The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-26
Thieves, in the Guise of Rescuers, Rob
the Dead and Wounded.
Fatal Accident in an Alabama Storm
Two Utah Miners Kflled-A Ca1ifor-
mia Hospital Burned-A Pittsburg
Building Shattered by Gas.

THOMAS W. fILLEf. oil New 1ork, OF the nrm
OF George Pilley & Co., Boston.
ABRAN KNIGHT, conductor.
MISS VAN ARspALE, of New York city.
MISS SLocUa, of Loekport n. Y.
Miss MOORE, OF Medina, n. Y.
LIZZIE FORD, OF Brooklyn.
K. W. WHITE, of New York city.
Lillian BALDWIN, of New York city.
DIR. ). F. BEST, dentist. OF New York city
EDWIN s. WILCOX, OF Wilcox & Jones, New
York.
The burned and injured are:
Mrs. HOMER r. BALDWIN, of New York city.
ANNIE FORD, of Brooklyn.
D. B. MURPHY, lawyer, of New York city.
HARRY A. JACOBSON, of New York city
j. K. BAGNELLE, of Poughkeepsie, ~ Y.
The terrible accident was due to the
carelessness of Brakeman Albert F. Her
rick, of the Buffalo express, which was
lying still below Hastings. Herrick fed
and has not vet been found. He left his
uniform on the train and put on citizens
clothes. From official reports given out
today, train No. 50 stopped at Dobbs'
Ferry to make some slight repairs on the
engine. The distant signal was thrown
and the following train, the Buffalo and
Niagara Falls special, leaving here at 7 q.
m, stopped about three-quarters of mile
south of Dobbs Ferry station. The con-
ductor of No. 45 Immediately sent Brake
man Herrick back to signal the coming
train. He proceeded as far as the station
at Hastings. He went inside and talked
with the station master, waiting for the Gin
cinnati and st. Louis express, No. Z, which
left New York city at 8 O'Clock. While
Herrick was standing near the door the
st. Louis express whizzed past at the rate
of forty miles per hour. Engineer Dono-
hue, of the express, received no warning
of the presence of the Buffalo express on
the track ahead until she was almost on
the train. He reversed his engine, put on
the air brakes and jumped. The engine
of No. crashed into the rear of the
sleeper Gibraltar of the Buffalo special
with terrific force. There were twenty
two people in the car at the time
The ballast of the New York Central is
of stone. Here and there between the
tracks are great blotches of blood, dried
and clotted, two and three feet in diane
ter. The sight is sickening. All else that
remains today to tell the story of the
frightful disaster is the tin roof of the
Wagner sleeping-car Gibraltar. This is
still lying. a smouldering mass, at the side
of the track where the disaster occurred
The rest of the car was burned up When
the st. Louis express crashed into the
sleeping-car the engine was completely
lost IN the interior OF the car. The heavy
woodwork and iron of the Gibraltar was
burned up.
The hiss of escaping steam and the cries
and groans of the wounded and dying
passengers could be heard long distance.
The appeals of the wounded and the cries
ofthe dying were heart-rending. mo-
ment later the Gibraltar took fire.
The crews of both trains quickly recov-
cred from the momentary shock and
rushed 10 aid the imprisoned people. The
passengers from both trains followed. and
soon a score of persons had organized
themselves into relief party. One after
another the wounded and dying were
taken out. Axes were torn from the cars,
and by the light of lamps and torches men
began to chop away the burning wood
work OF the Gibraltar.
To add to the horror of the occasion
thieves got to work and began to rob the
injured passengers. How much thev Sc
cured is not known. 1t was not known
that thieves worked among the injured at
the time Of the accident, and the fact was
not discovered till this morning. A num-
ber of volunteers worked among the in
iured passengers, and it is probable that
this was made a cloak for stealing bv
some.
The coroner this morning took posses
sion of the effects of the dead and will
hold them until they are claimed by re-
latiyes of the deceased. The scenes abont
the waiting room at Dobbs' Ferry were pa
thetic.
Little Homer Baldwin, son of Mrs. Bald
win. was crying for his mother. His arms
were bruised, but the child seemed anx-
ious to know how his mother was. He
did not know that she was killed. The
child had been sleeping in the same berth
with his mother.