New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-05
A CRASH IN MIDA1R.
ELEVATED TRAINS DASH 1OGEIHEh.

PASSENGERS SHAKEN UP, ENGINEERS SCALDED
AND PARTS OF CARS SMASHED.
There was a narrow escape from disaster
Yesterday morning when collision between two
elevated trains occurred at Eighth-ave. and One
hundreda "a nd. thrty-ffth-st. An express train
which left the Observation-Disclosures fth-st.
.,et;on NJ the road at Z 81 a. m. arrived at the
Onebnndred and thirty -fftf-st station four min
ut.s ,atcr and dashed into the rear end of
,ocal Sixth-ave train, which was pulling away
fron, the station. The fog, which was thick in
that mart Of the city, was said to have pre-
vented the engineer Of the express train from
.eeno the local train in time to prevent the COL
Ision Both trains were crowded with passengers
Some Of the passengers in the rear car OF the
local train saw tho locomotive of the express train
approaching swiftly through the fog few sec
end, before the collision occurred. and they
hurried toward the front end Of the rear
car few of them were women, who screamed
Ioudv At the Same moment a sharp blast was
blown On the whistle by Shelly the engineer of
the express train, as a signal to the guards to
auply tile brakes. He had seen that he would
be unable to stop the train in time with the
air brakes. number Of persons were standlrg
on the platform of the station on the down
side, and they drew back from the edge OF the
platform when they saw that collision was III
evitable. Among them was said to have oeen
Colonel Hahn, the general manager OF the rail-
road Superintendent Smith, of the road' was
on the opposite platform
The crash was so sudden that persons on 'hc
station platform expected to see some OF the cars
thrown of the track and wrecked compie'ey'
Following the roar Of the collision were the souhos
Of breaking glass, the grinding Of the car wheeis
on the tnbers and the shouts Of the panic stricken
passengers in the local train. The express 'rAi"
stopped suddenly. Its locomotive had oeen ru'i-
ming with it's tender in front, and the wafer .''nN
was broken badly by contact with the PLATFORM
Of the rear car of the local train. Inc platform
O, the car was smashed into kinding wood bo'h
Oh. frent and rear cans Of the local train left
tha rails hut were supported by the wooden string
or, and ties. Nearly all Of tho windows OF the
80, oor w.ro broken Passengers in the cars
were thrown down and bruised. 1t was said later
that none Of them received serious injuries ="
the local train drew away from the station the
passencers were obliged to climb down 10 ",e
walk beside the track and make their way PACK
to the station.
The passengers on the express train were shaken
badly by the collision, but were not INJURED IL
was said Skelly, the engineer, and his fireman.
Gauple. were scalded slightly by the escaping
steam but they refused TO 60 TO hospital when
an ambulance was called. They were sent to
their homes Somebody had the fOrethought TO
signal another express train that came down the
road a few minutes after the collision occurred,
and Tins a second collision was averted ne
down track of the railroad was blocked until the
cars of the local train could be got back on the
rails Then the train switched to the other
track and drawn 10 the repair shops