New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-07
WRECK on THE CENTRAL.
ONE MAN KILLED IN A COLLISION AT
MOTT HAVEN
SWITCH is THROWN OPEN AMI CEoTON
LOCAL TRAIN CRASHES INro
SWITCHING ENGINE-PA- SENGEaS
SEVERELY SHAKEN

SEVERELY SHAKEN.
Tho old story of a misplaced switch explains
the crash which occurred last night on the tracks
Of the New.Yorll Central Railroad. The careless
ness Of the switc!iman cost the life Of one man,
brought cuts bruises and con,u>ions to many
others, wrecked an engine. und delayed traffic
fer yearly an hour.
It was inst after half-rast o'clock when En-
gine no. 97S, driven by Alva Stevenson, with
John Baldwin as fireman. LEFT tho Central Station
for the Mott Haven yard. The cn.inc had been
attached to an express from Pit's.iri j. Mas. and
10 sooner landed lis passengers in Ncw-York and
then finished IFS days work thaE il tuned hone
warl Ii ran in reverse orlcr, tic tcndeT first.
At ten minutes after nine it pae>cd the Mott
Haven station, and two minutes more brought II
on slow 70 Observation-Disclosures siNtll-'t..
or ten blocks below the Mott Haven yard. Just
fifty wards ahead OF il lie svi.cl el 20 switch
slow locals or unattached IN zines ont Of the way.
of f,s' rains or - run tne Ilolica rains on
the New u vcn track on 70 f!oir own lines. In
the sluc romCnt tlat e0rin" N15 I"lcAc1 On"
hundrcd-aul- ortyIe ,erth st, south bound Crooa
local OF thc Harlem Road, running on the New
York and Ncw-llaycn track came round the curve
past tho Mott Haven yard. ono" ON the straight
onr i. slightly increased speed, running smooth
on ~ tie side If 'hc northern track Of the New
York Central Roai.
Enginc No. p;3 and the CrotCn local were
within twenty yard. of each other, a"d almost
at the intersection, whcr without tie + i.hi",t
warning the switch flew orcn and IA" Cro'oA
local twirlcd sharp right on th" Hudson River
track. Quick a., a flash. Stevenson saut OF stca .
and reversed his cu1'uc. But Ae was too lat'.
ior a. lis hand lcft tic icrcr, ihe
cnairc OF :hc rotor loc.l smashed n"
the tender with II crash that iiiicI cv"ri
passenger On thc lccal oil hi- ST, hurled hn
across and nlonr thr ear. ana smashed over
wind " Simultaneously with tie collision ST
vci son and EI,va,d llallett, the driver OF ".r
zinc No lol2 which drew the Gro
ton triia. jumped 70 the track. b.
BALDWIN hc-it.'"d. and That moments pause
meant DEATH y h. hung on I'll" cil-I r3'n' .
the sho,l. throw lin - IN" eronrd r-At "nd''
the whor- of the tender. which passed. over h'
los and -cycral them from his J. dr. IA"'e
WA. n rArial, of agony. and ta"l H. shower Cd.
sp,iot.red wood aui broken iion raiuint "'w.
on hi, head and form beat opt aD that Tcmair"d
Of nfc.
Stevenson bad struc,; tie 'rac!; head hfa' ana
for "A moment lav stunned sod woti'nl"-- !H'"
he recovered him,cf aud wa- ah." Z" W'." "'"'
Tho .i,ty pa.-mlrf~ in a." Nr clr, oi iA' '' '"'
r.l ,..,c uo,r slowly rlrhorIn- t.c.i-..r"' TO-
..thcr. and pr's' tly found 'ha except i'' 7..''
I,.,i,, ana a few cuts anI hr..-o H"I i1.llnt
.,... II c~ were uu!nlur"d On th" hlf "4.I I'-
mort that foIr'.c. persons Dag N-'' ~,,'I'F 'E
Iiirel tiN amhuian''- from ~" lldf.'in NAH"'' D..
and For .lam ho-pnnl> bad 4'-h-I % I'D" spot .'"
tt.,,. ,.s mo- work lpr .A"u.. nll thc pi~-' =
| ficre but two women .a"rAh'iit SURF VT
mont Then haHl"- st'i'",, .'I i,r,,. r..
| N.,c-N,r ou fln Suburban E"nd il-+.' ~
r-3 c.caucd ecrlo1s damage" Dee ''h'',I ''l'
ir.| tLc tlU force Of til" llpw had saved J.. i'l
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