Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-10

sOne Passenger Train Ran Into the
Rear End Of Another Ina the Tun.
York City-Lar9e Number of Per-
MONS wounded.

New York, Jan. l0.-A New York <
Harlem local passenger train, known as
.ths White Plans local, ran into the nss
scar Of New York, New Haven 4 Hart
60rd train, known rs the Norwalk accom-
.modaton, in the New York Central tun-
mel. between Fifthy-sixth and Fifty-ses
zenith streets, this city. The wreck &C.
.currcd about block and half from the
mouth Of the tunnel. At II o'clock The
.number Of persons killed was placed by
the railroad company officials ut IL ahi
the injured at 40 or more.
When the rcscuers reached the wreck
smoke was pouring out Of the entrance
ITO the tunnel at Fifty-ffth street and
sgreat volumes of smoke came out Of the
Airst ventilator, a block north. Ambulances
scame in from the east and west. Littcrs
were put down from the street over the
iron fence to the track and The firemen,
policemen and surgeons were Immediately
at work.
Eugene Hcrold of Rochelle Park. ore
of the passengers on the Danbury train,
gave this account Of the accident: 1--WE
were sitting quietly in the next to the
9ast car. and there were only one or two
unoccupicd seats. There was the usual
morning crowd. There were five ears.
''rhere were several women in my ca
and also in the last car. We had been
stalled at Fifty-scvcnth street for some
time Suddenly there came terrific
crash. The lights in the ear went out.
There was roar of grinding steel and
wood and a chorus OF shricks. ! looked
back and saw the car behind telescopiny
over the rear of our ear, and through that
mixup PLUNGED roaring locomotive
u was thrown on my face by the jolt
and felt some blood splash over MY
forehead. Sitting smoke and steam
SEEMED to rise all around. and looking
oack could SEE manglcd persons crawling
about through the mist. Then suddenly
thc car took fire where the locomotive
WAS Our one idea was to escape.
hound friend of mine right in front of
sne. He cried out, Open the windows for
Aind'a sake. turned To the window and
found the glass had all been shattered by
1he collision. We climbed out. l saw sew
Rral persons almost covered with blood
crawling about"
The tunnel in which the wreck occurred
extends from Fifty-ffth street, Just
above the Grand Central station, and is
about two miles long. 1t is under Park
avenue, and there is an airhole in each
Block. Complaints have been made for
"a long time, however. that the ventilation
was insufficient, and the New York Cen
srai has been considering plans for the
use OF electrical power in the subway 10
do away with the smoke and steam from
locomotives.
j. ii. Franklin. manager of the Harlem
sivision of the New York Central road,
made the following statement:
I'VE are investigating thoroughly, but
we are first taking out the injured ana
having them cared for, and until that is
done the investigation can not proceed
so far as can be learned, the wrecked
train was stopped by the block signal sys-
TEN, because OF something wrong ahead.
| don't know or have not yet found out
what was the matter ahead. A fagman
jumped of the train, taking red Ian
tern and railroad torpedo. He put the
torpedo on the track and waved his Ian
tern to signal any train that might como
APP behind
whether the engineer of the coming
train saw the ilagman, saw the lantern or
heard the torpedo il it went of, don't
Know. ! can not tell now who was the
slagnan or engineer of the train
The railroad officials said the wreck
did not take fire.