New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-03

ion in South brooklyn with train OF seven
zen crowded cara bound for Coney Island
where a number Of labor organizations were
celebrating Labor Day. The train was IN
charge OF Conductor william Mallon, OF No
2ss FIFTY seventh-st.. Brooklyn. an old employe
~ the road. TIE engineer was Charles Petult
of Ray Ridge.
In going out " Sixty-ffth-st. there is a heavy
rrade for about a mile and engine No. g.
manned by Frank Jensen. engineer and Arthur
Ross. fireman. which was used about the yard
FOR various purposes. was employed TO heip NO
and Its train up the grade. AS soon as the
train reached n level grade. engine No. re-
turned 20 the yard.
THE WILDCAT APPROACHES.
Engine Ne. 8. with It's heavy load proceeded
on its way toward Coney Island. and at S:4o
o'clock was standing at the Woodiawn station
Mt Sixty-nfth-s;. ard Twen'y-second-ave'' when
down the track toward South Brooklyn de-
,ached engine WAS seen approaching NO at
,ention was paid 20 IL at first. but as II came
nearer and nearer the more nervous passengers
in the rear cars turned around TO see It, On II
cane pufIlng sp,efully and fairly flying along
the track
Suddenly neopl began TO cry out as II APP
,rnocbed and rose from their seats Before more
tban a few OF the affrightcd passengers had an
opnortunity to leap from the sides OF the open
ears the engine bore down upon them ike
wh,rlwlnd ploughing It's way clear through the
two rear cars grinding them up as II they had
been made of straw and hurting two or three
hundred people through the air some to propaoie.
death. others to long time suffering
= SCENE AFTER THE COLLISION.
shrieks groans and maledctons rent the am
Passengers leaped from the sides OF the cars anu
ran into the nearby fields. fearful that the run
away locomotives mission OF destruction- WAS
only partly done. Finally the iron horse, AFTER
slipping It's wheels for several minutes, stopped
and then from under the wreckage shot out
volume OF flame.
In an incredibly short time four cars which
few minutes before had held merry pleasure
seekers were turned into a bonfire. ~
TIE fact that the cars were Of the open Klho
alone prevented a horrible loss of life. for even
the passengers who we're pinned fast in the
wrcckaee- we're rescued with little difficulty by
the willing hands Of those who had gone through
th.- accident unhurt The shejal % the blow
given nv the runaway engine broke the train In
two. sending all bat the cars that were aiter
ward burned down the track 100 feet out OF
harms way.
II was several minutes before help came WORD
was sent TO the Bath Beach Police Station.
mile away The crash attracted the attention
Of a number Of people driving in the neighoor-
hood and also Of a number of farmers VINO hVed
near by These hurried to the scene ana were
Joined by scores OF others IN the course oil nan
an hour DE- Lundbeck. OF NO lo' Bergeh-s'''
Brooklyn, was riding on Twenty-secohu-aNc'
with his daughter when he heard the crash
They and Roundsman Isaac Frank. OF the ba'h
Reach Precinct Station. reached the wreck at 'he
same time. The doctor gave valiant service d.
rect,nr his attention first to those who were
man,festly most seriously injured. Roundsmah
Frank was soon joined by Police Captain John
II Johnson. Of the Eighteenth Precinct stauoh'
and anbalances were summoned from the NOT
wccian. st. Johns. Methodist. Long Island COL
leee. ST. Marys and Brooklyn CITY Hospitals
ARRIVAL OF F1REMEN.
A ere-a,arm was also turned in. and by the
,i,,a tho arnbulances arrived two or three hre-
engines drawn by horses dripping with perspira-
ton md exhausted from three-mie run were
@, tho wreck There was little use for the
.rgnas and hook and-ladder trucks. The am
hu,ences however. were soon filled with small
ror.,on of tho threescorc and more of people
who needed medical attention
Never was such a scene witnessed before In
Eensonhurst There were injured people every
where They wandered off by themselves or In
little groups on to the grass on each SIDE OF
the track and dropped exhausted from pain
and loss Of blood
Police CAPTAIN johnson dispatched oozeh
policemen to nearby farmers. and In snort
time a procession of farm wagons was receiv-
ing the injured. carrying them mainly to the
Norwegian Hospital.
II was nearly o'clock before the last sufferer
was taken away to have his injuries attended TO.
After a delay OF an hour or two the frst thlr-
teen cars were taken on TO Coney Island but II
was noticed that they held only about one-half
the people who were in them before the accident
occurred 1t was a sorry company, too. and
there was little of the laughter and tollity that
characterized the Journey beforehand
Until midnight a gang Of men worked at clear
ing up the wreck The engine never left the
rails. but II was crushed from running into the
train and burned red from the Are that followed
PERHAPS DEAD ARE UNDER THE ENGINE.
1t is feared that underneath the locomotive is
a dead body or two. The workmen did not ex-
pect to get It moved before morning, but from
It's position and the amount of wreekage ground
up under It IL is feared that one or two people
were caught beneath II when the crash occurred.
After o'clock interest In the wreck was mainly
transferred 10 the Brooklyn hospitals. where all
night long hundreds OF people whose relatives
were missing made inquiries relative TO them
Police Captain Burford. Of the Twenty -hfth
Precinct Brooklyn. mace the following state
meDt last night: . g. ......
AT $3.50 p. nj. Engine No. 6. Of the Sea Beach
Route, Of which Frank Jensen is the engireer ana
Arthur Ross the fireman. both living at First
ave. and Bay Ridge-aye., while being turned on
10 a switch at First-ave. collided with the rear
car OF an empty train The engineer OF No. o
reversed his lever ana with the fireman then
Jumped from the engine. The engine continued
on its course without control, and al SiXfy-sixth-
st. and Thirty SO cond-ave. coll!ded with the Sea
Beach train. The engineer and fireman were ar
rested by Detective Edward O'Rourke. and