Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-17
TWENTY meet DEATH
ON ELECTRIC TRAIN
Horrible Accident Occurs on The
Harlem Division Of The New
York Central.
FIRST FATALITYFOR MOTOR SERVICE
Train Was Running at Terrific
Rate of Speed Around Curve and
Some of the Cars TOPPED over
Third Rail Was Fortunately
Smashed.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 1G.-Sixteen
passengers were killed outright. four
others had died OF their injuries at
midnight, and at least fifty more
were more or less seriously injured
following the wreck of the White
Plains and Brewster Express OF the
Harlem division of the New York
Central and Hudson river railroad
near Woodlawn in the Bronx. bor-
ough of Greater New York, !, tinight
a sheet of electric flame that fol-
lowed the disaster enyelopsa! the
rear car and for ImoMent threat
e'ned to reach the victims pinned in
the debris. The flames did not, how
ever. spread. and the horror of holo-
caust was averted. AS the cars fell
they smashed the third rail. break
ing the current and ending the dan
ger from this source.
The train. No 25, left the Grand
Central station at 6:13. drawn by two
heavy electric motors, loaded with a
matinee crowd and commuters on
their way home from business in this
city. 1t was made up of the combi-
nation baggage and moking car and
five passenger coaches, After stop
ping at 125th street, the train was
4 schedule led to run express to White
s tPlainss AT Woodlawn Road the four
tracks run through a rocky cut and
take sharp curve. When the train
reached the curve 1t was, according
to the passengers running at very
high speed, estimated by some at co
miles an hour.
Both motors and the smoking car
went safely around the curve, but the
cars following left the rails and
plunging over on their sides with q
terrific crash, tore up the tracks, and
after sliding n hundred yards col
lapsed In one mass.
Of those instantly killed the great.
err number We're women Many were
mangled beyond recognition Ambul-
ances and surgeons from every hos
pital In Bronx Borough and from
Bellevue, this city, responded to hur-
ry calls. as did two fire engine conf
pantes and the police reserve from
many stations
Many of the injured were quickly
extricated from the wreckage, while
others were so pinioned they could
not be taken out for some time.
Fire started in the overturned cars
.
guished and the firemen lent their
aid to the injured. Special trains car.
ried many OF the injured TO White
Plains and Mount Vernon, while 9th
ers were brought to hospitals in this
city. The dead:
Mcyerone Evans. White Plains,
civil engineer; Robert Roseberg,
White Plains employee; T.. F. John
ston, Briar Cliff, N Y; c. f. Page.
Williamsburg, N. Y; Mrs. Edward
Brady, Golden Bridge, N. Y; Mrs. G.
Kintch, Chatham, N. Y.
Following is partial list of the
injured:
Fannie Hubbard, White Plains;
Maud Case, White Plains; William
Hall, of Mt. Kisco; Thomas ]. Hall,
OF Mt. Kisco; James Sullivan, Gold
ems Bridge; William Burns, White
Plains; George Hobbs. Pleasantville:
]. C. Rowe. Sherwood Park; Edward
Apple. Sherwood Park; Albert OPP
penheimcr. White Plains; Mrs. F..
Fayle. Valhalla; F.. c. Hurdy, Pleas
antville; Abel Nelson, Pleasantville;
Alice Angle. White Plains; Bessie
Wyles, White Plains; Miss M. Sche-
nier, Schaeffer. N. Y; Margaret
n.
Johnston, New York city; Henry
Feldhaus, Chappaqua, N Y; Edward
Hart. Mt. Kisco; l.. S. Scholtz, New
York city; Frank Cohen. White
Plains: Mrs. w. A. Clarke, Brewster;
Robert "A. Judson. New York city;
j. M. Rose, Yonkers; Mrs. David
Hawthorne, Brewster; David Haw.
thorne, infant, Brewster; A. Stanfield,
Brewster: Mrs. Stanfield, his wife,
J. ]. Jacobs, New York city,; Henry
c. Henderson, Yonkers.
l.. w. Hopkins, conductor, White
Plains; James Stansfield, motorman;
George Somerville; William 'Simm,
Valhala; William Simm, Jr. aged 10
years; George Nippert. Valhalla;
Arthur F. Dean, Valhalla: Arthur
Ridabeck, White Plains; John Hir-
ten, Sherman Park; benjamin Kiln
ger, New York city; Miss IA. Bahere
Hawthorne; e. Jacobs. Elmsford Mr.
knott, Mt. Kisao Edward Shoemay,
White Plains; Miss Marie Celler,
White Plains; William o'Brien, North
a T.