Huntsville gazette., 1893-06-24
AN AWFUL ACCIDENT.


New YORK, June 21.-A train on the
Long Island railroad. upon which there
were about 1000 persons returning
from the Sheepshead Bay races, was
derailed last evening in a tunnel
short distance from Parkville, L. l.
Two were killed outright, seven died
after being removed to the hospital,
and about 100 were injured, many so
seriously that they will not recover.
Those killed outright at the time of
the accident were
Patrick DAILY. court officer Of the
third district court, New York city.
Ii. G. Prinley, whose residence, ac-
cording to card in his pocket, is SO
West Seventeenth street, New York.
: Quinby, Utica, n. Y; right leg
cut off; died on way to hospital.
Unknown man, about 80 years old
dark moustache and dark hair, dressed
in dark clothes; died in Seney hospi-
tai.
]. B. McGonigal, Fritz Johnson and
JOS. Smiley, also died late last night at
the Seney hospital
The following were removed to the
City hospital, Brooklyn, and died soon
afterward:
Henry Spinke, marshal at jefferson
Market police court, rs Morton street,
New York
Robert Cudley, policeman, 422
West Forty-First street New York.
INJURED:
Henry Maynard, New York; leg in
jurcd.
Nicholas Foster, 205 West Ninth
street, New York; leg fractured.
P. Johnson, $47 West Seventeenth
street; leg and body injured.
Andrew Bartolmay, Ceder Creek,
Sherman county, n. "; left leg cut
off.
James Fitzsimmons, 247 West One
Hundred and Twenty-fourth street;
foot cut off
Patrick Graham, 105 Harrison street.
New York; internally injured.
]. i. Childs, Elizabeth, N. j.; face
cut and leg fractured.
T.. c. Hills, Times building; hand
and arm injured
i. j. McKenna, Central park police
man; compound fracture Of ankle.
Frank J. Fink, 3O1 Henry street, New
York; face cut and leg injured.
Richard Flynn, 155 Cherry street, New
York, internal injuries.
VIM. Herring, Auburn, n. Y; leg in
jured.
James Bradford, Paterson, n. j.; in
ternal injuries.
Patrick Gibbons, Hanson street,
Brooklyn; bodily injuries.
Charles Herring, New York city; Sc
rious internal injuries.
Henry Reucsh, rs Third avenue, New
York; internal injuries
II. G. McGonigle, Philadelphia; cut
and bruised on leg and arms.
NJ. Phillips, Colonnade Hill, New
York; leg fractured.
Fred Schlomberg, Third avenue,
New York; bodily injuries.
=. Addicts Bank State of New York;
internal injuries. Unconscious.
W. D. Ford, Jersey City; legs and
body bruised and cut.
J.. Foster, West Forty-fourth street;
injured on body and face.
Unknown man, aged "a, black hair
and whiskers; at Seney hospital, un-
conscious, suffering from shock and
internal injuries.
| The condition Of Andrew Bartolo-
new is serious, and the physicians Of
the Seney hospital, to which he was
taken, do not think he will recover.
Many of the injured were taken to New
York hospitals or to their homes.
The accident happened upon what is
known as the Bay Ridge division Of
the Manhattan railway, about half
mile from the town of Parkville,
which is the junction of the roads run
ming to Coney Island, Manhattan
Beach and Sheepshead Bay. The Bay
| Ridge division, after leaving Parlville,
passes under a viaduct Of the Coney
Island boulevard.
The ill-fated train reached this point
at about o'clock. Crowded aboard
were men, women and children who
had been spending the day witnessing
| the suburban races. The train con-
sisted Of six coaches. The front and
rear cars were closed. The others
were open. Every seat was taken and
men stood in the aisles of the closed
| cars and shoulder to shoulder upon the
| platforms running along the sides OF
| the open cars. 1t was a good-natured
| crowd The train was going at full
speed when it suddenly had jolt and
| Jerk and the expressions of pleasure
were instantly turned to fear and dis
may. The engine and first two cars
ran along upon the track, dragging be
| hind them the other cars of the train
humping and reeling along up to the
very mouth of the tunnel.
Then the engine and the two cars
| that remained on the track broke
loose from the others, and were carried
by their own speed clear through the
tunnel and twenty-five feet beyond.
The other part Of the train pulled the
second half way through the tunnel
The. cause Of the accident and who
| was to blame for it are matters which
are vet to be investigated. The train
was. without doubt, derailed by an
open switch. 1t stood there open after
| the accident in mute evidence.
Whether it had been opened by the
- had