The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-21
DREADFUL DISASTER.
SIX PERSONS MEET A HORRIBLE
DEATH And OTHERS INJURED.
One Train Crashes Into Another In tho
Fourth-Avenue Tunnel-Fog, Smoke and
Darknes. Add Horror to the Awful Scene.
List of the Dead and Injured.

List of the Dead and Injured.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2O.--An appalling disaster
occurred shortly after o'clock this morning
in the Fourth Avenue tunnel near Eighty
fifth street, by which two women and four
mon met their death and several other per-
sons were severely injured. All were en-
ployes of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad
The accident was caused by the New Haven
accommodation train which left the Grand
| Central depot ut 7.0l, crushing into the shop
train. the rear car of which was filed with car
cleaners and other employees bound Tor the
railroad shops at Mott Haven and when had
left the depot five minutes ahead OF the New
Haven train.
The tunnel was filed with dense fog,
owing TO which the engineer of the shop
train" ran under slow Roadway. When the
| train reached Eighty-fourth street the log
was almost impenetTable. and the engineer
slackened the speed OF his tram sun more. ~
was not running more than five miles an hour
In the meantime the New Haven local was
spccdino along behind the shop train" NJ
! about thirteen miles an hour. The engineer
| Of the local was unconscious of any danger
| ahead When within twenty feet OF the shop
train" he saw its red lights and az once APP
| piled the air-brakes The fireman jumped 10
! The engineers assistance. and opened the
| whistle 10 give the warning. but 1t was 100
late. The engine crashed into the rear end,
aud telescoped the car containing the IN
| fortunate employees on their way 10 work.
| The scene that followed beggars des-
cripton Men and women screamed her help,
and there were means from the dying. When
the engineer Of the shop train" felt the
shock. he quickly stopped his tram and
sprang out into the dark tunnel. Everything
was in darkness when he reached the wreck.
Z 1 4 .lg1 ~l,tlo
cupants were crushed and mangled. The
greatest confusion rcgned. The passengers
on the New Haven local rushed pell nell over
each other in the dark tunnel panic stricken.
A few Of cooler heads ran for the Eighty
sixth street station and up into Park avenue:
A policeman quickly sounded an alarm, and
the fire department and ambulance corps soon
responded
FLAMES BURST FROM THE WRECK.
Following close on the crash flames burst
from the wreck and clouds of smoke rolled up
through the air-vent in the tunnel that was
almost directly over the scene OF the acct
dent. Fearful crys for help were heard by
those who were passing IN the street over
head. Citizens ran for the police and sent
alarms for the firemcn. but help was already
on It's way. Burned and breathless men, coal
black with smoke and with their clothes blaz-
ing then began 10 crawl up through the air
vent where a ladder had been hastily let
down.
The frcmen got to work first, and sent
deuge OF water into the flaming tunnel. For
fully ten minutes drt-begrlmed passengers
rushed out at intervals from the tunnel and
showed by their appearance that they had had
q rough experience IN the panic Almost as
soon "a the accident occurred the station
agent at Eighty-sixth street telegraphed for "A
relief train, which was sent out within Few
minutes.
In the meantime fremen bad scrambled
down into the tunnel and had begun their
work Of rescue. One Of the women carried
out had been struck by the engine. and her
condition was sufficient evidence 10 believe
that she had been killed instantly. Tho lamp
in the ear had exploded and scattered ilaInes
into her clothes, and besides being horribly
mutiated, her head and body were 80
badly burned that she was unrecOg-
nizable Out of broken window Of
wrecked CIR where the engine had pinned MN
fast. hung John Hawks. car-cleaner. crying
| for help. No other cry arose from the awful
pile The frcmen, as tenderly as possible,
| tried 10 pull him ont The efforts Of the fire.
men caused the unfortunate man intense pam
and again and again he requested TO he let
| alone and die where he was. When he was at
| last pulled out il was found that his legs had
been partially burned off. He was twenty
! eight years old and lived on west Forty-ninth
street. He died on tine way to the hospital.
rRAINMES SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Hartshorn Killion. n train-boy. was next
| taken ont Ii was al first feared that he was
| dead but as the rescuers worked at the wreck
which pinned him DOM he showed signs of
life. He died at the hospital
Five train men, who were less seriously IN
| iured, were then removed from the wreck.
Daniel Cloubred. colored cook. employed
| in one of the cars which were being taken to
| Mott Haven to be cleaned. was the next vic
tim removed. He lived but short time.
Two unknown men were then taken from
| the wreck Their injuries are probably fatal.
George Hutchins, the conductor of the New
| Haven train escaped being injured IN the col
| lisiOn, In jumping from the train. however,
| in some way he fell and was internally in
| jured
William Brown, brakeman on the shop
train. was internally injured.
An unknown woman was cut badly about
| the body.
All Of the injured were taken TO the Pres
! byterian Hospital.
The police report at o'clock this afternoon
| that the total number of dead is eight but the
statement needs continuation.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
Later ii was learned that SIX persons az the
least were killed.
Their names as far as known. are:
Hartshorn Killion the newsboy, New Ha-
ven.
John Haucke. car-cleaner
Dhliicl M O4puDlcN, NOAoicu COOhi dcA ~
hospital.
Matthew Lynn car-cleaner.
William Brown, car-cleaner.
j. Hellehen, of Boston, passenger on the
New Haven train. was injured IN the acct
dent. An arm was broken. He is now at
Chamber-street Hospital.
few minutes after the collision light en-
CINE running on the south track ran into the
wreck and was derailed. Both the engineer
and fireman escaped without serious injury
Engineer Fowler, of the New Haven local
jumped out of the cab just as the crash &C.
CURED and was but slightly hurt
After the fire had been mastered the fire.
men and rescuers with axes tried 10 clear
away the debris so as to be able TO get at the
bodies 1t was finally decided to pull the
two rear cars apart. and the engine of the
New Haven train parted the two cars. draw
ing one of them about ten feet from the
others. In heap OK burned cushions, wood
and iron, two bodies were fouad aud taken
out wrapped in blankets The bodies were
burned beyond recognition.
One Of the men VINO was engaged in the
| work of the rescue states that another body