The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-03


The Tuckahoe local. which is known on the
New York and Harlem Railroad as No. 173. left
the Grand Central station on time at $50
o'clock yesterday afternoon. 1t consisted Of a
combination smoking and baggage car and
three passenger coaches. It stopped a
10th street and 125th street, and left Mott
Haven at 5:24 o'clock. It was scheduled to
stop ut every station and to reach Tuckshoe ut
5:58 o'clock. II was crowded with passengers,
going homo from business In the city.
About 100 feet below 149th street, the Har-
lem tracks and the Central tracks diverGe. and
the trains which use the same track between
Forty. second street and this point. are
switched by o man in tower Just above tho
149th street bridge. Engineer Edward Davis
Of the Tuckahoe local saw the switchman's
signal from distance. which told him that the
switch was properly set for him. He was run
ming ut the ratio Of about fifteen miles an hour.
Tho engine followed the Harlem rails. cir
cling slightly to the right It passed under
the 10th street bridge and plunged on. the
headlight shooting shafts Of light in the dark
ness Suddenly there was n shock. The en-
CINE trembled and struggled on. Engineer
Davis glanced out OF his cab window He saw
the rear car topple over upon its side at right
angles with his engine. There was a heavy
rumbling sound. to which was added tho
crashing OF glass and the shouts and shrieks
Of men and women. The engineer shut of
steam and the train stopped. The wrecked
car lay Just tapping the uptown track Of the
Harlem rond and the down track OF tho Central.
There were about forty persons in the last
car. When the rear end suddenly wheeled
round and the car began to move forward side
ways" as one OF the passengers described the
sensation. all jumped UP. They were nearly
all men. and they had time to lay hold OF the
sides and backs S Sf the seats for support before
came no one was killed or seriously injured.
The car turned fiat ton on its side and toE
tor standns room IN; Presently t6s pnssengsrs
that side Of the car which lay uppermost., and
to creep out OF the doors at each end. After
all out b men asgsa the
Policeman Deneeu 1T e the Msrfsans
shen Ss p He ss1 Yss
sSass bp Warden ssa EbR SaS
Prov sRsS away He ran S' the track Agnes to
the Morrisania station. too. N some one
else turned In fire alarm from the box, q
oa sa 70 He oat BY
the Manhattan Hospitals. and Sergeant Barry
led q squad OF twenty men to the scene on the
speeter conIip who Ives at IL West 10th
street and Capt McCullagh. both OF whom
'o BY the time the police got there. however.
nearly all the forty. odd passengers had es.
capped from the wrecked car and taken refuge
pe ice Sere s just %e to " care for t Ga wond
5 ksa x eS SIs sns sSG rs.S Ali
.One Of tia killed was William FlemmipS, u
years Old. a oar steansr. living at 1852 Park
was about g years old. fivo feet eight inches
in height; dark ssof CO. and had black
RaTe been Vest Shore car eieansf ps none
Ths Moa91sd arc Rear R M;p yn, George
2o ast epeWFff ans ws ss
on tie back 81 the sead Of ss ts
brain, and profuse hemorrhage of the right
He treated stsa BY Dr. liam flames D9y e
home. MoKenna got bad scalp wound and a
serious shock. he was removed to the Har-
Williams wns hs eng q hese
on the train.
The accident was most peculiar one. The
forward truck OF the last car passed over the
switch to the Harlem tracks safely. The rear
trucks took tho other course. going over to the
body OF tho coach was swung about until It
was at RIGHT angle to the Test Of the train
stone abutment Of the 149th street Bridge s and
the shock caused the truck on the Centrals
which alarmed the. engineer. The " car r' was
ipre Il tHmbled over upon its side. breaking
The sSitsf6 is Of the improved pattern. which
Of tic wheel got between the bovelIed rail rails Of
the Harlem road. which turns the trains In the
tss @ lie to Fl sa a%s sS
set properly when no got there and fresh
A track walk or Who was opposite the swtch
when the train passed over hasa different
theory He declares that the switchman In
Re switch Geoe the ast truck Of te rear car
had passed oyer. il. He heard the swish Of tho
escaping air in the pneuniatic tubes when the
lows the Tuckahoe local two minutes later.
Charles Denny, the switchmnn. suys that the
Ihe wrecked car lying ON its side at the foot Of
Ali traiis was delayed for nearly an hour
and, repaired. Superintendont Phyfe OF the
H Ia lem General sIPeriIntendent Voorhees, Of
Manager ~ tho Grana Central Station Gere on
he scene within half an hour after the ucci-
l Ss and the ssn
i've Which cleared the tracks. 'I .'''"0
SuTlOuSif enough tIc on!y persons WHO were
he wrecked car nor on the train. They were
,ar repairing shops a couple oi blocks or so
Right from. the angle OF the "Y" that Is
ormed by the diyerglng tracks is a single |
ropndhouse beside the Hudson River roads |
rsek . tSfeS up Part q the trssnge In the
,lots and tioWer beds II was after dark when
nut in, groups Of halfa dozen or So Many OF |
hem live below the Harlem River, and these |
walk beside the single track until they cross
he western arm Of the ''Y' on their way to the |
station at 13Sth street |
One such group OF men that left the shop to- |
rethsr last night consisted OF John Fleming |
!ohn Fleming told the story Of the wreck as
1T stopped moment to pick up piece Of |
wood. and fell behind my son and the others
ong way of. and. remember thinking Il must |
70 running at forty miles an hour. Then 1t |
nd out q the darkness that followed It saw
Il ma IL fell almost at nv feet. and when |