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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-12
THE KILLED AND NAMED BY ELEVATED WRECK.

internal injuries; Roosevelt Hospital l''et
left arm and both iegs fratueG Roosevelt HosPs
GILL Martin. 61st-st: eonlsons about the body; home
West seth side crushed Roosevelt Hospital
nsrpa tass So1seS 0 Hos PAS East
injuries to left side treated by Dr. Byrnes OF No s45
HARRISON Lindsey No 2s1 West 119th-st: right side
injured attended and sent home.
7 leg ni"red and sealo Wounds Roosevelt %sit
hFq Hospsl o. No 2al West i4is-'t Roosevelt
MK I2s.S; John P twenty nine old, 1855
leg Roosevelt Hosp5a and right
MMAHoN Bridget thirty five years old No. lea West
Roosevelt Hospital INJURIES '"' 's'''
MINER Eliza negress thirty years old of Nyack; leg to
expected to live; Roosevelt Hospital
May 81 ssef f o. S
Of back and BODY Roosevelt Hospital
of body: attended and sent home.
NIEBuR william F., hfty-elght years old. No. 2.1so
Welt Hospital tsI' fractured '''' i''''s
m sixteen 5 rs od no
oESTERLING Henrietta No East I64th-st right
arm fractured: Roosevelt Hospital and left for home
ST. scalp wounds and conusions attended and sent
Ps f95 yi1 aSa os e west
QUINN. Arthur twenty-five Years old, No. GARRISON
st. possible Internal injuries and nervous shock;
Roosevelt Hospital
ROE, Seymour nineteen years old No $40 West is4th-
81; fractured skull: Roosevelt Hospital
RouRKE, -. No GAG Jerome-eve. The Bronx; at
tended and sent home.
SPECK Gertrude nineteen years old stenographer, No
1851 Bth-aye; Injuries to head and back Roosevelt
Hospital.
sthave so.h arms broken; Roosevelt Hospital
e9TEs at ss Hospital tS West
WILLIAMS John t,yenty-two years old of No 26T West
n5nsLi eoRtusens OF rght reg anu Poasipie INTERNAL
INJURIES Roosevelt Hospital
Wlsrhlk. Frederick No $40 West l29th-sti both
fractured. Roosevelt Hospital
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me were several men-railroad men. should 5unsse
apparently from their conversation, me- thew
kept calling Kelly green hand and soap, anu !,
uphraided him in their conversation oil the way
As the first ear Of the train took the &c. open e!
these men Jumped I'D and with oaths began to
What do you mean by taking that switch at
that speed? This Is ett-ave train; this is 6th-cye
you're going into Didn't you sec that slgnait W
trembed from end to end There was a crash
and GRIND and the second car had gone ofe'
Mr. Dibble said that from the remarks of the
railroad men he inferred that the signals were
not for straight clear track as the conductor
had said in his statement to Inspector Flood ana
Coroner Scholer.
F. r. Moeller, manager for Joseph II. Byrne &
Co. in Newark, was on the train, with two New
ark friends Nh Moeller said after he had
reached Newark:
We were coming down from the 125th-st, station,
and was reading newspapedr When .s we star ar
tied by the women in the car, which was CROWDED;
screening a aqa ars SPnsRg irf be mater The
ear began rock from side to side and felt me
off the track and looking toward the forward part
of our car. saw that the car ahead was mass a
raised a window to look out. Fred told me not TO
look out Of the window and at thaf h as{at our
STOPPED | looked from window and saw W., tnae
the ear ahead had laIeh 70 me strsss'
and that many passengers must have been Kitea
and injured.
saw the head of a man out In the street and
the body near by. The legs of man were pro-
trudng from under the wreck of the car and /
saw other men and women lying as If dead 1t
was horrible sight but / stunned that
not nervous then Many of the women in our
car who had been screaming had tainted Others
who were strong made dash for the door. but
the men shouted Keep your seats. There is no
danger for this car now and some also gathered
In front of the doors keep the people in the
car. and shouted Beware of the third rail- for
electric flashes were coming from it,
One in our car seemed and acted as IL in
sane All the others kept cool and attended to the
women. l climbed out of the window. other
men did. TO the track and got to the street some
how. A great crowd had gathered in the street,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-12
BLAME THE MOTORMAN.
Roads Officials Sag He Failed
to Obeg Signals

Responsibility for the wreck according to the
railroad officials. apparently rests on the motor
man. Paul Kelly who disappeared Immediately
after the accident Although be was running a
ath-ave. train, when he reached the o3d-st
junction he should have seen that the signals
were set against him for eth-ave,. they say
That there was no doubt as to the signals, is
affirmed by Frank Hedley, the Interborough's
general manager. who made a personal exami-
nation, with E. P. Bryan, the vice-president, i'm
mediately after the accident.
Kelly was known to the company as a man
thoroughly trustworthy. HE came to us at
the time of the strike from ST. Louis" said Mr.
Hedley yesterday. He had worked there for five
years We have letters from his people there
saying that he was first class man. We in
vestigated him and found his character was all
right. When we tried him out he seemed to
know the work. and has been on the 9th-ave.
line ever since. Out In ST. Louis they have air
brakes just as we do, so he knew the system
Jackson. the towerman. had not a flaw on his
record He has been with the company for
eleven years"
Johnson, conductor of the train. made state
ment TO Inspector Flood, in which he laid the
blame on the signals, which were set for 9Th
ave- train. where his train was bearing 9th-ave.
signals Said he:
We had just left 59th-st. ana were going at a
fair rate of speed. it is long run to aOth-st.
The pretty we'll crowded There were
a number of men on the platform, and in the
aisle of the second there We're number OF
shop girls. who were laughing and Joking. They
usually get off the train at 14th-st
When We reached the curve the first car went
on, and the second and third went together
like jackknife, sticking right up in the air.
and practically closing against each other. In
consequence. though was on the front plat
form of the second car at the start / was
dropped TO the rear platform of the first car
Then the second car dropped to the street I
held on to the iron rail like death and was
straight up in the air, 1 saw girls and women
climbing over the seats of the car like a ladder
climbing up to the tracks 10 escape.
Being old railroader ! pulled out my watch
and looked at II. 1t was exactly 706 O'Clock
The signals were set wrong. That is the trouble
They were set green and yellow signal which
is for a 6th-ave. train, when they should have
been both green for 9th-ave. think that mo-
torman and swtchman are equally TO blame.
After examining the scene OF the accident and
investigating Mr.. Hedley made the following
official statement to Inspector Flood:
The train was 9th-ave. south bound The
signals beside the track were set green and yell
low, IN the order in which they were passed by
the motorman The first signal allows either
bth-ave. or eth-ave trains TO go 20 the switch
the second indicates that the switch was set for
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I, make any statement IN view of the aeeusa-
ton against HIM. and Mr.. Nudge said the pr r
oner waived examination for the time Ihs
LAWYER said the other company employees present
would also waive examination II they were " 10
held. ,, ~
son i'm 5000 bail for the inquest, which weuid
be held in a week ten days, and ne Would holu
the crew of the train in 800 each TO appear as
rrstnassss sending them TO the House of De-
tention If they were not able TO furIiish pohus
Mr. Nudge said the company desired 10 5u isI
bonds for the employees and Wallace T. PanneF
of No is Linden-ave.. The BronA, o asts
himself as bondsrnan. giving the mouse IN W.ilc
he lives as security. While the pail pesius ~.
being prepared Coroner Seholer talkea with
tribune reporter about the accident.
II was dressing for breakfast IN my HOUSE
in West 4Sth-st this morning, the coroner SAL
I noted the time, exactly seven minutes altS.
I o'clock and L knew that the oox was at
ottnave and 53d-st About Ave minutes later
there came in the call III from the same poA,
telling me there had been an acclaent there.
finished dressing as rapidly as possl5le ran 49, 80
of the house and jumped on an empty L, u uca
that was passing telling the driver TO take mo
around te the accident quickly
ssyVhen we got to the scene or the aeeldeht the
erannan had arrived and were breaking open
the side of the car and getting out injured per-
sons few OF the injured were aireaoy on tns
sidewalk and | had them placed on the truck
and carried around TO the Roosevelt Hospltal
before the aTabulances arrived. .,uao+
After seeing the injured removed and alrse se
ing the removal of eight bodies to the ponce
station went up on the elevated structure and
took a look around Jackson. the tower man,
and Kelly the motorman. had disappeared from
the scene then. 1 asked about the signals ana
was told that the tower signal was set Tor a
eth-aye train The signal remained that way
for nearly an hour, gave orders not TO nave
n disturbed The disks the first car or the
train were set to show that it was 9th-aVe
train. -.
IT am satisfied from my own observation that
both the tower man and the motornan were at
fault The tower man should have seen that tne
coming train was a 9th-ave. train and turned
the switch to give il the right track the
motorman should have seen by the signal that
the switch was closed for 6th-ave- train ana
should have stopped, instead of taking the curve
at full speed.
jackson has made no statement to me- He
has the right to waive examination when he is
under arrest charged with crime. Manage:
Hedley, of the marlborough. has telephoned to
me that all the detectives of the company are
under orders to search for Kelly, and the police
are also searching fer the motnrman. His dis
appearance looks suspicious, but hope he will
be found soon.''
There is report that Kelly may have COM
rnitted suicide the coroner was told
"Well' said Dr. Scholer. 'if ne was respon-
sible for killing and manning so many people.
the most commemorate act possible for him
would be 10 commit suicide
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CORONER BLAMES BOTH.
Thinks Motorman and Tozcer Man
at Fault Preliminary Hearing.

The preliminary hearing before Coroner
Scholer took place in the police station in West
47th-st. at p. M. and was brief Cornelius A.
Jackson. the tower man at 9th-ave. and 59d-st,
who had been under arrest since 1880 a. m
was the only prisoner at the hearing. but the
five men of the crew of the 9th-ave. train were
present as detained witnesses They were John
W. johnson, conductor, and John McDevitt,
Walter L. Barry. Bernard Clark and Timothy
Htgginson guards. W. C. Douglas and H E.
Nudge, attorneys of the marlborough Rapid
Transit Company. were present to act as counsel
for the men.
only one affidavit was taken, that of Patrol
man Edward j. Moran, who witnessed the acct
dent and later arrested Jackson. His statement
accused Jackson of criminal carelessness result
ing in the death of twelve persons.
Jackson was asked by the coroner If he wished
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-12
STRONGER THAN MEAT.
4 Judges Opinion of Grape-Kuts.

A gentleman who has acquired a judicial turn
~ mind from experience the bench out in the
snnFovyer State writes carefully considered
oninion as 20 the value OF Grape-Nuts as food.
He eays=
..F7or the past five years Grape-Nuts has been
g prominent feature in our bill OF fare.
THE crisp food with the delicious. nutty
favor has become an indispensable necessity in
nv samiiy's everyday life
s.It has proved 10 be most healthful and bene-
ncsai and has enabled US 70 practically abolish
ns-trv and Dies from our table. for the children
prefer Ora pc Nuts and do not crave rich and
UNIV hossonle food
..srape-Nats keeps US all in perfect physical
eoneitforl-ss preventive Of disease IL is beyond
value I have been particularly impressed by
the beneficial effects of Grape-Nuts when used
nv ladies who are troubled with face blemishes,
skin erGptions. etc II clears up the complexion
wonderfully
"As 20 It's nut-iiiye qualities. Ely experience is
that one small dish OF Grape-Nuts is superior 70
a pound Of meat for breakfast, which Is an i'm
portant consideration for anyone II satisfies
the appetite and strengthens the power OF re-
ststfng fatigue. while It's use involves none OF
the d.sagreeab Bile consequences that sometimes
eellow a meat breakfast" Name given by Pos
trnl Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason
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way he caught and crushed. I pulled the
nearest fire alarm box Then l called up Police
Headquarters and told them whar mad happened.
asking that all the ambulances and reserves that
esd be spared be hurried to the scene. Next l
II dressed all of the wagons the avenue into
service az ambulances. I placed Aiken on one of
them. and sent him to Roosevelt Hospital.
When the car fell into the street there was an
AWFUL crash. Before the crash. there was
what seemed to me TO be rain of bodies from the
front door of the The noise of the falling car
was followed by a pandemonium il there ever was
one The shrieks of the women mingled with the
cries and oaths of the men, and these We're fol-
lowed by the groans of those who were crushed
and pinned in the wreckage. In a twinkling A
great crowd gathered and il not until the re-
serves came that the frantic men and women could
be driven back and the work of rescue pushed as
it should have been I never witnessed such
scene of horror before, and I hope 1 never shall see
such another 80
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-12
MADE INSANE By GRIEF.
Becomes VioleHt on Reading in Sub
1cQg Train of Sons Death.

Yesterdays elevated railway disaster led 70
insanity from grief in the case Of the father
of Solomon Neugass. The father. Leopold. Of
No. PSI West 132d-st.. boarded a subway e.
press train at the Brooklyn Bridge station at
p. m, ignorant Of his sons fate and was read
ing an account of the wreck in an evening paper
when he saw his sons name in the list OF the
dead The train was then at 42d-st- Mr.. Neu-
gass began to beat his head against the side OF
the car, crying: My son is killed.
Then he tried to climb out of window Of the
car and fought nadiy while passengers and
trainmen tried to quiet him. The train was held
five minutes, bur Mr.. Neugass could not be
taken from the car Word telephonsd TO
have a policeman ready at T2d-st., and when the
train arrived there Pstrolrsan Toherty tried 20
remove the crazy man. With seemingly super
human strength Mr.. NeugaSs resisted and after
a delay OF another nve minutes the tFa a., VEN
on More policemen We're ready st ZIONIST
where Mr.. NeugaSs was taken from the ear oy
force.
An ambulance from the j. Hood Wright Hes
pital was waiting. The father was carried %
the ambulance and policemen had to sit on him
10 keep him quiet. His condition was so serious
he was transferred 70 the Harlem Hospital There
IL was said that ''he is raving maniac" II was
said he would be transferred later 10 Bellevue
Hospital.
Patrolnnan Charles Bach. Of the West S7th-st.
station, saw a newspaper late yesterday after
noon and found his brothers name among the
list of dead 1t was not until then that he knew
his brother was in the wreck. He requested
half hour leave of absence. which was granted,
and went to the West 47th-st. station and
identified the body. then broke down and cried.
Bach said he could not account for his brother
going past the 59th-sf station. He said his
brother always got of there. taking crosstoVa
car for the Central Park station.
Earlier in the day Mrs Bach went to the
station and asked If there was Joseph Bach
among the injured. No such name had been re-
ported and she told. She was about 10
turn away joyfully when she said that her bus
band was a policeman.
What is the number OF his shield?" she was
asked
Fourteen twenty-three." she replied
Then the news broken TO her that her
husband had Just died. She fell in q faint
and it was some time before she revived sufh-
eiently to be taken home.
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6th-ave The train was going down 9th-aye AZ
q good rate and struck the open switch. The
weight OF the cars behind The strain Vss -.
great. however, that when the half way
around the curve the second CIR turned over
sideways, Hfting the forward part from the
trucks which continued with the first car into
53d-St. Then the second car, with nothing 10
guide it around the curve rolled over and fel
to the street. dragging the third car behind n
Luckily the strain broke the coupling between
the second car, which fell. and the third car
which prevented from falling by striking
the building
e. p. Bryan. vfce-presdent Of the railroad
company, was also at the scene of the disaster
to make careful investigation. He said. speak
ing offcially:
At 7:15 O'Clock a 9th-ave. southbound train
local, stopped at 59th-st. and 9th-ave. and then
proceeded TO the junction (53d-st. and 9th-avel.
The switch set for 6th-ave train and
Motorman Kelly did not observe 1t and took
the curve The forward truck Of the second
car became deranged and fell 10 the street.
Mr.. Bryan. who talked with Jackson, the
towerman, authorized a statement to be made
for him, as follows:
The 9th-ave train which met with the acct
dent dfsplaved 6th-ave signals On the as
sumption that the signals were correct I gave
the train the 6th-avs *
There is ABSOLUTELY TO truth in the stories
that the switchman becoming panic stricken
when he saw the first car taking the curve re-
set the switch" said Mr.. Hedley TO a Tribune
reporter. 1.-THE switches interioclins and
il would be a physical irnpossihllity 20 change
them when train is on the tracks The switch
was Sc: for a 6th-ave. train The signals indi-
Gated that il was set for 6th-ave. / saw both
these facts for myself Kelly should have seen
the signals.
"The train coming down. the notorHlan
apparently expecting the straight The first
car took the curve, being the motor car, heavy
and able TO offer resistance TO the curve. The
second was a trailer, light. and went OF the
tracks. The couplings parted. fortunately.
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was riding were thrown int hear and there was
any %'d panic to enee e ous e OF anS Vent
down of the openwork pillars TO the street
ESCAPED FROM CARS UPPER END.
Lindsey Harrison. of Nc. PSI West 11eth-st..
was reading a newspaper. He sat well forward
In the second car. He said last night:
There came a heavy Jolt and flashes Of light all
around the car The car seemed 10 be deraied, Tor
bumped along the es bv f6e ear b bheh Il
Then felt Gle end tilt way up. and everything
down toward the Street / found myself damned
into the upper end Of the car up by the TRACK rIs
who had been sitting near me me were threwa to- %
Ee d n IN hgap aHe IN and walked
whole bottom of the was ripped open, and no
tracks. when I could pull myself up stepped
out too. and climbed down through building to
even see that nv shoe was gone until some man
grabbed me and took me 70 doeeT he nxed me
get home
William Beatty, a youth who is employed at
the Western Electric Company with his brothers
James and Robert was in the second car. James
was in the first with chun; Robert in the
fourth car. When the wreck came William. an
athlete, jumped for the straps and chung to
them. He attributed his escape from death to
his, hanging there VIXEN the car struck the
street He sustained only compound fracture
of the nose. where a piece OF wreckage struck
him. His brothers helped rescue others injured
but did not know ne was hurt until they found
he did not report for work.
Patrolman Moran. who was standing at 53d-st
and 9th-ave. the train came down the avenue
described the wreck as follows:
had Just SAID hello to Harry Aiken. who was
on his way to the West Side court, when heard
an awful rumbng overhead looked up and saw
sharks and flames flying from the elevated struct
ure. and the next instant there shower of
splinters. Then | the railing along the side
of the structure give way, and came crash
ing down. grabbed Aiken's arm and shouted to
him to himself. 20 for nss life.
He started, but before he could get out OF the
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LIE linz NED.
ACCSTAIL Lincoln, negro 341 West 59th-st.: legs
crushed; Roosevelt Hospital
AIKEN, Henry. ratrolman, West Side court No I5s
9thavo; fracture Of ribs and disioeated right leg:
Roosevelt Hospital
ARMsTEAD. Rose address unknown taken home.
BEATTY William. seventeen years old No 2145 sth-
ave; fractured skull; numerous bruises con
tusions: Roosevelt Hospital.
BLACK James thirty-tyo years No s5s sth-aye
Commissions and bruises; Roosevelt Hospital.
BLAKE. Paul thirty four old No ee3 Columbus
ave; Commissions Of face and body: Roosevelt Hos
pital
99h-st.: nose broken; attended and home.
BUTLER. William. thrtysix years old laborer. No ~
West eeth-st: fractured arm and laeerated head:
Bellevue Hospital.
DoBsoN. Charles. twenty-three years old No 70 ID
scalp wounds and injuries back; Bellevue
Hospital
DoNELLow. Thomas, fory-two years old No. JOB West
DONOHCE John J.. forty-seven years cid No 40 West
iS3d-st; Commissions Of back and body Roosevelt Hos
pital
ENGEI William. twenty nine years old, Nc ass West
10Th right leg smputated Will probably die;
Roosevelt Hospital.
FITZGERALD. Matthew No 2Is West 134tf-st internal
injuries and scalp wounds; Flower Hospital
FOWLER John tweaty-six years old. No a. 18TH
st.; left arm anputated; Roosevelt Hospital.
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STRIKERS WATCHING KELLY.

According to Thomas r. Dibble a newspaper
man. who was in the first car of the wrecked
train there had been trouble all the way down
town because Of recklessness or incompetence on
the part Of the motorman Mr. Dibble told the
following story to Coroner Scholer and Inspec-
tor Flood:
'The trouble started as far north as 125th-st.
where boarded the train woman and a little
girl got and the heel of the childs shoe got
caught in the gate. The train started OFF but sig
nal from the conductor stopped il again. the heel
was released. and the train proceeded BY the time
we reached Coumbus-av the train was crowded
I In the front car. standing beside the motor
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STORIES OF SURVIVORS.
Woanded Victims Tell of Erpe-
riences an Wreck.

Bruised and bleeding. the passengers in the
wrecked car were unnerved by the terrible
occurrences that few had an adequate concep-
ton of what really happened. Not until they
were cared for at the hospitals or taken to their
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and agonfzing cries for help came from the men
ana women under the wrecked car mingled with
means and groans. Men and women were running
around bleeding from their hands and faces and
oSher . wounds We got away from the awful sight
as quickly as we could when we could not be of
further assistance to the unIortunates the police
and ambulances having arrived