New-York tribune., 1893-08-28
THE HARLEM RAILROAD WRECK
FIXING TIE BLAME FOR TIE FATAL CON
FUSION REGARDING ORDERS.
COXTr tDrCToRY STATEMENTS OF THE TRAIN DIS.
pATCHEE AND THE OPERATOR At DYKE
MAN's-TnE INQUEST TO BEGIN
rO MORROW
fpy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSR.1

Vbi,a p,t y V Aug 27-The terrible COL
lison on the Harlem Railroad yesterdhy afternoon
between two Pawling local passenger trains OH
curve Immediately south Of Ice Pond. small set
tlement north OF Dykemans, resulting In the Kill
ing Of the engineers and fremen of both trains
vounp scbool teacher Miss Eleanor f. Reed, OF
Rrevsters and NJ Freund a harness salesman oi
Poughkeopsie and the inJurlng OF dozen or more
persons was the sole topic or conversation among
railroad men at White Plains to-day. Inc p'e'"n-
Ing opinion is that the cause OF the uiSas.er was
either the giving of wrong orders at the dispatch
cr's Office at White Plains or m'Suh'e' S'a"u'"s
OF orders by the operator AT DykefhahS -
\ w.lI-knovn Harlem engineer today said that
Conductor IIurburt and Engineer fa'ha''e' vi ."e
southbound train. had orders TO procee" W D9N nv
mans, and there meet ana pass inv Hoi"'oo"''
train I'm charge of Conductor Ackert ana Engineer
Elliott and that Ackert and Elliott had orders 10
meet th. other train at Ice Pond. 1hese sta'lohs
are not NOR. than two miles apart. ana the orners
a. given would make the trains meet between the
stations on a single track. Had the trains met VI"
a straight stretch the engineers "o"'' P''o"'S
have had time to reduce the terrific spe'd at "hicn
both trains were travelling. The sharp curve a'
the point of the collision compie'eu ''o
making the accident possible.
Another engineer. who has been i,aSS'"s o's' w
road for wears saws that neither OF the dead enBi
neers could have seen the other appro'c"'''s "o ,
than one second before the locomouNcS ''a'
into each other II was his opinion Una. INV ""'''
we're going at the rate Of forty miles an hou' i-'-
liott evidently crOwding on all Poo'''' ' ~
make up for lost time ,
rho ',rductnrs and engineers in charge OF all
trains running on the single track north OF Nhite
Plains receive all their orders. 1t Is Sdld from o
dspatchor's office at that place" Inc SuPe'',''e"
dent in charge is Gerard Van TaSsel' i"'"''N vi
Katonah lie not on duty on oa'ut""S' "e "
foo beir,, in charge OF his assistant. young man
named Iohn Dunne The orders are t'lesfapn'u 'o
the particular points needed TO guide the move
men,s of various trains The operator receiving
TN. disn,tch i'm every case makes three copies OF
the order one Of which he retains the Quiet WV
being given To the engineer ana cohduc'p'' ''HP'N
tivclv Dunne denies ordering the northoouhu 'd'''
to Ice Pond while the operator VINO receN'u "'
message con,rodlcts him Coroner Penney, of Brew
stcrs will try 10 determine which OF these TWO
men is cupable. Neither has yet pee" "''''''
The lnqucst Will begin on Tuesday.
rho train crew from White Plains continued all
dav To-day the work OF removing the WrechdS'
caused bv the accident. 1t has been ascertalh'd
thai Miss Van Scoy. the young school teacher oi
North Salem whose body was thought 10 De ne
neath ,be wreck H. safe AT home. Or Charles l..
Birch of White Plains. who accompanied BhSBas'-
man Finncgan and Dewitt Hermance, a cigar sales
,,, ~ p,uyhk..psic to the St Lukes and Pres
bvtoriau hospitals H. New York. respectively, says
they will recover. fIcrmance was SUFFERING from con
cusson OF the brain and Finnegan from Internal
I'm ,rie- Engineer Elliott was conscious when taken
from the wreck. and requested Engineer fhulck
Costello t. unite the cords which had been placed
about his severed legs. as he had only snort time
10 live having inhaled steam. which was burning
him internally. ,,...
Tne dead engineers and 1remcn had followed
railroading since hoyhOod. and were not accuS-
toned to liquors. The funeral OF Fireman
Best will take place on TUESDAY afternoon AZ MOL
Haven The funeral of Engineers Palmatier ana
Elliott VIII takc place at Grace thurch' w M,
Plains. also on TUESDAY. At y. m. ana IN" bliL'
y.lIl b.. In tn" WHIT" Plains rural cemetery: me
body Of Fireman Gibncy was buried ut Pawling To-
a.