Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-02-20
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TWO BRAKEMEN, TWO HEADS.
Sad and ComicaI situation of the
Pair in a Bnrber ShOp.

TWO BRAKEMEN, TWO HEADS.
sad and ComicaI situation of the
Pair in Barber shop.
Brakeman j. Storrs of Conductor
Dinsmore's train and NJ. Madden of the
local recently had the most thrilling eN-
perience vet recorded on the New Eng
and narrow escapes. but both luckily
escaped with their heads although hair
was scarce. The two valiant brake
wrlngers went into a BARRIERS shop in
Waterbury, the former to get shave
and the latter a clip. The barber had
imbibed just enough to magnify his Wis
ion, making the heads of his customers
appear like mogul, and as he got in
range with shears ready for a snap he
fancied the moguls were on to him and
made flying switch with his shears,
cutting off a car of hair. This process
was at last in danger of derailing both
ears when Madden left the chair looking
as if the calves had gnawed his pompa-
dour. Storrs held still a tritle too long
until the northeast corner of his NOUS
tache had been staked up on to his lip,
necesSitating way bill of the whole
business to Suipe Valley. The two twis-
tiers are now contriving some way to
make the boys keep still.-Bristol Herald.
HORRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Many Lives Lost in II Wreck tho
Consolidated Road-Ghastly Scene
in the Park Avenue Tunnel.
NEW YORK, Feb 20.-A terrible col
lision occurred on the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad at 1:15
o'clock this morning. The train which
leaves the Grand Central depot at 7:01
crashed into an empty work train in the
Park avenue tunnel, at Eighty siXth
street.
The work train had come to a stand
still and when the collision occurred the
New Haven train had attained very
high rate of speed and dashed into the
rear of the work train with terrific force.
There was n heavy mist in the tunnel
at the time and the snow and sleet
was falling, making it impossible
to see the lights. The New Ha-
ven train ploughed its way half
way into the rear car of the work train
and the wreck was most complete. All
the cars of the work train and a number
of the passenger coaches were demOliSh-
ed, and to add to the horror the cars of
the work train took fire immediately
after the accident. The screams of the
the hiss of the escaping steam and the
crackle of the flames, making the spec
tacle an awful one to witness.
Two alarms were sent out and ambu-
lances from Bellevue and the Women's
hospital were at once sent to the scene
of the accident, where the work of re-
moving the dead and rescuing the in
iured from the wreck was going on.
At 8 o'clock it was reported that at
least 10 of the victims were dead, while
many others received terrible injuries.
At noon, however, it was stated that
only five lives were lost, the bodies of
three men, one woman and boy having
been recovered. One of the men was
colored. The boy is believed to ha, e
been the water boy on the train, None
of the bodies have been identified, how
ever, all having been frlghtfully burned
and dlsfigured. Coroner Levy gave
bodies to the morgue. At least fifteen
people received injuries more or less
serious.
The officials of the road are reticent
regarding the matter. Superintendent
Shepard said this morning that the
cause of the accident is unknown. The
engineer, conductor and fireman of the
work train took the first train after the
accident and reported at headquarters.
At 80 o'clock three more bodies were
taken from the wreck making the total
number of dead, eight, including six I'M
known workmen, an unknown woman
and the water boy. 1t was learned that
his name was HartShorn, he was II
years old and lived i'll Mott Haven.
Louis Fowler, engineer of the passen-
ger train, and his fireman, both of New
Haven, saved their lives by jumping be-
fore the crash came.
The work train was made up of six
work cars, on the end of which was a
sleeper. All the injured and those
killed, with the exception of the water
boy, were in the sleeper. The woman is
believed to be a car cleaner.
Superintendent Shepard does not
know why the train stopped in the
tunnel.
There are several accounts as to the
origin of the fire. Some say it was
caused by sparks from the smoke stack
of the New Haven train, which was
bent over in the collision. Gene al
Manager Toucey of the New York Gen.
trail road says the fire was caused by the
stoves in use on the Consolidated road.
Eugene Dwyer, baggagemaster on the
New Haven train tells peculiar story.
He SAYS that there We're three trains in
collision instead of two as reported.
His story is not generally believed.