The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-28
Manhattan Beach Train with Soasa's Band and
Belated People Taking Days Outing
Telescoped by the ROekawsy Flyer.
Danger Signal Was Either Disregarded
or Else Not Seen in the Fog.
Conflicting Statements Will Bear Searching
and Immediate InyestigatiOn-Duild-
ing COllapses in Louisville.
THE DEAD AND INJURED.
Shocking Scenes at the Wreck end Later st
the Morgue.

LONG ISLAND CITY. l.. J.. Aug 2I.-An &C.
cident that cost the lives OF fifteen peo-
Die occurred after midnight. this morning.
In the little village of Berlin, near Calvary
Cemetery. In the town of Newton. The
Long Island railroad train that left Man
haitian Beach a. HOS o'clock was overtaken
by the train that lett Rockaway Beach ff-
teen minutes earlier. In the fTightful coli
lision that ensued the two rear cars of the
five that made up the Manhattan Beach
train were demolished and the middle car
was overturned. Hardly one of the scores
of passengers aboard escaped being injured.
The revised list of the dead Is as follows:
COL L. BURKE, hfty-flye years old, editor OF
Spirit OF the Times instantly killed taken 70 his
home, No. 80 Vest Fifty-f-st street. New York.
MRS; MAGGIE DlEIZEI., twenty nine years
teenth street, instantly killed.
OSCAR DIE1ZEL, thirty years old, OF 122 East
One-hundred-and-f fourteenth street, both legs
crushed: died in hospital to-day.
MORTIMER DIrIMAN. forty-eight years old,
OF 81 West Fifty-second street. clothing keeper;
died before doctors arrived at wreck.
JOHN DICkOFF, forty years old. West Ihir-
tieth street, partner in the rectifJing firm or
T. Eisng u Co, OF NO. 437 Front street died in
Mrs. JOHN G. DYCKoFF. forty-five years
old. OF No. 10 West Thirtieth street. wife OF the
liquor merchant
SO Fifth street. Long Island City. both legs
crushed and conclusion OF brain.
MRS. THEODORE GRAEVEN. OF No. 16
ALEXANDER GRILLETT. thirty-five years
old, OF Na. 81 West Twenty-fifth street. died In
Habermann's factory; has a family in Philadel-
JAMES ]. HYLANDs. thirty years old. one Of
the extra Saturday walters at Manhattan Beach
Hotel; identified late tonight.
RICHARD NEWMAN, about twenty-eight
years ola, OF Third avenue and Thirpy-seventh
street, one OF the extra Saturday walters at Man
haitian Beach Hotel.
MAX STEIN, thirty years old. OF e33 East Fif-
tythird street. identified late tonight by his en-
pl0yer.
actor known on the stage as George Fielding,
who played last season with DeNolf Hopper.
identified by his brother, Edward Thelan, or
MRS. BERTHA WEINsTEIN. Of 3i7 Last
Fifty-eighth street. instantly illed-
Some of the injured:
JOHN HAHN twenty-eight years OF No. 395
Broadway. Astoria; internal injuries; will re-
JAMES BARRON. thirty-three years. No. ia
Second avenue, New York; scalds and internal
THToDoRE GRAVES, No. 1896 Broadway. New
York; terribly hurt; condition serious. HIS WIG
Is believed to have been killed
ELEANOR K. CRAVEN, eighteen, Dis daugDteri
scalds and internal injuries VIII recover.
Miss CLARA HASKELL, lOl West Fffty-
second street, New York; broken ankle.
HORACE q. KIMBAII, 122 Lincoln place,
Brooklyn; spine injured
AARoS WEINsTEiN. concussion of brain; may
die. Wife and son dead at morgue.
MORRIS FLosHEIM, 100 East sixteenth street,
New York: right leg broken and eye injured.
JAMES B. THOMPSON. ilfty years, IO2 hest
Sixty fourth street, New York; head hurt; viii
recover.
AUGUST JACOBSON, 42s Fourth avenue, New
York: horribly hurt; will probably die
EUGESE WEISS. 2l3 West sixteenth street,
New York; scalded.
WILLIAM LYNCH. SOS Park avenue. New York;
IT, hrrrf lFrr will
FRANK BARKIN. thirty-three years, Ninth
avenue, New York; spine hurt
KATE DURkEN, twenty six years olo, S@S Last
One hundred -and-third street. New York: suf-
fering from shock; left hospital this afternoon.
JAMES ]. BRADY, 267 West Seventeenth street,
New York; internal injuries
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON. 662 Lorimer street,
GEoRGE HUKNEr, 81 Webster avenue, Long
JAMEs CouGHLIN. brakeman Manhattan Beach
train, of So Fifth street, Long Island City.
MANGLED IN THE DARK.
The accident happened half hour after
midnight, and it was more than IN hour
before any news OF it reached any outside
point. II came By messenger who walked
into Long Island City. The railroad COM
pany Immediately sent ont q relief train
with all the physicians obtaInable. con-
sisting of DR.. Valentine. the surgeon Of the
road. and Drs. Huikson. Kennedy. Doyle
and McKeown. They found an appalling
train had been standing in the block TO al
low another train ahead 10 get q safe dis
tance. The Rockawsy BEACH train came
dashing along behind. ran into the same
block and crashed into the rear end OF
the Manhattan Beach train. Both were
crowded with excursionists AND both were
| the last trains from their respective re-
sorts. There were i've cars IN the Man.
IA n<~E@
| The Rockawsy train plunged IN and
ploughed its way completely through tue
| two rear cars and partly wrecked the
| third. Passengers IN the three cars were
manned aud mangled and their ehrieks OK
| terror and pain were heartrendlng. The
| Rockaway engine was wrecked. It's smoke
stack was carried away and its huge boiler
resembled q pin cushion from the umbers
| of the wrecked cars sticking into 1t. Upon
these tImbers were human beings lmpaleds
| some dead aud others gasping their last.
| High upon the top lay the daad body OF O
man. yet unidentified. Upon one of the
| tImbers was I'm paled the body OF Mrs. Oscar
| DietZel, twenty nine years old. OF No. IL
East One-hundred-and-four street,
| Now York city.
The scene OF the wreck wss indescriba-
| bly, horrifying. The dead and wounded
| were mashed among the wreckage beside,
| was showered with the blood of the dead
| and wounded. and cries OF the injured
sounded high above the Kissing of the es-
Gaping steam. AS fast the wounded
were taken from the wreck they were car
| ried To- the relief train and cared
| for. When all the wounded had been
| found that could be the relief train started
with them for Long Island CITY. Tney were
| met there by the ST. Johns Hospital am
bulance. Seventeen were taken over. two
| dying on the way. Oscar DietZel. OF l22
| East One hundred and fourteenth street
and Thomas Finn. brakeman on the
| Manhattan Beach train. The dead were
taken by another special TO Newtown.
| which Is the nearest pace to the scene OF
| the accident, and placed IN Skelt0n's 9
| morgue. OF the dead there were twelve.
seven men. four women and the boy Vein
| stein.
The wrecked Manhattan Beach train wss
| q SPECIAL, leaving the Beach AZ 1l:l5 and
carryin from it all the struggling pleasure
seekers who remained late. the members OF
Sousa's band and many employees who were
on their way 10 New York 90 stay over SUM-
day. The train was Just pulling out OF the
block when the crash came and had 1uss
begun 10 move. When Engineer Donaldson
heard and felt tho accident he threw open
HE lever and made all speed for Long
Island City. leaving the three wrecked
cars behind him None of the sengera
or crew of the Roeksway train were serl-
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