The sun., 1893-06-22

wegian Hospital. 1t is thought probable now
! that Mr., Quimby was not killed. but managed
to disappear quietly. This is a correct list OF
the seven dead:
CupLr, RonxK1 j. <52 West Fourteenth street. New
York policeman. Fifth precinct Taken to seney Hos
pitaL Died OF in ternal injuries.
JouSsox. FR1z &. or 347h West Seventeenth street
piano maker: both legs fractured head cut and body
bruised Died in the ssney Hospital
McGoSEcAL- E. j.. of Philadelphia. as years old, in
ternal in jures- Disd in tho seney Hospital.
SrIsE lItSRY 10 Morton street. City Mrrshal at the
Jefferson Market Police Court. Taken to seney Hos
pita. where he died
McG,ruAx JAMES. G3 West Ninety-ninth street; died
in seney Hospital who was supposed to be Quimby.
IIurcuissoY WILLIAM H.. 7l8 Wells street, Chicago:
cru.hed to death Is at stlwelrs Morgus. Gravessnd
MrRpHr GEORGE of 446 West sixteenth street. court
ocer of Third prscnct at stillwslrs Morgue. Graves
end.
Tho injured who will probably die arc:
BARTHOLOMEW. ANDREW. j.. rs years. of scsiey Creek.
y left leg off below the knee. right leg cut be-
low tho ankle; also badly cut and bruised about tho
body: will probably die; taken to tho Norwegian Hos
ptal.
Fos1rn NICHOLAS 2o1 West Ninetynfth street; badly
cut on side Of head and bruised breast also In
ternal injuries; nkoy to die.
The additional list OF those known to have
been more or less hurt is:
ANDERSON MARTIN. $50 West Forty ythrd street; head
hurt.
App,cn,. - l12 Banks street: eontusions of head
JOHNSON. j. p. s47 West Seventeenth strssh right
ankle broken.
LEONARD PArMck. 85 years old. 1855 Eighth avenue.
roundsmaa Fifth precinct: right leg and hip badly
bruised.
TURNER, HENRY brakeman. 1929 Broadway. Brook.
lyn. +. D.: legs and face confused.
TRYox lIKSRr 2e5 West Fortieth street, left leg and
head hurt.
WATSON. N. c.. 220 West Forty'nnth street; lett arm
cut and legs bruised.
MAnr,y, Josrru. alderman Seventh district; right
foot hurt.
Sill, WILLIAM DHupr Hartford. Conn: head badly cut
and swelled.
Coroner Kene OF Brooklyn impanelled jury
yesterday. The inquest will not be held until
next Tuesday The Coroner took the state
m ents Of all the injured at the various hospi-
tails who are not likely to recover.
Tho accident was not due to n broken axle.
Tho accompanying sketch is a correct diH-
gram of the tracks and the tunnel; The
mel to d. where they omen out, is the switch
Tfi ditch rails. is the engine and the first three
cars G Indicates the last three cars. The
engine end rf three ba ears pnfSea oxer the
sM,'fn ahs traef. ef as as dd the Gh and SIXTH FSe
coupling between the third and fourth cars
broke. The third car was derailed. but did not
overturn or get loose from tho second ear. no
fourth. NTH. and sixth cars ran on to the point
Il. where they toppled over against the en-
The switches A and are worked from the
tower by lever. The tower man has no other
switches at the tunnel to watch. In fact.
there are no other switches at the tunnel ms
frogs enable the rails to cross each other and
not running rapidly. No axles or wheels or
trucks. or iastenings broke or gave way. The
engine and first threo cars crossed over the
switch. A. without any trouble. The fourth
car started down the ditch rai ls The switch.
according to several people who were early on
tho scene OF the accident. was omen. 1t could
not hRvo heen open when the engine
and first three cars passed over;, or
they would have been ditched. There |
ent To throw the fourth car OF without de:
hav. been OPENED by a person on the track,
for in order to throw the switch h. would have |
had to get Oh the track under the cars and
would then have been run over. The switch |
could have been opened from the tower while |
the cars were going over it. for the Length OF |
the switch proper is at most only one nall tne |
length OF the distance between the forward |
and rear trucks of one Of tho cars.
Will" this seemsto to provide Tor the man IN
switch. 1t is not intended I" say that tho nc- |
cident was caused by McGary pulling the |
lever.
The stories OF McGary. Armstrong. and
Barker the tower man. conductor ana en-
gineer. respectively. prove. II nothing more. |
that the switch was all right when the engine |
and first three cars crossed It, Parker sHiu:
Il was not runnin at full speed. ap-
preached the tunnel with great care. me