New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-16
WRECK ON TIE CENTRAL ROAD.
ACCIDENT TO The NORTH SHORE LIMITED.
THE EMPRESS TRAIN CRASHES INTO SWITCH
ENGINE-TwO LIVES LOST.

, THE EHPRFss TRAIN crashes INTO SWITCH
ENGINE-TwO LIVES LOST.
Newburg. ~ Y, Dec. 1o.-The northbound express
on the Central Railroad came into collision with
switch engine at Fishk Just opposite the station here
at :l2 O'Clock this evening" and both wrecked.
The fireman Of the express killed and his body has
just been taken ont Of the wreck. Engineer Kirk Is
dying No passengers killed, but several re-
ceived slight injuries.
From the meagre particulars which the railroad
will give out appears that freight train going
south broke down just above tho Fshk station, and
that danger signal at set behind the train
That was at 5:44 O'clock The switch engine In the
yard subsequently received orders TO take the dis
abled train out of the way. The switch engine was
pulling out Of the siding to get on the main track
when the express along and crashed into IT, The
two engines struck each other and one was thrown
on the side Of the track.
The baggage car Of the express mounted coal car
behind the switch engine and lay there with the side
partly ripped of. None OF the other cars was dam
aged to extent owing partly to their great strength
but principally to the fact that the two engines did not
meet exactly head Many of the passengers were
thrown from their seats. woman had her head cut.
% man had @ rib broken and Others received hard hard
their fastenngs and overturned them The blame for
the accident is laid Engineer Kirk. OF the express,
fatally injured it is said that the express not
going at filll speed.
A wreckng train has Just arrived from Pough-
keepsie. 1t is reported that many prominent people
were on the express train
At the train dispatchers department in the Grand Cen
trail Station II said last night that the accident
caused by the collision of train No 10. known tho
North Shore Limited with an engine which was pull
Ing two coal on "crossoverr from track TO
another. The North Shore Limited left the Grand
Central Station at go p. m. At 6 30 O'Clock, when
just south OF the Fishk station, the limited train
passed danger signal and crashed into the switch
engine. The switch engine and the two coal were
completely wrecked and tile forward truck Of the rs:
of the express train knocked off the track.
Tie fireman OF the express train killed
and five passengers In the forward car were
known in the train dspatcher's department.
A wrcckng train from PeeksKilI and another from
Poughkeepsie arrived at Fishkil after the ac-
cident. superintendent Mccoy, OF the Hudson River
Division OF the Ncw-York Central Rnilroad, went TO
Fishln from his home Mt Irvington, and took charge
OF the work OF clearing away the wreck.
The tracks completely blocked. No trains
passed Fiskill after 80 o'clock, and at late hour
this morning the wreck Ind not been cleared away.
II. alter Webb. third vice president Of the road.
went to the Grand Central station soon rs
he was informed OF the collision. and directed the
handling OF trains and passengers Passenger trains
Nos. and 8. from the north. were kept waiting at
Fishkill. Vice-Presdent Webb gave orders that the
DELAYED trains from the north should not be disturbed
on their arrival tn the Grand Central Station allowing
the passengers TO sleep until o'clock this morning
None Of the officials at the station was willing to
fix the responsibility for tho accident though super
intcndent Mccoy teegraphcd that the engineer OF
train No. 10 had run past signal set at danger