New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-01
FIVE KILLED OUTRIGHT.


wha, the condition OF hjs brother was.
The father OF the two Barnes boys was in state
bordering on distraction. His wife was In Chicago
On receiving the news that his sons were among
the injured he had hurried to the hospital In ordeV
that he might learn the extent Of their injuries
and whether or not II was necessary 10 telegraph
for his wife. At the time he arrived II was impos-
sible 10 get any information. and for two hours
Mr.. Barnes paced the corridor. not knowing what
to do.
There was something pathetic about the way IN
which the sudden calamity made friends Of fathers
mothers and brothers who urt that moment had
been Ignorant Of each others dogem ep
and women who had never met before. weeping
for each others woes, and exchanging sympathX
TO learn the condition Of some relative, and hsa
found him less dangerously hurt than Others Tor
got their own griefs In sympathy Tor me deeper
woes of others.
OLD FRIENDS UNITED.
This common sorrow served most strangely az
of introduction and reunion. niue
woman. who had been walking up and down the
corridor beside herself with grief. wrlnging her
hands and crying out over and over ega'n i Tnss
nav some news. must have some news: stopped
before man. who was staniing In corn"
with trembling lips ana vet eyes ana aaid 20 Nm
surely, must know you you are MI ''e""'''
YES. replied the man. but don't think re-
II am Miss Denton" said the woman: and
have come mere for ne' OF anne Mr Stewart
And the two thus strangely reinroduced stood to,
seher talking of their loved ones hn fhG that
Miss Stewards condition was hopeless but that
M Ap n %o"q nrSent Of all was that in which
a little gray-haired man with white imperial
" tine Ge n ra ss rhs 20 a whe'hsr
his daughters were in the hospital or not: ie
a9e t Wan YIN Ras sH'OS for news while
others repnel and protested against the so"hes'
u At G last man came in with the description OF
an unkno~n girl. who had been killed at yaey
room 10 tell them his news. The moment he had
the Po girl big Ms Gsa rsS
There was n moments silence. and then genera
whs sd T and oS the ss of the the
poor old man wandered around the building; any any
n b Sb iHf Who OF d not know ha, she
lay dead at Valley Stream
AS SEEN BY ONE OF THE PARTY.
Thomas Hall Wyatt. of No pa Hancock-st.. was
seen last night and gave tine following account OF
The accident. 1T four-seated tallyho, with
| three drivers and six horses. AT the point where
the accident occurred you can't see the track
There was no fagman there. no guides. no signal
of any kind We just crossing the tracks
when We saw the train, and it was then 100 late
nave done and drove forward in desperate effort
to csar the track before the collision After ,ne
then stopped. They were under perfect contro' aod
teen or twenty feet away. on the front seat were
the three drivers. was In the second seat on INC
us was Bates with Miss THY ienn o J9hn i hswl'
TIE rgh Of the seat sa T arry bfs ews We
brock being the right OF that seat La"r h,c
Barnes was on the TOP ana }n tbs f wo BerscS
girls were inside with Earl Barnes The third sea.
was struck 10y the rain ana imosr rond H With tne
| exception of Harry Lewis, who had JuInpea, o,d
Leslie Roberts. who was twent; -loua SEari 1e
| gpis a
| in H0boken. In less than month he would ma
een graduated Ills death w ,mrO% xc 1Sfs over
Dr. woelfsins church The parents 81 young gd G ne
at Atlantis ghlands NJ n !be an" 70 i re
iurn to BROOKLYN at rec Webrock as Si n,agS
stated is student IN rs the 0ns aschapged from
| the hospital Although badly bruised. ne was aDie
| 10 leave the hospital in the evening n =
| Most of the injured were placed temporarily IN
Floyd Abrams hotel near the crossing, from whicn
hoSSes The dad were also taken there until the
arrival of the Coroner The tayho had neen Coy coy
ation of the delightful trip the party intended to
have and pieces Of torn cGh Norsd r aIs white
and blue made singular and pathetic contrast to
the horrible scene that was being enacted
RELIEF CORPS OF CYCLISTS
The train vas left in charge Of one OF the train
men after the conductor and engineer had been APP
pretended The news had spread like wilihre, ana
in few minutes the place was crowded with people
from the neghborhood. who We'd with the hundreds
OF wheelmen in Offering help 10 the wounded ana III
removing the dead Bicycles were piled by the road
SIDE and their owners, reck less of the chance OF los
Ing them, tendery lifted the injured and with the
aid of villagers carried them across the track 70
Abrams Hotel two hundred feet away while others
The officials Of the road refused absolutely 70 give
the the accident President Baldwin was at his sunme:
home near Glen Cove and could not be comrninl-
sstee Of G'h he assr bun on his SIRE" return said
would be no statement from the company until an
FredercR b. Pratt one OF the heavy stockhoh
Of the nSS a l at ks N os
sympathy for the afflicted and said tia, flll in
vestgation Of the mater you'd be made ,odaE
TO St Johns At first he was taken to The he, Emer-
gency Hospital Mccormick lives at NO LII Dean
~ STATEMENT OF HARRY LEWIS.
Harry Lewis, OF No. lOSiA De Kab-ave. who
aped uninjured. made this statement at his home
last night: Il on top OF the tally-ho. and we
were blowing horns. | noticed the train coming
along at high rate OF speed when we were within,
should think twenty feet OF it. l yelled TO the
driver to throw horses into the ditch under the
trees by the side Of the road but think the noise
There was no signal or WARNING Of, any kind
from the train. could see there would surely be
Jumped to the ground and landed on nay fee, IN the
As d far track GGHd the see @
coach in the middle cutting II In two VIII
Nv friends were strewn all over the road | do
not think became unconscious at all simply
nicked myself up and looked at them daZcd for
lime Then there was great shouting from the
rear Of the train, and remember seeing it moving
back. . .,., - -,
sobbing that my brother, Winsow was among
the killed" The father and mother Of the young
man were at home ut the time. The mother had
been TO 81. Johns Hospital and had learned Of
the death of h n other son. She was Frustrated
Tom wyatt ana C, coptnaeG Ls aSsr ,b 6 the
dent and took a coach to notify the parents and
ble lob As far can remember now. the only
one on top OF the coach besides myself and the
three drivers was George Pashley. who was alone
on the second seat . -
Miss RAY Stillman lives at No. $50 Greene-ave.
She was taken home in a carriage after the in
hlred were brought back 10 Brooklyn. She said
in part last night-she was suffering from shock
and bruised ankles: Il sitting the inside OF
the tally no alongside OF Hiss Florence DE- Bedts.
when | heard shouts. | looked ahead and saw
two OF the horses OF coach cross the railroad
track Then came the crash. Miss de Bedts and
wnra thrown fully tWcnty-flve feet 9part but