The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-23
TWENTY N ! TWO DEAD. t|:
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WRECK OF ELECTRIC. EXPRESS
ON NEW YORK CENTRAL.
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Coroner of the Opinion That Spread
ing of the Rails Caused the
fS'"'i1i y Terrible Disaster. 'H'5;'''-

New York; Feb. 1S.-Twenty9 dead,
two fatally hurt and lao others more
or less seriously injured, is the re-
suit of the wreck of an electric ex-
press train on the New York Central
railroad at Two Hundred and. Fifth
street nand Webster avenue Saturday
night. ,Qf;the large number OF injured,
| so are, according to- hospital and pO-
| flee reports, seriously hurt and the
death list may be Increased. Most of
| the Others are Suffering from lacera-
tons or shock and will recover '@.c.;
gt;-. :; The Dead. &: = .:szs,..
| Following is. a. revised list of the
dead: Mrs. Florence Brady, Golden's
Bridge, N Y; Miss Lihie Ewelr, Haw-
thorne, N. Yl;' Myron E. Evans, White
Plains. N. 'Y.:i Mrs. Katherine X. Far
rand. Pleasantville, n. Y; Miss Jessie
M, Jubin,. White Plains, n. Y; Mrs.
Mary Kinch. Chappaqua, n. Y; Clara
L. Hudson, Minneapolis, Mimi; Mrs.
Annie III. McLain; widow; Miss Annie
M .Moorehead. ;Briar Cliff. Manor, N.
". E. l.. Page, White Plains, N Y;
| Cornelius Kelly, North Salem, N, Y;
Robert ]. Rosborough, White Plains,
N. Y; Julia w. Storm, Bedford Sta
tion, IN W. Mrs.; Isaaci L. Webster,
White Plains, N, VI, Miss Bessie See,
Pleasantyille, N. Y; Miss Annie Sic
| voni, White Plains. N. Y; Elsie D.
| Warren, New York; Mary Beals, New
| York; Mrs. Dorothy; w. Perrin, New
York: Mrs +. F., Newcomb, Pike, N.
Y; Margaret Mahoney, Purdy Station,
~ Y; unidentified girl. about 16.
Total dead, %.
" Most Seriously Injured. :.:-''.'.
I Ira ]. Dutton, White Plains, n. z,
will recover; Emily -Fendrock. White
Plains, n. Y, serious; Miss Belle Fow-
ler, Pleasantville, n. Y, probably not
fatal; Sarah Merritt. Pleasantvil1e, n.
Y, dangerous; Mabel :. Smith, aged
l13. Oneonta; N. Y, probably
fatal; Elsie SnifFen, Englewood, N. j.,
probably fatal; unknown girl. uncon-
scious, in Fordham hospital. ...>..
| In addition to these, the New York
| Central railroad has a. list Of 125
names of persons said to have been
injured, but in the great majority of
as to be of little consequence, and
most Of the persons went at once to
their homes.
What the Coroner Learned.
Coroner Schwab said he had secured
statement from Motorman Rogers of
the wrecked train. In this, according
to the coroner, the motorman stated
he was running on schedule time
when the accident occurred, and adj
mitted that the speed of his train was
20 miles an hour. Rogers, said the
coroner, declares he did not know any
thing was wrong until an eighth of a
mile beyond the place of derailment
er motor coupled into one engine draw.
ing five coaches. The first was a
smoker, the second Is described as
a power car, though it is commonly
designed as a combination baggage
and smoker, and the three following
were ordinary passenger coaches.
1T appears to me-" said the coro
ner, that spreading of the rails
caused the disaster. think that one
of the motors hit a section of the
track with force enough to cause il
to- Jump off. The smoker followed
and swung the cars following com
pletely off the track, breaking the
= coupling. When the rear cars broke
loose they ran wild for distance and
finally turned over" - 1i.1o
How the Passengers Were Killed.
When the wreck occurred the three
rear coaches, filled with passengers
were thrown on their right side just
: above sharp curve at Woodlawn road
: bridge The shock was terrific. Peo
pie were hurled violently from their
: seats, and the most of those who We're
killed were pitched through the win
dows as the cars slid on their sides
The third rail held for a time, but
finally broke with flash and a roar
seen and heard for a great distance
Between the wreck Of the current
rail and the main track the bodies
were wedged. They were held here
as the cars passed along and in this
way were terribly mangled. y eigii
Statement Of the Roads Press Agent
In an official statement, ]. c. Ham
mond, press representative of the New
: York Central railroad, said the inyesti
/ cation made by the railroad official.
! had not disclosed the cause of the
, accident. One of the small wheels
. ON the left side. of the, front of the
! Heading motor was found to be broker
at the point of derailment, as piece.
! of the wheel we're picked up at tina
: point. In almost the same spot, III
said, rail was broken. but it was i'm
possible to say which Of these. causet
the wreck, or which resulted from it
He said that the ran used was o
? standard, weight. 100 pounds to ths
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- One OF the Sad Stories. e
i l>5 One of the sadistorles of the. wrecl
4 is that surrounding the death. Of Mis-
/. Elsie d. Warren. a trained nprse, VIII
i lived in this city. Miss Warren wa
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