Connecticut western news., 1897-06-03
DEATH ON A TALLYHO
COACHING PARTY STRUCK BY A LONG ISLAND RAILROAD TRAIN.
Five Were Killed Outright and Sixteen Badly Injured, Some of Whom Will Die. They Were Young People of a Brooklyn Church on an Outing.

Church on an Outing.
 Brooklyn, June Hive young peo- pie were killed and a number of others were injured in an accident which oc- cured at Valley Stream, l.. I. A tallyho with party of 21 excursionists from the Green Avenue Baptist church, Brooklyn, which started out for days 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., Se4 Halsey street.
 William Gilchrist. IT,. 29s Rutledge street
 Winslow Lewis, De Kalb avenue.
 Lester E. Roberts. Monroe street.
 Miss Dora Burtsch, Stuyvesant ave- nue.
 The injured were: Emma Bruge, 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 Mccormick, driver of the coach, badly injured Earl Barnes, slightly in- jured; Miss Pashley, back broken: Tillie Hern, severe shock; Edna Bulmer, se- were 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 Ribbons, slightly injured.
 Dead FrightfuIly Mangled.
 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 1t.
 The train tbat struck the tallyho was bound east from Mineola. It was not running fast when the accident hap pened. and accounts differ as to wheth- CT the whistle was blown. It is also a matter of dispute whether the bell was being rung. It Is claimed by some that 1t was and that the merry party on the coach was making so much noise that the driver could not hear the bell. The double team of the tallyho had crossed the track and had the front wheels of the coach upon the rails when the pilot of the engine was seen by the driver. He gave the horses a cut with the whip, but 1t was too late, and a moment later 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 1t for ward. As the engine came into sight the women of the party uttered screams which were ended by the crash, and then followed cries of agony.
 When the engine struck the coach, the occupants were in various positions, as they had started to jump to their feet upon realizing their danger Some had gained their feet, while others had made an effort to reach the side steps. Oth- CTS, 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 on the rails and in the gutters which run on either side of the track. Others went down under the coach, which was  pushed along the rails by the train for some distance. Those who were killed and those most badly injured were caught under the coach and crushed The engineer had shut off the steam and had set his brakes down hard be- fore the collision came.
 The train crew and the passengers of the train, as soon as the train was stop ped, began the work of taking out the dead and injured from the wreck of the coach. Of the 24 persons who had been on the coach not one escaped injury of some kind.
 Coronor Coombs of Inwood took charge of the bodies of the killed and removed them to a morgue. A jury was at once impaneled and viewed the bodies and the scene of the accident, preparatory to the inquest. A full in- vestigation into the accident will be made.