List of accidents and incidents involving the Metropolitan Transit Authority

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FIFTEEN KILLED; Terrible Extent of the Long Island Railroad Disaster. CARS SLICED IN TWO. Rockaway Beach Train Was Running Full Speed. NO CHANCE TO ESCAPE. Passengers Badly Crushed and Mangled. The Manhattan Beach Train Had Scarce- ly Started. After Being Stopped in the Block at Berlin When It Was Crashed Into -- If It Had Hot Been Delayed by a Regular Train in Leaving the Beach the Collision Would Not Have Taken Place -- The Blame for the Accident Has Not Yet Been Placed -- The Engineer of the Rockaway Train Says the Signal Was Set to Let Him Into the Block -- The Signal Man Says the Danger Signal Was Set to Warn the Rookaway Train Not to Enter the Block -- It Was a Long Time Before the Belief Train from Long Island City Arrived -- It Had on Board Only a Few Physicians -- There Were Many on the Manhattan Train, but They Were Not Allowed to Aid the Injured -- Survivors Blame the Railroad Company -- Scenes at the Hospital and the Morgue -- Morbid Crowds About the Wreck All Day Yesterday.
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