Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-09
Will Number Fifty in an Ear
ly Morning Railroad
%. Accident.
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Local Passenger Trains Col
lide in Tunnel at 56th
Street.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-A shocking
Cured in the New York Central tuu-
mel, at 56th street and Park avenue.
; in which many persons have been
killed and injuredL
The trains colliding were the ac.
commodation on the New York, New
Haven & Hartford road, from Nor
wall. Conn, and the local on the New
York & Harlem River branch of the
New York Central.
The last car of the Norwalk accom-
mediation ran into the Harlem train
and was telescoped. After the col
lision the wreck caught fire.
Calls were sent to early all the city
hospitals for ambulances and the en-
tire department was called out.
AT 8 o'clock AZ bodies have been re-
covered from the wrecked cars, and
a large number of injured persons are
already at the hospitals.
Great crowds gathered at the mouth
of the tunnel. making it difficult to
get definite information as to the
number killed. 80.
At 10 o'clock ten bodies had been
recovered from the wreck, sixteen
bodies were at the hospital. and two
more were to be seen in the wreck,
making 28 dead so far as could ne
ascertained at That time.
The train which ran into the Nor
walk accommodation was known as
the White Plains local. 1t complete
l,, III Of II,
train
The Norwalk local left the latter
named place crowded with passen-
gers, three minutes late. When the
train reached Seth street, this city,
it was stopped by a signal. The
train had been standing but few
minutes when the collision occurred.
The big engine of the White Plains
local crashed into the passenger
coaches, splitting the last car and
driving portions of it into the next
car. The steam from the engines
scalded the persons in the wrecked
cars.
The crash was heard by hundreds
of residents in the neighborhood. and
\ an enormous crowd gathered, render
Ing the work of rescue extremely diff
ficult. The steam arose from the
air holes of the tunnel, sitting those
who were engaged in the rescue work
The injured were lifted out by the
use of ropes or were carried through
the tunnel to the entrance Just below
56th street.
The story of the wreck grows In
the dreadful nature of its details.
At one o'clock the railroad people
concede that 16 are dead and that a
great many are seriously injured, but
the police intimate that the dead and
dying may reach so.
Among the dead taken out are
George Potter, Albert M. Perkins. A
G. Walton and H. G. Desmond. all oi
New Rochelle: Meirowitz, the famous
optician, H. G. Thomas and A. w
Mills. the celebrated athlete. are
among the New Workers who have
been taken out dead.
The scenes at the tunnel are heart
rending AS the MANNED and in
jured are brought out they are treat
ed with the utmost tenderness anc
the very best medical skill await.
them. There are some awful sights
Men with their legs cut off, womeI
bruised and mangled almost beyont
recognition, and the mutilated bodie.
of the dead are carried past the shud
dering crowd
Wildly extravagant reports are cur
rent among the crowds, owing to tn,
density of the steam which burst ou
OF the man-holes of the tunnel
The disaster Is not quite so bad a
1t might have been.
The unheeded signal which cause
the collision has resulted in the al
rest of the fireman and engineer o
the train. All travel is blocked II
the tunnel, and the trains for the ia
west may not get out before late to
night.
The following is list OF the dea
and injured up to 2 o'clock this after
noon:
Dead-A. G. Walton, New Rochelle
H. G. Diamond, New Rochelle; A
bert NJ. Perrin, New Rochelle; II.
Thomas, New York City; H. d. {
Foskett. New Rochelle; W. B. Lease
of B. Altman & Co.. New York;
Franklin Crosby. New Rochelle; o.