scrnhber,
Claude Burerd was on his way 10 work
from his home, at "a East Eighty-hfih street.
aud heard a crash ms iftho building had fai.
len. The next moment he heard au Neouired
csy for help. -Four yoang men who we're in
the neighhorhopd ran TO Mr.. Rurardis side.
They all rushed around to Eighty. 9TH street.
and took ladder from buiidinr Ia tho
course Of erection They placed u over the
iron railing which surrounds the opening In
the tunnel, and lowered IL down che opening
whence the cries OF distress came.
During the brst fifteen minutes after the
collision two explosions were heard caused
by the blowing out OF the cylinder heads Of
q locomotive. This was the Eight" locomotive
which had no ears attached. Il was thrown
from the rails when It collidcd with the New
Haven train. Both the engineer and fireman
escaped without ,erious Injury.
The majority OF the dead we're Thought to
be In the two rear cars After the Ere had
been mastered the hremeu with axes tried 10
clear away The debris 20 rs 10 be able 10 eet
al the bodies, IL was hnuiiy decided 10 pull
the two cars apart, and the locomotive Of the
New Haven train, with tear and crash,
parted the two cars, drawingone Of them about
ten feet from tho other. la a heap OF burned
cushions wood and iron tho bodies we're found
and taken out aud wrapped In blankets They
were then placed side bY side ON the south.
bound track. The bodies were burned beyond
recognition. Parts OF some Of the bodies we're
completely burned away.
The persons killed numbered six--four
men, one woman and a boy.