New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-30
THE MANAGERS OPINION.
HE HAS FIXED THE BLAME FOR THE
BERLIN DISASTER.
NOT READY TO MENTION NAMEs-HE SAYS THE
COMPANY SHOULD NOT BE H>RsHLY CRlTI-


COMPANY SHOULD NOT BE H,RsHLY CRlTI-
CIsED THE INQUEST TONIGHT.
The ONCE adjoining that OF General Manager
REYNOLDS OF the Long Island Railroad IN the s'a-
ton at Long Island City, crowded yesterday
with train hands. among whom were the crews Vi
thu tuo Inflated passenger trains which came III
collision Saturday night at Berlin sixteen nNes De
ing lost and many persons being wouhueu my
were awaiting their turn to be examiner AT inc "u
journed investigation which the genera ihailasv'
IL conducting into the cause OF the accident VIII
lam H. Blood the superintendent OF the rod"'
w d. Kelly its counsel, and a stenographer were
also at the hearing. Mr.. Reynolds handed 10 re-
porters a typewriter statement anu dIiioU
that he had absolutely nothing to say TINS Is H.
.Tbe disaster at Laurel Hill was most uhior'u-
nate but was one that amount OF foresight oii
the part of the company could have preNe"'ou'
The harsh criticisms that some OF the ne"sPapei'
ace AZ TO indulge In are uncalled for and un)usta
BILE This was a double-track road protecteu o'
block system The engine, cars ana equPi'
were frst-class in every respect Inc eiiPio'
were intelligent men, properly vouched for ana an
parently entirely competent There Is 10 iou
ton whatever for the charges OF misinaiiase"' -,
made against the corporation. The accident oiu
happen and it's unfortunate character Is pu' 'oo P
parent but similar accidents have happeheu o'i an
railroads and will happen in spite OF every human
nrecaution out of the millions carried annualy
the percentage Of accidents to passengers Oh inc
Long Island Railroad is less than On any o'her
road We have desire TO treat ne press u''
corteousv and never object to fair criticism but
there is no warrant in this for misrepreseh'a-
fion and violent abuse of the company
Mr. Kelly would make no statement Later III.
onor,ar saxv General Manager Reynolds again. and
he said he had made up his mind who was re-
sponsible for the collision. but, he addeu u'
not wish to give names until have taken every
POSSIBLE means TO verify my conclusion
When the reporter visited Skeletons unoertak-
ing est .bIishment at Newtown the keeper saio
That all Of the bodies had been taken away eN-
con, that of Max Stein That of James Hyiahu
was claimed by Thomas II. Mccormick VINO h'es
at No 40 East Thirty second-st ana VINO o'','e'S
employed him bartender MAX stem WIN ~
buried to-day. in the Washington Oeine,r,' go
his EMPLOYERS. Abraham Stein & CO.. No 81 Cold
ST. ., ..o.
Rertba Weinstein and Sidney Weinstein' mother
and SON were buried IN the New Union fleiuS
Cemetery yesterday. The body OF hclla'u ne"
man. which was claimed by his sister MIS- fieS'e
Brennan, Of No. II Westinghouse, was reiNoNeu
IN that address in this city and buried from
there o
Emmanuel Brandon, the NewtoWn coroner
will hold the inquest in the cases OF those Mno
were killed outright at o'clock to-msh'. Inc
State Board of Railroad Commissioners VIII pe
represented The coroner expects that the III
ouest will last three nights He wants to hnish
q, before the new Grand Jury meets in Long
Island CITY Tonight the testimony VIII reiale
only TO the identity of the victims ana 10 ther
injuries - ,,,
DR. Bumster told the reporter, at 81 JoiH
Hospital, Long Island city that the coiiui'o" ~
those patients who had been hurt in the wreck
,,os DC good as could be expected. These per
SONS however, were still in critical cohdi'on.
Eugene NJ Weiss. twenty-five years old' NO. 90
West Sixteenth-st New-York; Theodore GTaeNeh'
sixty wears old. No. 1896 Broadway NeW-1oiN'
and James L. Thompson forty-nVe years uio'
No 1902 West SiXty-fourth-st. New-1Orh' Inns
.,o,,ca was nosted on the door of the hospital;
no one hereafter will be- permitted to see these
na,ients this order being issued for the good OF
The Injured ones named James = IhoHllaOn'
xWuliaro Ivnch Hugh Rechnitz Theodore Grae-
Yen fEupene Nj Weiss and Miss Graeven.