The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-28
Details Of the Terrible Long
Island Train Collision.
SEVERAL WOUNDED CAN'T 1--we.
Col. F. A. Buck. Editor Of the ssSpirit
of the Times Killed.
The Engine That riewed Into the stand
Ing Car. Msngaed the Bodies. and All
the wreeks<e Was Painted Ksd with
Their Biood

Lone IsIAxp CIrY. Aug. 27--It il now
known definitely that last nights awful
accident on the Long Island road resulted
in the killing of ffteen people and the
wounding of seventeen others, several of
whom may not recover. The dead are:
Cot +. A. Beck. editor of the Spiris Of
the Tfmex
OscaR DtsrzEL
MRs. MAGGIE DrETxxL.
MIS-. BERrHA wErSsrKrx.
SIpSEy wEissrKIS.
THOMAS FINN.
MORTIMER DgTTaAs.
JoHK DycKHoFF.
Mas. Jomx C.. DycKHorr
MEs. THKopoRR GRsENKx.
ALEXANDER GRIILErr.
JAMES ]. HYIASDs.
RfcHARp NEWMAN.
MAX STEIN.
JosERH 1HELkN.
The injured are: John Hahan. James
Barron. Theodore Graeven, may die:
Miss Clara Haskell, Horace @. Kimball.
Aaron Weinstein, may die; Morris Fioshei.
James B. Thompson. August yakobsson.
will die; Eugene weinn. William Lynch.
Frank Larkin. Kate Durken. James ].
Brady. William Livingston. George Ham
net. James Coughiin.
Word of the wreck was not received hero
for an hour after il occurred. When re-
lief train with physicians reached the
scene they found an appalling state Of af-
fairs. The Rockaway Beach train had
crashed into the rear end of the Manhat-
tan Beach train, plowed its way COM
pletely through two rear cars and partly
wrecked the third. The passengers in the
three cars were maimed and mangled hor-
ribiy. and tho shrieks Of terror and pain
were awful.
The Rockaway engine was wrecked. The
boiler resembled pincushion, from the
timbers Of the wrecked cars sticking into
Il. Upon these timbers were human beings,
some dead and others gasping their last
The dead and wounded were mashed
among the wreckaee, besides upon and be-
yond the tracks. Everything was bsspas-
tered with blood. Az fast ~ the wounded
could be taken from the wreck they were
carried to the relief train and cared for.
The adjoining buildings we're also turned
into temporary hospital and every pos
sible effort made to alleviate the suffertngs
of the unfortunate people. None OF the
passengers or crew Of the Rockaway Beach
train were seriously hurt.
An eyewitness Of the accident says the
Rockaway Beach train was going 1t top
speed. as II, being the last train. the en-
ginecr was trying 70 get home ss soon ~
possible. At the scene Of the accident
wrecking trains and big force Of railroad
employees worked oil day TO obliterste the
ghastly evidence of the disaster.
General Manager Reynolds stated that
the cause of the accident WAS still un-
known, that il was q question Of veracity
between Tower Switchman Mutt and En-
gineer Concrite. OF the Rockaway train.
The latter reported that . heavy fog pre-
vailed at the time; that the signals were
set at safety, indicating that the road was
clear, and he went ahead without reducing
speed. As soon as he discovered the red
lights Of the other train he reversed the
engine and put on brakes. Then he and
Fireman Price jumped. Mutt insists that
the signal was set at danger.