The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-10

New YORK, jan. S.-ln the New YORK
Central railroad tunnel that burrows
under Park avenue, this city, two local
trains collided today, Is 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 extended.
The Dead.
ALBERT M. PERRIN, 43 years old,
recently from Chicago. secretary and
second vice president of the Union
Bag and Paper company, residence,
New Rochelle.
B. D. C. FOsETT, aged 40, New
Rochelle.
A. E. MILLS, age 25, New Rochelle.
H. C. HINSDALE, age 35, New
Rochelle.
MRS. A. F. HOWARD, age 35, New
Rochelle.
FRANK WASHBURN, formerly Of
Chicago, president of the Union Bag
& Paper company, residence New
Rochelle.
WILLIAM LEYS, age 35, New
Rochelle, general manager B. Altman
& Co.. dry goods, New York.
OSCAR MEYROWTZ, age so, New
Rochelle, optician in New York and
secretary of the New Rochelle Yacht
club.
H. C. DIAMOND, New Rochelle, as
sistant general manager of the Amer
lean Bridge company, New York.
CHARLES B. MARS, New Rochelle,
employed in the New York custom
house.
ERNEs"T '. WALTON, age 80, New
Rochelle, broker in New FORK
THEODORE FOGARDO, age 80,
New Rochelle.
WILLIAM FISCHER or FORBES
age Is, New Rochelle.
WILLIAM HOWARD, age 4S, New
Rochelle.
FRANKLIN CROSBY, age S5, New
Rochelle.
It was a real end collision between
a South Norfalk local that ran in over
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railway and was halted by block sig
nails 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 occur
red at SIT a. m. at which hour the
trains were crowded by s~uburbanites
Most of the deaths, injury and dam
age was wrought by the engine of the
White Plains train, which plunged into
the real car, smashing the seats anc
furnishings and splitting the side al
it moved forward. The victims eithe:
were mingled in the mass of wreckag'
carried at the pilot or crushed in tn
space between the boiler and car side
and scalded by steam which cam
kissing from broken pipes and cylir
ders. The engine, in its final plung
of 40 feet, carried the rear a fol
ward and SEM twisted iron, broke
timbers and splinters crashing int
the coach ahead. tn lights were g:
tinguished and from the ~wreckage an
darkness came the cries of the injure
and calls for assistance by those VIII
escaped.
Within a few minutes the work
rescue, marked by heroism and sacl
flee, began. Alarms thai brought e.
cry available ambulance in the cit.
police reserves of five precincts an
the firemen of the central easter
district of Manhattan Island wei
sounded at once. With police, fir
men and surgeons came a score of te
unteer physicians and half a doze
c~lergymen.
Ladders were run down the tn
mel air shafts and the fremen al
police attacked the debris with rop'
and axes. The uninjured passenge
already had rallied and were trying
release those imprisoned in the debr:
Father Smith and Rev. DR.. Walk
chaplains Of the fire departme1
crawled in over the ~wreckage al
ministered to the dying.
Lieutenant Clarke of the fire d
partment, forced his way to the poi
where Miss Rice and Miss Scott la
and stood in water and steam tn
scalded the flesh from his limbs un
the women were released.
T. H. Murphy, a passenger. both
whose legs were broken and still ne
BY the timbers. volunteered to J,
main as he was until those aroul
him were assisted.
Two policemen and Chaplain Wal
ley reached Mrs. Howard and t