New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-16

| NAMES OF THE KILLED.
IRON OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
MAST HOPE, Penn, July 15.-Another terrible
accident occurred on the Erie Railway at Mast Hope
Station so miles from Jervis, Wednesday night
| by which ten fifteen human beings were sud
denly crushed, bruised manged, and finally burned 10
DEATH nothing but few charred remains being left Tor
seputure. The facts Of this last and most disastrous
calamity in the annals Of Erie Railway horrors are as
follows Train No s. through night express left jersey
City at O'Clock on Wednesday night. The train con-
sisted Of cars, viz, One postal car, one A. d g. W.
express and baggage car one Erie baggage car smoK
day passenger and four sleeping coaches
The train arrived safely at Port Jervs tho end Of the
| Eastern division, where locomotive No. s1s
was attached Of which Chas. Coffee was
| Engineer; Henry Smith was the Conductor
The train sped swiftly along westward the passengers
having mostly made themselves comfortable forthe night
they supposed and little dreaming OF the terrible
havoc which shortly to ensue. An extra TO freight
train No 80 lay in the long switch at Mast Hope waiting
for the express to pass This also bound west and II
being single track for miles along here the freight
train had TO make for the express The conductor
OF the freight train j. g. Brown and the engineer
James Griffin. The train drawn by locomotive No.
as The express train 26 minutes overdue at
Mast Hope IL being then about IL o'clock when the engi
neer Of the freight train, awakDg from comfortable
nap and presumng IL Is supposed that the express nad
gone by reached and pulled the throttle OF his en-
gn and the train slowly moved forward on to the main
track. The engine had just reached the frog, ana
stood partially on the main track dagonay TO It, when
the express train rounded the curve at tremendous
rate and quick as lightning crushed into the freight en-.
gne completely SCATTERING the two locomotives and
teescOpng" the forward the passenger tram
into q heap Of ruins. The passenger locomotive was
overturned scattering the fire through the splntered
wreck which speedily gnited and blazed up Into bril-
liant eonAagraon The engineers and fremen on both
trains escaped with very slight injuries although how
they escaped they themselves unable TO tell
The only witness OF this terrible collision was Edward
Smith the hagman on the freight train, who was sitting
upon the depot platform and injured by the loco
motive careened from the track The passengers IN
the rear passenger cars who Thoroughly aroused by
the shock rushed out and aided by the hands on
the freight train endeayOred Orescue the injured pas
sengers from the burning wreck The fire had gained such
Roadway that it useless to attempt TO check it, there
being no water near The Of the train were
showed back one by one three OF them being saved by
this means. The fire meanwhile communicated TO the
depot and telegraph Office which were likewise burned
TO the ground. The heat became intense that 1t was
impossible to render much assistance In extrcatng
the dead and wounded and they therefore left to
perish in the names
German. who lives near the scene OF the disaster,
was aroused by the engineer OF the train aud saw the
flames when they burst forth from the burning cars
AS lie approached the wreck he heard the most agonzng
screams issuing from the smoking but they gradually
died away the victims suceumbod TO the effects Of the
A NARROW ESCAPE.
John Hunt, resident OF Waterford, y. Y, had most
providentia escape. He had his leg broken and was
damned between tho seats. The flames had almost
reached him when by the superhuman eHertions OF tho
bysanders he was dragged from the ruins almost suo'
Gated by the smoke.
one Of the most narrowing scenes Of the disaster was
the death Of the Rev. D. b Haock UniyersRlist oer-
gyman from NewYork City, on ms way 70 Syracuse He
was accom- anied by ls brothernaw, who made every
RtfHU ftIa ayu
caught by the legs In the crushed mbers OF the smoking
car and although he uninjured, aud appealed
peousy for help nothing could be done to cave him
from his terrible fate.
THE SCENE or THE DISASTER.
Your correspondent reached the scene OF the disaster
about o'clock this morning The station Is situated
inst nj bend in the Delaware RIVER around which the
road runs a fow rods from the shore. In the back
ground range OF hills rises oping down TO the waters
edge The three four houses which compose the little
hamlet are situated small plateau. from which
fine view Of the river long distance can be obtained
1HR WRECK
with the exception Of the boilers and smoke stacks OF
the two locomotives the tenders and the cartruck but
little was left mark the scene OF the accident save
long line OF ashes and Of iron scraps and rods,
twisted INTO all kinds Of shapes by the intense heat
through which they had passed. corps OF railroad
empioyes wero buslly at work clearing the track and
searching for such human remains as can DC FOUND.
The wounded Of whom there are, fortunately, but few,
were sent Port Jervis shortly before arrived ther
wounds having been previously dressed by Dr. Van
Elten and other physicians who were sent up from Port
Jeryis shortly after the accident on the hotel porch
temporary Geographic battery has been set up on
table 90 that communication be kept with the rest OF
the road Some ghtseers have arrived from sta
tons up aud down the road, few OF whom are ladies'
HOLOCAUST
On long board alongside the track have been placed
the remains OF the victims rescued from the fire. They
are seven IN number only Of which can DO disting
eushed and that is the body OF the Rev. d. b. Haliock
10 was known where he lay in the wreck and his body
was the least burned OF all The other six are mere
crisps none OF which probably ever be recognized
one OF them is supposed TO be German woman, who
pershed with two OF three children Another German,
father Of Henry Baer who among the injured also
known 20 have been burned How many persons really
pershed In the flames II IL impossible 10 tell at present
They we're mostly German emgrants in the smokngcar
which makes 1t more difficult TO ascertain The number
is variously estimated at from ten 10 twenty.
WHO 10 TO BLANEi
From conversation had with various persons al the
scepe OF the disaster there seems 70 be little doubt hat
the sole blame OF the accident rests upon the engineer OF
the freight train James Griffin He confessed 10 Johh
NJ Rdgeway esq ma gstrate OF Pike County, who had
an interview with him IN the morning that he had been
asleep while lying in the switch. Griffin went away some
time during the morning. aud 1t ia reported that he has
fed.
STATEMENT OF THE FREIGHT CONDUCTOR
Brown, the conductor OF inc HelBht Hah' mao O0on
here all day and although blame can hardly be at
ached to him. he naturally feels deeply grieved and ap
pareny much concerned at the frightfu havoc caused
by his train He says that he was on the rear platform
OF his caboose when his train started ahead and that he
supposed the engineer drawing near the main traeh
40 az 10 be ready IN close behind the express lie
Aid not NJ frat discern the nature OF the accident when
he felt the shock train had passed him all
right and he supposed that his engine had run on the
track He was one the first TO render assistance to