The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-01-07
KILLED IN A SLEEPER.
SHOCKING RAILROAD ACCIDENT ON
THE NEW YORK CENTRAL.

Sleeping Immates-Eleven Persons
Killed Outright.
NEW York, Dec. 25.--rhc accident.
which occurred en- the New York Cen
trdl Railroad last NIGHT at Hast ngs on
the-Ha ison, has proved to be much
gratel than appeared from the reports
received last hi. mt.
The official Ist Of dead as gwen out
t0-night number elsven people, as fol-
lows: Mis-. A. N. Baldwin, New York;
Thomas w. Policy, New York, Of The
firm of Geo II. Policy 81 Co., Bostol;
Abraham Knight, conductor; Miss Van
atsdale, New York; Miss Slocum, Lock-
port n. Y; Miss Moore, Medina; Lizzie
Ford ,!Brooklyn; j. w. White, Porter :;
Miss Lillian Baldw n, New York; DR..
S. E. Best, dentist, and one man not
Identified.
The burned and injured are: Mrs II.
II. baldwin, New York, burned about
the face and arms and injuredinternally;
Annie Ford. Brooklyn, slighSly burned;
d. B. Murphy, lawyer, New York, ley
and collar bone broken, face and arms
badly burned, may die; Harry Jacobs on ,
New York, slightly burned; j. r.. Bag
nellie, PoughkceD Dsie, n. Y, badly burn
ed about face and injured internally.
| The disaster was due the the careless =
ness of Brakeman Albert +. IIerrick, of
The Buffalo express, which was living
still below Hastings. Herrick fled and
has not yet been found. He left his uni
form In the train and put on citizens
clothes.
F'om the official report given out to-
cay by the third vice, president, w ebb,
OF the Central Road, train No. 90, which
left New York at Gao p. NJ. last night,
stopped at Dobb's Ferry to make some
slight repairs on the engine. The dam
ger signal was thrown out and the fol-
lowing tram, the Buffalo and Niagara
Falls special, which left here at 7.3O
L. NJ: was stopped about three Quarters
OF mile south of Dobb's Ferry station.
The conductor Of No. As immediately
sent Brakeman Herrlck back to signal
the coming train. TIo proceeded as far
as the station at Hastings. He went
inside and talked with the stationmaster
waiting for the Cincinnati and ST. L. uis
express No. I, which left this city at .
O'Clock. While Herlick was standing
near the door the St. Lous express
whizzed past, running at the rate Of forty
miles an hour. Engineer j. DOnOhue.
Of the StLouis express, received!no warn
ing whatever of the presence of the BuC-
ialo express Oh the track ahead until he
was almost on the track. He reversed
his engine, put on airbrakes and jumped
for his life. The engine OF No. 7 crashed
into he rear sleeper, "Gibraltar," Of
the Buffalo special with terrible force.
There were twenty-five people in the
sleeping car at the time.
The remains of j. w. White, porter,
who died of his injuries this morning,
were shipped 70 his home in Virginia.
The coroner released the bodies al the
scene OF the disaster to day, and they
" i'll be brough TO this city by relatives.
AL that remains to-day to tell the story
OF The irighttul disaster is the tin roof OF
The Wagner sleeping car ''Gibraltar."
Ihls ls still lying smoudering mass at
the side OF the track where the disaster
occurred. The rest Of the car was burn
ed up. The trucks Of the car and all
other movable wreckaye, as well as the
damaged cars, have been removed by
wre 'klng trains on the New York Cen
trail Road.
| When the st. Louis express crashed
into The "GiDraltar." which was in rear
OF the Niagara express, The engine was
completely lost in the interior of The
sleeping car. The heavy wood and iron
work Of the Gibraltar was reduced to
spiintcrs. There were eighteen passen-
gers in The Gibraltar and all but three of
them were killed or injured. The hiss
OF the escaping steam and the cries and
groans of the wounded and dying pnssen-
gers could be heard long distance
The appeals Of the wounded and cries of
The dying were heartrendering. A mo-
ment later the Gibraltar took fire.
The hands Of both trains quickly re-
covered from The momcntary shock aud
lushed in 10 the aid Of the impt isoncd
people. Passengers from both trains
followed suit and soon score Of per-
sons hat organized themselves INTO
relief party. One after another The
wounded aud dying were taken out.
Lamps were torn from the uniniurcd
cars and by the light Of lamps aid
torches men began 10 chop away the
burning wood work OF the Gibraltar.
They were urged on by The cr:cs Of The
injured and dying people within. Some
OF the uninjured passengers hurried back
TO the depot at Tasting TO summon help
| aad stop any other trains that might hc
coming.
TO add to the horror of the occasion
| thieves got to work and began to rob
the injured passengers. How much they
secured is not known. 1t was not known
| that thieves were among the injured at
the time Of the accident, and the fact
was not discovered until Lhis morning.
a number Of volunteers worked among
the injured passengers, and 1t is probable
| that this was made cloak Tor stealing
| by some. This morning Undertaken
Vanderbilt, in preparing The remains
Policy, one of the dead, for bun ial, dis
covered that the body had been robbed.
Upon removing the clothing from the
body Vanderbilt found that the pockets
had been rjled and cut from the gar
ments. All of his jewelry, money and
his WALT are missing. The coroner
this morning took possession OF the eG-