New-York tribune., 1902-01-09

is due in New Rochelle at las a. m. and pre-
vious 10 reaching that city makes its last stop
IN Port Chester.
There were nearly a hundred passengers wait
ing for the express yesterday morning when it
reached New Rochelle. As usual the
opened ard they quickly took possession Of the
space that had been reserved for them
The first news Of the accident that the New
Rochelle people had came in the messages which
began to arrive shortly after a. m. from peo-
pie who had been the train. telling their
friends that they had escaped. The wires had
been busy only a few minutes when anxious
people began to appear IN the streets and
rumors quickly spread that there had been
terrible disaster. The persons who had rela-
tives on the train began 70 crowd the railroad
and telegraph Offices and an hour after the
first message had been received the city was in
a fever Of excitement. 1t seemed for a long
time If the only news that came over the
wires was from those who had escaped. The
names of those who had lost their lives been
injured did not reach New-Rochelle until nearly
II A. m. and IN the mean time hundreds of
anxious friends and relatives were kept in ago
nized suspense. The office OF the New York
Telephone Company so deluged with mes
sages of inquiry that the operators We're unable
10 secure connections, and calls 10 New-York
were not answered for hours.
When the names Of the victims at last began
to arrive there We're expressions of horror all
All day long the NeW-Rochelle railroad sta
tiOn and telegraph Office We're besieged by
anxious relatives and friends Of persons who
were on the NeW-Haven train. seeking news Of
their dear ones. Women with tears streaming
down their cheeks begged of Mr.. Waterbury,
the local manager for the telegraph company. TO
give them definite information regarding those
killed and in iuTed. Among the most anxious
persons were Horace Crosby and his two daugh-
ters. Mr CTosby's son Frank In the wreck
and a report was received that he safe
Later a bulletin received that he was killed
When this news came one Of the Crosby girls
tainted in the waiting ROOM while the other be
came hysterical Mr.. Crosby broke down and
wept like child. Oh. my Cod" he exclaimed.
my poor son, my Frank is dead!'
SECOND LOSS OF THE CROSBY FAMILY
Mr Crosby and his family just getting
over the loss Of their son, Norman Crosby, who
enlisted in the list Regiment and died of fever
in the Spanish war when the additional loss
Of the second son fell upon them. Frank Crosby
had Just been graduated from Cornell and had
entered the auditing department OF the Ameri-
can Locomotive Works. He started for New
York in company with Arthur Whitley, of No
POI Woodland-aVe. The young men sat in the
same seat their way 10 town, and first re-
ports had them both dead. II was afterWard
learned that Whitley had escaped, but was IN
the hospital badly scaded.
Two Of. the deaths were those of L. {. HlhS-
dale and y. B. c. Foskett.
Mr. Foskett and his wife boarded with Mr.
and Mrs. Hinsdale, and the two men LETT nome
together and occupied the same seat on the.
train. Mrs. Hnsdale, when she heard the news
tainted in the New Rochelle railroad station
Afterward she took a train for New-York, say
ing that she would return until she had
found the bodies of her husband and his friend
Mrs Foskett is prostrated at the Hlnsoaie
house and neighbors are caring for the chill
dren
A n Perrin and Frank WGshburn were two
more men who met death together in the same
seat They were neighbors in New Rochelle.
Mr. Washburn while being driven to the sta
tiCn by his coachman picked up Mr.. Perrin on
the Only a few days ago, relatives SdS
Mr. Washburn. who is from Chicago, expressed
dread because he had 10 pass through the
Park-ave. tunnel every day
In Residence Park because OF the accident,
two big houses which adjoin each other are
gloomy ana cheerless. and there are TWO
broken hearted widows and two families or
fatherless children. These the homes or
e +. Walton and his neighbor, II. G. Dimon
The men walked to the station together yester-
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