Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-01-09

York Central railroad tunnel that bur
rows under Park avenue, this city,
two trains collided. Fifteen passen-
gers were killed and twice that num-
Der were injured A dozen Of the lat
ter were seriously hurt and others
may be taken from earth.
The Dead.
Albert NJ. Perrin, 43 years old, re-
Gently from Chicago, secretary and
second vice-president of the Union
Bag and Paper company; residence
New Rochelle, N. Y.
B. ID. G. Foskett, 40, New Rochelle.
Il. II. Mills, rs, New Rochelle
e. C. Hinsdale, 35, New Rochelle,
Mrs. A. F. Howard, 35, New Ro-
chelle.
Frank Washburn, SIS, formerly of
Chicago, president of the Union Bag
and Paper company; residence, New
Rochelle.
William Legs, 35, New Rochelle;
general manager B. Altman & Co,
New York.
Theodore Forgardo, 30, New Ror
chelle.
William Fisher, or Forbes, rs, New
Rochelle.
William Howard, As, New Rochelle
Oscar Meyrowitz, so, New Rochelle.
optician in New York, and secretary
of the New Rochelle yacht club.
Franklin Crosby, 35, New Rochelle.
Ernest f. Walton, 80, New Rochelle;
broker in New York
II. G. Diamond New Rochelle; as
slstant general manager of the Amer
lean Bridge company, this city.
Charles b. Mars, New Rochelle, en-
ployed in New York custom house.
Seriously Injured.
Everett Coffin, 16 years, New Ro-
chelle, fracture of thigh bone and con-
tusions; will recover.
George =. Fisher, so, Port Chester;
severe Commissions; will recover.
Winfield Flute, %, New Rochelle;
broken right leg and left thigh, severe
burns; recovery improbable
A. e. McCray, New Rochelle; bro
ken leg; will recover.
George D.Winters, "a, New Rochelle;
both legs fractured; will recover.
Henry Keene SO, New Rochelle;
superintendent of Siegel, Cooper &
Co, this city; burns; will recover.
Minnie Rice, 49, New Rochelle;
Commissions and decorations; not Sc
we're.
Mabel Newman, 20. New Rochelle:
loot fractured; will recover.
adie Scott, %, New Rochelle.
lee fractured and burns; condition
serious.
Richard Molineux. %, New Ro.
chelle; leg fractured; not serious.
Peter A Murphy, 32, builder, New
Rochelle; legs broken and Internal
injuries will die
Albert Nadley, SO, leg fractured.
viii recover.
Unknown man, taken unconscious
to hospital,
Albert w. Adams, carriage builder.
OF New York City; left leg cut off be-
low knee.
George J. Carter. of New ork, leg
fractured.
William X. Brooks, 81, of New Ro-
chelle; lacerated face ana possible |
fracture OF skull; taken TO Roosevelt !
hospital; condition critical.
Mollle Landden, %, New Rochelle;
internal injuries; serious.
KearEnd Collision.
It was rear end collision be-
tween a South Nolwalk local that |
ran in ever the New York, New Ha- |
ven and Hartford railroad, and was |
halted by block signals at the south I
ern entrance of the tunnel and a White /
Plains local that came by the Har-
lem branch of the New York Central.
The wreck occurred at SIT yesterday |
morning, at which hour the trains |
were crowded by suburbanites Most
OF the deaths, injury and damage
We're wrought by the engine of the
White Plains train which plunged into
the rear car OF the motionless train
and was driven through to the mid
die oil the car, smashing the seats and
and splitting the sides as
1t moved forward. The victims either
were mangled in the mass of wreck
age carried at the pilot, crushed in
the space between boiler and car
sides, on sealded by steam which
came Kissing from broken pipes and
cylinders The engine in its final
plunge Of 40 feet, carried the rear car
Onward and sent twisted iron, broken
-lmbers and splinters crashing into
he coach ahead. Lights were extin-
sulshed and from the wreckage and
darkness came the cries of the injured
ana calls for assistance by those who
Within a few minutes the
work OF rescue marked by heroism
and sacrifice, began. Alarms that
brought every available ambulance in
he city, the police reserves of FIVE
precincts, and the firemen OF the CEN
raj eastern district Of Manhattan.
we're sounded at once. With police.
iremen and surgeons, came score
II volunteer physicians and half a
lozen clergymen.
Noble Work of ChapIains.
Ladders were run down the tunnel
tir shafts and the fremen and police
-ttacked the debris with ropes and
lxes. Passengers already had rallied
md We're trying to release those i'm