The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-27


train dug around in tho splintered ruins OF
tho two cars and got out the bodies.
The special train got back to Long Island
| City ut 40 o'clock this morning with eight OF
tho injured Later trains brought moro OF the
injured
Ambulances took them to ST. Johns Hospl-
tai. These were among the Injured:
list OF INJURED.
| MARTIN Cox AL East Fourteenth street
| JONI BOYLE. Al First street, New York.
| g. STACEY. 1iD Pleasant avenue, Now York.
! GEoRGE liAMNiLi. 81 Webster avenue Jersey City.
IIhSRr finley conductor OF tho Manhattan Beach
| train.
kArF DoHKrS. too badly hurt to give her residence
| WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, ~ Lormcr street Brooklyn.
| Thomas NJ. CArrnxY. An East l4h street. New York.
ErcrSx MErruEw WEISS .a7 West Sixteenth street.
| New York. bruised and crushed
| MRs. CLARA Z Hrskrn lol West Firy.second street.
| New York head and body hurt.
| II. G. kNBALL. ~ Lincoln place. Brooklyn.
| TnKoDoRE GRAVES. 1895 Broadway; head crushed
JAMES BRADY. "G3 West seventh street: body crushed
| WV. Lrscu, $50 Park avenue. New York. proprietor
| OF the vendome Hotel billiard room, badly injured
| about the body.
II. A. Beck. West Fitty.nrst street. legs crushed.
August JAconsoS, 42s Fourth avenue New York; legs
badly crushed and injured about the body
| FRANK J. LARkis. Ninth avenue. New York; seri.
| ousiy
| AARoy wEiSsrErS 347 Eas: Fifty.eghth street. New
| York: both ankles crushed.
| THOMAS MORRIS ]. 3c5 Bristol avenue. Morrisan!a
| W. YorNG. 225 Hancock street. Brooklyn.
| Miss ADA CLIFF, 22J Prospect street. Long Island
| City.
| MoRRis FRonSsrx,S l65 East 1oGth street.
| Il. MCPHERSON. 1925 boulevard. Astoria.
Three or four others injured are unconscious
! at Laurel Hill
DR.. Bunster OF St Johns Hospital. and Dr.
Doyle were in the Long Island City Depot at
| tending the injured. Another special train
had been sent by this time to bring IN the rest
| OF the injured.
| A good many. who wore slightly injured.
| came to New York aud their names were not
taken.
| At go o'clock this morning 1t was reported
that sixteen dead had been taken from the
| wreck and that their bodies wore lying in
| Haremeyer's tin shops at Laurel Hill. which
! had been converted into temporary morgue.
twas estimated that the number Of injured
would reach IS or 40. a number Of whom it is
| beloved will die.
Owing to the lack OF telegraphic facilities
and the lateness of the hour. it was with tho
utmost difficulty that particulars could be OBJ
| tanned.
| The accident. 1t IS said was due to the negl-
| Gence of the tower man at Laurel Hill. who let
| tho Rockaway train in on the section.
| Tho Manhattan Beach train left the beach at
! 1l:15. 1t was composed Of five cars all tull.
| Inc fockaway train also consisted OF an en-
| gine and five ears.
| Tho trains passed Bushwick Junction very
| close together AS they approached Laurel
| Hill the Manhattan Beach train was stopped
| by u block signal
| 1t had hardly come to halt before tho signal
| was clear and the train had started on again.
But before it was fairly under Roadway the
! Rockaway Beach train dashed into it. split the
| last car OF the Manhattan Beach train into
splinters. and. tipping ovet the second car.
| threw it from the track.
| The force Of the blow was 50 great that it
! broke tho first train in two beyond the second
car and drove tho three remaining cars and
! tho engine ahead rapidly.
The engineer OF the first train. named DON
| aldson. pulled his throttle open. sent the rest
of his train ahead, and never stopped until the
train had got into Long Island City.
| He did not know that ho had lost his two
| cars. and he wasn't waiting to find out.
What he knew was that his train had been
run into. and he wasn't waiting to get a second
bump.
The engineer OF tho Rockaway train is
named Cornhite. He and his fireman jumped
and escaped uninjured
Their escape was simply a matter of wonder.
for the engine went right into the back OF tho
car ahead. splintering ono side OF 1t entirely
and dropping the other side Of it to the right
OF the track.
The seats and roof shot into and over the en-
gne breaking all its light parts filing
the front OF the boiler full OF wreckage and
finally flying over the top of tho boiler.
Tho roof OF that car drove into the
front OF the front car OF the second
train carrying with it the doors and
door frames and wreckinG the whole inside OF
the car as far as the cross seats.
1t left two corpses on top of tho locomotive.
They were black and mancled Others were
strewn I'LL along the side of the train.
Tho last to be removed were those on top of
the engine.
group OF corpses-two men. a woman. and
child-were thrown into the ditch beside the
track.
Others were caught under tho wreckage. and
it is probable that bodies are yet there that
have not been discovered.
The collision occurred on n curve in heavy
fog. The Long Island Chemical Works close
by was turned into n hospital and morgue.
Some Of the wounded were carried inside
and some laid outside on the ground beside
the door,
LAUREL HILL Aug 20. A. Mime dead
bodies have been recovered. one overturned
car has not been righted yet.
There were unusual attractions at Manhattan
Beach last night and tho number OF visitors to
loney lslahu was coFfehponulnsY large
Sousas concert. being one OF the jubilee SERIES
had varied programme. to which Marie
Tempest and other favorite artists con-
tributed. and after Pains Storming OF
Nicksburg there was an exhibition OF
fireworks. at which many novel designs were
displayed. Both performances were extern
svely advertised and every means taken to
secure large audiences.
Tho rain had caused the postponemont Of the
fireworks display tho previous Saturday 80
that those who were then disappointed were
anxious to take advantage OF tho tair weather
Of last evening. Everything combined. there
fore. TO gather n large crowd at Manhattan |
Beach. Tho extra train was run to help bring |
them home.
Mrs. Henry Ward Becchrr's SGD Hirthday. |
NoNKERs. Aug. 2l.-Nrs. Henry Ward |
Beecher celebrated day her sgd birthday at
tho residence OF her son. Col. Henry Il. |
IN thn Il a,i in n ipa ,h.4ru ~ hn