The evening world., 1907-03-05

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wooLsEY, >. H.. New York,
cooixy hody bruised.
PIcffETTS d. H., porter, New
York, heau ana arms injured.
SMITH. f. w. New York; portcrl
| body bruihed.
BRowS, rr per,en New York:
back in5ufed.
sfiTH. r. =, porter Kew York,
body bruised.
HURST. n. H.. trAinman, New
York; back injured.
Train No 8 On the New York Central
line. known as the Chicago and New
Ynsh -raa. fl-srs wrecked ahur,,y
before . A. NJ, to-day at flvon. abou,
twenty-five miles north OF Poughkecp-
sie. Only the locomotive and forward
car remained on fhs track. all the other
carr being thrown Into the ditch.
According 10 ~. early reports or the
! disaster, none or the passengers was
KILLED And ten wern serionsfs Injured,
rAe faes sss.s. retiet train WIN MIR a
dozen surgeons aboard was startea frafn
Pnngh ahnrtI nffsr--the wreck
had occurred. hownver. seemed 10 indi-
cato that thfa report might be iraccu.
rate
The Special h ono .of the FAST tratns
run by the Central from Chicago TO
New York. making tho diatanee in
twenty-tonr henf~ I, iest Chfeaso at
A, ". yesterdas. and was due to ar
s7vs al the Grand Csntrs1 STATION at
sfs A. II. to-day. The train ID generally
made up OF thfve rnail care, d eombina-
tfon smoker ana baEaass car a day
coach, Ainins ear ana your Pullman
sIespsng cara. II tett Albany on time
At xse A. II No stops are made b.
tween there asd New York.
Detective Car Track.
N tha satiy reports no eause waa
assigned FOR tho wreck. but II Ia be.
Hsssd thht a defect tn une OF ts.s car
tfspezs must hava been Al ths bottom
Oh II, from The rect that the ioeotno.
tive and fofsxafa car remained on the
traek. An OF tne other carr ara sad
10 be bad1e smashed They wsre
thFe#a fsfto q AIEnA tswss-aaa sAls
wrs sissHolfshSa conhrlstsly. A line OF
freight casA on Siding also were
= ThA trncka ss.a sora un ses- -sas-s,s-
tafnce or hundred ynr1s or more and
the tsaegraph IInes were broken "a
the1 desailea cara were hurled asaanst
Tho poles.
That no Hves were lost ts attributed
10 tho fact that the special had slack.
entd itz spesd snEslsnhst al ~ ae-a
preached the signal tower at T1vofi.
On orders from the office. OF sha conf
pany at the Grand Central Stntion,
RELIEF train was hurried TO the scene
from Poughkeepsie. and another train
was. cent later for the purpose of bring
ing all Of the passengers to New York.
Information han been received a. the
Grand Central station that ono OF tho
ten injured paasenEefn Ii In n nerious
condition. This was tho case of man
who was badly crushed and had a leg
broken.
The cause of the wreck. Ike that al
Rrryatets. Ia. said 70 1hayaa been. las
spreadiag OF 9}se ratis-@t tfttEiats % the
road said that in tho severe winter
weather It was dIrIeuIt 10 keep the
tracks In the best -of=ccndltlon.
Train System 10 Tied Up.
All OF the southbound traihs on tho
-TWcntleth- Century
fiyer and ta,e Southwestern Limited. ara
.his>csea. and the sntiss schednle OF the
system between New York and Albany
In tied up
IA the crash came Il is reported that
the locomotive and forward car escaped
deanolItion by tho lucky breaking of u
coupling. Two of the Pullman neepcrs
narrowly escaped plunging into the
HNdsnn
All OF the passengers In the Pullman
cars were In their bar -ttsss. Many~at
them wsre pitched out and there was =
mad panic M ti1ey turtbird ores- sAct1
other 10 eecape from the WRECKED cara.
THE injured passengers were carried
out 10 gave them from bosstolo IRE, In
tho f,rs, r,iah the passengers forkot All
about ta1elr clothing. and men and wo-
men alike jumped put into the snow
sauks along ste tracks In tha himsleht
kind OF rain,ent. AZ order waa restored
The passtngers returned for tneir tfotsi-
Ing and vafuabiea.
Passenger TELLS OF Confusion.
An OF the passengers on tho wrecked
train, Including the ten injured, arrived
al tho Grant Central Stallion nj Lao P.
NJ. on the wolverine Express. The In
,urea were cared FOR on tho journey By
DR., Thouaas watson, OF Hudson, n. X.
Charles H. Hamilton. of Cleveland. was
one OF the passengers In the forward
aicaplng car, which trailed the diner. .-s'--
uSyhen our car waa whirfed
Off she' track there wnA wild
csaruaiea Tor y few aiaasea,'
snia Hamilvon. eMy frat fHa-
er-easfen was that nnay had
beeA kiifea. for the train was
xoiass AZ . gooa rate OF speed
s~nka the crash came. After we
had aai aos nat Of the ear
nsaae an investigation 60 AID
oat what HAD caused the wreck.
no d,fference What the railroad OF,
fieialH fahy say about tho eanse or II
am satisfied that II WAS due 10 a broken
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