Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04
DEATH ON A TALLYHO
COACHING PARTY STRUCK BY A
LONG ISLAND RAILROAD TRAIN.

Five Were killed Outright and Sixteen
BADLY Injured, some Of Whom VIII Die.
They Were Young People of a brooklyn
Church ON an outing.
brooklyn. June Five young peo-
pie were killed and a number of Cthers
were injured in an accident whicn oc-
CURED at Valley Stream, l.. 1. A tallyho
with a party of Il excursionists from
the Green Avenue Baptist church
Brooklyn, which started out for day g
outing on Long Island, was struck by a
train on the Long Island railroad at the
Merrick boulevard crossing, and the
following were instantly killed;
George f. Pashley, Jr., S24 Halsey
street
william Gilchrist. Jr, 2SS Rutledge
street.
Winslow Lewis, De Kalb avenue.
Lester e. Roberts, Monroe street.
Miss Dora Burtsch, Stuyvesant ave.
nue..
The injured were: Emma BRUCE, skull
fractured; Clara Stuart, skull fractur-
ed; Mrs Anna Andrews, both legs bro
ken; Lawrence Barnes, Jr., scalp
wound; Walter Wellbrock, both thighs
fractured John Lewis, bruises; Ed
ward Mccormack driver of the coach,
badly injured: Earl Barnes, slightly in
| jured; Miss Pashey, back broken: Tillie
Hern, severe shock; Edna Bulmer, Sc
we're shock; Richard Bates scalp
wound; Bessie Gilsom, scalp wound;
Miss Debetts, leg broken. head injured
Miss Ray Stillman. badly injured; Ed
ward Kenney and Richard Bibbons,
slightly injured.
Dead Frightfully MRngled.
Some of the dead were frightfully
mangled. The body of Lester w. Rob
erts was ground to pieces The body Of
Miss Burtsch was also badly mangled
Winslow Lewis had his neck broken,
both legs were broken, his head was
badly gashed, and he was severely cut
about the body.
The crash came almost without warn
ing, and the occupants of the coach had
no time to make any effort to escape
Before the most of them knew of the
impending danger the train was upon
them, and the coach was upset and the
engine pushing 1t along the rails, the
dead and injured being cut and man
gled beneath It,
The train that struck the tallyho was
bound east from Mlneola. 1t was moi
running fast when the accident hap
pened and accounts differ as to wheth.
er the whistle was blown. 1t is also 6
matter of dispute whether the bell was
being rung. 1t is claimed by some thai
It was and that the merry party on tht
coach was making so much noise tha
the driver could not hear the bell. Th'
double team of the tallyho had crosse
the track and had the front wheels Of
the coach upon the rails when the pilo
of the engine was seen by the driver
He gave the horses a cut with the whip
but 1t was too late, and moment latei
the crash came The heavy engine
driven forward by the momentum
raised the coach and its load of per
sons from the ground and hurled it for
ward. AS the engine came into sigh
the women of the party uttered scream
which were ended by the crash ant
then followed cries Of agony.
When the engine struck the coach, tn
occupants were in various positions, a.
they had started to jump to their fee
upon realizing their danger. Some hat
gained their feet, while others had mad
an effort to reach the side steps. 9th
ers, too frightened to move, had clutch
ed the seats or the side rail and re
mained staring at the rapidly approach
Ing engine.
Passengers Thrown Into the Air.
The shock threw some Of the passen
gers into the air, and they landed ol