Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-12-31
RESULT OF oARsl sssNsss.
Frlghtful Accident ON tbs Endson River
Road-seven Victims TO nrnkeman'a
Careleasness.

Frightrul Accident ON tbs Iandson River
Road-seven Victims TO "A lirakeman'a
Careleasness.
YoNKERs, N. ", Dec. 30. On the
Hudson River road yesterday morning
a collision oc 'urrcd Ia the tunnel nj
Sing Sing prison between a freight and
n local traiu. This blocked the road
with trains on both sides Of the tunnel
The weather was thick rendering
difficult the running OF trains with any
degree Of safety. While the niagara
Falls special wns standing at Hastings
the St Louis express crashed into the
rear sleeper aud several cars, mostly
sleepers, were teleseoped
Several persons are reported TO have
been killed and many injured. Some
say that the number Of killed is eight,
while others cain that ten persons
were either crushed or scalded to death.
The locomotive when it crashed into
the rear sleeper Of the leading train
exploded It's boiler, and the escaping
steam did deadly work on the poor vic
Tins who were in the wreck
Among the injured taken out are d.
G. Livingston, n man named Murphy,
Mrs. e. M, Ford and her sister and a
man named Ridgeway.
II was feared that there would be an
other collision by the trains which
were coming from the Grand Central
depot aud brakemen were sent back
with red lights to signal the trains
The rear Wagner car of the Niagara
express was telescoped All the victims
were in that car The injured were re-
moved to the station at Dobbs Ferry.
Seven persons in all were killed, as
follows;
A. M. knight. conductor on the Wag
ner car at the rear of the Niagara ex-
press.
A. NJ. Baldwin, of New York.
Thomas w. Tolley, of Boston.
-Four persons not yet identified.
The injured are:
T. " Murphy, lawyer.
Mr.. ID. f. Ford.
Mrs. L. Nj. Ford.
C. w. Hoyt, colored porter of the
Wagner car, badly injured.
DR. Best of New York, badly injured
II. L. Baldwin
Homer Ba dwin, of New York, seri.
ously injured
Miss Lillian Baldwin, seriously in.
jured.
There were eighteen passengers in
the rear coach of the Niagara express.
Only three of them escaped uninjured.
A brakeman was ordered back with
a signal light. He was told to go at
least 1000 feet The man when he
reached there considered the distance
too short in which to allow the express
for the west time to slow up.
He went along further some 700 feet
up to where switchman's house stood. |
There the brakeman and the switch
man met. 1t was Christmas evening.
There was a bottle of whisky in the |
hut and the men went in. They pledged |
their healths and pledged the day and |
all unmindful of the charges they |
fingered over the bottle 1t was only |
minute or more at most but not more |
than mile awav the train was coming |
with the speed of lightning
The half finished drink was thrown |
down and the brakeman rushed frantic
ally out but the train seemed only the |
phantom of death, so swiftly it passed |
him. lie hallooei, but only the sound |
of the rushing wind answered him as
the train flew on. Death was riding in
the cab, and the brakeman and his
friend, the switchman, sat down palsied
at the disaster inevitable to which their
carelessness had so larely contributed.