New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-15
A REAR BRAKEMAN At IA ULT.
FREIGHT CARS WRECKED AND BURNING
A LONG DELAY on THE, CENTRAL ROAD CAUSED
ny A COLLISION AT YONKERs.

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All trains on the New-York Central and Hudson
River Railroad we're delayed at ionkers last night
by n wreck which occurred at 4:45 o'clock in the
afternoon The trouble caused by ore southbound
freight train running into the OF another Seven
cars and the engine Of TIE second train were demolished
and the wreckagc strcwn over the tracks Inc wreck
age caught fire and the contents OF one OF the cars
consisting OF general merchandise, was oestroyed'
Tho trains In collision were two southbonho lreight
trains from Albany to New-York. The hrst section
was rnnning some time ahead OF the second sechoh
and was in charge OF Conductor FOLIAGE. IL con-
sisted OF thjrtv-eght cars. The second section was
I'm charge OF Conductor Reid and like the hrst sec
tion consisted also Of thirty eight cars Inc nrS'
train was obliged to stop at switch Det"eeh "io"'
wood and Yonkers and 1t had been s'ahulie ''oi'
some time when the second train crashed INTO 'ne i'r
When the first train stopped Conductor foh'ec
sent back the rear brakeman whose name Is heS' "
eag the second section. A. this point the railroad
takes a sharp bend and the signal displayed OH 'he
signal tower can not be seen lnt an ehS'c n"'
rounded the bend and is within few hunureu iee'
Of the signal tower. II would seem that heiN neg
lectcd to do his duty and did not go back far enough
The first warning therefore. that Burch. the engineer
of tbe second train had that he did not have clear
track wa, when he rounded the bend and saw 'he
caboosc standing on the track few yards aheid'
He whistlcd down brakes, reversed his engine anu
applied the airbralcs but 1t was TOO la" "'u MS
engine plunged through the caDOOSc VI u'o Pi'''o
train and piled four the OF the first IRAN Ill
heap The sudden stopplge Of his own ira caused
the first car to leave the track and the TWO sue
cecdlnr ones piled upon it. There was no one III
tho caboose at the time OF the collision, and the en-
rineer and his fireman escaped INJURY Ohe Vi INC
cars caught fire from cndcrs from the locomotive ana
despite the efforts Of the lonkers flre Dcpa''" '"'
car and contents were destroyed
The wrrckage was over the four tracks OF inc
road and all trains, north and south, were deiayeu'
The train hands with wrcching crews ana all tio
Ioboc who could be obtained In lonkers "eFe Sot aC
work clearing the tracks for the passenger t'niS'
The debris was so tangled and there was such
quantity OF H. that the work was slow ana IL WAS oe
until O'Clock that one Of the tracks was cleared
uy that time miles OF passenger trains were stalled
ON both sides Of the wreck. shortly after O'CLOCK the
first train went south the single cleared track
and trains were then rushed through as raPiuIy aS
nossllc In 10 10 O'Clock no north-bound trains SUI
rncded I'm getting past the wreck. Until the wrecMge
which was piled several feet deep, could De remover
II was lmpos,ble to ascertain whether or not the ran,
i,od h.cn torn up. II thought that they had
been II IS strange that no lives were lost a. IL -
saily The custom for several trainnen 10 bo on inc
Ion, OF the cars while passing through honKerS'