The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-25
INJURED.

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SMITH. J., an American Express messenger at the
Flower Hospital.
Three Cinnamon from Burnlo, at Peckskill Hospital.
THE KILLED ALI IN W AIRS.
This list of injured which tho company gives
includes only those whose hurts are serious
enough to ncccssitate their being taken to a hos.
pital. In addition to these thcro were
many who insisted on going to their
who were killed, so far rs is known, were
in either tho day coach or the combination car.
The Cinnamon were in the combination car
in like rats. an when the crash and tn,
sli 70 into tho wat'r ctmc they were utterly
help ess. Tho three Cinnamon VIII were in.
jnrcd and n numb r OF others were in the day
coach. Th're were fife II In their party. They
were in charge OF an agent OF the Canadian
Pacific Railroad ami were boun | for New York.
The passengers in the day coach were pcnned
In. too, and It is nothing short of marvellous
that any Of them escaped at all.
THE ILL.FATED TRAIN.
The Buffalo and New York special, the train
that was wrecked. is a night edition Of the En-
pre- state express. IL Is run almost exclusively
for New York state people. 1t left Buffalo Sat.
urday night at 7:3O o'clock and was due in New
York at 100 yesterday morning. The Atlantic
express. which ia due to leave Buffalo forty
minutes ahead OF the Buffalo and New York
special, vas ten minutes late on Saturday even
ing. and as the time Is Il little slower than the
special II had to hustle along to keep
o"' u no ""s' "he" =" 'Po''"i N'' i'"'
falo 1t c insisted Of an express car. a combina'
Two ,,ooners Thoro ,yore atoon n,..engorsi IN
NM cleaner tyo,yo IN Tho other and about
,hIr,r n.ssor,ors In ,ho d.v coocb Thoro ycro
h,lt n doven mr. en- IN tho continuation car Tho
&C., sI.nnnr ,,as ,ho wonror cor clon .,nin
.,a ,ho sooo,5 ,ho uorr,os which nod cn,no
IT, co. xioror, E.us yy;,h ,,yo,ro rosson.
=, ,,ao, ., -, horn, ror Nv, yorr A,
paaha.ta. ,ho ornn,nu ni,na uos ,aLor on.ot
Sn.aanao ,ha s,oanan .ni,o ,,i,b n,esor,ors
49,, 49, ,,h,nn hranoh. =, 1-,,o, Tho o,oenor
~, 80, ~ ,di,a,1ao,. rooa ,,,th al, ms.
.ennors from Toronto and ot Alhanv tho sleener
RACQUET, with nassenpers from there.
The train left Albany Mt 3.15. reached Hud.
eon at A o'c,ock and there took on one nassen.
Ger. n woman. who was kiled. II left POUCH.
Loonsie nj n ou,r,er mast r iust four m;nutes
late. pouuhk eepsie ia twenty.three miles from
Garrison's, II passed the Atlantic EXPRESS at
AIhnnT mar trAln ANlnR Dnen nal nn
for n connection. and was preceded by train 62.
tho Nor,hern exnress The Northern exprcss
,e,, po,ehL ecns;e thirteen minutes ahead Of IL.
Tho time nj the two trains to Garrison's ia ex.
,c,Ir tbe Same hut the snecial gained n couple
NJ minutes nm tho trim down. so that at CARR.
soma tho Nnr,herne xnress was only eleven min
r,os ,bo,d
"nhNh i"N
The spot where the accident occurred Is a
mile and a half from Garrison 5 ana ABOUT Two
miles from Highlands. the hrst station below
Garrison's. The road between the Two stations
is pretty crooked, out al TINS spot mia"Ss ue,
n,io Tho ro,d r,ns cIoso beside tho river tho
,io,,o hitch Ia unohstrnct.d I'm the land
ala. IN. FYsbkin Mountains tower up. The
r,,d 10 1ouhl.d tr.crcd along tbore and most
NJ I, is nm made ground. Between the rails and
III, -irer ,here is n distance nj about sixteen
Zoo, and tho outor edve of this made land is +,
stone wall three feet thick.
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- rnho ao,id hara ,oId ;,,s, ,.ho, hannonod
-, III ,h.oo moa r,a,nonn I'll
Eir.mop Thomos and n voung man named
N,Kov Goneral Sunerin,endent Van E,tcn's
stenograDber who was riding in tbe engine
Win tbcm and ,bcv Il ia sunnosed. are M the
hottom of the river. From tho survivors NJ the
,yrcct includiny the three or four ncrsons on
Oh, ,roir ybo wore ,wok. Mt ,l,e linn, NJ tho
accident this story ia gathered.
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There were three blasts OF the whistle n
moment later there was Il sudden Jar, as though
the engineer had suddenly applied the brakes.
The train seemed to slow up. Then there was n
jerk as though the engineer had opened the
throttle again and started the train at greater
speed; then n third shock. not very great, but
sufficient for the persons who were awake to no
tico IL and remember 1t after the accident. Then
came n fall. 1t was as il the bottom