New-York tribune., 1905-01-07
HIT AS STEAM HIDES THEM
KILLED, 8; INJURED, l.
S''ot0 ShoOeHers Strwck by Long
Island T'raias-Crash Unavoidable.

with Its whistle shrieking, bell changing and
ar brakes set tight Lond Island Railroad
ualn yesterday ran into q number of snow
shoVellers midway between the Jamaica and
Onnton stations killing three and seriously in
Jufing four more The accident apparently was
unavoidable
The engineer Jack Walsh. though tenn
porar1ly unstrung. recovered sufficiently IN a
moment to ask for volunteers TO aid him in
placing the injured men on the train, so they
might be hurried to the hospital. The two who
were worst injured James Gradzosr and An
tonic Martoneln. were lifted into the cab and
the train was speeded to Jamaica, a quarter of
mile distant On the way the whistle was
blown almost constantly. and by the time the
train reached the station those employed there
had sent in call for anbulances.
The dead. all from Jamaica, are:
DII1I1o Rocco. thirty years of No. 10 Abbos-st-
GRADzoER. James thirty years. of No. 10 AbbOt-st
MARIoNELLo Antonio torty-two years. Of no. SO
Johnson-aye.
The injured are:
ABRESE Palrene thrtyve years. Of southst.; iaoera
brother Of Rocco Dirio inquired internally and deep
oUsso. Pstro. thrty-hve ysars. OF No. % ROOhaway
Road left leg badly
FA8ss DSiSs asG s bp :g years ' No 20
Shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday morning
lone engine was putting along westward from
Jamaica gang of ffteea- Italian snaw SHOW
ellers on the track heard the whistle and stepped
aside Just as the engine about TO hit them,
as is the practice OF men hardened to the pertls
of railroad work, The engine emitted a large
ouantityt of steam just as it was abreast of the
men huddled on the next track. TO which they
had stepped. A light breeze waited the steam
- IAfa alXy an
veloped in it, and could not see the approaching
train.
Train No g. drawn by engine No. T. ON the
way from Brooklyn to Jamaica, was running
rapidly Walsh the engineer saw the laborers
step from the track to the one over which his
train was running. He saw at glance the en-
veloping steam, and realized that a fataI acci-
dent was unavoidable, for the pilot of his en-
sine was only few dozen feet from the men.
walsh grabbed the whistle cord with one hand
reversed the lever and applied the airbrake with
the other, as sharp toots were sent from the
whistle. It was useless, and Walsh knew 1t
The train struck the Italians. punched on the
track as if they had been many sheep Some
- +bro1,n violently to one side. Others were
+o.sa5 high into the air. alighting on the en-
pine's pilot. Still others were knocked out Of
. The nav by the bodies OF some less fortunate
companions.
Passengers, frightened. screamed and ran TO
tbe doors Those in the rear car saw the dead
and dying lying in the snow as the train was
brought to a standstill. All passengers alishted
and some aided in caring for the injured
walsh is regarded by the officials Of the Long
Island Railroad as one Of the best and most
careful engineers on the road, yet yesterdays 8
accident was the second fatal one Of an unavoid-
able nature he has had IN the last few months
last June Walsh was running on the Far Rock
6way division On June 13 Ethel Arwei and
Jessie Burgess, each seven years DID, were struck
near the home of Jessie's parents, at Union anu
Maple sts., Brooklyn Hills. as they we're cross
ing the tracks with their arms loaded with
daisies they had picked. The throttle was under
the hand of Walsh. He applied the brakes. but
Ethel was grousd to pieces beneath the wheels @
and Jessie. whom Ethel. cousin ha9 oeen
visiting wa thrown fifty feet through the air,
falling from the trestls to the street she was was
badlv hurt and II believed she would ole
b,t she recovered completely after spending
three months in ST. Mary's Hospital