Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-30
SAND, STONES AND DIRT 0N THE TRACKS Landslide Caused a Bad Accident to a Train on the New York Genital
 Last Night ENGINEER RANDf|REMANDEAD
About Dozen Passengers Were Injured-Three Tracks Were
 Blocked.

Newburgh, N. Y., July 30-Twt wrecking crews were at work tht
 morning clearing the debris of tn, wreck of the New York Central Pa cific express which ran Into land side one mile south of New Hamburg at 11:30 last night, resulting in the death of Edward Wells, the engineer of Albany, and Edward Warren, fire man, of New York and injuries to about dozen passengers, none of which will prove fatal. The three tracks at the point where the acci. dent occurred were all torn up or badly twisted for hundred feet or more, so that 1t was apparent that it would be many hours before through traffic could be resumed During the early morning hours special trains of passenger coaches were sent north to Fishkill and used during the morning in transferring the passen- gers who had been stalled on south bound trains north of the wreck and in taking them to New York.
 The wreck was the worst that has occurred on the Hudson river divi- sion since the New York tunnel dis aster. It seems miraculous that there were no casualties or serious injuries among the passengers, es- pecially with regard to the twenty or more men who were in the com bination smoking and baggage car which, when the locomotive turned over after ploughing for forty feet in- to the great heap of gravel which had fallen down upon the track. shot up- ward and then turning almost at right angles. came down with a smashing, splintering crash across all three tracks. Joseph Shine of Pough- keepsie who was in the forward part of the smoker. felt the floor knock cd out from under him and as the car landed, without turning over. he was dropped into the river and swan ashore, uninjured.
 Many passengers had remarkable escapes. The most seriously injured were F. w. Kelly, of Poughkeepsie shoulder broken and Harry Taylor n member of the Poughkeepsie ball team, but many were stunned. lay Tor and the engineer were taken to the Highland hospital at Matteawan where the engineer died at 2:3O q. m.
 Fireman Warren was dead when he and the engineer were lifted out of the locomotive. John Carstens, baggagemaster of New York. was thrown through window of the smoker and received very deep cut on his left wrist. notwithstanding which he seized q lantern and ran north to prevent any south bound train from running into the wreck. The second and third coaches were slightly telescoped. but of the eight cars that composed the train only the first three left the rails. although the track was so badly twisted under some of the others that the cars in- cllned to one side and the panic among the hundred passengers was at first general throughout the train.
 X south bound freight had just cleared the point when the slide came down in front of the north bound ex- press. Had the freight train been half minute later the result would have been appalling as it would have undoubtedly run into the wreck of the express.
 Railroad men said today that the accident emphasizes the advance ment in substantial construction of railroad cars and in the value of the emergency brake in checking the i'm petus of a train even when a colli- sion Is inevitable.