New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-01
P ART II.
PAGES II TO ia.
FREIGHT TRAINS WRECKED.
ONE MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH AND
ANOTHER INJURED.
TWO HUNDRED HOGS TURNED LOOSE NEAR
AUDUBON PARK-HxISG THE BLAME


AUDUBON PARK-TxISG THE BLAME
FOR THE ACCIDENT.
One freight train ran into another on the Hud-
River Railroad close TO the river at One-hun-
dred and fifty -seventh-st. a few minutes before
midnight Tuesday night. Several cars and
one locomotive were wrecked and five OF the cars
went into the river. John Leonard. fireman on
the locomotive was crushed to death under the
tender Patrick Morrissey groom on one Of
the ears, had some bones broken and was injured
internally. One horse was killed in the car in
which Morrissey was hurt About twenty hogs
were killed in two other cans and nearly 200
hogs that escaped alive were allowed 20 roam for
hours in tine Audubon Park region Both trains
were headed toward the freightyard at Seventy
second-st. and the North River when the COLI
sion occurred. The accident said to have
been the result of failure 10 give proper warn
ing the second train after the FIRST train had been
stopped short distance south of a sharp curve.
The first train, known to the railroad employees
as the third extra SOUTH" was composed Of
thirty grain cars from the West, with box-car
next to the caboose at the rear. The box-osr
contained three valuable horses two carriages
and some furniture belonging to Henry Curtis, of
this city. who had been spending the summer
with his family at Cazenovia, ~ y. Mcrrissey
and Thomas Boyle, men in the employ of Mr..
Curtis were in the car, looking after the horses
and other property. After the train had passed
the sharp curve at Observation-Disclosures hfth-s&
the engineer obeyed a signal stop and the tram
came 10 a standstill when the caooose was at one-
red-and-6fty-seventh-st Charles Chaphe the
conductor. knew that the seventh extra south,
a train of cars containing live stock, was dus
in a few minutes. and he sent a brakeman back
toward the curve with red light and some tor
peCoes to warn the approaching tram. Inc
brakeman had gone back about hve hundred iees
when locomotive No. 500, drawing the 1--we STOCK
train. rounded the curve c. Burch the engineer,
whistled down brakes" as soon as he caught
sight of the red light ahead, but he quickly saw
tnat the heavy train, going at speed oil twenty
miles an hour, could not be stopped in tine to
prevent a collision. With him in the cab of the
locomotive were his fireman, Leonard, ana faIA-
road inspector named Murnln.
Lool, ont for yourselves" Burch shouted To
them as he reversed the locomotive and prepared
to lump. lIurnin jumped and escaped serious in'
Jury. Burch leaped from the other side OF the CAD
and was not hurt. Leonard, for some reason nos
known, failed TO jump in time. or was caught I'M
der the tender and dragged along with 1t.
The men who had been in the caboose OF tho
forward train got out Of the way when they saw
the danger. Boyle looked out of the box car
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was doing in the car and did not awake to his
danger in time TO escape There was greaS
crash when Burchs locomotive struck the cabooss
and splinters dew high III the air The caboose
was reduced to kindling wood in an instant. lhs
box ear and TWO of the grain cars were knockco
| into the river in a badly broken state, and TWO
or three other grain cars were thrown OIL tle
! track Locomotive No 800 left the rails ana
| pouphed furrow in the ground 100 iect long
! before il turned over on it's side, wrecked anu
! useless Its tender was jammed between piieo-up
! freight cars Two cars loaded with i've hoss'
Immediately behind the tender, were thrown i"es
tho river Rails were torn up for distance OF
nearly 200 feet, and were bent and twisted ou'
of shane. A number of telegraph poles were
torn down in the wreck.
Immediately after the collision the tralhnien
ran about with lanterns looking to see VINO haa
| been killed or hurt. They found Leonaru
! ifeless body under the tender, out couio no'
extricatc it Morrisseys cries for help III 'he IVA
oor ,yore heard and he was taken out. An am
bulance carried him 10 the Manhattan ho'Pi'i'
,loro no WAS said TO be recovering YESTERDAY
Contajn Cortright and the reserves from the Gar
Evansville police station went to give assleCahce
ord rescued many OF the hogs from the two cars
which had fallen into shallow water. Ihey also
,t ,,,o borses out of the box-car alive The other
Iogua had been killed. The police worked until
| dOybreak. .Iox. Mo Gov went TO the
| scene of the accident with wrecklhg car, anu
nns NJ mon were set to work to clear the tracAs
sspd law down fresh rails. The body OF Leonatu
Vvas carried TO the police station. Leonard wac vac
tyventv-fye wears old and lived IN Albany WIN ms
| ,g;fe Rurch said. SUPPLEMENTARY Mccoy naie
| innuiries and was inclined TO hold Sonduct3'
| Gbpnhc responsible for the accident. Inc wreck
| 400 ,vas cleared away and the ROAD was leauy
for traffic again by % a. m Az the oince OF S
| Vice President Webb, at the Grand Cehtral ots-
| tinn IL was said in the afternoon that me yol
iision had occurred because Conductor Chapne han
not been sufficiently prompt in sending mau p p
! u,itb SIGNALS TO warn the second train Apouo
! ,hirtaen minutes elapsed after the first tram "as
! Stonned before the collision occurred Inc napld9c
~ Tie railroad companys property may nave "ee"
| fully $4,000 ~ -. ,,oro ,bascd
| obnnt the Auburn Park district ana washington
| Uo;gbts They wandered into private yarde anu
| no rho grounds OF the Deaf and DUMB assyIupi;
There were about 800 hogs IN the wrecked care anu
abont twenty were killed The rest were res
cned and allowed TO roam at VIII; In the cary
| ,n"rning hours Later the police began DRIVING
! them 10 the pound. , -, ... d;soo,,sr.d
! biSden away in cellars and back yards py per-
eons who wanted to own them.