New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-09


ro PIECES - 80 ONE HURT
,., 80. 10 on the New-York Central ana
l."., Rlver Railroad suffered a serious mishap
,lors Yesterday afternoon. The tram is
o. as the North Shore Limited. The engine
Nm ,hrown from the tracks. and after running
"N' tho ties for some distance. was dashed TO
am" against the abutmen; Of bridge y"
nns was injured
rs, train LEFT the Grand Central station Al
=. o,olock The accident occurred near 'he
Y.,or in Yonkers at $50 The train was heavy
~ u was drawn by engine No. 81 the one
-A,o, caused the Hastings disaster on Christmas
TWO years ago. when it dashed into the
-a.r Of an express train while drawing i''a'
ord n,anv persons were killed and injured
r,,orvtbing went smoothly until The train was
-.,',1ing the curve just south Of the Yonkers
.,.,lon. Just below the curve the limited IRAN
.., q freight train running south. Near the
,,,rve which Is a sharp one, ani on the NonKeIs
s,,A Of the bend a heavy door fell from one Of
,,e freight cars The heavy tinbers iel on me
ror,bbound track. The loss Of the door was no.
no,,ce5 on the freight train and it came - TINS
clrv without the men on It knowing what had
happened.
Engineer Reagan. Of the limited train. saw
.he door when II was only short distance away
I'D his engine vas dashlng around the curve.
Tho forward trucks Of the engine We're HfteG
,ror, the tracks by the door and the drivers
followed The steam was shu; OF ana the
hralss reversed when this happened. but the
impetus Of the train was so great that II shot
ahead with speed only slightly reduced TnS
cars all stuck 10 thr track, and the engine on"
not run of NJ much ~ an angle. When thr
bridge across the track al Wells-ave. was reach q
b., int .A4ft MON
,ha road al his point there is a creek ana Wheh
the engineer and fireman saw that collision
was inevitable they jumped into the creek. bo'h
escaped with few scratches.
The engine WAS brought suddenly 10 stand
still and pushed forward ny the heavy cars be-
hind turned completely over and landed on the
track complete wreck. The boiler was crushed
IN and bent and broken. The smoktstocN ana
other works above the boiler We're crushed ana
broken from the frame. and the wheels wer.
torn off. The cars came 10 a standstiH against
tha wreck of the engine. The passengers were
badly shaken. but not one OF them received the
slightest injury.
wrecking-train and crew started for the
nlare Of the accident at once. They We're fol-
lowed By an extra engine. The cars were backed
down the track 20 a crOs>-over switch. where
they were shunted over = the middle track ana
taken in tow by tho extra engine. The train
then started West ono hour and lOrty-iive min
u:es late The northbound track was blocked
until midnight.
Engineer Reagan has been on the Central Rail
road for thirty years AMI the accident yesterday
was the first he was ever in. Il Is hardly possible
that the engine can be repaired
The accident created cOnsi lerabe excitement IN
Yonkers. and a crowd Of several thousand people
gathered within few minutes.
The rumJr was circulated n Y0nkcTs and
about this city that the freight-car door had
been placed on the track Intentionally by some
sympathlzer with the Western strikers who
wished to wreck the limited train There was 10
foundation for the report Officers os the road
last night took no stock in IT, and # pointed
ou' that If any one had placed the door on the
track he would certainly have been seen by the
tower-signal man who vas on duty near by.