The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-28
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at Manhattan Beach on account OF the crowd.
DIR. KNAPP JUMPs AND is SAVED.
Col. Buck was very much opposed to travel;
Manhattan beach rather than come on hut
son found a seat in tho forward part OF the Last
car while his father and DIR: knapp walked on
the last car. with their backs to. the engine.
They were among the first to see the approach
look out Buck. you'll have to jump! It's
getting dangerous here"
lie moved to tho loft side Of the platform
Col. luck would Jump frSm the other ,i, G s,do
Jump, jump. you fool - and pushing him
S tS the Fnos TShsf after Col n Buck PR knssR
from the train or not After the accident he
rushed across the, track, summoned assist;
ance. and recovered the dead ana mapRieu
body OF his friend
THE QUESTION OF BLAME.
Efforts that were made Yesterday to fix tho
blame for the accident we're futile The man
worked for the company eight months, Ho
cause he had delegated his work to his 14-year-
tn. train so IL. shut
danger signal at the beginning OF the block.
That signal there Thon tss fSe
train ran By Il, could not be mistaken; tho
signal was at danger"
THE SIGNAL WAS o. X. THE ENGINEER SAYS
Engineer Concrite of the Rockaway train
said. when this was reported to him:
phoro west of the tower was set at o. X. The
that 1t meant what 1t said and went ahead"
Engineer Concrite also said that he stuck to
iiobert Price, who was injured. said that he
stuck. too. They, were probably mistaken
1o. that whs ThGs top 81 es
certain that had they been in their place they
eG Superntendent Blood wasn't inclined to cx-
press an opinion. He said The fault appar-
entity lies between the towerman and EnEinee;;
Concrite. Between their statements | ShalI
INVESTIGATION will be held"
h 9 o ibs on sh9 n the
track and was set on fire and burned. The
engine was hauled to a round house and
The bodies Of the dead were removed short
ly after the relief train left the scene YESTERDAY
were taken to the morgue at Newtown.
At THE UNDERrAKER's MoRGuE
When the bodies OF the dead reached New
town 1t was found that there was not enough
Stable of 'g Ts Il Henry sEeton Even at
that hour 81 the night the hh hs
Esrs in the forenoon tie body Of Col. Z E,, 4;
Buck was Identified by his son ph Henry na ~, This
Of Of Mrs Bertha Weinstein and her fourteen
year old son. Sidney. were identified by friends.
These bodies were not removed.
About clock IN elderly woman entered
with much She vent ibsr, TO cS9
Dietzeii here? 2" The Coroner only shook his
head and pointed to the line. The woman hest
to box she passed. and when che reached No.
o she looked more closely at tho face
within and passed her hand across
her brow. ,moment later ,s she looked dur up
she is Then, she tainted dead away. and
would have fallen u those standing by had not
supported her When she revived she said she
dead GS wv" woman. Mrs. Maggie Dietzei who had
been married but fifteen months ago and had
lost a child about four days before the acct.
dent Mrs. Dietzell's head was crushed. and
The body Of Alexander Griliete was identi-
fed about 8 o'clock by C. F. Belts and j. r.
stark OF 20 West Twenty-third street. As
twilight fell one or two lanterns were lighted
Down the alleyway people still stood in knots
of five or six through the evening whispering
to one another and watching the door OF tie
improvised morgue.
AN INQUEST ON WEDNESDAY.
The Coroners jury selected yesterday was
Price. A. Herkert. George Zelsr. James r.
Hiland. j. Lavertv. James 2. kapelye. Charles
Scneller. #: j. Conroy. Peter Buerline. Henry
Worms. Solomon Worms. John 7. Robinson;
Coroners otiico In Newtown.
1t IL a coincidence that the last previous
wreck. on the Long Island road occurred at
Of tho Sheepshsad bay race track. This ono
occurred at the opening OF the fall meeting OF
the same track.