, 1898-09-06

proceed If NO trains are in sight. 1t
cannot be ascertained whether that
rune a complied with on this occa-
sion, for all events prior To the crash
are forgotten by those who were involv-
ed.
The motor car was struck directly in
the center by the engine of the train,
which was going at a high rate of
Ispeed. The accident came without the
slightest warning. The car was upon
the tracks before the train doomed in
sight, and no power on earth could have
saved it. The motorman evidently saw
the train approaching as he reached
the track, and opened his controller,
but in vain. With a crash that was
heard for blocks the engine struck the
lighter vehicle. The effect was hor-
rible. The motor a parted In two,
both sections being hurled into the air
in splinters. The mess Oh humanity,
for the car was crowded to overlooking,
was torn and mangled. Those In front
of the car met with a worse fate. The
force Of the collision was there ex-
p~erienced to the greatest degree, and
every human being in that section was
killed.
The scene was horrible. Bodies had
been hurled into the air and their
|headless and limbless trunks were
found, in some cases, fifty feet from
the crossing.
The pilot of the engine was smashed
and amid its wreckage was the manned
|corpes OF two ONE The passengers
OF the train suffered nc injury except
a shock.
The majority of the passengers on
the trolley were young people. They
Included many women.
Within TEN minutes after the collision
fully one-haH Of the population of the
city were surging about the vicinity in
an endeavor to ascertain If relatives
were among the u~nfortunates.
The injured were taken to the city
hospital and to the Continental Knit
ting mill, the former not having SUIT
fcient ambulance service to care for
them all.
The corpses were placed in boxes and
taken to the neighboring mill shed.
Many Of them were unacceptable. The
crash was frightful in its results.
Headaess women 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; women's and mems
heads with crushed and distorted feat
ures, bodies crushed and f~1attened;
these sights constituted a spectacle
most horrible to behold.
The train of the Delaware and Hud-
son road, Immediately after the acct
dent, proceeded to Troy. The engineer
STATED that he did not see the car until
he was upon it. He tried to prevent
the train from striking the car, but
his efforts were Ruthless The train
was going at a very high rate Of speed
lat the time. He was some minutes late
and was trying to make up lost time.
He thinks that the motorman, when
he saw the train upon him, tried to get
beyond the danger line. The grade Of
this crossing and the speed at which
his a was going also made 1t impos-
Isible for him to stop before he reached
the tracks. 1t was the front end Of
the car that caught the crash, and he
was killed outright
The following bodies were identified
up to 1 O'Clock:
Archie Champeau OF Cohoes.
James Temple of Lansingburg.
Edward Barney of Cohoes
Mrs. John Craven OF Cohoes.
Miss Kitten Craven Of Cohoes.
Joseph Sense OF Cohoes.
Nellie Sweet, Is years old, OF Cohoes.
Mrs. Eliza McElory Of Cohoes.
The injured are:
Isaac Shaw. Cohoes; skull fractured.
1eodSe AnKers, Cohoes; injured in
ternally.
John W. sutcliffe, Cohoes; head cut
and ribs broken.
Miss Lizzie McElory, Cohoes; les
broken.
Mrs. 1%zennesse, Cohoes; collar bone
fractured and several ribs broken. She
had a baby in her arms. 1t was crush
ed and will die.
Emma Devaahire. Cohoes; skull
crushed.
MIS-. James Temple. Lansinsbue:
Jaw fractured and injured internally.
NM. Ira Dewey. Cohoes; head crush-
ed.
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