The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-26
THE HASTINGS HORROR.
Details of the Wreck on the New York
G ntr3l Road.

NEW YORK, Dec. 25-The acciden
which occurred on the New York Centra
railway last night at Hastings-on-the
Hudson. has proved to be much worse
than indicated by the first reports received
last night. The official list of the dead, as
given out tonight. numbers eleven.
Dead-Mrs. p. n. Baldwin, New York
Thos. ". Policy, New York; Abraham
Knight. conductor; Miss Nanarsdaie,
New York; Miss Slocum, Lockport, y. Y
Miss Moore, Medina; Lizzie Ford, Brook
lyn; Jno. White, porter; Miss Lillian
Baldwin, New York; DR.. S. E. Best, dent
ist. New York, and one man not identi
fed
Burned and iujured-Mrs Homer R.
Baldwin, New York, burned about face anC
arms, and injured internally: Annie Ford
Brooklyn, slightly burned; d. b. Murphy
lawyer. New York, leg and collar bone
broken, face and arms badly burned, may
die; Harry a jacobson, New York
slightly burned: J. L. Bagnelle, Pough
keepsie, \. Y, badly burned about face
and injured internally.
The terrible disaster is due to the care
lessness OF Brakeman Herrick of the But
falo express. which WAS lying still below
Hastings. Herrick fed and has not been
found From the official report given out
it Is learned that the train which left New
York at 6:45 o clock last night stopped at
DObb's Ferry to make some repairs. \
distant sigual was thrown out. and a fol-
lowing train, the Buffalo and Niagara
Fails special, which left here a: 9:30 O'clock
WAS stopped about three quarters of mile
south OF Dobb's Ferry station. The con
ductor Immediately sent Brakeman Her
rick To signal coming trains. He proceed.
ed as far as the station at Hastings. He
went inside and talked with the station
master, whi,e waiting for the Cincinnati
and st. Louis express, which left this city
At O'Clock. While II rrick was standing
near the door the 81. Louis express whiZ
ed past, running at the rate Of forty miles
per hour.
Engineer Douohue Of the st. Louis Ex-
press received 40 warning whatever OF the
presence OF the Buffalo express ahead un-
til he was almost on the train. He re-
yersed his engine, put on brakes, aad
jumped for his life. The engine crashed
into the ressr sleeper Gibraltar OF the Buf-
ialo special win terrific force. There We're
twenty-five people ~ the sleeping car az
the time. Al nat remains today TO tell
the story of the frightful disaster IS the TN
ROOF ol Tie sleeping car Gibraltar. This
= lying Z a snoidering mass st the side OF
the track The hiss OF escaping steam and
the cries and groaus Of ths wounded aisd
dying passengers could b- heard a loE=
distance 4 moment later the Gibraltar
took hTe
The train hands with the aid Of the
passengers soou organized themselves intl
Il relief party Axes Were taken from tBe
cars aud by the light Of lamps and torches.
the men began to cbop away The burning
woodwork OF the Gibraltar They weTe
urged on by the cries of the injured aBd
diving people within. TO ada 10 Jas horror
of tue occasion. thieves 2ut - gurG and
began 70 rob the the injured Passengers.
How much they secured - nor Snowa-
This morning ne undertaken. II preF.arlsi :
the remains cf Mr.. Policy, oEe o. SUe dead.
for burial .scoveged that the body had