The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09
DEATH IN The TUNNEL
uopRuLE WRECK IN HEART OF
NEW YORK.
FIFTEEN DEAD, MANY INJURED.
GRAINS COLLIDE UNDER PARK
AVENUE.

..suI Crash of Two Local Trains
1.aded with Suburban Passen-
9ar,-In Fog and Smoke Signals
u,ore overlooked and Engine OF
one Train PIowed Through Rear
Coaches of Another-An Awful
x.rs in Darkened TunneI-Many
ScaIded by Escaping Steam-Res-
amer. and Sufferers Alike Showed
HerOIsm.
Now York, Jan. Sin the New York
Central Railroad tunnel that burrows
under Park avenue, this city, two To-
cal trains collided to-day. Fifteen pas
sengers were killed and twice that
number were injured. A dozen Of
,bs latter were seriously hurt, and
,be roster of the dead may be extended.
The dead: Albert NJ. Perrin, 4S years
did. recently from Chicago, secretary
and second vice president of the Union
Rag and Paper Company, residence
New Rochelle, n. Y; B. c. D. Foskett,
n New Rochelle; A. e. H. Mills, %,
New Rochelle; E. c. Hinsdale, 50, New
Rochelle; Mrs. A. F. Howard, 35, New
Rochelle: Frank Washburn, formerly
Of Chicago, president of the
Union Bag and Paper Company, resi-
dence New Rochelle; William Legs,
Il S New Rochelle, general manager
Altman and Company, New York; Theo
Fergardo, 80, New Rochelle; William
Fisher, or Forbes, 25. New Rochelle;
william Howard, 4S, New Rochelle;
Oscar Meyerowitz, so, New Rochelle,
optcian in New York and secretary of
New Rochelle Yacht Club; Franklin
Crosby, So, New Rochelle; Ernest F.
Walton, 80, New Rochelle, broker in
New York; II. G. Diamond, New Ro-
chelle, assistant general manager of
the American Bridge Company, this
city; Charles B. Mars, New Rochelle,
employed by the New York Custom
House.
A list of the seriously injured follows:
Ernest Con, Is years old, New Rochelle;
serious wound on head, taken to Wo-
mans Hospital Fiftieth street and
Lexington avenue. Alfred Wadlye, flor
ist Of New York city; fracture of both
legs, shock and scalp wounds. Albert
W. Adams. carriage builder, of New
York city; left leg cut off below knee.
4 George NJ. Carter, New York, leg frac-
tured George M. Fisher, As, Eastport
i Chester; severely injured. Mabel New
man, New Rochelle; contusions OF body
and hip fractured. Mamie ]. Rice, New
Rochelle; fractured nose, lacerated ear
and spraned ankle. Sadie Scott, New
Rochelle; left hand and left foot frac-
tured Richard Millineaux, New Ro-
chele; compound fracture of thigh.
Thomas T. Murphy, New Rochelle;
both legs broken and internal injuries;
condition critical. Winfield Schultz,
New Rochelle; fractured legs and
burns. A. McRae, New Rochelle; leg
fractured. Henry Keene, general man
sger Of the Seigel-Cooper Company
this city; fractured ribs and internal
injuries. George Winter, New Ro-
ehele; compound fracture of left leg.
The leg was amputated. William
possible fracture of the skull, taken to
roosevelt Hospital.
II was a rear-end collision between
South Norwalk local that ran in over
me New York, New Haven and Hart
lord Railroad, and was halted by block
signals at the southern entrance of
tne tunnel, and a White Plains local
mat came by the Harlem branch of
me New York Central. The wreck
occurred at SLY a. M, at which hour
the trains were crowded by suburban
ties.
locomotives Fearful Work.
Most of the deaths, injuries and dam
sge was wrought by the engine of the
"nlte Plains train, which plunged in
tne rear car of the motionless train
ana was driven through the middle of
me car, smashing in the seats and
furnishings and splitting the sides as
At moved forward. The victims either
we're mangled in the mass of wreckage
vaItied at the pilot, crushed in the
space between the boiler and car sides,
" scalded by steam which came hiss
Ts s rom broken pipes and cylinders.
I've engine in its final plunge of forty
-eeI carried the rear car forward and
sl senl twisted iron, broken timbers and
spllhlers crashing into the coach
lledd. Lights were extinguished and
nOh the Wreckage and darkness came
ule cries of the injured and calls for
assistance by those who escaped. With
Ia ~ lew minutes the work of rescue,
otAeo by heroism and sacrifices, be-
~, sSu Alarms that brought every avail
ao'e ambulance in the police, the police
a,9erVes' of five precincts and firemen
central and eastern districts OF
n.a1,lhattan were sounded at once. With
sVnce hremen and surgeons, came a
,e J OF volunteer physicians and half
uo1en ciergymen.
Heroism Mid Suffering.
LADDERS were run down the tunnel
M s,.fts shafts and the firemen and police
ecKed the debris with ropes and
80 80 passengers already had Tallied
M. were trying to release those inn
oiled In the debris. Father Smith
~ heV. Dr. Walkley, chaplains of
~ nre department. crawled in over
d,,iu Nreckage and ministered to the
nsg' Lieut. Clarke, of the fire de-
~ 1nent, forced his way to the point
snd MISS Rice and Miss Scott lay
a. STOOD in water that scalded the
vsr. rom his limbs until the women
ssns, Ieleased. T. NJ Murphy. a pas
ana ooth OF whose legs were broken
tesros ''ll held by the timbers, volun-
hin, 70 remain until those around
Cba,i.,le assisted. Two policemen and
ard n a"s Walkley reached Mrs. How
tisu '9 the chaplain gave her A slim
s1nt s,ant The policemen were cutt,ng
dog,, 'ne seat which held the woman
st.s when a pipe broke. scaldinr
fsse,,. uroNe them back and when the
d.s6 Is returned, Mrs. Howard was
dlste ..!ured persons IN need OF imme-
sttsn,,-t'nton were given temporary
poh,r,',n by the ambnlances and M
ffs surgeons and then hoisted Ia