The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-10
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.DISREG GARDED TH IL ST g NAILS
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rest for the Accident Fifteen Pasr
\ .enser. Dead ana Twlc. :. . ] Many
injured, 4 Dozen u Whom May Die.
IL Rescusrs Show Much 4ereism and
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h under Park avenue, this city, two 10
.-cal trains collided during the day. FIJI
teen passengers were killed and twice
that number were injured. "A dozen
of the latter were seriously hurt and
the roster Of the dead may be ex.
tended. .s- ~. ~: s, s, 2*@ /.
" The list Of dead is as follows: Al.
bert M. Perrin, B: D.. c. Fosett, A. E.
Mills, e. G. Hmsda1e, Mrs. a. F. How
y ard, Frank Washburn, William Legs,
/: Theodore Fogario, William Fischer or:
Forbes. William Howard, Oscar Mey-
rowtz. Franklin Crosby, Ernest F.
L Walton. H. G. Diamond and Charles
3. Mars, all of New Rochelle, IN. Y.
1t was . rear-end collision between
q South Norwalk local that ran in
over the New York, New Haven. and
Z Hartford railroad and was halted by
block signals at the southern entrance
of the tunnel and a White Plains local
that came by the Harlem branch of
the New York Central The wreck
the trains were crowded by suburban
ties. Most of the death, injury and
damage was wrought by the engine of
the White Plains train, which plunged
;, into the rear car of the motionless
train and was driven through to the
middle of the car smashing the seats
and furnishings and splitting the sides
as it moved forward. The victims
either were mangled in the mass of
wreckage carried at the pilot, crushed
in the space between boiler or car.
sides or scalded byisteam which came
kissing from broken pipes and cylin.
ders. The. engine, In its final plunge
Sof 40 feet, carried the rear car for
"a "A mn ssht
timbera Ina splinterss crashing into
the coach ahead. III ghts we're extin-
guisted and from the wreckage and
darkness came the cries OF the in:
jured and cries for assistance by those,
who escaped. Within a few minutes
the, work Of rescue, e 4. r :,
Marked by Heroism and Sacrifice, j.
began. Alarms that brought every;
available ambulance In the city, the
police reserves of five precincts and
the stiremen of the Central Eastern dis.
trict Of Manhattan island were, sound.
ed ct once With police, hremen and
surgeons came score of volunteer
physicians and half q dozen clergy:
men. 5::'1#E$ e ~ FL =, 1'i,j .~$
&%@ Ladders were run down the tunnel
air shafts and the firemen and police;
attacked the debris with ropes and
axes. Passengers already had rallied
and were trying to release those i'm
prisoned in the debris. Father Smith
and Rev. DR.. Walkley, chap1ains Of
the fire department, crawled in over
the $wreckage and ministered to the
dying. Lieutenant Clarke of the fire
department forced his way to point
where two women lay and stood in
water that .scalded the flesh from, his
limbs until they were released. +. NJ
Murphy, a passenger, both OF who,e
legs were broken and still held by the
5timbers, volunteered to remain as he
was until those around him were as
sisted: <.tz W. ''.,sf f .-aS '*st*% \
Two policemen and Chaplain Walk
ley reached Mrs. Howard and the
chaplain gave her q stimulant. The
policemen were cutting away the seat
which held the woman down when a :
pipe broke. The scalding steam drove
them back and when the .resc,;ers re-
turned Mrs. Howard was dead. 4
Fas Injured persons in need OF imme.
diate attention were given temporary
dressing BY the ambulance and volun.
teer surgeons and then hoisted to the
street. Many Park avenue mansions
were thrown open to the suffering, but
most of the injured were at once taken
to hospitals The dead were carried
to moreues and police stations. An
immense crowd. needless Of the snow
which swirled through the street, gath
cred about the tunnel. entrance and
shafts and watched the rescue work.