Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-02-26
FRIoHTFuL ACCIDENT.
rervshi~ Collision In . Tunnel Near the
Grand Centr.i Depot New rsrk city
Five Persons Killed and Four injured
Fire Adds to the Herrsr OF the se~as-
List OF the Victims.

NEw YORK. Feb. aI.-A shop train =
onsiSting of empty cars, was moving
through the Fourth avenue railroad
tunnel at s.to A. IN. yesterday, when il
stopped at Eighty-tifth street Behind
il came train No 10. the New Haven
local that left the Grand Central Depot
ut 7s0s a IN The New Haven train
ran into the standing shop train. -
wreeking itself and the rear cars Of
the train with which il had come into
collision In a few moments flames
broke out. and while every thing was
still in terror and confusion. third en-
gine running light" that il without
cars crashed into the wreck. The Gre
was soon extinglaished and the work of
rescue began At half-past ten O'Clock
Eve bodies had been found and four
persons seriously injured had been re-
moved 20 the hospital
SIX killed and seven wounded i the
complete list. One of the bodies il that
OF woman She was probably a scrub
woman Another is that of newsboy.
ased about fifteen. name unknown
The firemen claim that there are no
more bodies in the wreck. and have
abandoned the search On the other
hand. the police who were on the scene
early insist that there are. Gland Bu-
rard- while on his way To work. heard a
crash as il building had fallen.
The next moment he heard an outcry
for help. Four young men who were in
the neighborhood joined him and all
rushed around To the Eighty-fifth street
opening and took n ladder FROM build
ing in the course Of erection They
placed It over the iron railing which
surrounds the opening whence the cries
of distress came BY this time. how
ever, one of the cars had caught fire
and the heat and smoke drove the res
euers back The cries for help still con-
tinued and ~ fast as they could they
transferred the ladder To still another
opening further north The first man
~ Be helped out was Coulhred. then n
man named McEver and Frank Cartier.
a serEcant-naior stationed at Davids
Island
As soon ss the flames were seen
the party of reseuers sent in an
alarm 10 the drp company at Eighty
fifth street. The firemeu responded
promptly, and a stream was nc
once directed upon the burning cars.
IL was soon discovered that nearly all
those In the two rear cars had been
killed
During the first fifteen minutes after
the collision two explosions were
heard caused By the blowing out of
the cylinder heals OF locomotive.
This was the light locomotive which
had no ears attached IL was thrown
from the rails when il eollided with
the New Haven train Both the en-
gineer and fireman escaped wi,hou;
serious injury
fremen with axes tried to clear away
the debris 81 a. To be able 10 get at tbs,
bodies. IL was finally decided tn pull
the two ears apart. and the locomotive
of the New Haven train. with n tear
and crash. parted the two cars draw
ing one of them about ten feet from tbs.
other
Louis C. Fowler. the engineer Of the
New Haven train. was arrested and
taken before the coroner. who COM
mitted him without bail Fowler hal
been years with the railroad and is con-
sidered q careful engineer. Fowler
would not say any thing to reporters
Is is said that Fowler and his fireman
reported as soon zs possible after the
accident Both claim that the signals
showed eiear and that they were the
white lights. Neither of them knew
of the existence of the other train until
the engine crashed into it.
The following statement was made
BY Mr.. Webb the third viee-president,
of the New York Central
The accident happened on what is
known rs the Harlem line. which IS
operated and managed by an organiza-
tiou known as Grand Central Station.
10 includes all tracks between Forty
second street and Mott Haven june
ton The management of this line Is
distinct from that of the New York
Central. the Harlem or the New Haven
road There is n general manager of
this line elected by the three
roads above named He has entire
control of the operations of the line be-
tween the points named In his report
of the accident he says the engineer and
iremen of the New Haven train claim
that the signal was clear. The opera.
tor had not cleared the signals and his
statement is substantiated by tho
traek-wal<er and track foreman who
say they saw the Seventy-seeond- street
signal at danger when the New Haven
train passed The signals are inter
locked and il is impossible to clear the
Seventy-seeocd-stree signal when q
train Is in the section. which was the
case on this occasion"
The following Is n corrected list OF
the dead and injured:
DEAD.
John Haneke, aged thirty.
Michael Mullane. aged fifteen
Mrs. Nellie supple
Mrs. Ellen Fay.
John Murray, aged forty-nineI
An unknown eolored man
THE INJURED.
VIM r. Brown, brakeman: injured
internally.
". ". Culbreth. eolored, cook. suffer.
ing from shock
Engineer Fowler. and Brakeman
Linn. slightly hurt
rhs Midnight KnHng Of Henry shads
ksvsals Fnnily Skeleton-
TEKRE HAurE, IND, Feb s1--The
evidence brought out In the coroner.
examination into the midnight assas-
sination Of Henry Shade last Monday
night was sensational. and strengthen.
the general belief that Shade me,