The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-18
In New York Central Wreck
Saturday Night
ELECTRIC TRAIN DERAILED
Many Women Among the Dead Bodies
Badly Mangled--Many of Injured Win
Die--Train Went Round Curve at
Great Speed--cause Uncertain.


died of their injuries, and at least So
more We're more or less seriously injured,
following the wreck of the White Plains
and Brewster express on the Harlem di
vision Of the New York Central railroad
near WoodIawn road in the Bronx Satur.
day night.
Running at high speed over a sharp
curve, four cars Of fye.car electric
train jumped the tracks and were re
duced to mass Of kindling wood.
a sheet Of fame enyeloped the rear
car, and for a moment threatened to-
roast the victims pinioned IN the debris.
The flames did not, however, spread. and
a Threatened holocaust was averted.
AS the cars fell they smashed the third
rail, breaking the current and ending
The danger from this source. IN the
crash, however, there was death for
many, while practically everyone in the
four coaches received injuries Of some
sort Many were ground to pieces, and
for hours Identification was almost hope
less.
The wrecked train, No. Is, left tl.e
6rand Central station at 6:13 o'clock,
drawn by two heavy electric motors and
loaded with matinee crowd and com.
muters on their way home from business
in the city.
II WAS made up of a combination bag
gage and smoking car, and four passen.
ger coaches.
After stopping at One Hundred and
Twenty street, the train was sehea-
uled to run express TO White Plains.
at Woodlawn road the four tracks run
through a rock cut and take sharp
curve. When the train reached the curve
ii was according to the passengers run
ming at very high speed, estimated BY
some at 90 miles an hour.
Both motors and the smoking car
swung safely around the curve, but the
cars following left the rails and plunq.
ing over on their sides. tore up the
tracks, and after sliding hundred yards
collapsed In one mass.
OF those instantly killed, by far the
greater number were women. Many
were mangled beyond recognition.
Amhulances and surgeons from every
hospital in the Bronx and from Bellevue
responded to hurry calls, as did two fire
engine companies ana the police reserves
from many stations.
Many Of the injured were quickly ex.
tricated from the w-eekaqe, while 9th.
ers were so pinioned that they could
not be taken ont for some time
Those most seriously injured hurried
into hospitals, while the coroner took
charge OF the dead as fast as the bodies
were recovered
Fire started in the overturned care.
bllt the flames were quickly extinguished
and the iiremen lent their aid to the
injured
Special trains carried many Of the in
iured to White Plains and Mt. Vernon,
while Others we're brought to the Grand
Central station and sent to hospitals
here.
TIE rear car, containing more women
than tho others. suffered the most, as
it overturned and before tile breaking
Of the coupling released it from the
ears ahead, II was literally torn 10 pieces
and the broken bits scattered for a hun
dred feet across Woodlawn avenue.
Many passengers practically uninnwed
tumbled from the ears and hurried to
telephones, summoning aid As others
Of the injured climbed from the twisted
wood and iron, they were helped to the
roadside and made as comfortable as
possible until physicians arrived when
the ambulances arrived those desperate
" hurt were hurried to hospitals.
The Identified Dead.
Myron Z. Evans Of White Plains, civil
engineer.
Robert J. Rosbaourg Of White Plains,
employe OF the w. j Sloane Carpet
company.
+. f. Johnston of Briarcliff, n. Y.
G, +. Page of Williamsburg, N. "
Mrs. Mary kinch OF Chappaqua, n. Y.
Miss or Mrs Y. r. Warren.
W. Sloane.
j. Sloane.
Annie Norehead, ~.
Jessie A. labin.
Clara s. Hudson
Mrs. Jessie Tobin.
Mrs. Catherine Keen Farrand Of Plea
santVilie, n. J..
Mrs. McIain, sistcr.in.law Of super.
mtendent Lyons of the Bloomingdale
asylum
Mrs Edward Brady of Golden Bridge,
n. Y.
The bodies Of eight women and one
man are unidentified
Train No. 25, familiar designation
TO scores of commuters who nightly are
carried to their suburban homes on this
train, was in charge Of Engineer Ed.
ward Rogers and Conductors John Will.
isms. In the engine cab with Rogers
was Il. r.. Williamson, assistant super.
intendent OF the division. Joseph Evans
was in charge Of the rear car, James
Brill Of the second car, and William Will
lis OF the combination car. The other
trainmon were Edward Collins, while
Operating Inspector B, o. Stevens was
also on board.
The cause Of the wreck has not been
officially determined AT the Grand Cen.
trail station there. was inclination To
blame the accident to spreading rails
but laterit was said that it was believed
that the axle Of tho first coach broke
throwing the cars from the track The
train pulled out OF One Hundred and
I Twenty.lfth street on time at 6i26
having a clear Roadway for White Plains
over one Of the four tracks OF this di.
vision. just below Woodlawn there il
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