Westbury, NY Train Wreck
May 22, 1906
Train Grinds Men and Autos
P. F. Collier's Flying Machine Hits Flying
Train.
Westbury, L. I., May 22 - While running at
rate of 40 miles per hour, a big touring
automobile belonging to
P. F. Collier dashed into an
eastbound express train at the depot crossing
here tonight. The two occupants of the machine,
GEORGE BISHOP.
the chauffeur, and
FREDERICK WHITEHEAD, a valet in the
Collier family, were instantly killed, and the
machine wrecked. The men were on their way to
the Meadow Brook Club.
Bishop apparently did not see or hear the
approaching express train. About 200 yards from
the crossing George
Waster, a butcher, rushed out into
the road and tried to warn the chauffeur of the
approaching train, but apparently he did not
understand, for the speed of the machine was
unchecked.
Twenty yards from the crossing Bishop threw on
the breaks, but the momentum carried the
automobile along at apperently [sic]
undiminished speed. The machine crashed into the
second car of the train with a loud report, as
if the gasoline tank had exploded. the
automobile was caught between the rear trucks of
a car and dragged along for nearly half a mile
before the train was stopped.
Bishop and
Whitehead were pinioned in the wreck
and carried along with the train. The men were
literally ground to pieces.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA 23
May 1906
Transcribed by
Ray
Nilsson. Thanks Ray!
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