Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-09
Frightful Tragedy in New
York Central Railway
Tunnel Occurs
Today.

PARK avenue tunnel OF the New York
Central line early today.
Seventeen persons were killed and forty
OF the later twelve we're seriously in
TIE engineer and fireman on the White
Plains local and a towerman were ar
ne list or dead follows:
A. q. WALTON. New Rochelle.
H g. DIAMOND, New Rochelle.
ALBERT NJ PERRIN. New Rochelle
II. D. FoSKETT. New Rochelle
WILLIAM b LEES, Of b. Altman &
n. FRANKLIN GEORGE. New RO-
OSCAR E-xEIRowITZ. optician. New
York City. Mr. Seirowitz lived az New
Rochelle and was secretary Of the New
TaEoDoiSE FoRGARDo. % years. New
Rochelle
" lLLIAA FISHER. 3 years old. New
GEORGE POTTER. % years old. New
Rochelle.
MRS. A. F. HOWARD. New Rochelle.
WILLIAM HOWARD. New Rochelle
s. c. HINSDAI.E. IS years old. New
Rochelle
NAN BELIEVED TO BE CHARLES b.
MARS. an emplOye Of the custom house,
who lived at New Rochelle
r WAsHBURN. $ years old. New
Rochelle.
TWO UNKNoWN MEN. one Of whom
wore q medal won in a sculiing contest in
1857.
The medal was presented by A @. Mills.
q member OF the, New York Athletic club
list Of the seriously injured follows:
Ernest Conn. aged IS. New .ochelles
serious wound on head.
60 q
Alfred wadley. florist. New York city.
fracture Of both legs: shock and scalp
wounds
Albert ". Adams. a carriage builder. Of
New York city: left leg cut on below
knee.
Georss. n Carter. of New York. leg
George II. Fisher. IS years old. East
Portchester. severely injured
Mabel Newman New Rochelle, contu-
ei0ns on body. hip fractured
Mamie J. Ryan. New Rochelle. fractured
nose. lacerated ear ana sprained ankle.
Sadie Scott. New Rochelle. left hand
and left foot fractured
Richard Miiifneaux. New Rochelle. COM
pound fracture u thigh
q suusaE 81 1Enrr1ss'. rev Elorhelie. bptlf
less broker an Internal injuries. condi-
tion critical
Winfield Schultz. New Rochelle. fractur-
ed legs and burns.
A McRae. New Rochelle leg fractured.
Henry Keene. general manager OF the
SiegeI-Cooper company. this city. frac-
tured ribs and internal injuries.
George Winter. New Rochelle. compound
fracture Of left leg. The leg was am
putsted.
William Brooks. OF Erie. Pa. lacerated
face and possible fracture OF skull.
The shock Of the collision was plainly
heard BY people passing on Park avenue
above the tunnel
In ten minutes everybody at police and
FIRE headquarters was at work organizing
relief 10 be sent 20 the spot
From IRE headquarters a dozen blocks
away. hook and ladder truck was rap
idIy dispatched to the scene OF the acct
dent. with several IRE companies.
The reserves from East Fifty-First
street and Grand Central Police stations
were turned out on the run.
A hurry calf was sent 20 Bellevue, Flow
er. the Presbyterian and Roosevelt hos
pitfalls. ana IN ten minutes a dozen ambu-
Iances we're hurrying with corps OF doc
tors
When the reScuers reached the wreck.
smoke was pouring out OF the entrance 10
the tunnel AZ FIfty-ifth street and the
columns Of smoke came out OF the FIRST
ventflator q half block north
Ambulauces came in from the east and
west Ladders were put down from the
street over the iron fence 10 the track
and the hremen. policemen and surgeons
were Immediately at work.
IL was very dark IN the tunnel which
was filed with smoke and steam. The
work OF rescue was. therefore. dIficult
The locomotive Of the White Plans To-
cal was hidden IN the lsar car Of the
South Norwaik train The manned and
injured were calling from the wreck.
Some. more badly injured than others,
]ere beirg assisted ~ The more fortu-
nate passengers
The work OF rescue was further imped-
ed By the enormous crowds. which in
spite OF police vigilance. swarmed into the
tunnel through its many entrances or
crowded about the opening at the surface
The first OF the injured taken from the
wreck was a woman She was carried TO
the women's hospital Here as well as at
the other points. preparations were hur-
rfedly made to take care OF the wounded
as rapidly as they were brought 20 the
railroad station. A passenger on the Har-
lem train said.
..Our train was held at the Harlem end
OF the tunnel for two minutes 70 allow
the New Haven train 20 pass US Then we
proceeded Suddenly there was a terrific
crash and we we're hurled from our seats.
The shock was followed by the roar OF
escaping steam and the cries Of the
tWN4LCe4-
a score OF men passengers got out Of
the windows and ran 20 the front Of our
train The confusion and noise were aw-
ful. Our locomotive had plOughed half
way through the New Haven car. I saw
several women taken out OF the first
wrecked car"
Eugene Herold. OF New Rochelle. one OF
the passengers on the panbury train. gave
this account OF the wreck;
We we're sitting quietly In the next
20 the last car and there was only one or
two unoccupied seats. There was the
usual morning crowd. There were FIVE
cars.
There were several women In my car
and also In the last car. We had stalled
a. Fifty-seventh street FOR some slime.
Suddenly there came a terrific crash.
The lights IN the car went out. There
was a roar % grinding steel and wood
and a chorus OF shrieks. I looked back
and saw the train telescoping over the
rear OF orr car and through that mix
up plunged q roaring locomotive.
Il was thrown on my face by the jolt
and felt some blood splash over my
forehead Sitting smoke and steam, seem
ed 20 rise all around. and looking back
could see mangied persons crawling about
through the mist
Then suddenly The car took ire where
the locomotive was.
"Our ore idea was % escape. fn;Ind