The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-14
LATER PARTICULARS
OF Yesterdays Disaster to the West
Shore Express Train.
MANY KILLED AND INJURED.
Miss Cooke Of Cambridge One the Vic
tims-Accident seems to Have Been
Caused by .Gross and Inexcusabls
CareIessness.

NEwBuRG. N. Y. July 14-west Shore
day express No. !, due here at 1904 noon,
was wrecked In the West Shore yard In
The southern part OF the city yesterday.
Six or seven persons were killed and Is or
20 injured. The train consisted of an en-
gine, baggage car. three day coaches and
Wagner car The train was well filled
with passengers. Car No. IL, In which
nearly all the casualties occurred, had
every seat filed.
The train was q few minutes late at
Cornwall and made the distance from that
place to the southern limit Of Newburg at
a very rapid rate. It crossed Quassaick
creek. a mile south of the station, ran a
few rods further. under the Pennsylvania
Coal company's bridge. then
Ran Into an Open switch
Into the West Shore yard. In that yard
. train was standing ready to pull out on
to the main track. The day express en-
gine struck the freight engine with ter
rifle force The engineer jumped, but q
little late. and was slightly hurt. The
fireman also jumped and escaped injury.
The train crashed through the freight
and all the passenger coaches were more
or leSs smashed. Day coach II, following
the sleeper, had its side torn Off and the
trucks torn out The scene in this car
was terrible. Several persons were killed
outright, and nearly all the rest were more
or less injured. Those who were able to
walk started out on foot for the station
and were seen with bruised and bleeding
.s asa f.,1-
slowly in the hot sun.
Mr.. William III. Callahan Of the Penn
sylvania Coal company Office force, near
the scene, heard the crash, and, upon learn
ing the cause, sent word to the central
telephone Office to notify every physician
In the city to 10 to the scene, and within
half an hour there were dozen doctors
Attending to the Wounded.
Several clergymen, among whom was
the Rev. James B. King, were also present
to offer consolation to the severely injured.
The dead are as follows:
Unknown woman Of stout build, weigh
Ing about 1870 pounds. Her hair was brown;
wore an open-face gold watch and chain;
had ON a blue-striped calico dress.
An unknown woman, aged about 30
years, Of medium height.
An unknown woman, elderly, with gray
ish hair; wore blue satin dress.
The 2Omonths-old child Of Burnham
Elberson.
An unknown woman of stout figure,
about five feet in height; gray hair
Unfortunately In the confusion articles
that might have aided In the Identification
of the dead were separated from the bodies,
and 1t will be impossible to get the names
until the coroner shall have made his in
vestigation.
In purse was found an envelope bearing
the address. Miss Jane j. Cooke, 10
Hilliard street, Cambridge. Mass"
A railroad pass bore the same name, and
visiting cards and other papers also bore
the name Of Cooke.
In another lot was found a library book
belonging to the Working Girls club of
Newark, N. j. On the card In the book
was the name Miss Mary Maylnnder.
The wounded whose names could be as
certained were: John Phillips, slightly
cut and bruised; j. L. Moore, baggage
master, slightly hurt; +. g. Blu nee, the
messenger, slightly bruised; Frank c.
Barger of West Haverstraw, severe bruise
OH leg and cut on the head; Jane Cooke
INJURIES probably fatal.