Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-08-31
MANY MEET DEATH.
ON the Hudson Roads Collide-A Total
Of Nineteen Lives Lost-Many Injured.

/ UWe%uVU& WEE - At.SAst y sfzssE4l -
excursion Trains ON tho Long island Ahd
ON the Hudson Roads Collide-A Total
Of Nineteen Lives Lost MANY Injured.
LONG ISLAND Cry, L. l., Aug 90
An accident that cost the lives of four
teen persons occurred shortly after
midnight Friday in the little village Of
Berlin, near Calvary cemetery, in the
town of Newtown. The Long Island
railroad train that left Manhat-
tan Beach a. 11:15 o'clock coll
ided with the train that left Rock
away Beach fifteen minutes earlier.
The two rear ears 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 these three cars
escaped unhurt.
The list of those dead is as follows:
Col Elisha A. Buck, Mrs. Maggie Dietzel,
Oscar Dietzel, Mortimer Dittman, John c.
Dyckhofr, hrs. John c. Dyckhoff, Thomas Finn,
Alexander Grlllet James j. Hylands, Richard
Newman, Max Stein, Joseph M. Thelan, Mrs
Bertha Weinstein, Sidney Weinstein
The list of injured numbers eighteen.
After the accident happened it was
over an hour before news of it reached
any outside point. It came by messen-
ger who walked into Long Island CITY.
" a;snatchad ra1;af +.a;. ''':.l
ali the nhvs;c;ans ~ tha o;+u ~.
found an ann.ll;nr stata -
The Manhattan Ra.oh : .o;,, Ia - us, 81 :.
STANDING - the hlocl. - Glow $50 Ien
tra;n aha.a =, rot - ,,:a4 &c. 80
The Roc,,a1au Raao1 49, :, :
ing along behind r.,n ~. ~. s, J,
same block and scra shaa ;. :, ~ NJ :
raar and s e ~, NJ -.
REACH train eo+l, !. r.,
with axc,,,s;on;s+s Tha.a a.,
cars Il the Manhattan Reach +ra;n n,7
of them omen oars The Roolo,,av
train plunged in and plowed it's wav
completely through the two raar ca,.s
and partly wrecked the third passan.
gers in the three cars were manned and
mangled horribly. and their shrieks ~
terror and pain were awful
The Poo1,aror an,;na .o,,
TIC snol-astacl, ;,.s ,,.;aa 1870. ,
i+s h,na ho;,s,. ,.asan,t,1a., CIV
from the timbers of tho u,raol.aa ~ :.
sticking into it. Upon these tim.
bers were human beings ;mnaled
some dead and Others gaspinp
their last. High upon the toplay the
dead body of a man, vet unidentified
Upon one of the tirnbers was
impaled the body of Mrs Oscar Dietzel
Upon another was the BODY of Sidney
Weinstein. The scene was indascr;ba.
BILE. The dead and wounded wore
massed among the wreckage. beside,
upon and beyond the tracks. Every,
thing was spattered with blood of the
dead and wounded, and the cries of the
latter rose above the kissing az steam
and the calls of the frantic trainmen
AS fast as tho wnnndaa oo,,1a h
taken from the wreck thew were o,,
ried to the relief train and cared for
The doctors on board worked swiftly
but well, while other medical man
were out in the wreck APPLYING restora.
tives and making hurried DRESSINGS =,
wounds to sustain the sufferers until
they could be put on the relief train fol-
more careful treatment.
The Manhattan Beach train was lust
pulling out of the block when the crash
came. When Engineer Donaldson felt
the shock he threw open his lever and
made all speed for Long Island Citv
leaving the three wrecked cars behind
None of the passengers or crew on I'll.
Rockaway Beach train was seriously
hurt. All were shaken up severely and
some badly bruised. but all were able
to go to their homes without assistance.
The killing of Col. f. A. Ruck ea;+o,
of the Spirit of the Times was 90,
peciallv pathetic He was ratnrn;na
from the beach with his son ana -.
Knapp. of New York. The SON was
thrown, all torn and bleeding. out on
the embankment. Col. Buck was sc
badly hurt that he died almost instant
", while DR.. Knapp was uniniured and
did good service in relieving the snffer.
ers. Young Mr.. Buck lies at st John.
hospital terribly hurt and does not We,
know of his fathers death.
General M,n.ra,E panno1as -
Snnarlnfnn1onf ho%
+ha c,,se ~ The .oo;dant 49, $50. st;,, 80
,,no1vn. - ,vos o,,ast;a - -
ty between the tower switchman. Mutt,
and Engineer Conkrite, of the Rocka,
way train. The latter had reported that
heavy fog prevailed at the time, which
was true. He declared that the signals
were set at safety, indicating a clea1
road, and he went ahead without re.
art P,;na bic ooro,,.,,;o,,
..My God. there is ! train aheadp
Looking ahead he saw through the
mist the two red lights that always
hang at the rear end Of = train and 10.
clares he Immediately reversed his en-.
CINE and put on the steam brakes Then
he and Fireman price inmnad for tba;,
lives When the wrac,~a 4 .anr;na - . :
exam,nad sunday mo,n;nn ~ 500 :.
mant nc 70 tho reversed la , s ~. !
steam brakes was fonnd 70 Ia trna
The onlv remaining question ,yss nc .. - -
whether he or Nntt WINS riuht J hont the