The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-09

| central railroad tunnel that burrows under
Park avenue this city two local trains col.
| lided today Fifteen passengers were killed
ana twice that number were injured. A
dozen Of the latter were seriously hurt and
the roster of the dead may be extended.
The dead;
ALBERT NJ. PERRIN. as years old. re-
| Gently from Chicago, secretary OF and
| second vice president OF the Union Bag
ana Paper company, residence New Roch.
b. u. G. FosKETrE, 40; New Rochelle.
a, h. Il, MILLS, %; New Rochelle
h. &. nINSDALE, IS; New Rochelle.
RSNR wAs GH fAR 80 formerly merry R oT Sb
cugo, president Of the Union Bag aud Pa
| PEI, company New Rochelle.
WILLIAM LEYS. 80, New Rochelle; gen
York
THEODORE ToRGARpo, 80; New
Rochelle.
WILLIAM FISHER. or FORBES. %;
WILLIAM HOWARD. 4s; New Rochelle.
OSCAR MEYRoWITZ. so, New Roch-
FRASKLiiN CROSBY. 81; New Roch-
j, f. Walton, 30. New Rochelle;
u. g. DIAMOND. New. Rochelle, assist
Bridge company of this city.
CHARLES b. MARS New Rochelle: en-
ployed in the New York customs house.
A list Of the seriously injured follows
:, Everett Coffin 10 years Of age. New
Rochelle. fracture thigh bone and con.
George +. Fisher, 80, Fort Chester: Sc.
we're, commissions, will recover.
Winfield Flute, %, New Rochelle leg
and left thigh broken; severe burns; re-
coverv improbable,
4. Z. MGcray. New Rochene broken leg
Will recover.
George u. winters. GA. New Rochelle;
both lega fractured; VIII recover.
Henry Keene 10, New Rochelle: superln.
tendcnt seglc Cooper 4 Co, Of this city
Minnie Rice 80, New Rochelle; con
tuslons and loceratlons; not severe.
Mabel Newman, 20 New Rochelle; foot
| fractured; win recover
Albert W. Adams. carriage builder; New
| York city; left leg on below knee.
| Sadie Scott, %, New Rochelle, leg frac-
| tured and burns condition serious.
Richard Moline, %, New Rochelle; leg
| fractured. not serious.
Peter A. Murphy, - builder New Ro,
chele; legs broken and internal injuries;
Albert wadley So leg fractured; will
recover.
William R. Brooks, 81, New Rochelle;
condition critical.
George j. Carter
Moilie Landen, %, New Rochelle; in
terual injures serious
II was rear end collision between a
South Norwak local that ran In over the
New York, New Haven and Hartford rail
road, and was halted by block signals at
the southern entrance Of the tunnel aud
a White Plains local train that came by
the Harlem branch of the New York Cen.
trial, The wreck occurred at SLY a. IN,
at which hour the train was crowded by
suhurbanites, Most of the death. injury
and damage was wrought by the engine Of
the White Plains train. which plunged into
the rear ear Of the motionlass train and
was driven through to the middle of the
car, smashing the seats and furnishings
and splitting the sides as II moved forward.
The victims either were mangled In the
mass Of wreckage carried at the pilot
crushed in the space between the boiler
and chr sides or scalded by steam which
came kissing from oroken pipes and
cylinders The engine In its final plunge Of
forty feet carried the rear car forward and
sent twisted iron. broken timbcrs and
splinters crashing into the coach ahead.
Lights were eXtinguished and from the
wrcckage and darkness came the cries OF
tho injured and calls FOR assistance by
those who escaped. Within a few minutes
the work of rescue, marked by herosm
and sacrifice began Alarms that brought
every available ambulance In the city, the
police reserves Of I'VE precincts and the
aremen OF the central and eastern districts
Of Manhattan were sounded at once. With
police. nremen and surgeons came a score
OF volunteer physicians and a half dozen
clergymen.
Ladders were run down the tunnel air
shafts and the fremen and police attacked
the debris with ropes and axes. Passen.
gers already had rallied and were trying to
release those imprisoned in the debris
Father Smith and Rev DR.. walkley, chap
lains of the ere department, crawled in
over the wreckage aud administered to the
dying Lieutenant Clark OF the Gre de-
partment forced his way to the point where
Miss Rice and Miss Scott lay and stood in
water that scalded the flesh from his limbs
until the women were released.
II. ". Murphy, passenger, 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 aud Chaplain walkley
reached Mrs. Howard and the chaplain ad