The record-union., 1895-09-03
AN APPALLING DISASTER
OCCURS ON A RAILWAY IN NEW
YORK STATE.

Several Cars Demolished and Num-
ber of Passengers Seriously
Injured.
BROOKLYN On. ", Sept. 2-An ap-
palling railway accident occurred at 3: 40
this afternoon near the Woodlawn sta
ton of the Sea Beach Railway. While
| train No. 8, drawing seventeen cars,
/ which were crowded almost to suffoca-
ton by excursionists, was standing at
! the Wooulawn station a"wildcat' engine
came laundering along the tracks in it's
wake aud crashed into the rear car, tele-
scoping it. The car was filled with pas
sengers, most OF whom came from New
York. Some of the people saw the en-
| gine coming along and jumped and thus
saved their lives. The greater majority
Of the passengers were on board at the
time and were women and children. a
colored porter on the platform, who saw
the engine coming along without engi-
neer or fireman, yelled to the passengers
! to make their escape. Engine No. 6l.
wildcat" smashed into the rear car,
| demolishing it into kindliDg wood and
| burylng men, women and children un-
der it.
There was mad rush of surging hui
manity from the doomed train. The
groans of the injured filled the air, and
the snorting and putting of the impris-
oned engine made deafeuing noise. For
some time the scene was regular pande-
monium. Scarcely half a dozen people
kept their heads, or were able to render
assistance to the injured.
Patrolman Kelly, who WAS on duty at
the station. turned in several ambulance
calls. and five ambulances from the sur
rounding hospitals promptly responded.
In the meantime the woodwork of the
wreck caught fire and was rapidly in Il
| blaze. Four cars were completely de-
stroyed before the train hands were able
TO uncouple the cars. AS soon as it was
detached the engine drew the other cars
out of danger.
By this time all the passengers
had diseInbarked, and there was the
widest kind of excitement. It was
killed outright. The groans of the in
jured rent the air and could be heard
almost for miles. People rushed from the
nearby houses and the telephone and
telegraph wires in every direction were
put in motion to call for aid TO the in
jured.
Four cars were telescoped by the force
Of the collision.
The engine which caused all the mis-
chief was used for shuntng trains at the
Sixty-ffth street and Third avenue depot
of the Sea Beach Railway. 1t became
unmanageable and dashed forward,
throwing the engineer and fireman from
the cab. There was no obstacle TO the
wildcat engine. 1t dashed along the
track at a fearful rate of speed.
Engine No. 3 was in charge of William
Mullan and Fireman Harry Jansen.
| They were on their way to Coney Island.
Charles Petit was the conductor All the
cars wore badly smashed.
The list of the injured is as follows:
Joseph Rowe, New York, fracture of the
ribs. removed TO the Norwegian Hospital;
Abraham Levy, 70 Sheffield street, New
York. severe scalp wound; John Blake,
| Navasink, \. j., injuries of body; Will
lam Gregory, IL years of age, 1917 Har-
rison street, Jersey City, severely in
jured; Lizzie Wolf, 42 years of age, 34S
East SiXtieth street, New York, disloca-
ton Of right ankle and scalp wound;
August Suddebrostrong, 40 years, 400
East Thirty-first street, New York, Sc
verely injured; Moritz Frankel. 81 years,
New York, severely injured about the
body; Joseph Roeman, 26 years OF age,
New York, slightly injured; Louis Held,
a years, New York, severely injured;
Joseph Freedman, 26 years of age, New
York. leg bruised; William w. Kemp, 80
years. Brooklyn, slightly injured; Joseph
Lewenson, rs years, New York. slight
cuts and bruises; G. Sugarman, p years
OF age, New York, sprains and neck
wrenched; Mrs. Alexander, New York;
Joseph Seveston, New York; George
Holland, New York; Joseph McCue.
New York, w. ID. Kemp. Brooklyn;
Eliza King, Newark; Laura King, New
ark; W. *. Pionner. Jersey City: John
Lenihan, New York; jennie Abron,
Now York; Joseph Friedman. Jersey
City; Patrick Matthew's, Newark; II. NJ
kaffaboum. New York; a. MielIng,
Jersey City; Rev. John Edmunds OF
Arlington, n. j.; Charles II. Woods, wife
and child, of New York, severely in
iured; Miss l.. Montair, New York, Sc
verely injured; George Hammond, New
York, severely injured; Edward II. Free
land, Newark, \. j., leg broken; James
Hueston. kearney, n. j., leg fractured
and severe internal injuries, will prob
ably die: Joseph t'rinK OF No. AZ East
Fourteenth-street, New York, fracture
of leg and severe bodily injuries; Au-
gust George, New York, fatal internal
Injuries ana severe wounds on body.
Will die; Gustav Millin, Now York, Sc
verely injured; Will Setafek, New York,
severely injured about the face and body;
Charles Ii. Merchant, New York, irac-
ture OF the leg; Nellie Burton, New
York, severely injured; John Hoeiel,
New York. slightly injured; Kate Frank
lin, New York, slightly injured; Maggie
Walls, Newark, scalp wound; Allison
Coneyman, slightly injured. a number
OF others who were injured were re-
moved to the various hospitals.
OF the injured, thirty-two were taken
to the Norwegian Hospital. four to the
Seney Hospital and two To the ST. Johns
Hospital. AT the various hospitals it
was said late tonight that none OF the
injured would die.