The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-04
FREDERICK CITY, MD. FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 1897
DEATH ON ATALLYHO
Five Killed and Many Injured at
a Grade Crossing.
STRUCK BY A LONG ISLAND TRAIN.
Unhappy Fate Of n Gay Party Of Brook
lyn People on q Coaching Excursion.
Not One Escaped Unintured.
Several win Die.

Several VIII Die.
Brooklyn June 1.-Five young peo-
pie were killed and a number of others
were injured in an accident which oc-
CURED at Valley Stream, l.. l. A tallyho
with party of p excurslonists from
the Green Avenue Baptist church,
Brooklyn, which started out for days
outing on Long Island, was struck by
train on the Long Island railroad at the
Merrick boulevard crossing, and the
following We're instantly killed:
George F. Pashley, Jr., S24 Halsey
street.
william Gilchrist, Jr., 2SS Rutledge
street.
Winslow Lewis, De Kalb avenue.
Lester Z. 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 Mccormick, driver of the coach
badly injured; Earl Barnes slightly in
jured; Miss Pashley, back broken: Tillie
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 sErightfully Mangled.
Some of the dead We're frightfully
mangled. The body of Lester w. Rob7
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 it along the rails, the
dead and injured being cut and man
gled beneatAt.
The train That struck the tallyho was
bound east from Mineola. 1t was not
running fast When the accident hap
pened and accounts differ as to wheth-
er the whistle was blown. 1t is also
matter of dispute whether the bell was
being rung. 1t 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 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 it's 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
J upon realizing their danger. Some had
gained their feet while others had made
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 rapidlyapproach-
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 cutters 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 Grew 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 "a persons who had been
on the coach not one escaped injury of
some kind.
Coroner Coombs of Inwood took
charge of the bodies Of the. killed and
removed them to q 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.