The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-27
MANY KILLED and HURT
FrightfuI Crash on the Long
Island Railroad.
EXCURSION TRAINS COLLIDE.
Two Manhattan Beach Cars Splin-
tered by a Rockaway Train.

1t WINS Mt Laurel Hin just Before Midnight
At Lenst Nine Persons Killed and
! Thirty Or 1hIrty.Hve More lIurt-An the
Doctor. In Long Island City and the Col.
lrge Hospital .Amhulnnccs Waiting In
the Depot for IA Train to Bring in the
Sufferers from the Scene OF the Accident.
Long Island City was startled Just before
midnight last night by telephone message
from Laurel Hi! reporting that Rockaway
Beach train and Manhattan Beach train had
been in collision there and that great many
persons had been hurt and six or seven killed
outright.
Tho Long Island Railroad Depot was noti-
fed to send on a wreckinG train Mt once and a
special train to bring in tho injured. to have
ambulanccs and surgeons at hand to receive
them. and to send doctors to Laurel Hill /, pos
sible.
At first the report was that tho regular last
train from Rockaway Beach. which leaves the
, beach at II T. NJ. had been run into by an
extra from Manhattan Beach. which was
| bringing back 4 crowd from the Saturday
night fireworks at Coney Island.
railroad official who came Up to Long
Island City at l o'clock this morning said
that. on the contrary. the extra Manhattan
train was at standsti held in tho block by
the telegraph operator. when the Rockaway
train came along and ran into it.
Both trains were crowded the standing train
especially so. and he said that no believed that
twelve persons had been killed and thirty
or thirty five injured. At this hour the ambu-
lances and surgeons from the Long Island
College Hospital were waiting in the Long
Island City station fog the arrival Of the special
train with the sufferers.
1t was n rear-cnd collision and occurred Just
the other side OF Penny Bridge. How 1t hap
pened that the Manhattan Beach train was
held thcro has not been ascerainej.
The locomotive of tho Rocknway train.
which was going at full speed when her engi-
necr first sighted the standing train. split the
two last open cars of the standing train right
through and hurled them to right and left in
wreck. There were nearly $50 persons in the
last two cars. it is said.
All the doctors in Long Island City were
summoned to the station there to attend the
injured
Otto Dengeles Of 80 Avcnue A was a passen-
ger on the Rockaway train with his wife and
family Of fourteen.
The train was running at high speed
all tho way in. llo says that they were
Just in sight OF the Long Island City
Chemical Works when there was frightful
crash and the passengers were thrown head
over heels out Of their seats.
The men made for the doors. The women
were crushed behind them.
DenGeler said that the people in these cars
owe their lives to two uniformed policemen.
The policemen jumped into tho doorways
and one cried;
Keep still. keep still. boys. II you are going
to got it, you'll got It any way"
Tho officers had 4 great fight to keep the
mob quiet.
Tho train ran about two blocks after the col
lision.
Dengcler says the last two cars of the Man.
haitian train were smashed into kindling
wood. ana that bodies were lying around
everywhere.
Some Of tho passengers OF the Rockaway
train helped to carry the wounded into the
chemical works.
DenGoles saw twelve persons taken there.
some dead and some hurt He saw tho head
less body OF a young woman.
The killed and injured. no says. were all on
the Manhattan train.
lilo does not think any Of tho Rockaway pas
songers wore seriously injured. but all were
shaken up and bruised.
II. Nawoptzay OF AL East Eighty eighth
street. who played a horn In Sousa's band. was
on the Manhattan Beach train.
He says that tho collision broke
tho coupling between tho second
and third cars from the last
leaving the two cars with the wounded and
dead passengers behind.
He was in one OF the rca. cars and was
thrown out on his head
He thinks everybody in the last two cars
was either killed or more or loss injured.
one OF the injured is John McManus OF 74S
Sixth avenue. q florist at Manhattan Beach.
He received severe scalp wound.
At . o'clock this morning 1t was said that
ten were dead and thirty injured. The
Manhattan Beach train was pulling out
Of the Laurel Hi Station where
the Rockaway train came In. Just before they
reached the Laurel Hill tower tho collision
occurred.
Charles Low OF Sousa's band Is missing. He
was in one Of tho last two cars OF the Manhat-
tan Beach train.
Ambrose Brown OF Yonkers was on the Rock
away train with his wife and child. He ss-
capped with a sprained back.
lie says that tho Rockaway train was going
at full speed. Whom it started from any sta
ton. II was with tremendous jerk. aud the
passengers say they mover travelled 30 fast In
their lives.
Brown says that after the collision he saw
one corpse lying on top OF the locomotive OF
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