The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-14

ono. ID tnhJ tncre rested on tile track an iron
bumper. ovor which the engine made a hurdle
Sading to tho freight yards These Sc are rel points &
The, freight yards, were nearly. filled with
them was S' en a 21 With scam wSne
ior the north bound express to pass. and then
track
he local sopth H. train Engineer y, Fred
' Engineer r seSeb S of the express train which
was running at full speed was looking ,up the
S wssn to pr snn s aae S' c
the main track and headed for the yard. not
@ ss s p Sek ss sh
Engine POS on the same track. schelb ro-
yersed his engine. and. Yelling to his fireman.
unped from the oReer side So eng engine s1 WAS
They were yanked bumping along at a speed
hff rs less ass than the reg gnlar running time.
rS ana tEsss tracks aS
too closely together to make allowance for
s 0A a the ties On
guided passenger train was rushing stood two
n frSght cars loaded .N with salt. The Soacnes
the track and receiving more serious injuries
IN return: It was all over, EXCEPT for tho cries
OF OF the wounded and the hiss OF escaping steam
swltchmag DonoEhue says that he was and
is too mYsn frightensd to give any account Of
battered engines and tho list Of dead and tho
many wounded tell the tale. Ths west side Of
freight trains When the train finally Y br r"f
up with crash against engine FOG that be-
Waiter H. Berard of Highland Falls was the
only one who escaped from this ear uniniured
Berard had been unable to get o seat and was
near the rear Of the car.
hapsted by the shock. Gibbs, assisted by his
sesd Sn fhe
to 0n wreck ak They H %ss eesG
Anderson Of Kingston and a gang Of men hur-
moved to the sheds Of tho company on filters
constructed ,i OF car cushions to wait until they
ns tme on pt day
Those who were He'd or seriously wounded
were badly mutilated. Nearly every one Of the
many Gu IT'S One OF the women who Was taken
Newburgh's available police force, all her ply
s sicans and many Of her ninisteEEs were in the
poMar ya t6s In their
/. who was severely Injured. was taken, from
She had been travelling with her husband.
who was also Injured and Addie; her
no one eoula tell her what had become Of the
little girl, Then tho child's dead body was
IN hs do bsssfh sGte
was dead. but no cautioned the men not to
Mrs Eiberson. although badly injured re.
child. Then one of the men. counting on her
doll that had been found locked in the chld's !
embrace, Mrs. Emerson took the doll and
Ss4 sb th bs dss 6s ys Tt that sR a
. Five dead bodies were taken out within two
gers undertaking, rooms. and one OF them. |
he n, woman who has net yet been ident!- |
a., j. j; Smith of Butler 4 Smith, Now York.
heard Of the accident t, at West Park and 10 |
Eliza Klemm died a few minutes after she was
4 man, who spent some time, ansIously
the wrsik Go1se
Mr. Horrobin had been sent to Newburgh to |
deposit 900. and IN the shakeup he lost his |
bSakb1ok Il T e found g; late this afternoon
Engineer Rowland, Of the engine that was
standing in the yard jumped Just before the
head. it was peculiar that the baggage car
and the smoker escaped as easily as they did.
the dSofe " his saiq
rail Il the Top Of tho car. and chung to it until
1t was at first supposed that many New;
burghers had been injured in the accident, and
to e rlend cSares 4 drmey
nf this town was supposed to have been on the
nsE and r hs ] fnE Elm 1en spd
learned that he was uniniurei.
Cabs and covered wagons Of any description
SesSSsq ana ssfsq 4f 'Sss'D futs s
for hs Vest Shore RaohG and ne
many physicians and nurses as he could get
Seson ii the es was found after
Inc wreck in agra. q grain car , on siide track He
az condtos julia aH Michel ded at i H5
vas doa btfni i Mr. sistaro would live throoueH
s sskina Stewart s'S %Soat aSiG
n the wreck. Nothing is known about her;
FSes tsegrW s Ns S G sE hs
lue. Brooklyn, asking il Edwin Stone was
the ne ID h There haYe sen
he saHneS Of tSs r @s
There is no doubt but that the switch was
oft wrong | don't know who is resnonshlo
EFT away had not been made. This would in
!icate carelessncss somewhere."
E0a at eh tSTp b sayS ssd
,roghets. 4 coroner's Jury viii begin an in.
NV LoSpon July 1a-charles g. sistare.
INJURED by tho accident on, the West Shore
Iondon for twenty, years and retired about
ity with his family and has made ills home
As soon as the news OF the accident reached
ne city many persons from New York and