Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-01-09
Accommodation Trains Collide With
Disastrous Effect.
SEVENTEEN KILLED.
Forty Persons We're Injured, Twelve
Being Seriously Hurt Portion
Of the Wreck Was Con.
sumrd by Fire.


several persons were killed and a
number Injured. The trains In col
lia.0n were the accommodation on
New York. New Haven and Hartford
road from Norwaik. Conn. and a To-
cal on New York and Harlem branch
Of the New York Central The last two
ears % The N1rualk accommodation
were run iato by the Harlem train
and tlloscopad. After the collision the
wreck caught hre and vas partly con-
sumcI before the fire department ar
rived
The train which ran into the Nor
walk accommodation was known as
the White Plains local II completely
wrecked two cars Of the Norwalk
train. The Norwalk local consisted Of
FIVE cars and left Norwalk at s:55
o'clock. II stopped on the day at Ro-
waytOu. Darlan. Glennbrook. Stamford.
Bound Beaeh. Riverside. Coscob.
Greenwich. Port Chester aud New Ro-
chelle II left the latter place. crowd
ed with passengers three minutes late.
The big engine Of the White Plains
local crashed into the passenger coach
ss. splitting the last car and driving
portions Of Il into the next car. Steam
from the engine scalded persons In the
wrecked cars The crash was heard
BY hundreds Of residents In the neigh
borhood aud an enormous crowd col
lecced At the scene Clouds OF steam
arose from air holes Of tunnel. max
Ing the work OF rescue difficult.
ln many instances the injured and
those whose injuries were slight. rem
dered splendid aid In the rescue work,
while others bewildered by the shock
and darkness groped their way along
the walls seeking an exit Some 4
the passengers walked through the
tunnel into the Grand Central station
while others made their way 10 the
stalrways below the sonth end Of the
tunnel
The bodies OF the dead and many Of
the wounded were hoisted through the
openings lu the roof OF the tunnel,
placed 20 waiting ambulances. and
rushed % the nearest hospitals.
Seventeen persons we're killed and
40 injured. OF the latter l2 seriously
injured
The engineer and fireman Of the
White Plains local and the tower man
were arrested District Attorney Je-
rome. who visited the wreck. Will per-
sonally direct tie Investigation. Z
List OF the dead is a. follows:
A. G. Walton. New Rochelle.
H. G. Diamond. New Rochelle
Albert NJ Perrin. New Rochelle.
II C. Thomas. New York City.
II. ID. Foskett. New Rochelle
william b. Lees. Of B. Altmend & .
Co. New York
H. F. George. New Rochelle.
Oscar Z. Meyrowitz. optlcisn. New 4
York City.
.eodore Forgardc. New Rochelle.
William Fisher. New Rochelle.
George Potter. New Rochelle.
Mrs 4. r. Howard. New Rochelle.
William Howard. New Rochelle.
S c. Hinsdale. New Rochelle.
a man. believed TO be Charles d.
Mars. employe Of the custom house.
New Rochelle.
George W 5. Ring. New Rochelle.
r. Washburn. New Rochelle.
The list seriously injured is as fol-
lows:
Ernest Coffin. New Rochelle. seri-
ously wound In the head.
Unknown man taken unconscious 20
the hospital.
Alfred Wadley florist. New York
City. fracture OF both legs.
Albert W. Adams. carriage builder.
New York City, left leg cut OF below
knee.
George NJ. Cadot, New York. leg
fractured.
George NJ. Fisher. East Port Chester.
severely injured.
Mabel Newman. New Rochelle. con-
.usions OF body. hip fractured
Richard Millineaux. New Rochelle,
fracture OF thigh.
Thomas r. Murphy. New Rochelle.
both legs broken and internal injuries
condition critical
Henry Keene. general manager Sic
,el Cooper Co. this city. fractured
lbs and internal injuries
George Winter. New Rochelle. COM
pound fracture OF left leg.
William Brooks. OF Erie. Pa. lacer-
tied face and possible fracture Of
Colonel uoyt Dead.
Washington. Jan. S.-Col. Samuel l.
Ioyt died here Tuesday. the result OF
INJURIES from n fall He was 81 years
,ld. Colonel Hoyt was a veteran OF
w0 wars. a participant In various en-
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