The sun., 1897-10-25
STORIES OF PASSESG ERs.

| i"hu AuoSiuNc lhnly lS nOJ III Town Ut present.
| STORIES OF PASSESG ERS.
Hnirbrcadth Escapes and Terrible Hardship
Faced Death In Many Forms.
The news OF tho accident was first received at
the Grand Central Station at $50 O'Clock. 1t
was Immediately transmitted to the officers OF
| the road. and shortly after o'clock President
Depew. Vice- President H. Walter Webb, and
General Manager Van Etten arrived at tho
station. special train was Immediately or
dered. and d. V. Mccoy. Superintendent OF the
| Harlem division, was placed in charge of 1t.
| At 12:4O O'Clock another special train, with
| S. A. Crone. Superintendent of Motive
| Power. and Superintendent Sherman OF the
American Express Company aboard to look
| after the work of pulling the wrecked cars out
| Of the river. was despatched 10 the scene OF
| the accident. Tho latter train was equipped
| with wrecking apparatus and divers. The first
special carried a number of physicians. Before
| tho first special reached tho scene, however,
arrangements had been made to bring the sur.
vivors to the city on a train made up OF the two
| sleepers that did not leave the track.
In the meanwhile Station Agent Frank NJ.
Downer had notified the police of the Grand
Central sub-station of the accident, and the fact
that the train with fourteen survivors.
some of whom were injured, was COM
ing in. Capt Delaney summoned two am
balances from the Flower Hospital and the
patrol wagons of the East Fifty.trst street and
East Sixty.seventh street stations. Police Head.
quarters was also notified and Inspector
Thompson arrived with twelve detectives
Manager Jacques Of the Murray Hill Hotel sent
word to the police that the hotel was at the dis.
posal Of the survivors. and he went TO the
station himself when the train arrived.
1t pulled into the station at 1890 o'clock, and
then it was learned that only three OF the sur
vivors were injured seriously enough to be
taken to tho hospital. These were quickly trans.
ferred to ambulances and taken TO the Flower
Hospital. Most OF the other eleven sur
| vivors were without Clothing. They were
wrapped in blankets and quickly trans
| ferred to cabs and taken to tho Murray
Hill Hotel. where Manager Jacques had
rooms prepared for them. Mrs. Jacques at.
tended to the two women who wcrc taken to
the hotel. All the survivors were chilled
| through from their exposure and were suffer
| ing from shock. The scant clothing they wore
| when the accident happened was wet and the
women had had no opportunity OF changing it.
Mrs. Jacques supplied the women with clothes
from her own wardrobe and from those placed
at her disposal by guestp, while the mer were
looked after in like manner by Mr. jacques.
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