New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-05
INJURED PEOPLE RECOVERING
OFFICIALS INSPECT THE SCENE OF THE
SEA BEACH ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEES OF THE ROAD IN RAYMOND STREET
JAIL. BROOKLlN-HEANf sSii' ~ DE-
BROUGHT BY NEWARK PEOPLE HURT
In TILE SMASH.

,uchoe, Rickard OF the State Board of Railroad
Commissioners and Charles De Freest, secretary OF
the Commission visited the Bay fiuge once Oh
the Sea Beach Railroad Yesterday anu ma'e All
,rsnoction Of the tracks and of the scene OF the
accident on Monday In which over Sixty people
we're injured. They were accompanied by fresineht
,,,,L II uonx and Co.one. Lamb. counsel to the
o,arv SUPERINTENDENT Iarke conducted them 10
the company's office where a consultation was held'
r.,r,,ssioner Rickard said II looked 10 him as
:, tho accident AT Woodlawn could not have been
,.o,dod after the runaway engine was once dis
ab,ea The whole trouble he thought. originated IN
the collision in the yard
cor,ntendent Larke said the engine was badly
damaged. and that it would have been Impossible
for the engineer TO have stuck to MS post
Commissioner Richard said II was customary LOT
engineers TO stick TO their posts. ana that IL the
engineer had remained on the engine 1t would
have been nosyibe for him to have Hooded the
ov.,rders with the irjectors or have blown the
whistle while the engine was running wild. Super
intendent Iarke said that the whistle was Down
constantly that the wreck pulled down the whistle
string and held it while the engine was running
Commissioner Richard said he expected to be at the
inquest on Tuesday
Frank Jenson. engineer of the runaway Arthur
Ross fireman. Joseph Hlger, conductor OF the
make-up train; Daniel Hummer. the engineer OF
Tho Locomotive on the makeup train, ana James
o. Hrien a switchman in the Bay Ridge yard. who
were arrested on Tuesday night on charge or
homicide in connection with the death or william
Pointer the Newark manufacturer, whose INJURIES
Terminated fata.y, arraiSned before Justice
Cowenhoven in New Utrecht yesterday morning
and later taken to Raymond street jan Jensen
Ice is badly swollen. and he complained bitterly OF
The harsh treatment accorded him and his COM
pan'ons. ,,.,-, ,-,.-,
Inquiries at the Norwegian, Methodist Episcopal
and 81 Johns hospitals relative TO the condition OF
those injured in the wreck showed That they were
al improving The Norwegian has about twenty
cripples The other two hospitals have one each.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for the funeral Of
William X Pointer. OF No. g. Thomas-st., Newark.
who died from the injuries he received in the col
lision The Rev. DAME. H. Martin. Of the Clinton
Avenue congregational Church. OF which MT Ponier
was a member, will conduct the services.
The other victims OF the accident who I've In
Newark are doing WE'LL and will recover. Captain
Jacob T. Roa. with his wife and his two children.
Russell and Carrie, arrived home from the Seney
Hospital Brooklyn. and are now being made COM
Portable by the family physician. Mr.. Roa has
retained the law firm of WINNER & WINNER to
| bring suit against the company for heavy damages
| Other suits aggregatlng large amount will be
| brought by Newark peop.e injured In the wreck