The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-14
WRECK ON THE WEST SHORE.


Five Passengers Killed and Over Twenty
Injured, Some Probably Fatally.
NEwBURG. N. Y, July 13-The West
Shore day express. No. l. due hero at 1904
P. NJ, was wrecked in tho West Shore
freight yards to-day. Five persons were
killed and over q score injured. some prob
ably fatally. The dead are:
MRS. ELIZA KLEMM. wife of Antoine Klemm.
OF highland Falls, n. Y.
TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF Burnham
Ebierson, OF Setauket, /. I.
ROSE REILLY, cook at West Park.
MRS. PAULINE WRIGHT. of Brooklyn,
mother Of Mrs Michael. who. withlseveral Of her
children, were injured.
UNKNOWN MAN, about thirty years old, of
medium height and build.
The following wero injured:
CHARLES WILLIS. of New Durham, fireman on
passenger engine, ruptured blood vessel In right
breast, legs severely injured; expected to re-
cover.
FRED HOLLAND of New Durham, engineer of
freight train. skull fractured at base severe cuts
over eye and other injuries; will probably re-
cover.
MISS JANE j. COOKE, of Catskill, head cut and
injured internally; wounds probably fatal.
JOHN ROBINSON, Jersey City, collar bone frao-
tured. shoulder disloeated and ear badly lacor-
ated.
q. G. sIsTAIRE, internal injuries; recovery
doubtful. He is thought to be q commercial
traveller.
Five members OF family of the name Of
MICHAEL, OF Brooklyn. mother and four daugh-
ters all more or less injured. Mrs Michael was
cut In the head; Fannie bruised on the cheek,
Julia, ten years DID, arm and leg fractured; Lilly,
limb fractured and bruised
JUDGE CHAs. f. RUHE, of Union Hill, N. J.,
scalp wound and leg broken.
v. B. HARDY. Brooklyn, leg broken.
Mrs. N. X. HARVEY, New York, leg broken and
MINNIE EvERLY, colored, of Charleston, s. c.,
head cut and bruised; suffers from shock
BUkNHAM EMERSON AND WIFE, OF Setauket, L.
l., parents OF the child killed. Mr. ElversOn has
broken arm and severe bruises Mrs. Elver-
sons left knee was fractured and head cut.
FRANK c. BERGER of West Haverstraw, Sc
we're bruises on the leg and cut on head.
GEORGE O. HOROBIN, Cornwall, foot badly cut
ANDREW O'BkIEN, Cornwall. face and head
MATTHEW TALBOT ANDsoN. Newbprg. bruised
and cut
There were others less seriously injured.
HOW THE WRECK OCCURRED.
The train consisted of locomotive. q bag
gage and express car. smoking car. two
day coaches and parlOr car. Tho Tur-
line." The engineer was Daniel Shelby
and the conductor Richard Anderson. The
train was few minutes late at Cornwall
four miles south Of here, and was running
very fast. When it reached the switch
which connects the main road with the
West Shore freight yard, q mile south OF
the station, the engine picked up. 1t is sup
posed, q loose object which caused it to
jump upon frog and leave the track. 1t
ran upon the ties q distance equal to
the length of the train, and then
crashed into freight train stand
ing In the yard. The crash was terrific.
The freight train was being made up to
start south ward and was waiting for the
express TO pass. The freight train was in
charge of Fred Holland. The express
engine was evidently further Oft the track
than tho remainder of the train. and when
it struck the freight engine it was thrown
The engineer. upon feeling the engine leav o
the track, shut Oft the steam and
whistled for brakes and he and the fireman
jumped. The latter. Charles Willis. burst
q blood vein and was badly bruised. The
engineer escaped with very slight injuries.
Fred Holland, engineer OF the freight. had
his skull fractured at the base and was cut
over the eye. It is thought thar be will re-
cOver. No one else on tho freight WAS
hurt. There were about q dozen persons
In the smoking car and nearly all escaped
inlury.
Coach No. II was filled with psssen gers.
every seat being occupied. Nearly all the
casualties occurred in this car. 1t swayed
to one side and struck the projecting end of
box car standing on side track. The
entire side of Ma. II was torn off, and the
end nearest to che smoker was smash ed
All those who were killed were on that side
of the car. Walter Berard. assessor of
Highland Falls. was the only passenger in
this car who'escaped injury. He said he
occupied seat behind three women. Across
the aisle were several women and children.
He noticed little. If any. shock when the
car ran over the switch. The crash came
after the train had gone several yards on
the side track. There was a lull for u
momont; then everything became scene
of the widest confusion and the air was
filled with cries and groans of the wounded.
The seat occupied by Mr.. Bersrd was
broken into pieces. but he escaped. The
trucks Of the parlor car were broken, but
the passengers, besides being severely
shsken NJ. were not injured. The railroad