The Columbus journal., 1898-09-07
eighteen ARE KILLED.
Fatal Collision Between q Rail.
road Train and Trolley Car.
TEN MORE WILL PROBABLY DIE.

TEN MORE WILL PROBABLY DIE.
Accident Occurs 1t Cohoss, n. T., - .
Party Of Asrrynaksrs Were Rsesrning
Erom the Labor Day Picolc at Rsasalaer
Park. Near Troy-Msaglsd Bediss
Thrown Fifty Feat Into the Air.
CoHoEs, N. Y, Sept. 6.-An appall-
ing disaster ocurred in this city about
8 O'Clock last night when trolley car
Of the Troy City railway was struck
BY the night boat train ON the Delaware
and Hudson River road, 1t the west end
Of the bridge which connects this city
with Lansingburg and its load OF human
freight was hurled into the air. Egh-
teen Of the IS passengers are dead and
1t least 10 Of the remainder viii die.
The cars entering the city from Lam
singburg were crowded with passengers
ret urning from Labor day picnic ut
Rensselaer, park. q pleasure resort near
Troy. Car No. 1872 of the Troy City
railway was the victim of the disaster.
It came over the bridge about 1886
O'Clock laden with a merry party of peo-
pie fresh from the enjoyment Of the
day.
Accident at Grade CrossipE.
The crossing where the accident o.
CURED is at = grade. -Four tracks of the
Delaware and Hudson River road,
which runs north aud south at this
point, cross tho two tracks of the troll
ley road. It was the hour when the
night boat special, train which runs
south and connects with the New York
city boat at Albany, was due to pass
that point. The tracks! of the street
line run at . grade from tho bridge to
the point where the disaster occurred.
In consequence of this fact. and Of the
, frequent passage of trains. it hss been
the rule for each conductor to stop his
/ train and go forward to observe the rail-
road tracks. 1t cannot be ascertained
whether that rule was complied with
ON this occasion, for all events prior to
the crash were forgotten by those in
yolved. The motor car was struck di-
rectly in the center by the engine of the
train, which was going at high rate
Of speed.
|; Came without Warning.
The accident came without the slight
est warning. The car was upon tho
tracks before the train loomed 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 q crash that was heard for
blocks the engine struck into the lighter
vehicle. The effect was horrible. The
motor car parted in two, both sections
being hurled iuto the air in splnters.
The mass of humanity, for the car was
crowded to overflowing, was torn and
mangled. Those in the front Of the car
met with the worst fate. The force of
the collision was there expended to the
greatest degree, and every person in
that section Of the car was killed. The
scene was horrible. Bodies had been
hurled into the air and their headless
and lifeless trunks were found in some
cases 50 feet from the tracks.
Victims Young People.
The pilot of the engine was smashed,
and amid its wreck2ge were the MANNED
corpses Of two women. The passengers
of the train suffered no injury except q
violent shock. The majority of the
passengers cs the trolley car were young
people. They included many women.
In 10 minutes fully one-half the pop
ulation Of the city were surging about
the scene in an effort to see If relatives
were among the unfortunates. The in
iured were taken to the city hospital
and to the Continental knitting mill,
the former not having sufficient ambu-
lance service to care for them all.
The corpses were placed in boxes and
taken to q neighboring mill shed. Many
Of them were unacceptable.
II Horrible Scenes.
The crash was frightful in its results.
Headless 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 features;
bodies crushed and flattened, these
sights constituted q spectacle most hor-
rible to behold.
The train of the Delaware and Hud.
son road Immediately after the accident
proceeded to Troy. The engineer stated
that he did not see the car until he
was upon it. He tried to prevent his
train from striking ihe car, but his eff.
1 A
motorman when he saw the train was
On him tried to get beyond the danger
line. The grade made it impossible
for him to stop before he reached the
tracks. It was the front end of his car
that caught the crash and he was killed
outright.
The following bodies have been iden.
tifed:
ARCHIE CAMNEAU of Cohoes.
JAMES TEMPLE Of Lansingburg.
| EDWARD BARNEY Of C0h0es.
MRS. JOHN CRAVEN, Cohoes.
| Miss KITIIR CRAVEN, Cohoes.
JosEPH SENSE, Cohoes.
NIIIIE Sw1Hf, Is years old, Cohoes.
Mrs. Elisa MCELR0Y, Cohoes.
MRS. JAMES L. TAYLOR, Cohoes.
MIs0 WINNIE CRAVEN, Cohoes.
JAMES ISINsR, Cohoes.
MRS. ELLEN SHAW. Cohoes.
JOIN TIANINs, Cohoes.
NRS. JOIN ". SUTCLIFFE, Cohoes.
IAjurod.
Isaac Shaw, Cohoes, shull fractured.
George Ankers, injured internally.
John W. Sutcliffe, Cohoss, head cut
and ribs broken
Miss Lizsie McElroy. Cohoes, leg
broken.
Mrs. Lizennesse, Cohoes, collar bone
fractured and several ribs broken. She
had . baby In her arms; It was crushed
and will die.
Emma Devashirs. Cohoes, skull
crushed.
Mrs. James Temple, Lansingburg, jaw
fractured and injured internally.
Mrs. Ira Dewey, Cohoes, head crushed.
Doa&h 0f Dak0eo Pi0o0or.