New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-20

of the NeW-Haven line fouIed Win a OAS'Sii' q
the switch at 104th-st., about GAO O'CLOCK la7I
evening. Three cars of the STANFORD Tram
which had teen running the west track
were toppled over against the stone wall which
guards the roadway and were badly wrecked
One passenger was crushed to death. A dozen
or more other passengers were hurt seriously
In addition more than score of passengers re-
ceived injuries which required the attention
of ambulance surgeons
All the persons injured were on the Stamford
train, and as in the disaster which occurred
in the tunnel four years ago most Of the per-
sons seriously hurt were residents Of New
Rochelle.
The police arrested John D. Horn. engine
driver of the Poughkeepsie train, holding him
for a coroner on the charge Of homicide
THE DEAD.
KNAPP James W. New-Rochslls, n. 7.
THE INJURED.
chest and bruised knee; taken TO Manhattan Hotel
BELLA Daniel. old Port ChessT n I'm
dnEsTs ls hand .aous crushed compound
BEcKyyTrf5. E G.. woodlawn Drive. Greenwich Conn, :
back s5I not serious.
BROWN Edna nirsteen years old. Rochelle y; NJ y;
school teacher; scalp wound confusion OF nacA- sOeA
BR1TNNE1I. Alfred. New-Rochslle N Y: slightly in
CHENEY Harris F. Old S.rS CLERK 5e
jured taken home.
DooLITTLE., Elmer thirty years old New-R00nene'
N. Y; salesman cut and bruises
Sloane Z Co. bad cash on head home
sEs3 o3 yo old IBIS az F %os and o %2
fuSons Of left side; treated Flower Hospital and
FE1rMAN. Louis, Portohester n. Y slightly injured
Fos br:ra san Beth b61ss OF left forearm badly are
FISHER. Max. No. 90 East 111tst' slightly injured.
n. Z; lacerated forehead and injured kneAs taken
home.
forty sls old rssnT sS s G9n9
14AwLEY. R w. thirty-siz, years old. Larchrnont
n r; clerk; shock; taken home
HUNsDoN Arthur Nsw-Rocheile. n Y; cut about
nttEsy9 years old NeR s4Ss
Harlem DHosDitai-
LspERANeE David A. Pore6 che ss-. H sisa
a 81 asaa. Asa' ia 9's''' =
MORAN Michae No 81 Analyst, brooklyn; slightly
oEEI'ER. Mrs Carrie. Rochelle. N 7; cut about
face hands and breast by glass not serious Harlem
I.archnlont, N =; slight injuries vent home.
ROSS C. F. No. 81 East 4Ath-st-; slightly injured
Y E bFased about soy possible fracture Of skull
serious; Harlem Hospital
SN New Rochelle n z; slightly hurt; taken home
sUC 64alssd. ' hAF'''''n'' y '''' -
TYLER, Mrs N P. New-Roohele n Y; shoulder dis
located; taken home.
UNf Rod6si:. n y aosraed left leg and hands IN
fradtGre Of left rbS treated and then went home
yv1sFCOP Ralph New-Rochelle. n Y; right leg par
ZIMMERMAN George NewRochee n 1 III aen
for Arnold. Constable & CO. seriously iH'u'
The Poughkeepsie train left the Grand Cen
trail Station at $50 p. m. with eight cars filed
comfortably. Two minutes later the Stamford
train started ont with five cars SO crowded that
some passengers were standing in the atses
Going up through the tunnel the Poughkeepsie
train had one of the middle tracks, while the
Stamford train was in the dark side tunnel
Ordinarily the Poughkeepsie train reaches and
passes the switch at 104th-st ahead of the
Stamford train, which there takes the middle
track and follows the other train over the
Harlem River bridge There have been occa-
sfons however. when the two trains have
emerged from the tunnel almost at the same
time apparently racing for the switch, and the
Stamford train has been obliged to slow down
to let it's rival pass
Last evening jeremiah Murphy engineer of the
Stamford train, got through the tunnel little
in the lead of Horn. and won the right Of way
at the switch, which was turned to let his train
cross over to the middle track. Many pas
sengers on the Poughkeepsie train say that
Horn had slowed down near the north end Of the
tunnel apparently waiting for a signal After
he started up again, they say. he put on the
brakes just before foung the other train
bringing the Poughkeepsie train to standstill
so easily that there was no jar and not one Of
the passengers on the train even Jolted.
LOCOMOTIVE TOPPLES CAR OVER.
with the signal set for clear track for his
train Murphy made no pause as he neared the
switch His locomotive and the first car Of his
train had gained the middle track safely when
Horns locomotive, with brakes set hard. but
still going too fast to be stopped in time, reached
the switch and struck against the side Of the
second car. In the crash of meeting, the heavy
locomotive stuck to the track, while the car was
pushed aside and torn from its trucks.
With it's side smashed in and its bottom cut
partly away. the car was broken from the car
ahead and toppled over on the outer track, to be
pushed against the side wall of the viaduct by
the two cars following. which also were toppled
over and wrecked. The last car of the Stamford
train remained unlnjured on the outer track
Murphy's locomotive. with one car. ran two
hundred feet up the track before stopping. The
uninjured Poughkeepsie train remained where
1t stopped Horn stuck 10 his post when his To-
connective was dented, and neither he nor his
fireman suffered injury.
There was a mad panic in the three wrecked
cars of the Stamford train. The cars held to-
gether and all toppled over partly on their left
sides resting against the stone wall which kept
them from falling into the street below. The
lights in the cars were still burning. causing
some of the passengers to fear flames. The
doors OF the ears could not be opened. and the
only way of escape for those who were able.
was through the windows. the glass of which