New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-18

EXCURSION TRAINS CRASH.
COLLISION OF CoNEY ISLAND CARS.
ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE IN DANGER. ENGINES

ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE IN DANGER. ENGINES
WRECKED, But NO ONE HURT
A Brooklyn-bound train on the Brooklyn, Bath
and West End Railroad filled with passengers
from Coney Island was run into at Bath Junction
last night at 80 o'clock by an east-bound train
of the Manhattan Beach Railroad. Although the
engines Of both trains were demolished and all
traffic blocked. there no loss Of life Four
tracks cross at Bath Junction. The two running
north and south are operated by the Brooklyn,
Bath and West End Railroad Company, and the
two tracks running approximately east and west
are operated jointly at this point by traffic ar
rangement between the Culver route and the
Manhattan Beach Railroad.
The Brooklyn, Bath and West End train had
the right Of way at the crossing. IL consisted OF
twelve cars, carrying 1000 men, women and chill
dren. returning from Coney Island. con-
ductor named Hughs had charge Of the Brooklyn
bound train and Tuttle was the engineer. The
Manhattan Beach Railroad train was made I'D OF
six empty cars going TO Manhattan Beach after
load Of passengers. A man named Judson was
the conductor of this train and the engineer was
Yorkey.
The grade of both roads is light here, ana the
crossing is only a few ret above the lever OF
the adjacent land. The Manhattan Beach engine
crashed into tne WeSb I-uu Idh pce"Ncn '~
latter's engine and tender. The remarkable part
OF the accident is that after the fright and con-
fusion had subsided no one was found to be dead
or even dangerously injured. Both engineers had
stuck TO their engines and, although these were
destroyed the engineers escaped with their lives.
The West End trainmen say that the engineer
and conductor of the Manhattan Beach Railroad
ignored the red light signal near this point, ana
pushed on, thinking their train would get over
the crossing before the Brookyn-bound train would
arrive at the junction The Manhattan Beach en-
rineer saws that the airbrakes of his train would
not operate and hence he could not come to a
stop before crossing the junction as he should
have done 1t is answered the other hand
that even if the airbrakes were out OF order on
the easy grade of that roadbed and with so light
load the Manhattan Beach train could have
STONED within hundred feet of the crossing, as
the rules require.
Had the West End train been only few seconds
earlier there is no doubt that hundreds OF peo-
ple would have been killed and injured, for it
is plain that the eastbound Manhattan Beach
engine would have gone right through the heavlly
laden coaches As il was, the engines OF both
trains were ditched and the passengers were
severely frightened.
The only way that the wrecked passengers
could be taken TO Brooklyn was by running on ou'
ave and Thirty y-sixth-st. and taking them on the
elevated railroad at that point. This was done
and in little time all were removed from tha
scene of the accident. -
on other trains were transferred at the Junction
and taken home. Others reached home Dy other
routes.
The tracks will not be cleared until this morning