Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-31
ELEVEN ARE DEAD.
TIE HASTINGS ACCIDENT MUCH
WORSE THAN FIRST REPORTED.
4. tnr,less SwItcbman tn" Cause of ~ All
--One orthe wrecked Cars Took Fire
Sickoning Sight-rhieves Rob the In
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BROOKLYN shghuy purneui D. b' hufp"y'
lawyer, New ork, lex and collar bone
bro~en, lace and arms badly burned, may
ule; Harry y. Jacobs, Ne" orki sil4ntly
buro9l; ). H. BalIc, editor OF the Evening
star, pHl'y birned about the lace anu III
J4rea Internally
he dlfester was due to III, carclessnc's OF
bra@cihhn Albert Il. Herrick OF the
-Na8ar" express which was at standstil|
oeI"W hastings HerrIch ned ana has not
yeC nssh i"uhu' ile left his uniform on the
ua,n'
: ON tne o'lciai report gwen out To-Day
Nv lhlrd Ice-fresident Welsh, train No.
10, "hich left New York al p. m. lost
night, stopped at Dobb's Ferry TO make
some silghl repairs on the engine. The dis
once signal was thrown out for the fol-
special Wnlch, at o;30, was stopped about
three quarters OF nils south OF Dobbs
fofIJ '-auNh' lhe conductor OF tho latter
,'a,h iI'in'd'nl ely sent Craftsman Herrick
osch 10 signal inc coNilrS train. lie pro
ceeaeu as lar az the station ut Hastings. lie
"ehV lhSine ana talked WIEN tho station
lHtsler warning Tor the cincinnati ana
80 LOUIS express when IeI6 TINS clty at .
o cloPK. me herrlch was standing near
'"7 Goor t"e ~ LOUIS express WhH1eu past
running AZ l"Ve OIL w nhes an hour.
Ing ne.' pohohne OF the 81 Louis express
| receives. 10 warning OF the re nee OF tue
hu"aio express OH the track aaend urtll he
was ALMOST on that ualn' lie reversed ms
engine pun on the ar-praNes and jumped
i9r MS mo he engine OF the st. Louis
! express crashed INTO the rear sleeper, the
! uiorh leF, OF the bnilaIo special with terri
nc Iorce' Ahere We're * people IN the
9ioel'ihg car at inc tlhe'
" hsu ths St. Louis express crashed into
Cal rip'a'Ihr, inc heAVS WOOD ana iron
"'' -. 'ue "i"Iai'"F was rsduced 10 spilnJ-
eis' ius MSS Oh Tue eschPiag Steam ana ths
O''es an" s'oans o. '"e "ouhasd ana dylnS
So'''u Us tsdrd i'ns distance. moment
.1'ei 'he "lo'aitar tooh hre Inc nands OF
po'n 'r1'ns d'hcNy rufhed 10 the a!d or t.e
i"I' so"nu people, me passengers OF uoIh
'fS'nS io'io0ca sun ohs ailef aao'her the
"ounuo' ana uylhS were taken out.
N''lo"9 Tue passengers IN the Gibraltar
W"s q, l loud travelling engineer OF the
We" iorN Ceh'ra', ne e'capsd anhurt' lie
rao no ono IN the rioraiter had any ldea OF
tue aahSei until they heard the roar OF the
d. LOUIS express. Inc next instant the
cra'u came ana 'ne escaping steam was
scaiolDR inc passengers. For a moment
'n''e was silence ana then tho most awful
>tr'eSs ana sfoans were heard. Mr.. could
I uO1S not know how lie got on. of the car.