Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-01-15
A GR|EF-STRICKEN TOWN
Victims of Railway Tunnel Disaster
Lived in New Rochelle, N. Y.
HEARTREND. ING SCENES ENACTED
Intcnso Excitement When Now, OF tho
Accident Vas Rrce' we'd Indignation Of
Citizens ut the Calpability OF the Rail
way Officials Expressed alta Mass VI CT
inE-Surburban Towns Aroused.

way Officials Expressed at u Mass VI CT
inE-Surburban Towns Aroused.
New Rochelle. \. Y.-Perhans after
all the greatest suffering cccas:onei
by the tragedy in the Ccut.al tunnel
was born in ,hiS little town where live
the friends and loved oacs OF almost
every victim. There is scarcely z street
In the place on which IT least one fam.
lily is not either mourning for lt3 dead
or minister.nS to thc wants OF Tie H..
jured.
On the Cay OF the accident business
was almost entirely suspended ana
excitement. suspense and despair al
ternatcd among the people. The stores
AMI shops were filed with crou0s o.
men telling anecdotes ahout friends
and neiclbors vino had been killed.
and specula;inc cron the chances for
life OF those who had been manned.
Az the telephone exchange rlen and
women for time fairly fought for
places Mt the telephones in search OF
in'o"mntior. Tfe-e was rvstcricai
laughter IT the receipu or rcassurlrC
news and sounds OF gricf from t;,uc
to time. At the railroad station. wrcrc
the teleCr:rh Office is lNCntel. there
were cractcd throughout Tie da.;
heartrcnd ne scenes.
IT was not until tirc following ,Iav
That this STieT-siiicken city recovered
somewhat from the raralyzirg shocl,
Of the disaster a1d lc~ln to awaken
to sense o. intense Indignation. IS
the harvest OF death rcancd in the ho;c
urGer the New Eork City streets was
Slowly "arpcrcd in the home o" Now.
Rochelle, tho towTsTlc1 of the dead
ana the manned began to ask caCh
other not how th'S thing occurred hus
why. This was the burden OF the con-
NerSaticl in many places throughout
tho city. sud even amon@ those vino
stood ajcrt the station platform with
raised Fats. rs from the baggage cars
or v3riorS trains were taken ihe co fins
con aiming the victims These smol
dcrinS fires o. indignation and wrath
broke into blaze when twenty promi-
nert professional and business mon
met ut the home OF former Mavor
Michael !. Dillcn. and issued a notice
20: public mitigation meeting to take
whatever action was deemed adviSa-
Die. and to appoint number OF com
! nittees 10 bring about once ard for all
time such system OF railway f?cil.-
tics IS will safeguard the lives OF those
w,o are obliged 10 travel every dav.
The feeling In New Rochelle has
spread throughout Westchester Coun-
~. and Mayor Clarke has received 4
! letter from Mayo Fishc. o. Noun
Vernon. VINO. af,c" e:;pTeS sing svrl-
patty with the citizens OF New Ro-
cNeilc in their bereavement. csked
Mayor Clarke Il lie would ;akc nart
In concerted movcmsH, arcns the
cities and ;owEs o Wes. chester Coun.
~ In denauCir" jhc abolition e. steam
in all local traffic through the tunrel
and TIC substitution o. electric rl1.oy
"@-"-' I'll o'cc re Iichtin@ iho"ein
MAYOR FISK" Hl>O >enC = icJIer 70 Niayor
, Walsh, of NcnEcvS. asi.rS for econ
eTat'c1. and it Is believed that every
town i'll The ooun.y VIII soin in the
movement
New York Ci,y. = District Attorney
Heroine and representatives OF The
State Railroad Commission Lave made
sca"eAilG inves ieat.cn OF the causcs
OF The New YORK General tunnel horror
The :esrlts Will be utilized ut the Cor
uor's inoucSt
t has heCn Developed that Ioia VI.
'Ner. the engine driver. now i'm
~ red il the Tom1s. has been Ii
~ G. Oh v sincC las, August. and had
| the trurcl twice before The disaster
! As locomotive fireman his record Is
good. He IS memGc: OF a Methodist
| church in the BrCnX. and his uastor
| his landlord ana his neichSOrs all speak
| higily OF him.
District Attorney Jerome. aC,er &.
amin nS nil lin" train hands involved
! except the Cn%.r" driver. announced
. that his Il * would ~ prosecuted fear
. lcsslv ard that i1d:ctmCn.S wouid be
, soC@ht wherever tho ware deserved
The officers ara directors OF the New
YORK Central Railroad may be in6'c.-
/ cd 90: M3nslGC"hrer. rs they Ignored
preSentnCnts by the Grand Jury and
by the newspapers as 10 ihe lack o:
Ventilation and light IN the tunnel.
1t is probable that Mayor Low.
backed by President CHnto- and thn
! Roard o. Alder-ncn. may take early
stems TO compel The adoption OF c,ec-
tricity as Tho motive power IL The New
/ York Central ;ulne'
DAMAGE suits aGgTC"ating more than
S1.CCCG0O ere expected to grow ouf OF
/ he tunnel catastrophe. Yhe New
! Nori: Central it is expected. will have
| TO pay immense sums 60 the cami,es
! OF those VINO we"c Killed and TO the
| many WHO were seriously hurt 1t S.
feared that q number OF the injured
/ viii be crippled FOX life and these I'M
! for,unates will demand extra heavy
/ damages.
Seven Men Drown in q WrecS.
The steamer RriStni. one OF tn Old