Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-23
An ENGINEERS
TERRIBLE TRIAL.
Euuine Refused to Work and
Train Was Stalled in the
Park Avenue Tunnel.
Ne OPENED THE THROTTLE.
Tho, Fell Unconscious to Floor Of Cab
Push Engine Started Train and 1t
Went Flying, without Control.

yev York, Dec. 23.--With the throt-
,e wide open and the engineer uncon-
,o,ous on the floor of the cab a 5-year-
ala New York Central locomotive draw
,ry ak cars laden with stone. ran Wild
through Harlem early on Thursday
,rorning and finally came to stand
s,uI wrecked. when II crashed into a
locomotive OF the Harlem division in
the Motthaven yards.
"Details OF the accident became gen.
orally known for the first time last
,,sht through friends OF the engineer,
rlyy Deyo, OF Poughkeepsie, who is
NOW in Lebanon hospital, dying from
burns aud scalds. Three men who
,nmped from the train in the tunnel
we're lying unconscious at the track
side when Deyo last saw them. What
happened to them Is a matter of con-
lecture. The accident Is said to have
been due TO lack of ventilation in the
tunnel.
York Central station soon after day
break. 1t was drawn by q gigantic
"Ping Pong" engine. The top OF its
short smokestack clears the roof Of the
Park avenue tunnel by only few
inches.
All Fiftieth street the big engine be-
came stalled on a dead center" En-
eineer Dey tried to get the piston NOV
ing by starting the exhaust but in spite
OF his efforts he could not get the big
machine to turn II wheel
The fireman and two brakemen in
the CAB with Deyo began to cough as
the hard coal gas from the locomotive
fire box came pouring down upon them,
detected by the roof and walls OF the
tunnel.
As the engineer. still working with
might and main at the throttle lever to
get his engine moving looked at his
three companions he saw them slowly
and painfully crawl down off the loco
motive cab into the tunnel
They tried to run back out of reach
OF the deadly coal gas but before they
had gone dozen steps fell unconscious
Deyos train was stalled on the main
track, q peril to traffic, and he dared
not to leave the cab for n moment.
Conscious of the danger too that he
might succumb to the fumes of the roal
gas he wet big bunch OF cotton waste
at the tank and plastered 1t over his
mouth and nose. But the waste was lit
lie protection. Deyo was still trying to
&c, the engine off the dead center
when his head began to whirl. With a
last effort OF consciousness he pulled
back the throttle lever. Just then a
pushing engine came UP behind and
struck the long tain and the impact
started the locomotive. The shock
knocked Deyo. weak and dizzy. of his
balance, and he fell to the floor of the
cab unconscious. With the throttle
wide open the Locomotive gathered
speed. Deyo's body rested close to the
open door of the FIRE box and the flames
began to scorch him as they leaped out
OF the furnace. All the way through the
long Park avenue tunnel the train flew.
The switches were right and the draw
bridge over the Harlem river was, for
tunately, closed.
The train dashed into the Motthaven
yard OF the New Haven road and ran
into light engine on the main track.
Both locomotives were wrecked and
Deyo was removed unconscious from
the debris.