| Show FATAL COLLISION IN A DARK TUNNEL Occurred in Heart of New N v York City Forty Fortys s Passengers i or ori More SeriOus Injured I New Ne 1011 8 Two local trains bound for tur New York 1011 one 10 front from South Norwalk I k the tha t other it Crum tom White V I ii to Plains crashed together In the thu Park Pari avenue tunnel of time tho II New York Central V early carly today todo Seventeen per ier ions Were uro killed anti and 1111 forty furty Injured Of fl the this latter twelve tele were Ivere IY ln hi n Jilted The engineer en I and fireman fleman of ot uti hue thu th White Plains local and cind Ind u a I w wee Vre re arrested District Attorney Jo Ju J time the wreck rork inn aimi will wi per direct an Investigation mn 11 IID DMD j Tho list lint of time the dead follows A 0 a Walton New Hochelle 11 1 I i 0 1 I Diamond New Neus w Albert Albeit M New uw 11 U 1 U n C Nov New Nol Hochelle York Win Wi 1 U B Lees Ills of or Co lu New NewYork NewYork NewYork ll II 1 Franklin Crosby Now New Oscar U K J optician NW YOk Yoi k City CI HH lie 10 lived nt ut tt New Net mid uld wits was of ot time the Now club Theodora aged n d 30 Now New I odin it Wm Fisher aged 2 25 Now New O Potter Poter Aged 40 New Hoeh l Sirs Mis lla A T F 1 Howard New l lWin Win Wi itI Now Kow Hoc hele helen H n i C C aged 3 New Nev Unknown 01 man maim mal believed to he hI t I Mats Mil an aim 11 of the custom house who lit lived at nt New J 1 F ng d lt New ow Two 10 unidentified men macit one ona of whom wore 1010 a n medal le ul won In a 1 sculling con contest contest contest test In 1897 IS Time The medal ml dal was UR presented by hy A U 1 Multi lan ii member of ot the thu New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Athletic club TUB A list of or the time seriously Injured tot fol follows lows Ernest Erest Cotlin Col aged 15 11 Now Hochelle serious wound on head Unknown oman man lan unconscious to toa toLi a Li hospital fled Wadley florist of ot New York City fracture of at b th legs shock and wounds Albert lbert W V Adonis Adams 11 1 A a t carriage builder of Cf f Now New York I left lef leg lel cut off or be ho below bulow low knee Imea M Carter of oC New York leg Ceorge M f Usher Chester severely Mabel Newman New Nel con concussions of t body and Ind hp hip hl Mamie Maunie J JI No li tr mc m nose r i Il ir t I lt s sw dle t N w t er h I and tutu left foot too fractured ui New Now compound fracture of oC thigh Thomas T I r Murphy New Now both logs legs broken arid and Internal Injuries condition critical New I fractured legs and nud burns A New leg I true frac fractured tu red Henry Keene K le general manager of ot the tho SI lent company this thus city fractured rums ribs anti and Internal intern l Injuries Winter New It corn com compound CI pound fracture of ot left leg Tho leg was WIS amputated Wm Vin m 8 of Inie I Pa Pa lacerated 1101 face Cure and fracture of ot to TUB fJ COLLISION Time The shock of ut the tIme collision was WM plain plainly ly hy heard by ly people eople passing on Park avenue above the time tunnel Several of oC them ran nut to give Kle the tho alarm In n ten minutes everybody at police nud fire IrI headquarter was at ut work organizing relief to be I sent to the time spot Prom Front fire lre headquarters a n dozen blocks way a I hook hoo and ladder truck was waa rapidly din iiA to tm tIme the scene leene of ot time the accident with wih several tire fire Irl companies rIte Tho re reserves reserves serves S from turon Fast t FiftY street and Giand Central police stations were wen we 1 turned I out on Oi the rim ruti rut A tail mil mi was sent Remit to Flower the Pre Prem Prel It and andIn In iii ten minutes a n dozen ambulances were wee hurrying with a n corps of or doc doe torn torR torf When time the rescuers reached the lie wreck smoke Was ns pouring out Ot of ot tilE the tw entrance to the time tunnel nt at street anti and great columns of smoke Iloe came Caine out OUI north of the tue first a n half hail block Ambulances A cane came In from this the cost and west welt Litters were ere put down from tron the this street over oer the Iron fence to the th track and thom the tl firemen and surgeons anc were wre Immediately at Al I work WORK OP Of It I was WUA very vry enY dark darl In the tho tunnel which was mus flied filed 1111 with wih smoke and steam work of ot rescue wan svan therefore The flue locomotive of thom the White Wh o Plains lo io local cal was WM hidden In time the rear reni car ur of ot tilt the Sonth Norwalk train The maimed and i Injured welt calling from the lie wreck Some more mor badly 1 other othorn were myers being assisted ns by iy the there mor fortu fortunate fortunate nate passengers Time The work of rescue was lian further Im Ira In by the this enormous crowds which In spite of police olce vigilance I lance swarmed Into the Ih tunnel through h Its Is many tUI eti Oh ll M fl o f C crowded about the tha opening at the tiac surface frh flint first of oC tho the Injured taken from rein lip tl rcck 1 was Wil u a I woman alms was CUT car rd I II to tu the tle t I me womans hospital it I 1010 I Heio is to na its 11 at itt the tho other oilier lt uthel points ft hs h were hurriedly made 1110 to take like emu cam enl camo l o lh wounded us lug iii as its 11 they tile tho w WI m brought to the railroad station A pus pas Vil i on aim al the time Harlem I train it said Huld HuldA id j A HOI Our train was wal held at ut the tue Harlem cr l tt lOf ul tho tim tunnel for fO f i to Iwo minutes to o nl ot mu 1 II J the New Nel Haven train to pass Ila u uJ us UR I t we e Suddenly there O i terrific crash and we ve wore hurled I I II our si li alu rho ht shock was wan followed I 10 10 roar remit rOlI of escaping tal and UI the theof tl lie of oC the wounded u i Jt score of or men lel got out t Ci i the lie ruin ran 11 to time the treat front I II train rue Tho contusion confusion and MIRO fr i Our Omit had ploughed t way wimy WIY through the limo lust last Now New ff tf I r saw stuv IW several women taken out oUI of 01 thc tiit first wrecked oar ar lane ene of ut Park one I 1 on oil 01 the tho train I this account of ot the time accident p j ACCOUNT LVe Wo e sitting quietly In lit time the next I Ito 0 the he last cur car anti and there were only oily one r ts J o unoccupied d semite seats Thoro Suns 01 ns usual initial morning crowd There were five Oats par Iu There wore Wen several women In 1 my Pud Pi In Iii II the lust last tar val We WI lY stalled at ut 1 street Ihl t for fU sU time Suddenly there was n Ii llo Ic lEntil clash The lights In iii h the th car or r tv iut It out omit There here was IOS a of grinding m wood and u a chorus of shrieks 1111 fJ back hudt le nut saw the tue car I ar behind over the tiis tear rear of ot ut our ur cur nr nUd I through that plunged u IL roaring locomotive cl I was wal thrown on my lY face taco by tho the jolt jojI and anti I felt fel seine HOle blood splash 1 ash over uy U forehead Stilling SUll smoke and Ind steam IWI to io rise rile all al around arOU and back ick R I l COl could see seD mangled persons Brawling about the th mist 11 1st Then laI suddenly su d I tho the car took fire lre where time tho lo 10 locomotive C 10 he was uvas one 01 Idea Iea was wan to tu escape 1 found i it of oC mine right ht In iru II front Int of m iii ll Hf It lel Open the windows for tor Ba 8 e I turned to tho time window mind and that the tIme gums glass KIa A had hud all al been blen t d by I the thc collision Wo e climbed out I 1 paw 41 several persons almost covered with wl blood crawling about The response of the police id lire fire de departments e to the call was UI prompt antI and 1111 within an Incredibly short time nearly near 30 firemen 1 ambulance surgeons and i t l Mn were In lit the smoke and uI I 91 I i L l onn rol l passengers pl from rain tho lie wrecked trains Above Aho c the scene of ot death leath on the time drive driveway driveway way on both oth sides Bides fles of tho tIme tunnel were long iong rows of or ambulances Sire lire fru engines and nOi hook and ladder companies In Iii II many Instances time the uninjured and those whoso whose Injuries were 10 slight fl h ren rca rendered cloned dered splendid Jl aid while others be bo bewildered by ly the shock and Ind darkness grouped their way wa along the tIme walls 11 1 A seek log ing In nn an In exit exi Some of the tha passengers walked through the time tunnel Into the Grand Central station while Ihla others made lado their way to tIme the stairways bolow the south end of ot the time tunnel BODIES OP OF Tim I I The Time bodies of or tho the dead und and many wounded wound ell wore were hoisted through the tIme openings In the root roof of ot the tunnel placed In the lie waiting ambulances noil ad rushed to the tho nearest hospitals No attempt was made at nt Identification C reports from 1101 toni various Institutions institutions tons aided by duplications tom front other othor places caused the time first account of o the time disaster to 10 place the number of ot killed and Injured at a an exaggerated figure Oure The Thc tunnel In iii II which the tue wreck op or I extends extend front from rom street I just above aboe Grand Orand Central station Is IA about two miles mies long It I Is 18 under Park Avenue and there thore Is 19 nn un air all hole In lit each block k Complaints have hae been made mode for tar a n long lon time however that Its IK ventilation was urns 38 h anti and the Nw Voik Central has hal been heln considering plans for the us Ul use of ot electrical power In the Ito subway HO KO ns as to do away 10 with lh the tho smoke anti steam from trum rein locomotives STAT MEN J S H IT Franklin manager of oC the time liar lent lem ler division of ot the New York Central road the following statement We e are aro Investigating thoroughly hut We ue are first taking out omit time the Injured arid and having them eared cared for and until that Is IR done the tire Investigation cannot proceed So far as nA cnn can be ite learned the wrecked train troll was uses al stomped slopped by b the block signal system H because of ot something WI ahead I do tb not hot lot know knol whether er or or PI not they tIme the have hA 1 yet et what was the matter matl attend ahead A slag flag lal man nau d off 01 th thi train ink tak taking lug ing 11 a u red lantern Inn tern anti a railroad torpedo lip lie Jl put the tilL torpedo on the track and situ waved his lantern to any train third that might conic como up Ul behind Whether th ho engineer of tf the corning coming train saw tW the tho flagman saw AI the lantern or heard the torpedo If It it I went off ol I dont know und and the tho flagman says nays aYI he its hI does dees dols not I 1 cannot now flow nOl tell Il who was Wi the flagman or engineer r of the his Ih train The railroad officials said Mid the time wreck did not nt take fire fre |
