The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-02
THE NEGLECT
Of a Brakeman Brings Horri-
BILE Death to Eleven.
He Flies in Terror From the Terri
BILE Scene.
Sick kenIng Developments in the FriEhtful
Disastcr--scalding Steam Adds Torture
to the Mnlmed Vlctlms-Huma
Hyenas Get in Their Work.

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to the Mnlmed Victims-HUman
Hyenas Get In Their Work.
NEW York, Dec. 20.-Ths accident
which occurred on the New York Gem
trail railway Thursday night at Has
tings- on-the- Hudson has proved TO be
much greater than from reports re-
ceived. The Official list Of the dead as
given out Friday night numbers eleven
people.
Dead-Mrs. A. N. Baldwin, New
York; Thos. W. Policy, of the firm Of
Geo. II. Policy e. Co., Boston; Abraham
Knight, conductor; Miss Van Arsdsle,
New York; Miss Slocum, Loekport, N.
Y; Miss Moore, Medina; Lizzie Ford,
Brooklyn; j. w. White, Porter; Miss
Lillian Baldwin, New York; DR.. s. L.
Best dentist, New York; one man, not
| identified
Burned and injured-Mrs Homer Il.
Baldwin, New York, burned about the
face and arms and injured internally.
Annie Ford, Brooklyn, slightly burned.
D. B. Murphy, lawyer, New York, leg
and collar-bon broken, face and arms
badly burned; may die. Harry A. Ja-
cobson, New York, slightly burned.
J. r Bagnelle, Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
badly burned about the face and in
jured internally.
The terrible disaster was due 70 the
carelessness of Brakeman A. e. Her.
rick of the Buffalo express, which was
| lying still below Hastings. Herrick
fed, and has not yet been found. He
left his uniform In the train, and put
on his citizens clothes.
From the official report given eut to-
day by Third Vice President webb, Of
the Central road, train Ne. 9S. which
left New York at 6:45 Thursday night,
stopped at Dobbs' Ferry to make seme
slight repairs on the engine, The dan
| ger signal was thrown out, nRa the fol-
lowing train, the Buffalo and Niagara
Falls special, which left here ut 1880 p.
M, was stopped about three
quarters of mile south of
Dobbs' Ferry station. Tho conductor of
No. As Immediately sent brakeman,
Herrick, back to signal tho coming
trains, He proceeded as far as the sta
tion at Hastings. He went inside and
talked with the stationmaster, waiting
for the Cincinnati and St Louis ex-
press (No. y, which left the city at
o'clock. While Herrick was standing
near the door the St Louis express
whizzed passed, running at the rate of
forty miles an hour
Engineer j. Donohue, of the 81 Louis
express, received no warning whatever
of the presence of the Buffalo express
on the track ahead until he was almost
on the train. He reversed his engine,
put on the air brakes and jumped for
his life. The engine of No. z crashed
into the rear sleeper. Gibraltar, of the
Buffalo special with terrific force.
There were twenty-five people in the
sleeping car at the time.
| When the St Louis express crashed
into the sleeping car Gibraltar which
was in the 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 splinters.
There were eighteen passengers 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 passengers
could be heard a long distance. The
appeals of the wounded and the cries of
the dying were heartrending. mo-
ment later the Gibraltar took fire. The
hands of both trains quickly recovered
from the momentary shock and rushed
to the aid of the imprisoned people. The
passengers from both trains followed
suit, and soon a score OF persons had
organized themselves into relief
party. One after another tho 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 woodwork of the
Gibraltar. They were urged on by the
cries of the injured and dying people
within. Some of the uninjured passeu-
gers hurried back to the depot at Hast
ings to summon help and stop any
other trains that might be coming.
To add to the horror of tho occasion
thieves got to work and begah to rob
the injured passengers, How much
they secured is not known. II was not
known that thieves were among the
injured at the time of the accident and
the fact was not d scovered until Friday
morning. A number of volunteers
worked among the injured passengers,
and it is probable that this wss made
cloak for stealing by some. This
morning Undertaken Vanderbilt, in
preparing the remains of Mr.. Pollock,
one of the dead, for burial, diseov-
cred that the body had been robbed
Upon removing the clothing frOm the
body it was found that the pockets had
been cut from the garments All of his
jewelry, money and his wallet are
missing.
The unknown man, who is supposed
to be either Lawyer Johnes or Lawyer
Wilcox, wore gold watch mum mbered
1908 There was also found in his
clothing a baggage check, No 79 from
New York to Dunkirl, eight business
cards of the firm of JohneE Sc Wilcox,
lawyers, and a small leather case con-
tanning Brooklyn bridge tickets
How the Czar Looks at 1t.
LONDON, Dec. 26.-The Berlin corre-
spondent of the News says that tele-
grams which have been sent to that
city from Vienna contain the informa-
tion that the czar is displeased at the
Chadouine affair as tending to hurry
Turkey into the arms of tho Dreibund
The Russian government it is further
said, is try ing to influence NJ. Ribot, the
French minister of foreign affairs, to
adODt a mil1er nolicU in the m after