Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-11
AWFUL ELEVATED
RAILROAD WRECK
One Gar Leaves Track and Falls
Into Street Below. In
New York
TEN KILLED, THIRTY INJURED
Blame For the Terrible Disaster Falls
On switchman, Who B'undered,
Throwing the Switch After One Car
Had Passed Over 't-Pa.ssnser'
Climb Thru Windows Of Buildings.

iured by the derailment of an ele-
vated railroad train at Fifty-third
street and Ninth avenue today. The
train was southbound Ninth avenue
local, and 1t is alleged that switchmer
blundered and threw the switch after
one car had passed over 1t, causing
part of the train to go on one track
and the balance of 1t on another. One
car left the track and fell into the
street, landing upside down.
The passengers In the cars
remaining on the structure were
able to reach the street by climbing
through the windows Of adjacent
buildings.
The dead:
T.. p. Scheible, Of New York.
J. N. Hauspach. member OF the
New York board Of trade.
s. Negus, negro.
John Norris negro.
An unidentified woman.
Cornelius McCarty, a laborer
William Lees an electrician.
John Cochrane.
Solomon Nugasts, head sew
cred from body by sharp piece Of
board, and body and head found on
tracks separated by several yards.
Joseph Bach, policeman.
The injured are: Seymour Rowe:
Charles Bobson; Rose Olmstead:
Henry Atkins. policeman; Barbara
Grell, a Western Union operator; Ed
ward Moran, policeman; Elizabeth
Minar Nyack, will die; Patrick j. Gill
ligan; Lincoln Eckstein; Bridget Nc
Mahon, and William T. Nieubuer.
Coroner Scholer has caused the ar
rest Of ]. w. Johnson, conductor of the
train, and Timothy Higginson. j. NC
Davitt, w. l.. Berry and D. Clark
guards. The motorman, Paul Kelly,
and C. A. Jackinson, switchmen, have
disappeared.
Several Of the injured are fatally
hurt. The car struck the street on Its
end, with frightful crash, the bot
tom and sides being shivered into
splinters. Passengers were piled upon
one another in great shrieking,
struggling mass, but as the sides OF
the car gave way, those not seriously
hurt were able to extricate themselves
and render aid to others less fortunate.
Policemen, firemen and others were
soon at the scene and the work OF
succoring the injured and removing
the dead began. The excitement
among those in the derailed cars on
the structure, as they realized what
happened, became intense. Men,
deeming that the motorman was re-
sponsible for the wreck attacked him
and tried to beat him. He was dragg-
ed from his seat, but he shouted for
fair play, and convinced the crowd
that it was the switchman and not
himself that was responsible.
Later-Coroner Scholer, says he is
satisfied that the wreck was due to
the criminal neglect of Switchman
dickinson
There is a dispute as to the cause
Of the accident. Coroner Scholer and
some others maintained the switchman
on duty at the junction of the two
lines first set the switch so as to throw
the train on to the Sixth avenue track
and then, realizing his error, tried to
rectify it by moving the switch while
the train was passing over 1t. Cen
eral Manager Hedley asserted the
switch was not moved after the train
reached it, and the train jumped the
track because of the speed with which
it took the curve, which was not
banked and intended to be taken
slowly.
Later Switchman Jackinson was ar
rested at his home. He maintained
he had set the switch right.