The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-09
MANY ARE SAVED BY THE
HEROIC WORK OF RESCUERS
Bleeding and Bruised Passengers
Crawl Through Darkness to Places
of Safety-Hissing Steam and
Hot Water Add Terror.

New York, January Sin the New
York Central tunnel that burrows under
Park Avenue. this city, two local trains
collided today. Fourteen passengers were
killed and twice that number were in
jured. A dozen of the latter were seri-
ously hurt, and the list of the dead may
be extended.
Dead:
Albert M. Perrin, 40 years of age, re-
Gently from Chicago, secretary of ano
second president Union Bag and Pa
per company, residence New Rochelle
N. Y.
B. D. c. Toskett, 40 years of age, New
Rochelle.
A. E. Mills. 25, New Rochelle.
E. C. Hinsdale, &c. New Rochelle.
Mrs. A f. Howard IS. New Rochelle.
Frank washburn formerly of Chicago
president of the Union Bag and Paper
Company, New Rochelle.
Wu1laIl he3S, %, NEW fNOcueue, Beii-
eral manager B. Altman Go. New York
Theodore Forgardo. 30, New Rochelle
William Fisher, of Forbes, rs. New
Rochelle.
William Howard, 4S, New Rochelle.
Oscar Meyrewitz, so, New Rochelle, OPP
tician.
Franklin Crosby, 35, New Rochelle.
e. r. Walton, 30, New Rochelle, broker
in New ork.
H. G.. Diamond, New Rochelle, assist.
ant general manager of the American
Bridge Company, this city
Charles B. Mars, New Rochelle. employ
ed in the New York custom house.
Seriously injured:
Everett Coffin, Is years Of age, New
Rochelle, serious wound on head I'm
known man taken unconscious to hos
pital. Albert Wadley, florist of New Yori
City, fracture of both legs, shock ane
scalp wounds; Albert w. Adams, car
rage builder of New York City, left lef
cut off below knee.
George M Carter of New York. leg
fractured George M. Fisher 46 years old
Port Chester severely injured; Mabel
NtWIudIls 1NtW ftOChCic, COhsbohOhS VI
body, hip fractured; Minnie Rice New
Rochelle fractured nose, lacerated cal
and sprained ankle; Sadie Scott, New
Rochelle. left hand AMI left foot fractur
ed; Richard Milleaneux, New Rochelle
compound fracture of thigh; Peter A
Murphy. New Rochelle both legs broker
and internal injuries, condition critical
Winfield Flutz, New Rochelle, fractured
legs and burns; A. McRae, New Rochelle
leg fractured: Henry Keene, general man.
ager of the Siegel Cooper Co., this city
fractured ribs and internal injuries; Geo
W. Winter, New Rochelle. compound
fracture of left leg. The leg was ampu-
tated; William Brooks, of Erie Pa.
lacerated face and possible fracture OF
skull.
Late in the day the coroner questioned
the trainmen holding court at a police
station. The inquest was held behind
closed doors and as result of 1t, Signal
man Flynn was released. while Fireman
Fyler was held on bail of 5000 and En-
gineer Wische without ball The railroad
company furnished bonds for Fyler and
Wische was taken to the Tombs prison.
Fear End Collision.
II was a rear end collision between a
South Norwalk local that ran In over the
New York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road and was halted by block signals al
the Southern entrance of the tunnel and
a White Plains local that came by the
Harlem branch of the New York Central
The wreck occurred at SIT a. M, a.
which hour the train was crowded by
suburbanites Most of the death, injury
and damage was wrought by the Whit,
Plains train which plunged into the real
end OF the motionless train and was driv
en- through to the middle of the car
smashing the seats and furnishings and
splitting the sides as 1t moved forward
The victims either were mangled in the
mass of wreckage carried at the pilet
crushed in the space between the boiler
and cars sides, or scalded by steam which
came kissing from broken pipes and cyl
inders.
The engine In its final plunge Of forty
feet carried the rear car forward and
sent twisted iron, broken timbers and
splinters crashing into the coach ahead
Lights were eStinguished and from the
wreckage and aarkness came the cries
of the injured and calls for assistance
by those who escaped. Within a rev
minutes the work of rescue, marked by
heroism and sacrifice began. Alarms that
brought every available ambulance In the
city, the police reserves OF f1ve precincts
ana the nrefnesA OF tne CeHtrdi E'dSteri
district of Manhattan were sounded al
once With police, firemen and surgeons
came q score of volunteer physicians and
a. half dozen clergymen.
Work of Rescue.
Ladders were run down the tunnel air
shafts and the firemen and policemen at
tackled the debris with ropes and axes
Passengers already had rallied and were
trying to release those imprisoned in the
debris. Father Smith and Rev. DR.. Walk
ley chaplains of the fire department
crawled In over the wreckage and minis.
tered to the dying. Lieutenant Clark Of
the fire depart bent forced his way to the
point where Miss Rice and Miss Scott
lay and stood in water that scaided the
flesh from his limbs until the women
were rescued T. M. Murphy. a passen-
ger, both of whose legs were broken and
still held by the timbers volunteered to
remain as he was until those around him
were assisted Two policemen and Chap
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