New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-27
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Brewstcr> ~ y Ang 26.-Onc Of the old
fashioned railroad accidents occurred this after
noon on the New-lork and Harlem Railroad, be-
tween Dvllcman's and Towncrs Train No.
-, in charge OF Conductor Ackert, loft the Grand
Central Station at 10 80 o'clock this morning
and proceeded northward without incident until
it reached the lee Pond. where the knickcr-
booker lee Company has one of its large storage
houses. While going around sharp curve at
this place, at 80 p. m, tlI" train crashed into
train NO. 20, which was running southwark, also
al full speed No. 20 was in chdrG" of Conductor
Samuel lIurlburt Each train had four coaches.
Ihe two front coaches and the cngin" Of each
train smashed into >plintcr- The killed
and injured were a. follows.
KILLED
Best " W% 9 ns3 % sae ch NM m mT'Ts" s # a5n 9
ira Wit ane t.p 'hildirr. living in onchurdrci. l..
GIBNEy samuel fof-vG,e yca-. old. fireman Of tain
No -. l.Nc- vlio ana t,fco chldf1.
fALMAIiEE Dane. '-'d tortvh,c ycsis enEin,sr n
TAN So. 70 ca'e' wife ana three children. living
RED. Ncle aq,d nineteen years daughter Of John ,
INJURED.
BAILEY. Mrs. Eliza Jane. Of New.rorK; face njpr e
r'AHS iS. a. rNc"'" hand '''ldd by stan Ho'oc
Pstt'r.on right hand Injured
fiNNIGAN. John aecd forty ycir barss r".ua.t.. oi
train No. - is'c rut and internal inuI.- u.ma
home New-York; taken 10 1t. Lakes Hospital Sow
KEl.HiACE D. Of roughEeep-ic. commcr,lai ,r,
MNrII.G cir. Thona- 4gd twcntv,t~o ycar.. of Bfco
-'cT , o.c am of9kca ana ,he en- -sad'i
-cid,d.
1t was said thai Mrs Van Scoy, Of Nor;
Salem. IA young school teacher. l. buried und..
the wreck.
The accident was dd' 10 misunderstanding
10 orders. Tho line from White Plains E
Pawlrg- j. sinelctrack Conducto: Iurlburt OF
the north-bound train said that hI> orders
TO pass the -ourh-bound train at Dykcmans
while Conductor Acknt. 90 the -ouihhonnd
train, asserts that his orders were to pass 'h,.
nortl-bound tram ~ the switch al leo Pond Tn,
orders were sent from tac dispatchcr's onn" IN
Whit" Plains. AT the head Of whicl il MIR Van
Tas-.l Eoth conductors -cndm, thci
trains along at full speed when they met, in
deep cut II; sharp turn in the road.
When the train, came INTO collision engine No
,0j9 which was drawing the south bound train,
shot up INTO the air thirty feet and shattered the
engine drawing the north-bound train was broker
into an rcNtrcabc mass of ircn and lay under
the wreck Both engines were twisted and
broken beyond description, and th" two ears on
each tram nearest the engines were smashed INTO
klndllug wood. The loss Of lie wond nave been
heavy hut Tor the fact that the two were local
trans and carried only Jew passengers
4 relief tIuin, in charge OF James II Phyfr.
started out from Whit" Plains soon as news
Of the accident WAS received there. and reached
the scene Of the wreck at O'Clock Among the
physicians who hastcncd 10 III" wreck DIR
Cyrus Fd,on, Dr George Banks of Ncw-York
and Dr.. Knox, Miller, Boynton and Wood
just after the accident occurred train of iy,
cars filled with children sent ont by the Tribun"
Frcsh-Ar Fund. came i'll sight, but wss stopped
in time 70 prevent anOthc. disaster. 1t WIS de |
laycd five hours.
The Ncw-Nork and 'Ncw-Englan1 Railroad run.
parallel with the Harlem road az th, point n, |
fifty feet away. and during the afternoon pa.
scnger- on the former road could catch glimpse. !
of the wreck through the trees.
Nearly all the injured We're on tho south |
bound train. Mrs. Bailey escaped by kckin, |
out window glass and helped Mr. Mallcr and |
Mrs. Ritclcy 10 get ont OF the wreck En.n.cI |
Elliott, Wien found in the cab of his engine had
two oi his legs taken of. He carried e. |
Df'Wrl'f =, bHf ulrI He r,afinI that ulrr'. |
/ he place where the collision occurred was the |
scene of an accident week ago to-day, wurn It |
whol" train thrown on the track and = |
brakeman WINS killed
IL VIII b.. several DAYS before the wreck !. |
cleared away but the usual traffic will br re- |
slmtd AT once the trains can pass around b. |
the switch
Many people went to the Grand Central Station |
last evening To obtain Information OF friends who
were on one OF the two wrecked trains They could |
ma no one who knew enough about the accident |
to give Information. f. Il. Downcs night station
agent OF the New-York Central and Hudson River
Railroad had received official dispatch and could
not give the names OF the dead or Injured
TWO OF the Injured were brought To the CITY
early IN the evening. They were John Banks Il /
brakeman on train No. 20. and John Finnigan. bag
gagemaster On train No. t. Banks was scaIded |
badly thoush not seriously and was taken to Belle
vue hospital Finnigan was seriously injured: his
legs were broken and his head badly cut II ia said
that ne Ii fatally injured. He was taken TO St
Lukes Hospital
BY the S:25 Pittsheld express train which arrived
at the Grand Central Station two hours and thirty
minutes late. the body OF William Best The fire
man OF train No l3. was brought to this city. Best
lived at dred-and- thirty -eightb-st Mott
Haven. The passengers who came bv mi. train
reported the wreck at Dykeman's to he terrible
piled In heap The other cars OF both troIrs were |
also badly wrecked ~N" ''''''' w.