The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-02
A RAILROAD GUlLLUTME.
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Terrible Smash Up on the New Jersey
Central Railroad.
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Seven Persons Killed and Seven
teen Wounded.
HORRIBLE MUTILATlON OF THE PASSENGERS
NAMES OF THE VICTIMS.
XHB C010IgER'S INQUEST.
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HORRIBLE MUTILATloN OF THE PASSENGERS
NAMES OF THE VICTIMS.
Tzn coaosszR's INQUEST.

West, North and South the same unvarying tale Of
bood-the deadly switch, the careless employee, the
reacherous embankment and the death shock Of colld
ing locomotives flashed along the wires Yesterday
morning at auarter-past eight o'clock another Of
those narrowing scenes which wrecked train
and mutilated passengers present. took place
on the Central Railroad Of New Jersey The express
train going East into coal train bound In the same
direction. Seven persons were killed outright, and
seventeen less injured. The scene Of the acct
dent was about two miles beyond White House. From
the latter station to Lebanon there two inclined
grades meeting almost at angle at the spot where the
collision took place. The grade next TO White House 10
about twenty feet TO the me-the other, on Cusheung
or Pickles mountain, forty-hve feet The coal train
consisting OF fifty coal cars descending the
latter grade speed Of eight miles hour towards
White House. on time, when passed freight train on
the up track opposite Lebanon station One Of the hay
Of the freight train broke loose after the coal train
passed. and descended the incline al speed which was
soon accelerated to fifteen miles an hour.
Daniel n woverton, the conductor on the coal train
seeing this nearing them the other track, re-
marked to the engineer Joseph Case, that II the
away was not stopped it would collide with the ex-
press train bound west As the passed he jumped
from his tran threw tie the rails before
the fugitive and succeeded In checking its speed 10
extent He then caught hold Of Of the ropes that
tied the hay and swung himself the with difficulty
he applied the brake and brought the 70 halt just
In time to prevent collision, for the express just
then approaching. The engineer Of his train in the
meantime had gone flag the express and succeeded
in stopping also In time The conductor not knowing
whether inmaton Of danger had been given TO the
westward bound train jumped OF the freight which
he had stopped and down 70 signal the express
train.
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and the express train going east then due The
gneer Of the coal train accordingly started his ran in
order to get TO White House the switch time; but
the coupling Of Of his broke the very moment
Of starting dividing the train into two equal sections
He and Conductor Wolveron then back signal
express; but they had not gone far when it thun
dcrng round curve and down the incline at speed Of
twenty miles hour The engineer Of the express
train, Edward Kmbail, the danger when too late,
but whstled down the brakes and reversed the
engine Instead Of jumping of TO himself this gal
liant fellow held his post and gasped the bra OF
his engine % II dashed into the
Of the coal train. The fireman, Morris Lun-
ger, and John Flint, telegraph reparer,
were crouching under him in the cab When the
horrible crash over and the work Of death DONE
the three men on the engine we're astonshed TO find
themselves hudded together against the tender unin
jured
Thirteen coal cars were flung OF the track by the
shock, but when they turned TO their own train
fearful sight met their eyes. The baggage had
gone right through the first passenger car the plat
form level with the tops OF the Seats and IL
closed in It like the slide Of telescope Inside this
prison Of death human beings in every variety Of
suffering, and the most hestrending cries aud groans
issued from IT, Tho employees the train went to
work with hatchets and pckaxes release the unoru
nate victims and materially assisted by Conductor
King, whose train, also going cast had stopped
the sccne OF the accident One by the mutilated
forms Of the dead and wounded taken out and
placed in the sleeping
The following correct Iiss Of the sufferers In this
disaster:
THE KILLED.
r. 8 Chdsey, of Easton, Pa, aged SIXTY years.
Edward johnson, OF Washington, N. J.
Mrs. Francis. Of Washington N j., aged sixty, res-
dence No. SO West Twenty seventh street.
James Tyler. Of EastoD Pa
Sylvester Nettler Of philnpsburg, n j., engineer n'
the employ Of the company.
Edward DAVIS, Of Belvidere, N j.
W. Ednger, Of Carpeptersvilie, N }.
THE WOUNDED.
VIM. Rex, engineer, from Philadelphia, leg broken
hrs HaDey Ironton, Pa, leg broken, and her child
also injured IN the neck, and leg broken.
Andrew 0Neill, Lebanon, Pa, arm broken.
W. W. Marsh, Of scbooley's Mountain, injured about
the head
VIM sssckeI, 80 Cortland, street, injured about the
head
George waller, Of Newark, siishtiy.
A. 8 Strong of East Hampton, kas., badly injured
abont the head
hrs A. Strong, slightly.
&c LOwshrop, civil engineer, Of Trenton, danger
ously.
John y stagger, Of Clinton, N j., both arms broken
E Emans, Of Warrington n j., in the side and arm.
Hanson Butler, Allentown, Penn, eighty.
George Iicher, Pennsylvanis, sliehty
There we're three othen Eishtly injured whose names
No conld not ssrertAin.
On the bottom Of tho baggage car were two pieces OF
timber which came directly over the seats on either side
next the AISLE killing those sirsins next the aisle, but
doing no serious injury 70 those sttpg next the
dows
gentleman sitting directly In the Of Mr. Chidssy
the timber coming and lodged his head down below
the TOP Of the back By which he saved himself om
injury.
The passengers in the other part OF The train sustained
no injury whatever.
Some Of tho wounded have been brought here and
every attention Ia being shown Thorn by the officers Of
the road.
Most Of The wounds are slight
The body Of Mr. Russei \ Chidsey reached EastoD
yesterday afternoon Tho streets were depsey hrongod
and the utmost sorrow was shown by our citizens
in The sad loss Of one Of our moet influential and
respected ctisess The funeral win take place next
Tuesday afternoon, at two O'Clock M Lowthorp Ia at
Tho American HOTEL with several Others Of the wounded
and, although suffering Intensely thought he will
recover.
Coroner George ". vrocn, on being no,iseS, ,mms.
diassly cmpansIled shs following ap:--pessv T. vocr.
bees foreman; George J. Alpsash, p. voorbsss RIiah
\ Han, Aug Reiser, Jacob Van Dorm Henry vcsshscs,
Sylvester Iowa John q. Hdoock, Peter DAYS, Peser
Dstmsn and J. y. Btriher
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