Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-09
IS KILLED, MANY INJURED.
Two Local Trains Collide in n. Y. Gem
trail Tunnel Under Park Avenue.

New York. Jan. S.-Duwn in the New
York Central tunnel that burrows under
Park aNeune, two local trains met in cClli-
oiou at NI7 o'clock this morning and =
passengers were killed and twice that
number We're injured. \ dozen Of the i'll
jured were seriously hurt and the roster
of the dead may be extended.
1t was a rear end collision between i
South Norwalk local that ran in over tho
New York. New Haven and Hartford and
was halted by block signal at the southern
entrance to the tunnel and a " hltc Plains
local that came by the Harlem branch
of the New lorl, Centru. Most of tho
death, injury ana damage was wrought
by the engine Of the Whit" Plains train
which plunged into the rear car Of the
standing tram. 1t swept away the pidl-
form and vcdgcd its way through tE'
floor to the middle of tn car. smashing tn.
seats and furnishings and splitting ttt
sides rs it moved forward Its many vic
tins We're either mdnglcd To death I'm tn
mass of wreckagc carried ON tho pil I,
crushed between boiler and ear sides. or
burned to death by steam which camN
from broken steam pipes The engine in
its final plunge of forty feet, carried tho
rear car forward and sent twisted iron,
broken timbers and splintcrS crashing INTO
the coach ahead. Lights We're eNttugulsh-
cd and the dead, injured and uuharmed
were left i'm darkness that escaping steam
and smoke made more confusing. out
from the wrcckage came the cries of those
who still lived and within a few minutes
the worl, of rescue which was marked by
heroiSm and sacrifice began.
mo nois, nf ths inn.ct ,arried warning
70 tb. stroet ,b,va AVID alarms -tb,r
tr,,I,l,t o,or,. o,.,ilable an1hulanc. i'm I'm,
citv. h" police reserves of live precincts,
and the lremen of the central eastern dis
(,'itb ,,,,ij 6,or,nn .nd sursoous car,, g.
..,,,, ~ ,.,b,"t,.., rhvricians and hnlf a
l,.,o,, ,,,.;o-,- .,nJ r,inietn,s Ladders 1>-ar,
r,n do,,.r thn tunnel AIN. shafts ard the
,ir.,,ar and nolic, attacked tho debris
:, ;,i ,,.,,ay a.d ay.s
I.,tb.r \NiIIiam smith Roman Catholic
,.l,,,r,,,, nt thr fire donartrent rrau.lot
IN n,-,, The nor boiIa, of tha wrecked cn-
ai,,4 to oifo, s.,crarcnts ia the diving and
mnt,,i.l silccor to those mined down i,v
hrnL,.n ..ats and timber. R.v DR. Walk.
Ic,. l,roto.t,,,t rhanIafn of the denar+nrl.t
i,ior.l vim him Lieut.. William clark
of tb, tra douartnent forced his way into
v.l.r. MIS- Hi,n and Miss Sc,tto Law and
stood i'm steam that scalded his leg, until
they yy,r. taken out r. NJ Murphy, 4
ua.scru,r with both of his legs broken and
stiu hid vise-like bv the timbers thaL
hroi,c tLen. volunteered to remain as hs
wns until those around him were Cotton
oit for fear TN. release of the debris would
ieopardize the rest.
Policemen Hughes and Raffskv and
Chaplain Waliley reached Mrs Howard
and TN. chaplain gave her a Stlmulant.
The policcuen were cutting away the seat
which held the woman down when a steam
pip,. broke. the scaldirs steam driVin4s
them back and when the rescuers returned
Mrs Howard was dead
MANY of the handsome houses which
hhr ldrh avenue were tnro"l opcu w ~,
I hurried AWAY to hospitals at once.
A great crowd gathered about the tuu-
mel entrance and there WAS some lootiug.
Responsibility for the disaster is untixed
bur Supcrintendent ]. II. Franklin said
as far as he had been able 10 discover John
Wischo. engineer of the White Plains
train was to blame. When the South
Norwalli train was stopped "A ftagman ran
back into the tunnel and besides placing
IN" 'oas Il" @T ''SN H@ %"fSaSS5Sf Sa1 his 50 1s