The sun., 1893-06-21
MANY KILLED and HURT
A Train from the Suburban
Race Wrecked.
VICTIMS PINNED TO EARTH.
The Accident Caused by a Sleepy
Switchman or Broken Axle.

seriously Injurcd mud Doubtless Many
More Slightly Injured-Pnrkviiie Tunnel
the scene OF tho Accident-Hnrrovyinr
scenes at tho DerniIed Cars-The Switch
man Arrested and Warrants ISSUED for
tho Conductor and Easineer-City Mar
shall Henry u. sphinx Ono OF tho Victims.
-Four passenger cars OF n train OF six cars were
dvrailed 200 feet east OF the Parkville tunnel ON
the Manhattan Beach Branch Of the Long
Island Railroad at 5:15 o'clock yesterday after
noon, and or persons killed and, so fur as
Is known. 23 persons were injured. Several
OF those injured will. according to the doctors
who attended them last night, probably die.
General Superintendent W. II. Blood Of the
Long Island Railroad made an investigation.
after which Edward McGary. the tower man
in charge Of tho switches at the point where
the cars were derailed. was arrested and
locked up in the GravesenL police station.
Two OF the dead were also taken to Graves
end to the undertaking rooms OF Deputy Cor
oner Stillwel who will hold an inquest on
them this morning.
THE KILLED.
CupLr. Roslar j.. +52 West Fourteonth street. New
York policeman Fifth precinct. Taken 70 seney Hospr
tai Died Of internal In juries.
JoHssox. Frr. E. of s47IS West sevsntsenth street.
piano maker: both legs fractured. head cut and body
bruised: died in the seney Hospital
MoGoSroAI. &. j., Of Philadelphia. 40 years old In
tsrnal injuries; died in the sensy Hospital
QuIrsr. Utica, N. Z. Right leg cut Oh. Died on
the way to the hospital.
srrsr HrKxr j.. rs Norton street. City Marshal At
tho jefferson Market Police Court. Taken to sensy
Hospital. where he died.
Unknown man. about 80 years old. dark moustache
and dark hair and dressed in dark clothesI died in
seney Hospital May bs Quimby.
THE INJURED.
BAnroRp, Josxpl, sr- silk manufacturer. Of Clin
street. Paterson; cut and bruised about the bodyi at
Seney Hospital
BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW. seeloy Creek. n. r. left leg
cut right crushed; likely to die Both legs ampu
tated n, the Norwegian Hospital Brooklyn
BKiLE. JouS. waiter in Smith McNelrs restaurant
right ankle sprainsd: came to city steamboat syL
vester and went homo.
BnAxHAA RICHARD. stono cutter. ~ years old III
Easr 11sh street. general coutusons and suspected
ternal injuries to city steamboat Sylvester;
taken to Chambers Street Hospital
BniscE CHARLES ". 81 years SALOON keeper $50 West
street; confusion.
CAxrrrL,, Jons. c53 washin Son stree. log broken.
CniLDs, J. b. Elizabeth, N. j.. badly hurt.
fIsx. FRAxcs j.. ao1 Henry street. Brooklyn, face
badly cut. left leg hurt
FINLEY Jous: body At st1iiwsIrs Morsrs; suppesed
at nrst to be Court ofncsr Patrick Daily.
FrrzsNxoss. JAnxs PAT West 12<th street. facs head
and leg cut.
FLrsS. RICHARD. aged ~. City Marshal of Jefferson
Market Poico Court 1853 Charles street, New York;
verely cut about tho head.
FosrER NICHOLAS. 20l West Ninety.nfth street badly
cut sde head and bruised breast; also in.
ternal jures likely to die.
GIBBONS PArRIcK. aged 2o. of lot Hanson place.
lyn; internal injuries.
HARRSGros. WILLIAM. aged 4s year, Of Auburn
NY. Both legs ampusated at tho sensy Hospital He
will die.
Hill. Z. c.. New York.
HUTCHINSON. WILLIAM B.. 827 West Seventeenth street.
crushed to death Is at Stinwels morgue. Gravesend
Il leg
McKnssA. BRONSON C. J.. q Central Park policeman;
one leg badly injured.
MAYNARD. HIRAM A.. 90 West Eightieth street. badly
; hurt.
PArrERs on. EDWARD H., gum importer 1l2 Bank
street; left leg broken: came home in . carriage.
PHILLIPS Isaac, Coionnade Hotel New York;
head; seney Hospital
REILLY JoHN residence refused, contusions Of right
leg; city the steamboat Sylvester and went
home In cab
RurseHr HrsRr. aged 20. 7s Third avenue. New York.
saloon keeper; head hurt
souoLLsxsG FaXp waiter. of 5o2 Second avsnus log
hurt
SULLIVAN. J. H. Harrison n. j.. leg hurt
At the time Of the accident the Boulevard
was filed with vehicles Of all kinds returning
to Brooklyn from the races. and the owners
were all willing to place their horses and car
riages at the disposal OF the injured A great
many persons who were only slightly injured
and some who were more seriously hurt were
driven away in those conveyances and their
names are not known.
Among the dead are Now York policeman.
and the City Marshal OF the Jefferson Mar
ket Police Court. and among the injured
are Park policeman and another City Mar
sha.
The train left Manhattan Beach at 5:05
O'clock. 1t is known on the time table as 9S3.
CONDUCTOR George Armstrong was In charge Of
H. John Barker was the engineer and Eldred
femsen was the lreman. The engine was
No. 80.
The etran consisted Of i've open passenger
coaches and paror car. 1t reached Sheeps-
mead Bay at 5;l2 o'clock. 1t was the sixth
traln to the city from the race track. Two
Long Island trains. two Brooklyn trains ana
one Lay Ridge train had lett ahead OF it 1t
was bound for Bay Ridge
INC opeh passenger coaches seat comfort
eo'' A-' persons each. They were filed up
very quickly at shecpshead. Mon clunx TO
VIZ p'a,oims anu crowded on those In tba
W. ''ens run the entire length Of the |
cafs on each side. Capt james su,yi, ~
stationmaster at Sheopshegd With his aso;a.
ants. warhed ali those who had no .aa,a ~
wait ior later trains. Tho pcople n,id no -.
tshtIon TO him and the train started Inr Torr.
vile. Ia
Several hundred feet east Of tn. por,,ru,o
station Is a tunnel 2lO feet long ItrunsmrL.
tho Coney Island driveway. About forty ,,.t
on either side OF it the double tracks mor,,o
into a single track which passes through tho
tunnel Thirty feet west OF the tunnel on tha
north side OF tho track is a towur In which
bwitehnan Is stationed, whose duty it is to
oleEate the switches running from the double
t. tho single track.
This switchman also controls two otlcr
switches. These switches are known AS dead
switches with ditch rails, Ono lies $50 feet
east o' tho tunnel and ITO feet east Of the sim
Gle track switch. 1t is on the west bound track.
The other switch is like it. save that Il lies
On The west side OF the tunnel on the cast.
pound track. Tho purpose OF these switches
H. 20 protect trains. IL there is an accident in
tn"tunne! htrain approaching the tunnel can
oT prevented fron running into the wreck By
train. "''" "nu ai'chiHg 'he
thai hhs'r"Na tnSs men at the wreck said last night