The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-02
WRECKS KILL AND MAIN.
PACIFIC EXPRESS ON NEW YORK
CENTRAL RUNS INTO A LAND
SLIDE NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE.
BOYS SPIKE FRISCO RAILS.
Fast Train Sent Over an Embankment
South of Antlers e. To- and Sew
eral Casualties Result.
GOTHAM ELEVATED IN A CRASH

tlSihlLL LANDING, y. Y, July
3O-Pacihc express train No. 81 of the
New York Central Il Hudson River rail-
road. which left the Grand Central sta
ton in New York at 9:32 O'Clock last
night, was wrecked shortly before mid
night, eleven miles below poughkeepsie,
by running into landslide which had
been swept down from a high emhank-
ment 10y terrific rainstorm yesterday
afternoon.
Two Dead; Fifteen Injured.
The engine of the flyer was thrown
from the rails and plunged into the
river. Fireman Mills was killed out
right and Engineer Wells. whose home
is in the Bronx, New York, was SO
badly injured that he will die.
Fifteen passengers were seriously IN
jurcd and Il score of others received
minor hurts. The most seriously injured
are:
Edward Kelly, Poughkccpso, will de.
Mrs. Ilorath. arm broken.
Mrs Warren Reynolds, PoCkskill, y. Y,
arm broken and legs lacrrated.
tNtuld Peters, Schenectady, arm brohen
Henry Taylor, roughkccpsic, Lee broken.
y. II. Nichols, Elmira.
The injured were taken To Highland
hospital nj Matteawan,
Heavy Rains the Cause.
During the afternoon and night heavy
rains undermined the embarrassment ON
the east side of the tracks and shortly
before the arrival of the train two score
tons of earth and gravel Slid down, coy
crug the north-bound track The eN-
press train plunged into the mass OIL
earth and stone. The locomotive turned
turtle and rolled into the river. me
heavy trucks of the baggage car and the
first coach sank into the pile OF carth
and brought the remainder OF the Tram
to q sudden stop.
Seni Gus 1rained Nurses.
The passengers were thrown violently
about the cars. The wrecked train was
made up Of four Pullman cars SIX day
coaches one baggage car one mani car
and one combination baggage ana man
car. -Four of the day coaches were
wrecked.
Supt. Mccoy of the Harlem division
was in charge of the relief train that
came from New York. On the train
were fifty or more trained nurses ana
number of physicians.
The wreck was the worst on the New
York Central since the tunnel disaster,
but this morning all the tracks were
clear.
Une miraculous Escape
4 southbound freight had just cleared
the point when the slide came down III
front of the northb0uud express. 1t
seems miraculous that there were no
casualties or serious injuries among the
passengers, especially with regard to the
twenty or more men who were in the
combination smoking and baggage car,
which. when the locomotive turned over
after plOughing for forty feet into the
great heap of gravel which had fallen
down upon the track, shot upward and
then, turning almost at right angles,
came down with u crash across all three
tracks.
Joseph Shine of Poughkeepsie who
was III the forward part Of the smoker,
felt the floor knocked out from under
him, and as the car landed, without
turning over, hc was dropped into the
river and swan ashore, uninjurcd.
Country Boys Cause Wreck.
ANTLERS, /. r., July 3O-A south
bound express train on the Frisco was
wrecked Sunday south OF herr. \ spike
had been driven between the rails on tie
high side Of the curve. and the engine
struck it and rolled down the embauk-
mcnt the tender and baggage ear fol-
lowing. John Harlan, the engineer, Will
die. VIII SHELTON, the fireman, was
caught in the buckle Of the engine and
tender and instantly killed. The bag
gage and express messenger escaped
with severe bruises.
Detectives believe the wreck was
caused by country boys who wanted to
see the fast train stop in the woods.
They say that they have sufficient evil
dence To Justify several arrests.
The train carried POO eNcursiouists
who were returning to Texas