The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-09-08

|orsdsd Trolley Oar Bun Down BY
sTrain at 0ohoss, +. 7.
uaarEEs DEAD AID rRs DYING.

rraarEEN DEAD AID TEN DYING.
...urning From Labor Nay Pionio,
me Car Was Cut In Two ~ the Cross
,ueof the Delaware and Hudson Rail.
poad-Bodies Terribly Mangied.
cohoes. N. T.. Sept. &-An appalling
usas,er occurred in this city last night.
shortly before o'clock trolley car
:, the Troy City Railroad company
go. struck by the night boat special
- the Delaware and Hudson railroad.
=, a crossing at the west end Of the
hudson river bridge. which connects
,hls city with Lansingburg. and Its load
:, human freight was hurried into the
a, Eighteen of the IS passengers are
a.sd and at least ten Of the remainder
will die.
The cars entering the city from Lam
.nxburg were crowded with passen-
,.rs returning from Labor Day picnic
a, Rensselaer, Park. pleasure resort
near Troy. Car No. 1872. Of the Troy
city railroad, was the victim OF the
disaster. 1t came over the bridge about
S.s o'clock, laden with q merry party
~ people, fresh from the enjoyment Of
| the day.
The crossing where the accident oc-
cured is at grade. Four tracks Of the
De,aware and Hudson road. which
rms north and south at this point.
cross the two tracks Of the trolley road.
The tracks Of the street hne run at
rrade from the bridge to the point
where the disaster took place.
In consequence Of this fact and Of the
frequent passage OF trains It has been
the rule for each motor car conductor
TO stop his car and go forward to OBJ
serve the railroad tracks and signal his
car 10 proceed II no trains were in
sight. It cannot be ascertained whether
that rule was compiled with on this oc-
casion, for all events prior to the crash
are forgotten by those who were in
volved. -
The motor car was struck directly In
the center by the engine of the train.
which was going at high rate Of
speed. The accident came without the
slightest warning. The car was upon
the tracks before the train loomed In
sight, and no power on earth could have
saved 1t. The motorman evidently saw
the train approaching as he reached the
track and opened his throttle, but in
vain With crash that was heard for
blocks the engine crashed into the
lighter vehicle. The effect was hor-
nble. The motor car parted in. two,
both sections being hurled into the alr
in splinters. The mass Of humanity,
for the car was crowded to overflow
Ing was torn and mangled Those In
the front Of the car met with the
worst fate. The force Of the collision
was there experienced to the greatest
degree, and every human being In that
section Of the car was killed.
The scene was horrible. Bodies had
been hurled into the alF and their head
less and limbless trunks were found In
some cases 80 feet from the crossing.
The pilot of the engine was smashed.
and amid its wreckage were the maim-
ed corpses Of two women. The passen-
gers of the train suffered no injury in
addition to a violent shock. The ma
, jority Of the passengers of the trolley
car were young people. They included
many women.
After the accident the bloody corpses
were placed in boxes and taken to q
neighboring mill shed. Many Of them
were unrecOgnizable. The crash was
frightful In its results. Headless wo-
men with gay summer dresses bathed
in their own and the blood Of others;
limbs without trunks or any means Of
Identifying to whom they belonged; I;
women's and mems heads with crushed
and distorted features; bodies crushed
and flattened; these sights constituted
a spectacle most horrible to behold.
The train Of the Delaware and Hu6-
son road Immediately after the acci-
dent proceeded to Troy. The engineer
stated that he did not see the car until
he was upon 1t. Fl tried to prevent
his train from striJ ing the car. but his
efforts were fruitlsss. His train was
going at very high rate Of speed at
the time. In consequence Of the cau-
tion taken by the trolley road to ss-
certain II the tracks were clear at this
CROSSING the engineers Of trains have
always felt safe In running at a high
rate Of speed. The engineer thinks that
the motorman, when he saw the train
was upon him. tried to get beyond the
danger line. The grade Of this cross
Ing and the speed at which his car
was going also made 1t impossible for
him to stop before he reached the Del
aware and Hudson tracks. It was the
front end OF his car that caught the
crash. and the motorman was killed
outright.
The following dead bodies have been
Identified thus far: Arches Campeaux,
Of Cohoes: James Temple. Lansing
burg; Edward Barney. Cohoes: Mrs.
John Craven. Cohoes; Miss Kittie Cra-
ven. Cohoes; Joseph Sens. Cohoes; Mel
lie Sweet, l5 years, Cohoes; Mrs. Eliza
McElroy. Cohoes: Mrs. John w. Sut-
cliffe, Cohoes.
Among the injured are: Isaac Shaw.
Cohoes, skull fractured: George Ankers,
Cohoes. injured internally: John w.
sutcline, Cohoes. head cut and ribs
broken; Mrs. Lizenesse. Cohoes, COL
lar bone fractured and several ribs
broken; she had baby In her arms.
which was crushed and will die; Emma
DeVaRhire COhOoa alr,,ll Pro rturod.