The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-13
In Crash of Auto and in Co..
|ision With Train.
WAS PECULIAR TRAGEDY
Automobile Containing Nine Perecns
Dashes Over High Embankment
Onto Railroad Tracks in
Front of Train.

Driven at the rate or 70 miles al
hour, a three seated touring car, con-
tanning nine persons-four men, and
five women-dashed over an emb.nk-
ment at the southern end Of Jerome
avenue, in New York city, early Fri
day morning, landing on the south
bound track Of the New York Central
and Hudson railroad. Just at that mo-
ment a southoound local tram, running
fast to make up time, rounded curve
and struck the automobile. Three per-
sons we're killed, two instantly; two
were seriously injured and the other
four, although badly bruised, were
able to go home.
The dead: Allen Noyes, chaffeur of
the automobile, killed Instantly;
Madge Corcoran. age 80; Bella Perze,.
died in hospital.
The injured: Mrs. Kitty Wads-
worth, age 35, skull fractured, will
die: Moses Spiess, fracture Of the
Jaw; Jeanette Cavis, Charles Doran,
Emma Perez and Thomas Murphy,
slight bruises.
The party were returning to the
River Side Casino from trip to
Mount Vernon. Whether the chaffeur
knew Of the short extension Of Jerome
beyond One hundred and sixty-frst
street or not will never be known.
The corner at that point is brilliantly
lighted, but the extension leading to
the edge of the .embankment above
the New York Central is paved with
brick, and the car tracks run down to
a picket fence at the edge.
Warning Given Too Late.
Several persons, including two po-
licemen, saw the automobile rushing
down the avenue, and were surprised
when it kept straight ahead. They
shouted warning, but it was too late.
With no apparent slackening Of the
speed, the big car crashed through the
fence, cleared a dirt embankment, ex-
tending about five feet above the stone
retaining wall, and then clearing the
wall. made a sheer drop Of 25 feet to
the railroad track. In its descent the
car half turned and several Of its occu-
pants we're spilled out. When it struck
the tracks, Noyes, Bella Perez and
Madge Corcoran were thrown to the
tracks, the others falling to the side OF
the rails.
Just what happened in the few Sec
onds that preceded the crash OF the To-
cal train the survivors themselves
were unable to relate. They were
stunned and bleeding and trying to re-
cover themselves when they heard the
roar Of the train and then the fright
full crash.
The tower man in q switch tower
about a hundred feet north Of jerome
avenue heard the automobile as it
broke through the fence, and running
to his window, saw the car strike the
track. The Croton local was but 200
feet away, and the engine about fifty
feet north of block signal. Jumping
to the switch mechanism, he dropped
the lever that worked the arm Of the
signal which was working the green
light, and instantly the danger signal
= flashed before the eyes Of the loco
motive engineer. who just caught the
red glare as his cab passed the signal
post. At once ne reversed his engine
and put down the air brakes, but his
speed had hardly slackened when the
train struck the automobile. The train
came to stop in distance of about
eight hundred feet. On the train was
Health Commissioner Thomas Darl-
ington, who took charge Of the work
of caring for the injured. The loco
motive engineer was arrested, but
was released on his own recognizance.