The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-01-02
TWELVE PEOPLE KILLED
THE BODIES OF THE HASTINGS
WRECK VICTIMS ROBBED.

Their Pockets Cut or Torn Out by Fiends
Devoid Of Coincidence wounded Men
similarly Treated Careless brakeman
Herriok I1eos to Avoid Punishment.
TARRYTowN, N Y, Dec. s6-The total
number OF those who lost their lives by the
collision at Hastings now reaches eleven.
The eleventh victim died early last even
ing. The official list OF the dead is as follows
hrs A. N Baldwin, of New York
Thomas W. Policy, Of the firm Of George
II. Policy & Co, Boston
Abraham Knight, Wagner Palace Car con-
ductUr.
Miss Iiblie Van Arsdale, a school teacher
Of New York city.
Miss Mabel Slocum, OF Loclcport, n Y.
Miss Gertrude Moore, of Medina N Y.
Miss Lizzie Ford, Of Brooklyn
J.w. White, colored porter on Wagner
car.
Miss Lillian Baldwin, Of New York
Dr.. S E. Best, dontist, of New York.
Edwin S. Wilcox, Of tho law firm Of
Johnes & Wilcox, Of New York.
The Names of tho Injured.
The injured are Mrs. Homer r. Baldwin,
of New York, seriously; Miss Annie Ford,
slightly; D. B. Murphy, Of New ID X, Sc
riously; Harry A. jacobson, slightly; j. r.
Bagnall, Of Poughkeepsie, probably fatally.
OF the twenty-five persons who were in
the i'll fated car, but six escaped serious in
jury They were j. G. Gould, of New York;
Mr.. Mccormick, Miss Freyer, of Pough-
keepsie; Homer R, Baldwin, Of New York,
and Mr. and Mrs A. B. Tremaine, of Brook
lyn.
Brakeman Herrick Fled.
Albert Z. Herrick, the brakeman whose
carelessness caused the accident, fled soon
after the collision and has not yet been
found. He will be arrested if found
A disgusting fact was revealed during the
examination of the bodies of the dead by
undeFtakers. The pockets of several of the
victims were found TO have been either cut
or torn from their clothing and all their
valuables including pocketbooks, jewelry,
ETC., were missing.
On no one has fallen the blow of this dis
sster with more crushing force than on
young Homer R. Baldwin, Of II East
Eghty-ffth street, New York The chances
are that of the little party Of five which
started to spend the Christmas holidays at
Niagara Falls he will be the sole survivor.
| His mother is dead, his sister is dead, his
intimate friend, Thomas W. Policy, is dead,
and his wife is at the point Of death. Mr..
| Baldwin himself is so overcome with shock
and grief that he hardly thinks life worth
living
Saw Three Pairs of Feet.
Baldwin was in the smoking room when
the crash came. He got out, but does not
know how. He rushed to the side Of the
car near where he had left his relatives. He
saw that the side Of the car was burst open
and through the cloud of escaping steam he
saw three PAIRS of feet protruding from the
wreckage. He caught hold of the first pair
and began to pun. AS he did so he recog-
niEed his sisters voice pleading for help.
With the assistance of Mr.. Gould he got
Miss Baldwin out of the wreck Mr.. Bald
win took hold of the next pair of feet and
began to pull out the victim.
1t was bis mother. He got her out in a
few minutes, but she was dead.
There was another pair Of feet sticking
out of the wreck. Taking hold of them
Baldwin cried, "If you are living kick your
feet The feet made feeble motion and
Mr.. Baldwin dragged Policy out. Policy
seemed literally scalded alive.
The accident occurred as follows The
Buffalo and Niagarn Falls special, which
left the Grand Central depot at $50 o'clock,
was delayed one mile north Of Hastings.
The rear brakeman was sent back to Hast
ings to signal the St. Louis express In
stead of standing on the tracks and waving
his lantern, he went into the depot. In the
moment or two he was there the heavy st,
Louis express thundered by the station. In
less than seventy-five seconds it had COW
cred the distance between the depot and
| - I IL 4
The engine literally disappeared inside the
last sleeper Of the express, the heavy wood
and iron work Of the car was smashed to
bits