New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-04
TUNNEL CORKED TIGHT
Al Fire y. Y. c. Tracks in Peril
AUenue Blocked by Wreck.

thousands OF travellers were held up yesterday
morning when a yard engine. drawing sly ar,,,,.
Ni'illdh cars for the Empire State Express into
me Grand Central Station jumped the track a,
6t;s street, two blocks south OF the en.rs,,oa :,
the Fark avenue tunnel. az $40 O'clock Tho az
CINE. which was travelling on track No . sk,dda5
over TO the right and pulled the observation car
valentine on after it. The car and the tender
ouckled up and smashed into a masonry abutnnent
between tracks Nos and 4 which was used
for the old bridge over thu tracks One NJ The
other cars left the tracks. too ana all Nv.
tracks were blocked. Thomas Laikert the en-
glneer ana Max Gabriel the fireman borh
stuck 10 the:r posts and escaped injury Several
cleaners in the car were shaken up A poIicar,sr
who heard the crash. thinking Of the big disaster
In the Park avenue tunnel some years ago sen,
can Tor an ambulance before investigation The
surgeons services were not needed
Every incoming and outgoing train was bIocL.d
Passengers for the Empire State Express which
was due 10 leave here at $50 O'Clock we're told "a
take the elevated OF subway 10 Kingsbridre where
they boarded another complement OF cars made lin
for the train in the Mott Haven yards The train
made 70 send out other trains until $50 O'clock
WEI me nEst outbound track was cleared. An in
. ,ttiIu aach was cleared ten minutes later. and
trains started moving slowly IN both directions
the tracks. bat all the damage TO them was MOI
repaired until o'clock One OF the automafic
switches between tracks Noe. and 4 had to be
9persted with 2 crowbar until that time. somewhat
and the engine slightly damaged As tie tracks
were ripped up for considerable distance il vas
hsrd 10 determine the exact cause OF the accident
II was suggested, however. that a switch engines
being light, always bob around considerably when
drawing heavy load ~ than a moderate
speed. the engine probably bObbed or the track
me Aaynower Express. one Of the limited trains
or the New York. New Haven a. Hartford DUE 10
leave here az O'Clock, and another Boston eN-
press were the principal outgoing trains held M
Among the incoming trains delayed were tho Soutb-
western Limited. the Montreal Express ard the
Twentieth Century Limited Most Of the local
trains were run back To held up an 10Th street
and 18TH street where the passengers 20. on and
took the elevated trains downtown ~
TIE wreck caused anguish among a score Of real
estate mel who had advertised large auctions ~
building lots al Mount Vernon New Rochelle
White Plains and other points. The bands Dlavsd
and the hot chOwcer steamed. but the preDaratiops
wasted thin air. Runners al The DID
Central Station with colored BANDS on their bsts
coFralled prospective buyers and held TO them os
long a they could. but the larger part Of the
crowd got tired Of waiting and went home IN dis
gust n r. estimated that the delay caused a loss
~ more than $4,000 70 the real estate man 81
IS -stchesfsT and Connecticut
IN instances he real estate men had houpbt
excursion tickets for customers and they nra pou.
talking OF suing th@ company 10 compel them 10
make good tie losses.
The accident also llayed havoc with the plans
OF thousands OF others, who had arranged to 20
aboard steamers aud yachts az the ports along the
Sound 20 witness the naval review. Hundreds de-
clarad they would call on the railroad 20 reln-
buEse them for the price Of their tickets