The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-21


New YORK, June 2O,7-A train on the
Long Island railroad, upon which were
about one thousand people returning
from tho sheepshead Bay races,
was derailed this evening in a
tunnel short distance from PaFksville,
L. /. Two persons were killed outright,
seven died soon alter being removed TO
the hospital and about one hundred
were injured, many so seriously that
they will not recover,
Those killed outright at the time OF
the accident were; Patrick DAILY, court
officer OF tho Third district court, New
York City; II. S, Pringle, New York.
The following were removed to the
seney hospital, Brooklyn, and died soon
afterwards: Henry Sphinx, marshal at
Jefferson market police court, New York
City. Robert Cutting, policeman,
New York.
- Quinby, Utica, N. Y, right leg
cut of, died on way to hospital; un.
known man about thirty years old, died
in seney hospital; B. ]. McGonigle,
Fritz D. johnson and John slmlay, all
of whom died late tonight in Seney
Injured-Hiram A. Maynord, New
York, leg injured; Nicholas Foster,
New York, leg fractured; 2. John.
son, New York, leg and body
iniured; Andrew Bartholomew,
sealey Creek, N. Y, loft leg
cut off; James Fitzsimmons, New York,
foot cut off; Patrick Graham, New
York, internal injuries; j. d. Uhilds,
Elizabeth, N. j., face cut and left
leg fractured; L. @. Hills, Times
building, New York, hand and arm
injured; Bronson j. McKennn, Central
Park policeman, compound fracture Of
ankle; Frank ]. Finn, New York, face
cut and leg injured; Richard Flynn,
New York, internal injuries; William
Herring, Auburn, New York, leg
fractured; James Bradford, Pater-
son, New jersey, internal injuries;
Patrick Gibbons, Brooklyn, bodily in
iuries; Charles Herring, New
York, serious internal injuries;
Henry Ruesche, New York, in
ternal injuries; Hugh j. McGon.
igle, Philadelphia, cut and bruised
on legs and arms; Philip Isaacs,
New York, leg fractured; Fred
erick Schlombcrg, New York, body
injured; - Quinby, internal in
iuries, unconscious; - Addicks,
Now York, internal injuries, uncon.
scious; W. d. Ford, legs and body
bruised and cut. L. Foster, New YORK,
injured on body and face; unknown
man, unconscious, suffering from shock
and internal injuries.
The condition OF Andrew Bartholo-
new is serious and the physicians OF
the soney hospital, Brooklyn, 70 which
he was taken, do not think he will
recover.
Many of the injured were taken in
private conveyances or by their friends
to New York hospitals, or to their
homes.
Tho accident happened upon what is
known as the Bay Ridge division OF the
Manhattan railroad and about half II
mile from the little town Of Parkville,
The Bay Ridge division, alter leaving
Parkville, passes under yiaduCt oil tho
Coney Island Boulevard. The fatal
train reached this point Of the road at
o'clock.
Crowded aboard were men, women
and children who had been 10 witness
New York's great race, the suburban.
Every seat was taken and men stood in
the aisles OF tho closed cars, and shoul-
der to shoulder upon the platform run.
ming along the sides OF the open cars.
Everybody seemed merry and the
uppermost thought perhaps OF tho
whole train was to get back to New
York as quickly 80 possible.
The train, which was going at full
speed, suddenly gave jerk and jolt,
aud tho expressions oi pleasure were
instantly turned to feolings of terror
and dismay.
The engine and tho first two cars ran
along tho track dragging boliind them
the othur cara OF tho train. bunping
and reeling along the ties up 10 tho
very mouth OF tho tunnel. Thnn tho
ongine and the two cars that remained
on the track broke loose from tho
others and were carried by ihcir own
speed through the tunnel and twepty-
five feet beyond.
People jumped from the train aud
fell upon the ombankmont to DO bruised
and cut by the cars. Others wore ear
ried along upon tho train, tloir bodies
rubbed aud bruised upon tho roclig Of
the tunnel aud stones OF the cmbank-