The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-09-12
TWELVE DEAD
FORTY INJURED
Elevated Accident WORT In Ns~
fofk's History.

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Tee ~ inruinI-isnrf, The suiirhinan
in tis tspef ~ fhe turn started g.
switch N. Ninih Avsnn. trim O. ths
sItth avenue TRACK iisd b.. raiisinS
81. misiAte. made 10 Effort o. r.ns,iy
u NJ great damaFr eoud hav. i.esn
done str.p, g. bic FsI,uiatian a. = carr-
fui stupioycc nui he .oon a. b. sau
y hat 10 had dsns b. swung the switch
guictiy. and 10 = sssuBd the crash had
rEne
To nrsi car u ~" train had passed
pv-r the sixth avenue trnck ani the
was slowing down. know.
ng that an error had is-su made. WHEN
n" ioucrmHn thrpw the switch hack
Ihr firsf truck - tho ss-ond car started
iryund the curve. llui N. ss-uni truck
'pnilnu.j IN q siraigit lin. on O. tho
Ninth avenue track until ihe coupling
,rkc nni tho wh-.l fiangcs giving
Way under the strain lcft a.. track
The scrne following the wrcCk was
he most horrible that has come 20
\"w York sine. the Siocum disaster
rhc passengers IN the crowded car
we're hung into a smoihcring scream.
Nc heap. where they were crushed hy
aillng timbcrs AMI irun. Iron coming
lto contact with the third rail set OF q
cries % dctonntlons and spread white F.
nd blue sheets u fame acrDss the
iructurc
The officers II tho elevated railroad
ystcm were busy trying O. fix the
lame for the disaster. The police and .
Droner were energetic. too. aud four |.
rro-ts We're made The search was
'ill being kept NJ for Paul Kelly. the 4
Iotormnn OF the train. who disappear =
! after the accident Tho men placed Il. !.
ndcr arrest were Cornelius A. Jack
~. the switchman ~ the curve. First
uari Timothy Hickman Of 225 West .,
ne Hundred aud Forty eighth street: q
,cond Guard Bernard Clure and
bird Guard Walter Berry. 81
When Jackson was taken 20 the West s.
prty.seventh street station he said 20 n,
elective Glennon: "Ycs. turned that :
witch. My duty ended there When =.
g first car went the right way that .
died my duty. II the whole structure r
INT down and "A thousand were killed
would not be responsible" u
far as could be Judged from facts =
'own he would look largely to the =,
1torman to explain the cause of the 4
cident.
IT would not be fair to either tower
IN or motorman." said Mr. Hedley, :
, fix the responsibility yet" 4
Switchman Jack son told Captain Gal r.
cher of the West Forty-seventh u
eet station the following story: "a
I saw nothing but Sixth avenue sig S an
Is displayed on the train. Not only Sn
re the lights on top of the motor car
for Sixth avenue. but the sign =
Itch hangs on the platform railing
IS n Sixth avenue sign. set the
itch for Sixth avenue, and that was
was supposed to do. 1t isn't my
siness to attend to the signals on the
in. If they are set wrong II isn't up
me; it's up to somebody else"
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