Accidents. The Board has determined this year not to publish in detail the results of its special investigations of accidents, in an endeavor to reduce the size of this volume; it prints here, however, a statement of the accidents which it investigated and in which its inspectors have made reports. As usual; copies of the inspectors' reports were sent to the companies, and in some instances recommendations were made, most of which were complied with and others of which are pending. STEAM RAILROADS. ALBANY AND HUDSON RAILROAD. 1. Head-on collision near Schodack Center, June 30, 1905. mendation. (Steam Case No. 23-1905.) No recom 2. Head-on collision a short distance north of Nassau, September 24, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 29-1905.) BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD (NEW YORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY, LESSEE). 3. Rear collision between freight trains near Niverville, January 8, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 7-1905.) BUFFALO, ROCHESTER AND PITTSBURGH RAILWAY. 4. Head-on collision between freight trains north of West Falls station, December 20, 1904. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 63-1904.) 5. Bursting of a flue on locomotive near Glenwood, December 21, 1904. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 68-1904.) 6. Rear collision between a passenger and freight train near Riverside Junction, January 28, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 61905.) DELAWARE AND HUDSON COMPANY. 7. Glancing collision between freight trains near Worcester, December 1, 1904. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 58-1904.) 8. Head-on collision between a freight and passenger train at Plattsburg, February 4, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 13-1905.) 9. Rear collision between a passenger and a freight train near Sidney, August 5, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 26-1905.) 10. Rear collision between passenger trains about one mile north of Fort Edward, August 18, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 27—1905.) DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD. 11. Rear collision between freight trains near Bath, December 11, 1904. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 60-1904.) 12. Derailment of cars in freight train near Lowman, December 27, 1904. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 65-1904.) ERIE RAILROAD. 13. Explosion of boiler of locomotive engine No. 1582 between Smithboro and Tioga Center, January 3, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 3-1905.) 14. Rear collision between freight trains near Otisville, February 7, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 16-1905.) 15. Head-on collision between freight trains at La Salle, April 16, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 19-1905.) INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE COMPANY. 16. Collision between dummy car carrying passengers and switch engine on the International Bridge, near Black Rock, January 2, 1905. (This was a Grand Trunk railway accident.) No recommendation. No. 9-1905.) LAKE SHORE AND MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY. (Steam Case 17. Rear collision between passenger trains at Wanakah, January 4, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 4-1905.) 18. Collision between a passenger train and a switching locomotive in the Buffalo yard, May 17, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 221905.) LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. 19. Rear collision between freight trains near Stafford, January 3, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 2-1905.) 20. Dropping of crown sheet of boiler of locomotive No. 1107 at the International railway bridge, near Gratwick station on the New York Central and Hudson River railroad, January 21, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 10-1905.) 21. Collision between passenger train and a derailed freight car at Valois, April 3, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 18-1905.) LONG ISLAND RAILROAD. 22. Accident to track laborers at Jamaica, January 6, 1905. mendation. (Steam Case No. 5-1905.) No recom 23. Derailment of passenger train at Woodhaven Junction, May 15, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 21-1905.) NEW YORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD. 24. Collision between a passenger train and a light engine at Rensselaer, October 14, 1904. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 54-1904.) 25. Derailment of cars of freight train which was run into by a passenger train near Little Falls, December 5, 1904. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 59-1904.) 26. Head-on collision between freight trains on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg division at Red Creek, December 15, 1904. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 62-1904.) 27. Collision between passenger train and switch engine at Syracuse, December 21, 1904. Recommendation. (Steam Case No. 64-1904.) 28. Partial dropping of the crown sheet of locomotive No. 2369 near Little Falls, December 29, 1904. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 66-1904.) 29. Rear collision between pusher engine and a freight train east of Byron, December 29, 1904. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 67-1904.) 30. Rear collision between freight trains on the Schenectady detour near Hoffman, January 21, 1905. Recommendation. (Steam Case No. 1-1905.) 31. Dropping of crown sheet of engine No. 2795 at Whitesboro, February 4, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 12-1905.) 32. Collision betwen a gravel train of the International Railway and a New York Central and Hudson River railroad passenger train near Payne's avenue, North Tonawanda, February 4, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 15-1905.) 33. Derailment of passenger train at St. Johnsville, February 8, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 17-1905.) 34. Collision between passenger trains of the New York and Harlem (lessor) and New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads at Bronx Park, May 4, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 20-1905.) 35. Dropping of crown sheet of locomotive engine No. 2701, drawing a freight train, about one mile east of St. Johnsville, June 20, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 25-1905.) 36. Derailment of a New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad train at southerly end of the Park avenue tunnel, New York city, September 18, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 28-1905.) No 37. Rear collision between a passenger and a freight train on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg division, near Carthage, October 9, 1905. recommendation. (Steam Case No. 30-1905.) NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD. 38. Rear collision between freight trains at Manchester bridge on the Highland division. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 14-1905.) NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD. 39. Head-on collision between freight trains near Dunkirk, December 10, 1904. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 61-1904.) PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 40. Head-on collision between freight trains near Franklinville, September 28, 1904. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 53-1904.) PITTSBURG, SHAWMUT AND NORTHERN RAILROAD. 41. Grade crossing accident near Hornellsville, February 1, 1905. No recommendation. (Steam Case No. 11-1905.) STREET AND ELEVATED RAILROADS. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS. 1. Collision between passenger trains on the Fifth Avenue Elevated line between Thirty-sixth and Fortieth street stations, September 16, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 38-1904.) 2. Rear end collision between trains on the Fifth Avenue Elevated line, November 16, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 462-1904.) 3. Rear collision between trains on the elevated railroad near Crescent street station, November 18, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 47-1904.) 4. Collision between cars on Liberty avenue, near Rockaway avenue, November 22, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 49-1904.) 5. Collision between cars of the Coney Island and Brooklyn railroad and the Brooklyn Heights railroad at the corner of Myrtle and Franklin avenues, December 29, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 55-1904.) 6. Derailment of a car at the corner of Buffalo avenue and Douglass street, January 7, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 3-1905.) 7. Rear collision between cars on the Brooklyn bridge, August 22, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 23-1905.) 8. Collision between trains at the Culver depot, Coney Island, August 23, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 24-1905.) 9. Car striking automobile at Kings Highway, August 24, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 27-1905.) 10. Rear collision between cars at the trestle over Coney Island creek, September 10, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 29-1905.) 11. Car striking truck on Fifth avenue between Seventy-second and Seventythird streets, September 23, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 30-1905.) 12. Runaway car on the Montague street cable line, October 11, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 33-1905.) BUFFALO AND DEPEW RAILWAY. 13. Derailment of a car in the village of Depew, July 2, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 17-1905.) CITIZENS' RAILROAD, LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY. 14. Rear collision between cars on Beekman street, Fishkill, June 23, 1905. (Street Case No. 13-1905.) CONEY ISLAND AND BROOKLYN RAILROAD. 15. Rear collision between cars on Coney Island avenue, August 2, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 18-1905.) 16. Rear collision between cars on Coney Island avenue, near Coney Island creek, August 9, 1905. Recommendation. (Street Case No. 20-1905.) HUDSON VALLEY RAILWAY. 17. Head-on collision between an express car and passenger car, north of Stillwater, December 20, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 53-1904.) INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY (MANHATTAN RAILWAY). 18. Rear collision between trains at Third avenue and Twenty-third street, July 29, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 31-1904.) 19. Collision between trains Third Avenue line, One Hundred and Twelfth street, October 17, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 43-1904.) 20. Rear collision between Ninth avenue trains, between Fourteenth street and Christopher street stations, January 6, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 2-1905.) 21. Collision between trains at One Hundred and Forty-ninth street and Third avenue, February 9, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 6-1905.) 22. Rear collision between trains south of the One Hundred and Thirtythird street station, Third Avenue line, May 7, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 8-1905.) 23. Rear collision between trains of the Third Avenue line, near One Hundred and Thirty-third street, May 22, 1905. (Street Case No. 10-1905.) 24. Derailment of train at One Hundred and Twenty-eighth street, Second Avenue line, July 2, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 16-1905.) 25. Derailment of train at the junction of Sixth and Ninth Avenue Elevated railroad, Fifty-third street, September 11, 1905. Recommendation. (Street Case No. 28-1905.) 26. Rear collision between trains at Third avenue and One Hundred and Tenth street, October 5, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 321905.) INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY. 27. Collision between a car and a New York Central and Hudson River railroad engine at the Second street grade crossings, Niagara Falls, November 22, 1904. Recommendation. (Street Case No. 52-1904.) 28. Collision between a car of the International Railway Company and a light engine of the Erie railroad at the Niagara street grade crossing, Buffalo, December 24, 1904. Recommendation. (Street Case No. 54-1904.) 29. Glancing collision between cars at Main and Jefferson streets, Buffalo, February 8, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 7-1904.) LONG ISLAND ELECTRIC RAILWAY. 30. Rear collision between cars on Washington street north of Center street, Jamaica, October 26, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 45-1904.) NEW YORK CITY RAILWAY. 31. Rear collision between cars on Third avenue at Ninety-ninth street, March 11, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 9-1904.) 32. Collision between cars at the Ninth and Stuyvesant street crossing, March 29, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 10-1904.) 33. Collision between cars at the Fifty-ninth street and Second avenue crossing, December 19, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 51-1904.) 34. Collision between cars at the Bowery and Spring street crossing, February 2, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 5-1905.) 35. Collision between cars at Amsterdam avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, August 2, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 19-1905.) J 36. Collision between cars at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and Amsterdam avenue, August 8, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 26-1905.) NEW YORK AND QUEENS COUNTY RAILWAY. 37. Head-on collision between cars near the corner of Sanford and Jamaica avenues, Flushing, October 25, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 44-1904.) POUGHKEEPSIE CITY AND WAPPINGERS FALLS ELECTRIC RAILWAY. 38. Rear collision between cars south of Poughkeepsie, November 3, 1904. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 46-1904.) ROCHESTER AND EASTERN RAPID RAILWAY. 39. Head-on collision between cars at the Emerson curve, near Canandaigua, November 19, 1904. Recommendation. (Street Case No. 48-1904.) STATEN ISLAND MIDLAND RAILROAD. 40. Head-on collision between cars on the Richmond road, near Ruff street, between St. George and Concord, May 8, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 9-1905.) 41. Derailment of a car on the Richmond road, about four miles south of St. George, June 28, 1905. No recommendation. (Street Case No. 14-1905.) |