The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-01

fell apart forty feet from the crossing, and the
train rolled on an eighth Of q mile further.
A scene Of almost indescribablo horror was
left behind. There were mangled bodies on
either side Of tho track, and on either side as far
of as the wood, thirty feet away, were mon and
women struggling franticallyt TO regain their feet.
screaming and shrieking, throwing themselves
about,their faces bloodstaiucd and horror strick-
On. It was q sight that not one Of the nifty or a hun
dred persons who saw IL could describe. Many
of the eyewitnesses of tho accident were, so at,
The van driver Who had tried to warn tho coach
THOSE who remained could only standi and gape.
They were shocked to the point Of hclplessness.
THE FIRST TO HELP.
IL wns three or four minutes after the crash
before nny one who had his senses about him ar
rived at tho place. The first man was Floyd
Abrams, who has a hotel not 200 Sard d. fr GIg the the
tho screams CT; 1%S that %S foi!owed L. and ran out into the
where to be seen. lie saw the horses dnshing on
up tho road and the b~icyclists running of, and
him came pr. T. L q. AVER OK IynbrooE.
Tho doctor was out riding with his wife: He
him, buthad turned his head before it arrived
at tho crossing. Ho did, not see the collision;
but no heard the noise OF the splinterihg WOOD
These two men say that whom they arrived at
t shfr fgo to aft yn feet GUre in the cutters wTinsins
their hands and screaming. There were q dozen
S Srawl in sfSi ths w sssaSr un ,c ass SD t OF what they
T6irty feet from the crossing lay one of the
Il the frightfully mangled, body Of a young
woman, She was lying ;yyip,si face &c . doSMhn INV oT6;t the e ssas
torn from her. just beyond, half down the en-.
bankmont, there was, the body of a young man.
On the other, side Of the track. a few feet
apart, were the bodies of two other men. They
part Of the coach was lying to the left of tho
track: The front wheels were 70 the right, and
one Of these wheels rested In the small OF the
back OF another PROSTATE man.
BACK COMES THE TRAIN.
The train had stopped when these men reached
The ,li,S sG sssss Snd was n saskip Window Sap; II ac wss s cer %ss
raised and heads were sticking. out. The train
crew, except tho engineer and fireman, had left
scene Of the wreck.
DR., Aver ran to the nearest telephone and
T T@E S'a and h 10 Himself rushed back, to thss
back OF one man, and this man shricked out that
he wanted to die and begged them to Kill aim.
away recovered their senses, and everybody in
sight rushed in to assist in caring for the
wounded, Those who could stand were LED 70
The train backed clear to the crossing, and two
cars were cleared for the reception OF tho wound
ed. who, the doctor said, must DO taken direct to
hospitals the moment they had boon attended to
most nerSeioss from the shock. He went with
his fireman to the front OF the engine and lifted
21 fh IodFSS tSers. sna 't tone d do sns t SSsf hea Ghsin
Of the engine. which had been wrecked; and
Which " ,Sn h h"d ON 1t NS SeR Ra n sss9 OF on 1h tb ar eesss. OF some
Doctors were not slow to respond TO the call
that Dr; Aver had ID sent t,, ont 2 and and, there an Row, We're re-. a
the accident happened. They all helped in
caring for the wounded, ana they all had their
up the party on the coach. but three had escaped
unhurt. They were Kenney. the drivers help,
ia Man MaS su street. am" and Harry s. Lewis OF iosIls
De kalb avenue, who were of the party. Finally
were put aboard the train.
just as the train was about to start one other
with the others. Then the train pulled out for
Brooklyn. The foregoing is the story Of the
who saw it. The lists OF those who lost Their
lives and OF those who were injured follow:
THE DEAD.
BERrscH. Miss DORA. go years. 200 stuyvesant
GncIRIsr. WILLIAM. 81 year,. ass Rutledge street,
LEWIS, wSsLow W., "a years. l,osaia De Kali
PAsHLEr, aEonor; go years. se4 Hslsey street.
RoBERrs. LESLIE j., "a years. blla Monroe street.
THE INJURED.
ASpRus. Mrs. NEwAIL p. 90 years. 524 Macon street
right foot injured; AZ St. John. Hospital:
slight injuries to the head.
avenue. fracture Of the bsss; of the skull; at St. John
BATES, RICHARD H. Is years. 4o4 Throop avenue
BinTssai Ms. Esa.; "a year; sSs stuyss:Sns ave
BULMKR, Miss EDNA. 10 years, ei5a Lafayette ave
n1 De f BGngs. MAS 81 Pt Sssh eRa 70 sSG yes9., So, Greene .-.
nue., eomFSand fracture Of the right asa leg; watt. nv,
9aIBblX; RICHARD, driver. helper; head Injured: =.
slight cuts on head and arm. ,
,u IESt On i the head si; at a St. johns Hospital Iaissal"'' 'nSl' ="
MCCORMICK. HENRY. driver. - Years; 1871 pea
Emergency Hospital.
PAsHLEi. Mis- Ella IS years. SEA Halsey stree
STEWART. Miss CLARA l., 10 years. 900 Macon stree
triple frA,turs of the skull; at st. Johns Hospita
sTILIMlN. Miss RAY. 90 years. $50 Greene avenu,
WELIpRocK, WALTER ", ~ years. 800 Quinc
street, legs and arms fractured; at st. Johns Hospita
The Others, who were on the coach, and VIII
escaped uninjured, were:
.KEsSEY. EDWARD. the drivers helper; jumped frol
WYATT. THOMAS H., ga Hancock street.
Mr.. Wyatt told THE Sun reporter the only &C
herent story Of the ride and accident that wa
told by any OF the party. Here 1t is:
THOMAS II. WAITS STORY.
The party was made up wholly, by youn
Greene Avenue Baptist Church most OF II
ffllGSs in w Inc a s%c's3 ~. being Esw %e" Sss q Pres ss
dent. and through the winter W. ha
udnCCb OHtt II IlOuIH. IL excursion to-day wa
meant TO be a sort of a wind-up for the scasol
Laurence Barnes arranged it. He was Vic
President of the society and was Chairman
the committee that had charge Of the arrang
ments. The other members OF that committe
were George Pashley, who is dead, and Waite
Willbrock, who is said to be dying.
I'VE had no very definite plans about th
lark. The idea was to get "a good big coach, II
vite some girls, and drive out the old Merric
road beyond Valley Stream, %somewhere an
there have lunch; which we had brought alon
toward evening and then drive home.
The original plan was to meet at Burner
house in Stuyvesant street at o o'clock and q
an early start. AL that were going on Il
coach were there at that time. Three OF the fs
lows were to follow Us on bicycles. Paul and He
bert Revere, the Secretary and Treasurer of Il
club and Herbert Taylor. the auditor. For
long time we didn't know whether to go. !
the starting time it was raining, and the
seemed little prospect of its clearing, but at
o'clock We decided to try it anyway. and v
started.
a told, including the three drivers. thel
were twenty-four in the coach. / was on II
second seat on the left, with Miss Bulmer besi'