The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-09

\ EN Otths Jan Sin the New
Y York Central tunnel that burrows
under Park avenue, this city. two
local trains collided today Fifteen
passengers were killed and twice that
number were injured. a dozen Of the
latter were seriously hurt and the ros-
ter Of the dead may be extended.
The Dead.
Albert NJ. Perrin, 43 years Of age. re
Gently from Chicago, secretary Of and
second vice president Of the Union Bag
& Paper company, residence New
Rochelle. y. Y.
B. D. c. Foskett. 40, New Rochelle.
A Z. H. Mills, p. New Rochelle.
E. O. HinsdaIe. 50, New Rochelle
Mrs a. F. Howard. IS. New Ro-
chene.
Frank Washburn, formerly Of Chica-
90, president OF the Union Bag & Pa
per company, residence New Rochelle
William Legs, 35. New Rochelle; gen
eral manager B. Altman q Co., New
York
Theodore FOrgardO, 80, New Rochelle.
William Fisher or Forbes p, New
Rochelle.
William Howard, As, New Rochelle.
Oscar Meyrowitz, 80, New Rochelle,
optician in New York and secretary Of
the New Rochelle Yacht club.
Franklin Crosby, 80. New Rochelle.
Ernest T. Walton, 80, New Rochelle,
broker in New York.
H. G. Diamond. New Rochelle, as
sistant general manager Of the Ameri-
can Bridge company, this city.
Charles B. Marks, New Rochelle, en-
i1lO5-ed- ia ne NsaE, 7 srll Custon-hcEse.
The Injured.
Everett Coffin. aged 10. New Rochelle;
will recover Unknown man, taken IN
conscious to q hospital Alfred Wad-
ley. florist Of New York city. fracture
Of both legs. shock and scalp woJD. Is
Albert ". Adams, a carriage builder OF
New York oity; left leg cut or below
knee. George NJ Carter Of New York,
leg fractured. George p. Fisher. East
Port Chester; will recover. Mabel New
man, New Rochelle; conclusions Of
body and hip fractured. Mamie J. Rice
New Rochelle. fractured nose, lacerated
ear and sDrained ankle. Sadie Scott.
New Rochelle; left hand and left foot
fractured. Richard AIillineux, New RO-
cheile. compound fracture of thigh
Thomas Murphy, New Rochelle, both
legs broken and internal injuries; criu-
cal condition. Winfield Flute, New RO-
chelle; recovery improbable A. Nc
Rae, New Rochelle; leg fractured. Hen
~ Keene, general manager Of the Sic
geI-COOper company, this city; frac-
tured ribs and internal injuries George
Winter, New Rochelle; compound frac-
ture Of left leg; the leg was amputated.
William Brooks Of Erie, Pa; lacerated
face and possible fracture Of skull;
taken to Roosevelt hospital.
Rear-end Collision.
It was a rear-end> collision between
the South NOrwalk local that ran on
over the New York. New Haven &
Hartford road and was halted by block
signals 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 occurred at S:17 a. m, at
which hour the trains were crowded
by suburbanites. Most Of the deaths,
injury and damage was caused by the
engine Of the White Plains train, which
plunged into the rear cars of the mo-
tionless train and was driven through
to the middle Of the car, smashing the
seats and splitting the sides as It
moved forward. The victims either
were mangIed in the mass of Wreckage
carried with the pilot. crushed in the
space between the boiler and car sides,
or scalded by steam, which came hiss
ing from broken pipes and cylinders
The engine in its Anal plunge OF forty
feet carried the rear car forward and
sent twisted iron, broken timbers and
splinters crashing into the coach ahead
Lights were eXunguished and from theI
wreckage and darkness came the criesl
of injured and calls for assistance byf
those who escaped. Within a few min
utes the work Of rescue. marked bys
herOism and sacrifice began.
Alarms that brought every availabl /
ambulance in the city, the police re
serves Of five precincts, and the fret
men of the Central eastern district @
Manhattan, were sounded at onct
With police, fremen and surgeons cam
a score Of volunteer physicians and ha
q dozen clergymen-
Descended Via Air Shafts.
Ladders were run down the tunnl,
air shafts and the fremen and pOlid
attacked the debris with ropes auE
axes. Passenger already had ralIij5
and were trying 10 release those INF
prisOned in the debris.
Father Smith Of the Church of 81
Vincent de Paul and Chaplain Walk T.
Of Grace church. both chapl3ins OF tt
fire department. crawled into tt
wrecked coach, over the hot boiler r.
the demolished White Plains lOconb
tive, and found two girls in the midH