The New York Herald Newspaper, July 7, 1875, Page 6

“WHOS 1 BLAME? | | | Farther Details of the Disaster on the Southern Railroad. ‘The Death Record Reduced and the List of Wounded Increased. “ONE MINUTE LOST.” What a Regular Switchman | Might Have Prevented. | Throwing All the Blame on | the Dead Conductor. PROOFS OF OFFICIAL MISMANAGEMENT. jit | no evidence, so far as ootatnable, that the e | cursion train even stopped at Woodsvurz, and | certatn it is that no despaich was sent irom there Pressed displeasore at the ineMctensy of the ace commodation, Tne constant delays and the slow time made by the train were of course the physical cause of the disaster; and in just so rach as toils detention can be traced to the poor judgment of the train-despatcher, who sent the company’s lightest engine out to draw a train of nine heavily loaded passenger cars, the home management must de held responsibie when the fact ts known, THE PASSENGERS on the excursion train were, therejore, tired and Worrred, ang the most remarkable fact of the ac- Cident is that no ladies among the party saffered QRy disastrous effects from tie shock and the fright which they must have received, There 1s telling the conductor of the regular train up to Williamsburg “to come anead.”” The reason for being positive in this asser/ion is that the most careful inspection. y lact that the Southside Railroad ha} graph station at Woudsourg. the theorizing as to incompetent telegrap!) opera- tors. For once in the history of railrowaing the fagmen and the operators are not involved in the dispute, not a tel EASY OF SOLUTION. The question of culpability then becomes very simple. One conductor was evidently running on the [ime which belonged to the other. was @ regular daily express, leaving Rockaway at an advertised hour; the orher was an extra train, without recognition on the time schedule, mak- ing tts trip on an extraordinary occasion As best could. The engineers and firemen of Remarkable Statements by Em- | the two locomotives were, so lar as can be ployes and Others. | The dreadful accident on the Southern Rall- _ road of Long Island on Monday afternoon, by | whicn seven people were killed and forty-two maimed, as already announced in the HERALp, Sontinued yesterday to be the sdnversation. In tis city the disaster madea deep Ithpression, while in Brooklyo, where nearly all | ims belouged, much excitement was | of experience and caution. of the victim ged, | of the extra train was John Holdridge, | garding whose bf the disaster is a tale of suffering and harrowing be learned yesterday. it 1s presumed that he | mangiea manifested. THE WHOLE STORY learned, eqaally competent men. “Norwood,” drawing the excurstomists toward | | the seaside, was in charge of Henry Ashmead, with Cornelits Slocum ‘The locomotive fireman. The engine “Montauk,” of the regular irain to New York, had the redoubtable George Allller at its throttle | Valve, and the courageous fireman, William Finn, | principal topic of | W20 18 now struggling between life and death im cousequence of his valor. regular express was Jesse Hibbard, a yeung man The conductor of the The conductor re- previous record littie could sights, having the culpable mismanagement of held a regular ajpointment as a conductor, but It somebody as ita sole cause. The greatest diver. | could not be ascertained. The solution of the sity of Opinion exists as to where this respon- question of responsibility, as expressed by rail- qegin, strong men wept, and the women, sniver- ‘the vast majority outside the in- company sibility rests, fluence of the railroad the name of a prominent offictal shat corporation with the calamity. On the other band, the officers of the company—in a manner fully worthy of @ corporation that neglected to provide even shelter for tne dead or surgeons and bandages for the dyimz and wounded—place | the onas of tne blame upon the dead conductor, | Hibbard, who is powerless io refute the. charge. But the engineer, Miller, clears the cload from the memory of poor Hibbard when he says that an official of the Southern Ratiroad Company, whom he naines, cried out to the conductor words equivalent to ‘All right! go ahead!’’ The respon- Mbility for the calamity can rest in only one place, and that 1s upon the heads of an incompe- ent, reckless and inefficient railroad manage- ment. at Far Rockaway will, it is believed. sift the whole subject to the bottom and piace the crime where i belongs. The company have so covered up the braces of nigligent telegraph operators, incom- prenensible delays of the trains and reprenensibie irresponsibility of everybody connected in any way with tne accident, that it ts impossibie to reach the reasons for the accident. Tne plain — facta of the tragic occurrence are simple enough, and may be retold im more detalii than they a: peared in the HERALD of yesterday. THE STORY OF THE ACCIDENT. There are irequent changes of management, | don’t think the accident would have eccurred, or, | le at most, 1 do not think that a single |ife would have been lost. curve where the collision occurred the track is pmployés and time tables upon the South Side Ratiroad ot Long Island, and however much puplic Dpinion may be divided as to the te ulity, identity | on the regular schedule time of the other. of regard the minds of all railroaders are already | made up. dead or the living con Juctor, or Mr. H. C, Poppen- nusen, general manager of the railway, the Cor- oner’s Jury will be best qualified to determine, The Coroner's jury yesterday impanelied watches. extra train coming down from Valley Stream had stopped at Woodsburg. not in charge of she train, 1o not know, nor nave I been able to ascertain. | Of the coliisian and to hasten to the scene of the | At any rate I was ordered to go ahead stowly to | ‘isdster. He says that he was jast about starting the end of the switch, and did so without a second | With Mibbard’s Jaoch to meet him as usual when thought, | train to open the switch, in the absence of any | the scene he saw foar men whe had been crushed switch tender, and of course we had to slow up | almost to death on the platform, and one whose wil he locked | This was the most fatal loss of time to us | | ofall. Had we saved even this minute of time [ | Mtter, as nobody would take hold of ms bloody road men, rests with ihe Man who was running In this Exactly who this man is, whether the THE UPWARD TRAIN The story of the journey intotoe jaws of deatn made by the people on board the regalar express train from Rockaway can best be told in detail in the words of George Miller, the engimeer of the locomotive Montauk. Engineer Miller says:— We Jeft the beach at Rockaway on the time ac- Somevody then concluded that the Did Ivonciude so? I was What data there was Aman bad been sent abead trom our the switch and got on board. The reason? Why, beyond tne 1 making alterations in the train schedules oa visible anead ‘or aconsiderable distance, and we holidays, it is certain that the officials of this com- pany are satisfied as to its propriety. About three years ago they tried the experiment, anda serious accident was the result. taught them nothing; for on the aay celevrated ‘this year as the great national holiday they re- — peated the experiment. “Look oct for the | harper who always blunders on the same string,” | said Horace. always mismanaged when their carrying capacity | Js overtaxed,” is the modern rendering of the old | poet’s maxim. | THE REGULAR TRAIN | on the road for Williamsbare left the beach at Rockaway on time st haif-pas one on Monday | afvernoon. The long and narrow neck of land be- | “shut her of” clean and then jumped. be in the ditch uninjured, save a few slight bruises, | and he soon after expired in her arms. The be- The crash came before I could get on my feet, engine Montauk and tender, a baggage, smoking | but as soon as I could { ran forward to tne wreck. | 12 New York. My first act was to shut off the steam, so that none of the wounded snouid be scalded. and as his train came to astop on the side track poor Finn, my fireman, among the coal dust and | morning. It was @ scene of widespread desola- rubbish mm tne tender. ‘tween tne beach and the staiion at Far Rockaway was traversed in safety. It consisted of the and passenger car, three in all. The conductor was Jesse Hibbard, a resident of Far Kockaway, at the depot his wiie and two cuildren, who re- should bave seen each otherin time to check up enough to prevent any serious damage. man before spoken of Jeit the switch and jumped Experience onthe train 1 saw Mr.’ Poppenhusen standing on the iront platform of the baggage car, and hi bim call out to the conductor, poor Hibbard, As the rd “ALL IS RIGHT!” This, in railroad parlance, means ‘Go ahead; all ‘Beware of railways that are | is right.” I had noid of the jever and I pulied “her” wide opev. all possible speed, for I had a light trainand “she” was “good” Jor at least six iuilcoaches. We sailed into that curve at the rate of at least eighteen miles an hour. The Montauk went ahead with Through the trees I saw from the 1 fell 1 found He was unconscious, 1 sided near by, came alongside the cars and said have said about alll want to until the inquest: “goodpy”’ to him, A large and neavily loaded excursion train from Williamsburg, running upon a new time schedule, was due and momentarily expected. Ten minutes were passed in waiting and yet another five | minutes did the conductor watt to allow jor differ- bnee In Watches. At the end of fiteen minutes the bell rang and the train moved siowly torward toward the end of the switch which wouid trans- jer it to the mata line. | THE THEORY OF FATALITY. And here comesin the element o/ fatality, and further lilustration 18 farmisned of the effects of the most trivial circamscances upon the lives and | fortunes of men. On this particular occasion there was no switchman im attendance, and tue conductor of the ill--ated train was compelied to : drop off a brakeman to close the switch aftey the train passed and to ‘iow up” Jor the purpose of , Isiand, taxing him on (the cars again. But for this ap- parently rifling fact the accident not have happened, in all probaoilisy, ‘Inis detention involved tie loss of one mortal minute of time and cost eight men their lives. The telegraph officials deny that a telegram was sent from Woodbury, but they seem to think that fo vital a point as this concerns no one outside the management, On the testimony of Engineer Mil- ler it would appear that some such information must have been in the possession of Mr. Poppen- | huseo, @ director of the company, or he wontd never have hastened to the Jromt platform of the baggage car to say, “All's rigut ahead,’’, When the engineer beard this statement un- contradictea by the conductor he pulled the Norwood’s throttle wide open, m order tuat not # moment should be lost in getting to the station at wnich the other train was to be passed. in the middie of the first quarter ofa mile there was a suarp curve in the road, veyond which there was a straight sireten of road siong ‘which the engineer could have seen the track jor more than a mile. Had the one minute’s time before referred to not been lost the curve would jave been passed and the joss of life at ieast pre- vented. | A DRAKEMAN’S STATEMENT. The statement of Brakeman Stancilff as to the actaal occurrence is, notwithstanding its brevity, one of the most graphic pieces of narra tive ever uttered, Told in the simple style of an @neducated man, it yet gives the whole story. “From between the cars I saw another train cobing down upon as, and before | could spring back to put on the brakes something struck me on the side of the head, and a while after 1 woke om the grass.”’ This is @ great deal more in the way of a real- ization of (he coming danger than-the great ma- Jority of the 400 persoaa on the train experienced. The day wasa gaia occasion, The people who were crowded into the nine dusty cars of the east-vound excursion train were willing to en- dure aii the discomforts of the journey for the sake Of the pure air and the cooling baths they wero to enjoy at its termioatton. Many were un- abie to obtakn seats Mu were forced to stand up im the cars and om the piatiorms witagous, Lf there was mucn of joy and happiness in the img the jqarney it was latent genes nd uademonstrapive. Certain itis, there was Shonaiderstie gremibitee smd much onenlyex- | What do I think of it? I can only say t extra train ought to have waited at Woodsbarg, | getner constitute the rolling stock of a railway, Goodby; I must go home to Babylon. internal hemorrhage, between tne cara. stomach and bowels. Was @ cigar dealer, and re- | sided at No. 4145 Broadway, Williamsourg; leaves t the THE DEAD. dobn Enlers, aged forcy-flve years, died from 2,000, He was @ real estate agent and lived in Brooklyn. William H. Gould, aged 30 years. His left leg | was severed irom iis body, just below the knee, Tle survived the accident just Miteen minutes and diea from hemorrbaze. He was poor, and leaves a wife and one caild. Jesse M, Hibvard, aged thirty years, died from He had no less than seven ribs crushed. He was the conductor of the regular train, and resided in Finshing, Long His vody was removed to this city yesterday, ana will be transferred to Briage- would | port, Conn., the former home of his tamily, for inierment. years old, aod two children, ome aged twenty- three months and the other jour montns, He leaves a widow ouly twenty-two poilip Hartman, aged forty years, was jammed He diea trom the crusning of a wile and cnidren. P. ©. Vbiler, aged forty-five years, died from fracture of the skull and internal injories about the epigastric organs. Was a varnisher vy trade, and resided at No, 231 Norge Seventa street, Wil- Hamsburg. Biuno Tharmur, aged thirty-five years. Both legs were severed irom bis body; was found in @ state of culiapse. ie haa, waen discovered, no puise whatever, and was uoconscious, His heart, however, Was falatly beating. His suffer. ing was dreadful, He died from hemorriage. Was @ jeweller by trade, and resided at 102 Broad. way, Williamsburg. [ts watch was jouna to have Stopped at toree minutes to six P.M. William 8. Mott, aged thiity years. His body | was unidentified anti! yesterday atternoon., His js the most dramatic coincident of tne disaster, His uncle is the proprietor of one of tne largest hotels at Rockaway, and is sister resides in the same piace, yet so mangicu was nis orm that he was not identiged until yesterday, wuen, owing to some peculiar mark upon nis person, he was recognized. The recogni'ion involved one of the most heartrending scenes ever witnessed, The sisier Jeil insensible over the prostrate bouy of ner brother, and, when taken to her ancie’s hotel, became the victim of an hysteria so violent that her mind is likely to be impatred for a long time to come. THE WOUNDED. William Finn, aged turty years, was fireman on the engine Mootank, The only injury aiscernibie is # sligh! seaip wound over the leit temple. Ine shock, however, brouzht on congestion of the brain. His recovery is very douotial, Dr. Ager- vacn is in constant attendance upon hin, bus seems to think his lie is in greatdanger. His movher, sister and brother are ever at his bedside, He resides at Far Rockaway, Tuomas Robinson, aged twenty-one; residence at Greenpoint, Wowad, vmtusion of the leg: Miite serious. yerday elicited the | ‘This d'sposes of ail | One train | Greenpoint, Wound, contusions on scalp as well 45 upon both legs. | Mrs. Pringle. aged thirty-eignt; residence, No. 784 Greenwich street, New York; wound om the Scalp; not serious, | —— Keho, aged thirty-five years; residence, No. 70 New Chambers street; wounded on scaip and | leg; rather serious, | —— Brady, aged twenty-five years; residence, | No, 93 Madison street; wounded on leg and ear. | Jobn Slater, aged twenty-five years, residence in Brooklyn, Wound, compound tracwure of the metatarsal bones; the bones projected through the skin; severe injury of the Neel vone, It 18 feared he will lose bis foot, His recovery is an- | tteipared, | Patrick Walsh, aged forty: residence unknown; | @ passenger; slight fracture of scalp, with serious | compound tractu@e of 1oot and ankie. | Numerous other partics sustained slight inja- ries, but they are so trivial that they are scarcely | worthy of mention. | Micn McLaugolin, the station master at Val- | ley Stream, wi severely wounded yesterday | morning whue clearing away the wreck. A link fell apart and struck nim in the abdomen, infict- ing, it is feared, @ mortal imjury. He was a lepaed by Rev. Father Murphy and Dr, Conway. Thomas Lewis, of No. 210 Henry street, New | York, was dangerously wounded and taken to his home yesteraay morning. | William Brady, of No, 93 Madison street, New | York. Hip misplaced, The doctors anticipate a | speedy recovery, He was removed to his home. “AFTER THE ACCIDENT. After the collision the rush of people to the | Scene of the disaster was immense, tnough the spectacle was appalling in the extreme. Men with neavy axes cut tue timbers lying across the | dead aud dying, and cries of the wounded and suf- | Jering Were terrible to bear, Car doors, floors and sections of car platiorms were improvisea as biers, upon which were borne to Lock wood’s Grove the dead and wounded, | At Lockwood's grove, on the large circular plat- _ form which, during the summer season, is the theatre of dancing and merrymaking, lay out- stretched in line the crushed and mangled bodies of the seven dead. Around tnat dreadful | place hundreds of people were grouped, speechiess and horrified, gazing upon tne forms of tho: who, only a lew bours be‘ore, had sat on the very benches where now their bodies rested stiff ana cold in | lug, turned their faces; and crouebing under the trees they gave vent to their feelings in sovs aud tears, The grove was crowded with hundreds of human beings, bus no one ventured even a whisper. Tne sight sent a pang $9 acute to the hearts of all present that each une turned away from the other and took his solitary way to his home. Thus closed the night, but o THE MORNING was more terribie still; 1t was then that the mothers, fathers and sisters came to the spot to | | | identify their dead. A curtain should be dropped | cording to the new schedule and came upto Far | Upon this beartrending scene, No words can de- Rockaway. There I went on the side track, being the first in, and walted ten minutes. Then five | SPair that resounded through tne grove as @ minutes additional were sllowed tor variation in , Mvther, sister or brother would discern under- seribe 1t—the cries of agony and the shricks of de- neathethe uplifted pali the features o! a loved one, | A WIFE'S WARNING UNHBEEDED. | away depot, was one of the first to learn the news | he heard what had occurred, When ne arrivedon legs had been nearly cut of by falling between two cars. it was very dimfcult to remove the Meanwhile the man’s young wife begged every one piteously te help her husband. At Mr, Tatton’s suggestion the doors of the car were cut down with axes, tne wounded laid upon them and then removed wagons. The young wife referred to followed the wagon all the way to the Grove, and subsequently informed Mr. Tatton that she bad only been mar- ried a few weeks, pleasure excursion out of town and that she had warned her husband no less than three times dure ing the trip not to remain on the car platform while the train wasin motion. The poor woman, so lately married and so soon to be a widow—for ber husband appeared to be in the throes of death—was In a most pitiable conaition. Medica help soon arrived at Lockwood's Grove, the physt- clans of Far Rockaway answering with com- mendable promptitude the cail of bumanity, | cab window the other train. 1 biew for brakes, There was a heartrending scene of recognition at the Grove between the poor victim and his bride, reaved woman then returned alone toher home THE WRECK. | A HERALD reporter visited the wreck yesterday tion. Adrearier or sadder condition of affairs could not easily be conceived. Glass, wood, | wheels, axles, pipes and all those things which to- | lay in ruined beans on all sides and were mingied in such confnsiou that one found it dimcuit to de- termine what nad been thelr original forms or what | fractare of the pelvis. Ine thiga was completely purposes they had ever served. Immense pieces torn irom its socket. His tie was insured for of iron were snapped in twain as If they had been simple straws; wheels and axies were crashed into fragments as if they haa been made of cardboard. One locomotive with its tender was utterly demolisnea, and its fragments were scattered on both sides of tne track to the distance of a hun- dred yards. As fa: the eye could reach nothing was visible aiong the track put ptles of spattered wood, glass and iron, But this was not all, A color other than that of green, rested everywhere upon the grass; it stained the tles and rails, and darkened almost | every piéce of wood toat lay loose around. It was the crimson tint of buman blood. Bloody pools were visible ali along the rails, and the sharp Spears of timber protruding above the general | wreck had, In many instances, upon their ragged points hair and blood and PIECRS OF NUMAN FLESH. The most frightiul incident of the collision was the “telescoping” of two cars, the wrecks of which have as yet been only partially cleared away. One car seems to have mounted the other, torn loose its roof and buried itseif nalf way within the other’s interior, [t 1s donotfal whether in the bistory of ratlwsy accidents there can be found @ parallel to this. The HERALD reporter entered this car and examined it, It was here that most of the killed and wounded were found: hence, the interior of the car was dreadful to behold. Every seat was up- rooted, every window smashed to atoms, the floor ripped up irom one end to the other, and the heavy axies that supported the wheels of the carriages were shattered aod broken into a hunared frag ments, That same dark stain was here, as well as upon the ruined timbers and the cool, green sward witne The broken floor, the upturned seats, he crashed panels along the sides, and even tue roof of the car, were dyed with hamaa gore. Collars, cuffs and havdkercnie(s, solied and bloody, could be frequently found, sometimes bearing the name of some one among the woundea or the dead, and in other instances leaving the party im donbt as to whom tney originally belonged. A HARROWING SCENE. Amést harrowing scens took place yesterday noon in the grove back of Lockwood's Hotel, Rockaway, Where the seven dead bodies had been luid Mt on ice tna littie Wooden structure, Mrs. Pieifer, tho wile of one of she iil-lated passengers, had come out from Brooklyn by the 0:4) train to Koccaway. She is a Jarge, fine-iooking woman, and came with but little apprehension of the ter- riole ceath her husoand nad met. |t appears that a nelgabor called at her nunse cary yeserday morning, askiog “Is Mr. Preller int’ soe satd “Soy? that ter husband had gone to Rockaway on a littl Pleasure jaunt the previous day, and t soe was surprised | Edwin Tatton, the nignt watchman at the Rock- | te Lockwood’s Grove in | that this was their first NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT. train to Rockaway.” The poor woman was per fectly astounced and terrified at toe announce” ment and immediately declared that soe must hasten to the scene of the accident. The neig' bor id not inform her of the fact that her has- band’s name appeared among the list of the killed, hoping that there mignt be some mistake about it, and Mrs, Pfeiler, who is rather of guine nature, hoped that her husband might be among the saved. But what was her horror | Was disclosed 10 her view and she recognized to | the mangled Jeatures, im which scarcely a trace of their former identity could be en, | of her loved husband whom she had seen only the day before im the best of health, The scene of recoguition pierced the heart of every one who stood by, Sne uttered the most agouizing shrieks, throwing up her bands | over her nead, and in a few moments, aiter haying exhausted her strength In these frantic demonstra- | Mons, she fainted away. She was immeqiately jaid upon her back, water splashed over ner face and it Was several minutes before she was brought to. She was then tenderly ied 10 Mrs. Lockwood's Toom, but she had to be supperted vy two strong men to be Kept on her feet, Mr, Pieiler leaves one child, a boy, four years old. He was about | thirty-five years oid, a reat estate agent, living at No, 221 North Seventh street, Williamsbarg, He was in the smoking car of the eastward bound | train, His body will be brought to Brooklyn ior interment. THE CORONER'S JURY, Coroner Juhn &. Hicks says that the following | jurymen have been selected for the inquest:— Pliny Doughty (foreman), Benjamin ©, Motr, James Mimraugh, Daniel Mott, Wiliam Smith, E. ¥. Maber,* Caarles Petit, Cuarles Karoli, Dewitt Barker, Samuel J. Harkins, Joseph McKimm and | 4, A. Wood, The inquest will be held on Thursday | afternoon, at two o'clock, at Lockwood's Grove, near Rockaway Junotlon, | WHO IS RESPONSIBLE ? Superintendent Barton lodges the responsibility where it no doubt belongs. He says that as far as he has beea able to ascertain the con- | ductor and engineer of the train from New York must be hela mainly responsible for the disaster, | Up til noon, he says, trains going westward have | the “right of road’’ for the space of ten minutes | over trains going eastwar | vice versa, As the accident occurred in the after- | noon ir was the train irom New York and not the train from Rockaway which had the right of way. “This 18 our invariable rule on this road. In starting trains allowance is also made some- | times for variations of time between the respect- | ive conductors and enginoers, aad this allowance | isfive minutes, Altogetner the time waich the westward going train should have waited for the | eastward going one was fifteen minutes; alter | that the first could start, according tothe rules | | of the company, and it was tor the train from New York to keep out of her way. It appears that | the train from Reckaway did not only wait the extreme limit of fifteen minutes, butiully seven- teen minutes, The time when the trains met was 1:58; the western train started at 1:57, while tne | railroad time table fixed the time for its staring | at1:40, Hence it ts clear that the conductor and | engineer of the train from New York were at | fault. They should have Kaown how greatly be- | hind time they were, and rather remain behind at Woodsburg with their train than to run the caance There must have been negligence | ind to this may probably be added the fact tuat the train was an unusually heavy | | one, and that the engine, therefore, could not | | make her ordinary time,”” Mr. Barton dealed that the conductor of the | | eastern train, Hibbard, was addicted to drink. | On the contrary, ne said he was a very trust- worthy man and had enjoyed the confidence of | his superiors, The engineer, Ashmead, was aiso | good man, and Mr. Burton was utterly at a loss | to account for their negligence. When asked why they had not a system of signals by which such a | collision might easily be prevented, Mr. Barton | Said it wes impracticable, and even on the roads where it was in vogue collisions occurred some- times. Mr. Barton’s attention was called to the | fact that only those riding on the platforms wero | | killed, and that the company was in a measure | responsibie tuerelor, failing to provide seats for | them; to which he replied that on the Fourth of | | | | | of a collision, | somewhere, | July it was irequentiy impossible to furnish sut- | fictent accommodations, | As regards tne loss o! the company, Mr. Barton says it 1s less than $15,0:0. The large steam en- | | gine can be repaired for $1,500, the smaller one | for $2,500, the two cars that were totally de- stroyed were worth $9.00), and the injuries to the | » other four cars are comparattvely smalj. | As regards the division of the responsibility pe- | | tween the conductor, Hibbard, and the engineer, | | Ashmead, Mr. Barton says tuat both were equally | responsible. Tne conductor, to be sure, generally | gave the signal for stariing, but the engineer had | the right to refuse to start if his time told him | | tat a collision or other accident was probable. | | Mr. Barton says that a Strict investigation into all | the circumstances of this appalling disaster will | | be made. | | ME, WILLIAM Hf. HIBBARD, | the father of tne conductor who has veen declared | the guilty party by Superintendent Barton, says | the report thas his son Was intoxicated is grossly | false. He was a young man o/ thoroughly temper. | ate habits, avd he felt sure that if he were nos | | dead “he could speak for himself.” Mr, Hibbard says thateven if his son's train was behind time | the calamity could have been averted if the com- | pany had a flagman to give the danger signa. In Justice to his dead son, who perisned so suddenly in the service of the pablic—ior he would probably not have been killed If he had not rushed out to san- | when, ou arriving at the grove, oue of the corpses | ‘hose | {ter noon the rule is | | Lo Une ralirvad depot Was eXecuted In good style. | Rev. J. a. Dis home Inatead of looking out for those who had | been wounded on his road. A few people even suggested Excitement ran | bigh Monday eveniu; and the excuses of | Mr. Poppenhusen’s subordinates listened toe The Poppenhuseo family, by the Way, are the principal proprietors of the Toad, and are reputed to be the richest Germans — | Im the United states. The nead of the family was | Jurmeriy @ manufacturer of India rubber goods at | | College Point, and Spends most of bis time in Europe, Mi | were not CLPARING THE TRACK. The Superintendent of the road arrived at the | | Scene of the disaster early Moniay evening, and, putting some sixty men at work during the night, | Succeeded in clearing the track before “eight | o'clock yesterday morning. NATIONAL GUARD MOVEMENTS. BALL PRACTICE FOR THE FIRST BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION. Unaer date of the 291n uit. orders were Issued from the headquarters of the Kirst brigade, First division, N. G5. N. Y., Jor the purpose of regulat- ing the bail practice of that command, which will cummence at Creedmoor on the 12th inst, Tre Joliowing details show the time at which mixed detachments irom the severai regiments compos- ing the brigade are to go before the butts:— Two companies trom each regiment, 10 be s¢- lected by the regimental commanders, on the 12h, 16'b, J6th, loth ana 2:d of July, Taey wil maren irom their respective armories in season '0 take the hali-past mine A, M. trai ivou Mun-er’s | Polnt, £ne joliowving officers are detailed ax fleld | officers ol the dvy:—Lieutenaut Coiouet thomas | Dempsey, Sixiy-ninta infantry, tor July 12; Lien- | tenant Colonel Jonn T. Camp, twenty-secona in- lantry, fur July 15; Lieutenant Colonel S. ¥. R | | Cruzer, Twellth iniantry, sor July 16; Major | Wiham J. A. MoGratn, iwenty-secona infantry, | for duiy 19; Major Wiliam G, Wilson, Twelitn in- fantry, for July 22. Whey will a-sume comana of the detachments and see to the preservation ‘of good order and military diseipiine, making writ ten reports to these headquarters at tue close of their re<pective tours of duty. Captain Harry B. Smith is detailed as acting | brigade inspector of rifle practice, | Toe First brigade commander (General Ward) | has done well to name a fiela officer irom one of | the regiments on the ground to take command of | all the detacnments assembled for practice on the | different days named im the order. This arrange- | ment of the service will insure the preservation of discipline on the practice ground, When the | Ypird brigade—which compieied its practice jast Monday— was at Creedmoor nothing o this sort | Wes done, the senior company commander looked | aller nis own men, the ormade mspector of ride practice watcved tue firing, but itseemea to be Lovody’s business co command the wnow of the | troops on the feld. Following ‘he regulations | of tae Untied States Army, upon which our State National Guard is formed, it 13 cleariy an- derstood that the superior oMlcer present, with mixed commands, should, of right, take charge of the whole, Whether or not the enieis of (ne ‘yhrd brigade were aware of tre existence of this well kKaown militery rule, it seoms pretty certain thar they aid not quite act Up to it, and it ts, Coo- | sequently, the more gratilying to see that General | Ward nas not forgotien those pots of service | thatevery ova suidier who as smelt powder | | beiore the enemy has so deeply graven in wis memory. in justice to the Third brigade it is right to state now that, notwithstandimg tae omission of their commander to detail flela officer ior the specific duty above alluded tv, the practice of | their deiarcnments on ‘Titursday Week was | perhaps the west congucied and must | orderly of auy miherio had this season at Creea- | Moor, Tae aetacninents of the different reg monts were marched 1" good order trom range to Tange, ries were Siacked and guards put over | Saem at ration time, ang the march trom tne butts Ivis only right to record tne fact that Major Wyile, inspector @/ rifle practice Jor the Vnird brigade, worked hard and earnestly to discharge nis uner- ous duties iD & satisiacioly manner, Tue men, tov, are beginning to tous UPON vali praciice as a matter of some moment, aud are Coaning Lo Waste their time om the ranges atier the fashion of tne renowned Mulligan Guatus. In fact, our citizen soluiery are commencing to realize the benetit to ; be derived from annuai rifle practice at Ureed- moor, THE SIXTY-NINTH REGIMENT RIFLE CLUB. The oficers of the sixty-ninth regime it, brigade, First division, N.G. their armory last Wednesda aarife cinb. On First weld u mecting at or the purpose of notion of Colonel pily appointed ry ¢fairman ani Aaqjurant Dull tary, The club will oe torme:t as toe sixty Regiment Rifle Cinb, aud all members ol tn regi. ment, 48 well as of the veteran corps connected With it, will be eligible to membersulpe THE FIREMEN ALL PAID. Yesterday the remaiuiog 569 untaid firemen re- | celved their salaries for the month of May, A | very interesting fignt seems in prospect in the Board of Fire Commissioners at their next mect- — ing. President Perley proposes to offer a resolu- tion complimentary to Comptroller Green for con- | sidering the unfor/umate position of the firemen | and furnishing them 4 portion of their mouer. But King claims that the credit 14 due to the Mayor and will ask the Board fo table Perley resvulu'ion, and if any vote of thanks Is to ‘he passed tnat they svali be given to Wickham. 0 MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, ENGAGED. LINER. —CHARLES HERZOG, of Mem- ELINA, daugater of Marcus Ber- No cards, Henzoc—B: phis, Tenn., to s Inner, of ths city, MARRIED. FINLaY—PxcK.—In Brookiyn, July 3, 1875, by Paddock, Davip J. FINLAY to ELLA Pecw, daughter of William M. Peck, Esq, ali of at the | Brovkiyn. FRake—GAvNtT.—On Tuesday, July 6, | residence Oi the bride’s mother, oy the Rey, | Henry Ward Beecher, CHARLES A. FRAKE, of New York, to ELLA Manix, danghter of Mary A. and | the late Jefferson Gauntt, of Brooklyn. No cards, | MoMURRIE—OsTHEIM.—On July 3, at the resi- | dence of the bridé’s grandmother, by tne Rev. George M. Hepworth, v. W. Mcurrrig Jr., to Benrie A. OSTHFIM, oniy daughter of Rose and of the late Adolphus Ustneim, BeiNHAUSEN—StTKYPE.—On Wednesday. June 30, | the platform to put om the brake—Mr. Hibbard | py tue Rev. J. V. Osternout, GEORGE MH. BEINHAU- avks the public to witnhold their judgment as re- wards the responsibility for tne accident anti | ©: ail the circumstances shell nave come to light. | Di. JULIUS AUBRBACH, | a brother of the German novelist, makes the fol- lowing statement :— iL About tnree o'clock I was summoned to the | scene of the collision and found a large concourse of people drawn to the place. I found already Dr, | Conway, Dr. Curtie, of New York; Dr. O’Brien, of Brooklyn; «Dr. Healey and Dr. Strong. The | maimed and the dead were lying in various por- | tons of the woods adjacent. Coroner John R. | Hicks was on the spot. The request of the Coro- ber that bis ceputy should assisc him was met by the auswer, “I've dead must bury the dead; let us attend to the living.” By courtesy Dr. Cur- ts Was chosen chef of this medical corps, The wounded were then removed to the houses of citizens of the village, all employés of the rati- way, from Mr. Po,pennusen down, deserting the suffering and the dead. Lawrence Duncan re- cetved the poor fireman, Fian. The names of all otuers have escaped me, Tre proprietors of the Atlantic Garden were especially serviceable in the timely tender of jarge quantit.es of ice, THE COMPANY'S CONDUCT. Not only is the couduct of the ratiroad officials | toward the ‘dead and wounded ipexplicabie on any moral bypothesis, but their strange and un- natural procedure tn obteluing control of ali the wires by whic Far Reckaway could communicate | with the rest of the world and closing them even to private messages Is beyond the posst- bility of rational men to uaverstand, Agentieman who came back into the city yesterday said to a HERALD reporter that he had gone down on the preceding day (Jaly 5), but not upon the fatal | train. As soon as he heard of the disaster— | Hnowing that the newspapers would have the de- tails of the sad affair—he went to the ofice to telegraph to bis wile and family, Already there he jound a large number of persons who had come down on ths train ana were, like him, anxious to send word of their safety to their resatives. To one and all emplogés revurned the answer, ‘lhe company’s business Will taX th: Wires to their utmost ca- pacity.” But shortly alter tnis geatieman wa: inturmed by @ friend whe went later that the ope- racor had disappeare! entirely, and could not be found until this morning. explination. THE GPNERAL MANAGER'S CONDUCT. Mr. Poppenhtsen, the general manager of the the company’s | Tnis conduct needs | SEN to MARION A., daughter of the late Frederick Strype, both of this city. No cards, London papers please copy. Wseks—EDWARDs.—Iin Brooklyn, on Wednesday, gune 9 by Rev. J. H. ifall, Eitza J, Epwanps, daughter of Fanci wards, Esq,, of Bay Port, 0 WALTER S. WEEKs, of Greenpoint, L WILEY—HOWE.—On Monday, June 28, 1 St Peter’s spiscopal Church, Camopridge, by the Rev. EB. Gushee, Mr. Howanp WILny, Jk., 01 New York City,to Mir8 Emma E. Hown, only daughter of Mr. A. F. Hewe, of Cambridge, Mass, | DIED. ALLEN.—Un Joly 5, Ervie ALLEN, daughter of G. N. and Hattie B, Alien. | The funeral will take place irom the residence | } of her parents, No, 204 Franklin street, Green. point, Brookiyn, E. D., at two o’ciock. BLoom.—In Brooklyn, E. )., on Tuese | of cholera infoniam, IDA Bat ELL: | ter o1 James C, and Clara W. Bioom. | The iriends of the jamily are invited to attend the funeral, irom the residence of her parents, No. 459 Pulaski stri ihuraday, Sch 1m past turee P, M. Take Reia avenue car: street. Bernrk.—On Tuesday, the 6th inst, 6th inst., jujant daagh- of diph- theria, SIMON BURKE, the oeloved son of Francis and Mi tke, aged 2 years and 6 montbs. Ke! re respectiuily invited to attend the fone at three o'clock P, M., Wednesday, the itn inst., from the residence of nis patents No, 210 | East Twenty-ninth street. | . BYRNE.—()n Tuesday, July 6, MARGARET J., eldest | @aughier of U. M. and ihe jate Mattaew J. Byrne, ed 17 years and 4 months, Relatives, iriends and the ¥isters of St. Joseph are requested to attend her funeral on Thursday, duly 8, ar ten o’clock, irom her late residencs 308 Willoughby avenue, \o St. Pairick’s churct where a solema nigh mass of reqaiem will olfered for the repose of h-r soul. DASH E jn Monday, Sth inst. JUGENE CASHIN, Lawrence aid Maggie Cashin, aged 6 years and 11 mon ‘rhe faneral will take place irom the resiaence of his parents, No, 920 sixth street, on bois (Wed- nesday) afternoon at two v'clock. | CORNELL, —At Mineola, L. L, on Tuesday, July 6, | CHARLES M, VoRNELI. | The relatives and friends are invited to attend | the funeral on Thursday, stn ins t torce o'clock | P. M., at St. George's church, Hempstead, L. 1. CRAWFORD.—A! No, 214 Hust 117th street, JAMES | CRawrorp, aged 79 years. ihe relatives ana friends of the family are re- | | specttaliy invited t) attend the iuneral, irem the Reformea Dutcn church, corner of 121st street and ‘Phird avenue, on Wednesday, the 7th inst., ab one e'ciock #. M. DORLGER.—OD Tuesday, the 6th inst., of diph- theria, FRANKIE J., eldest son of F. J. and Fannie Doelger, aged 7 years, 3 months and 9 Gays. The relatives and triends are reanecciully in- | vited to attend his Iunerai, trom fh @ late Test- dence 821 Kast Nineteenth strect, Thursday, M. the BUN 1nSt., AL tO o'olock -—On Tuesday morning, July 6, 1875, | CHANDLER, youngest son of George G. and Sarah | EB. Farnham, aged 1 year, 6 moans and 2 days. | | Relatives and irisias are invited to attend the | funefal, from the residence of fis grandiatner, A. 5 “< be at nis absence, but thonght he would probably | Southern Ratiroad, who was un the train from W. Budlong, No. 449 West fwenty-xecond sireet, turn up today. Ihe neighbor who had read the report of the aw/ul disuster in yesterday's papers Rockaway and escaped serious injury, was ven- sured and denounced by the residents of Far Kock. Jacob New, aged twenty-one years: residence at | seid, “Why. there's Leon # Dad accident on the | away for Mis “indifference” im leaving at once far on Tnursaay, July 8, at two o'clock P. M. | 5 aan toreare Lt NK, pags of Jonn and Margaret i. er, aged 3 years. Funeral wil! take place this ‘any. Wednaaday. AG | be oved | spectfully invited toatiead his junerai, irom t cour | ner so. | Brooklyn, ELIZABETH NICHOLS PURDY, aged % (two ofclock P.M. July 7, at balf-past one o’slook, from his parents’ residence, izabotn street, GaGeR —On Monday, July 5, suddeniy of apo plexy, PHOMAS WALTER GaGER, 10 Une 58th year ln age. ‘Ihe relatives and friends are respectfally im- vited to attend the fuveral, 0m his lave resi dence, No, 218 Eas: 123d street, on Wednesaay, July 7, at two o’ciock P. M- GoovENOUGH,—On the 5t0 Inst, SaAkan GooD RNOUGH, In the 87th year of her Kelatives aod frieaus are mvited to attend the funeral services, on Wednesday, the Tth t., ab jour P. M., fromthe resideuce of her son-in-law, Thos, B. Tappen, 345 East 120th street. ly, on Juy 6, JOHN V., Ita est son cf John V, Gridley. Notice of funeral herealter, —On Monday, July 5, Mina M. Hagan, wife of Thomas Hayan, in the 42d year ol her age. Reia'ives and triends of the family are respect- folly invited to attend the faneral irom her late residence, bixty-seventh street and Tenth avenue, on Taursday, July §, at eleven o'clock, Providence papers please copy. HANKKAMP.—Duddenly, on Sund: July 4, Jony Ti. HANEKAMP, aged 25 years wadd ths, At a meeting of tne New Yorx athletic Ulut held Tnesday afternoon, Juwy 6, 1875, cailea for the purpose of expressing our sympathy with the jauily and irienus o! our late comrade, John N, Hannekamp, the jollowing resoiutions were re Ported and unanimously adoptet:— Whereas, stunned pv sudden death of our worthy member, Jonn H. nuekamp, we cannos find words to expiess the sorrow and regret we feel at nis joss, We knew him asa firm iriend, @ Irne companion, a man whose presence was a pleasure, and whose interest to bis clao was only equailed by the sorrow bis comrades uow ieel at his untimely taking of; and while we recognize in (his sad bereavement the overruling of a wi Providence, We cannot bat deplore tue fate of on whose many virtues had endeared hin to the hears thac are now rent with sorrow at his death; und, therelore, be it Kesvived, That the club house be draped 11 mourning for thirty days; that a copy of thi Te*O\UlONS be engrossed and Sent to his tamily, te whom we extend our most sincere sympathy, aud tbat We atiend his tuneral to-morrow, R. WILLIAM RATHBON@, CG. M, SLERN, THOMAS P, HARDLEY.—On ‘Tuesday evening, July 6, MAR GARET?A PERsse, Wile of J. W. neeler Hardlev, and eidest daughter of the lave Dudley and Margaretta Persse. Notuce of funeral hereafter, Hepnanv.—On Monaay, July 5, Jessy M. Hes Dany, ite condactor of the Soutaern Ratiroaa, L 1., in the 25tn year of nis age. ‘The reucives and trends of the family are re- spectfully invited te attend pis immeral at tne rest. dence of les paren 144 Bast Forty-tfth sirees, on Weunesday. July 7, at eleven A, M. Rema will be faken to Bridgeport, Conn. Train leaves Grand Cencral Depot at L P.M. HePwoRrI—On Tuesday, July 6, 1875, at Yon- kers, N. Y., bMMA W., wile of 5. 8. Hepworth. Setvices at her late residence, Palisade avenue, on Thurstsy at nine o’ciock, Interment to take plac Lass. AINGs . ‘Tuesday morolng, OswaLD, only son of Daniel Kingsland, Notice of funeral neveaiter, LANDSBERG.—On Monday, the 5th Inst, atter suort tines, JOUN H. A., 5on Oi Albert Lanasberg, aged 4 months and 12 days, ne relatives aud friends of the family are ree Tesidence of his granapareats, Henry and Adelaide vetjen, No, 449. West Forty-second street, om Wednesdays, the 7tn inst., at two o'clock 2. M, MIDDLETON.—At his lace residence, or hem: orrhuge Oi the heart, GEORGE MIDDLETON, In the bid year of his age. Fioeral services will be held at tho Universalist ‘, corner of Bleecser and Downing stievt ou Wednesday, the 7in inst, at two o'clock P, Keiariyes and friends o1 te deceased; also me vers ofthe Muna Lodge, F, and A. M., of which ne Was a member, are respectiniiy invited to a’ ten MUNN LODGE, No. 190, F. AND A. M.—BRETHREN— You ure hereby summoned to attend @ special communication, to be held at the lodge rooms, No, v3 Union square, on Wednesday, July 7, a one o’clock sharp. for the purpose of paylug tne lust tribate of respect to our lute brother, George Mide dicion, Memoers of otver lodves traternally ip } Vitea, By order ot Jd, H. CLINCH, Master, B, B. STOCKVIS, Secretar Ye Ata meetiog of tue Tammany Hall General and District Committees 0: the Second Assemoly Dis trict, held on Tuesday, July 6, 1875, the solowing resoluions were avopted:— Whereas it has pisased Divine Providence to re move irom our miast oy the bana of death our Jriend and associate, the laic George Middleion; be li therefure Reso.ved, That while we bow with submission to the aecre: nD ali-wise God we can but view with oo unfeigoed regret tac dispensation tiat has cailed irom our side one who Was so generally beloved and resected. tis many virtues largely outshone wis saute, Wise in counsel, of souna judgment generous alike in {cella and action and strict! Joyal 1 his tideitty to party principles, we deplore his loss as that of a sterling citizen and a tru friend, Kesolved, That we tender to the vereaved fam diy our condolence in their aitierton. Resolved, hot us a mark of respect to ns mem ory toe memoers of Luis organization will attent runeral tn a ody, 4 WREMIAH MURPHY, Chairman, Joun Von GLAHS, Secretary, Geveral Committee, a yh aes LS I. LONDREGAN, Chairman, uGH T. Dor, A dastes J. Wrasn, { Secretaries. . District Commitiee. MAnTIN.—On Sunday, Juiy 4, MARY MARTIN, of pamuei Martin, Pieasantyile, aged 37 yea: montis, 18 ays Tae relatives and friends are invited to attend the juneral, irom Pleasantville church, this day at hali-past ten A.M. MOLLEX.—On Sunday,.July 4, CHARLES MOLLER, aged 33 years. The relatives and irienss are requested to attend the funeral, on Wednesaay, July 7, as two P.M, wife pe) | Jrom tus late residence, No. 7 Hamittou street, New York. Moxtis,—On Saoday, 4th inmst., PETER Morris, 1p the 71st year of ils age. Funeral services will be held at his late resi- dence, No. 34 West Forty-eighrn street, on Wedues- day, Juiv 7, at Bt ten A. M., to which rela vives aud friends are invited without further no lice. a MoCuTcngoN.—On July 5, 1875, RiCHarp Mo CUTCHEON, aged 67 years. Toe /uneral will take place from tne Methoaist Episcopal conreh at Westfield, N, J., at three P. Ma NOGILL.—On Tuesday, the 6ta tost., JOHN a native of Killibegs, county Donegal, McGut Irelan ‘The relatives and frienas of the family are ree spectfully invited to attend the funeral, rom nig late residence, No, 227 Mulberry street, on Thurs day, the Sth inst., at ene o’ciock. Interment in Calvary Ue neiery. MCKENNA.—Lhe month’s mind solemn requiem Mass ior the repose of the sou! of Rev. Michael McKenna, late pastor of St. Rose’s cnureh, Cam street, Will be celebrared there on Thursday > tne Sth inst, ae tem A, M. His relatives, Ws and the reverend clergy are resnectiully ; y 5, a6 the residcuve of net Wilham vurv, 843 Lexington avenue, JULIA M, MOK evITT® Tae fanerai wil take place from the Cnuren of St. Vincent Ferrier, at ten o’ciuck A. M., OU | Thursday, the 8th inst, where a requiem maas | will be offered tor the repose of Ner soul. PryirrxR.—Suddenly, on July 5, by acctaent pide Railroad, PPEUPFER, Of 227 Norea es reet, Brookivn, E. D., aged 35 years. The funeral will take place on Lhursday. July 8, tten o’ciock A. M., Jrom the Roman Cataolic church, Ocean Point, L. 1, Woere a@ soilemo nigh ‘8 Will be Offered fur the repose of nis soul. The nds and relatives of the family, aiso the Williamsburg Saengeround are respectiully to- vitud to attend, PuRDY.—July 5, suddenly, at the residence of Wm. W. Purdy, 923 Latayette avenu years. The iriends of the famtly are invited to attend the funeral services at Tarrytown, July 7, on ar- rival of 10;30 A, M. train irom Thirtietn strees, RIDGWAY.—At her late residence, Green Broox, N. J., on Juiy 5, Margaret, wile of Josepn & Ridgway. Relatives and friends of the family are tavited to aiwend the funeral on Thursday, July 7, af 2 o'clock, at 279 Ryerson street, Brooklyn, without Jurtoer invitation, KOK—MARY ROE, a native of county Meath, Ire land, aged 71 years. Funeral from the residence of her son-in-law; Jonn Sheridan, 830 Eighth avenue, on Wednesday, At one o'clock sharp, RoTTMAN.—On Monday, suly », 1875, JonN Fy only child of Heury ). and Anna R, Rottman, aged 1 yeur, 11 months and 13 cays The relatives and friends of the family, aiso the members of Herman Lodge, No. 268, F. and A. M., are respectfully invited to attend toe suneral, from the residence of his parents, No. 323 %. Forty- Seventh street, on Wednesday, July 7, at half-pass one o'ch Pp, Me SWAN.—On Tuesday morning, July 6, Eprrn ©,, youngest daughter of Alden 8, aad Mary A. Swan, aged 7 years and 2 months, The relatives and friends of the family are it vited to aitend the funeral, irom tne residence her pareots, No. 1 Willow street, Brooklyn, o ‘Toursday, July 8,46 three P. M., Without iurthe no a THEALL—On Sanday, July 4, JENNIE SLocom, daughter of Thomas and Eliza Renville Yheall, aged 2 years. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited te atcend the funerai, on Wednesday, July 7, at from the residence of her parents, No. 71 South Fifth street, Williamsburg, THOMPSON. —On Luexday, the 6th inst., MARGARET ‘Thompson, daughter of the late Hill Thompson. Her relatives and friends and of her brosher-tns law, James W. Brinckerhoff, are invited to atten the inneral services, on Thursday, the Sch inst., a! four o'clock P.M, at her late residence, No °'7 East Twenty-eightn street, WauoH.—On July 6, JonN George MUIR, son ot Alexander Waugh, in the 19tn year of his age, Funeral from tne residence of his parents, No. 308 West twentietn street, on Thursday, tne stu 1pst., at one o'clock. Woop.—In Brooklyn, on Tuesday, Jaly 6th, Mary A. wife of Thomas S. Wood, and daughter of Wilmot Oakley, in the 45th year ot her oc Reilativ in friends are respectiuily invited ta attend the funeral services from her iate residenc® 120 Summit street. on Thursday at 3 o'clock,