Little Falls herald., 1902-01-17


Injured. Dozen Of Whom May Die.
Rescuers Show Much Heroism and
IL Sacrifice. i r .~-s> ~ .s.a,' s:.!%
New York, Jan. Sin the New York
Central railroad tunnel that burrows
under Park avenue, this city, two 10.
col 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., 4 . o. - &t 80, ~ .:I' ,-
The list Of dead is as follows: AL.
bert M. Perrin. B. D. G. Fosett, A. E.
Mills. E. G. H1nsdale. Mrs. A.. F. How
ard. Frank Wasibarn, William Legs,
Theodore Fogario, V'illla1a Fischer or
Forbes, Willis1a Howard, Oscar Mey-
rowtz, Franklin Crosby, Ernest f.
Walton, H. c.. Diamond and Charles
B. Mars, all of New Rochelle, N. Y,
It was a rear-end collision between
a South Norwalk. local that ran in
over the New York, New Haven: and
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
occurred at o:17 a. M, at which hour
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 furn:c::.; (: ;tss IS and splitting the sides
as it moved forwards The victims
:eithef were mangled in the mass of
.wreckage carried at the pilot, crushed
in the space between boiler or car
sides. or scalded by steam which came
Missing from broken pipes and. cylin-
ders. The: engine. in it's final plunge
of 20 feet: carried the rear car for
ward and sent twisted iron; broken
timbers:~ and @splinters crashing into
the coach ahead Lights we're extin-
gufshed and from the wreckage and
darkness came the cries of the in
:jnred and cries for assistance by those
who escaped: Within a few minutes
the work of rescue,
. Marked by Heroismi and Sacrifice,
began. Alarms, that brought every
available ambulance III the city, the
police reserves of five precincts and
the flremen of the Central Eastern dis.
trict of Manhattan island were sound!
ed at once. With police. fremen and
surgeons came score of volunteer
physicians and half dozen clergy,
men. t.i.2< .N}5t~
=. Ladders were RUN down the tunnel
air shafts and the tlremen 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, chaplains of
the fire department, crawled in over
the Wreckage and mfnfstered to the
dying. Lieutenant Clarke of the fire
department forced his way to a point
where two women lay and stood in
water that sca1ded the flesh from his
limbs until they were released. +. NJ
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 as.
sisted. vi! .5~.>...,.# 81: = <y~s....
Responsibility for the disaster is un.
fixed, but Superintendent Franklin
I said that so far as he had been able
to discover J. NJ: Wischo, engineer OF
the White Plains train, is to- blame. It
is declared that when the South Nor
walk train stopped flagman ran back
into the tunnel and ,be3ides placing a
torpedo on the track eadeavored to
flag the, oneQming train. The tunnel
was beclouded with steam and smoke
while the snow which fell through the
air shafts tended to obscure the view
Engineer Wfschp and Fireman Chris.
!! topher, Flynn were arrested. A signal
man also was detained for time, but
was. released. Fireman; Flynn was
held in bail, Of 81, ,00a and Engineer
Wischo without bail: The railroad
company furnish ed c bonds for Flynn
and Wischo was taken. to- jail. ..-.
Superintendent Franklin has issued
a.: statement as to . the. ACCIDENT in
which he declares that the block sig
/ nails at Fifty,ninfh street were tobeyed
by the New Haven train;; while the
engineer Of thes White Plains train dis
regarded them =. '.s,:::Jf....: 49,.
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