The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-07-11
Fearful Railroad slaughter at Newark.

Fearful Railroad slaughter at Newark.
NEWARK, July s.
A Shocking accident occurred on the
Newark and New York railroad this
morning, uear the Ferry street station, in
this place. resulting in the death OF sew
eral persons and the wounding Of very
many more. The 500 train from this
city and another from New York were
running on the same track, and came in
collision The cars are heap of burning
ruins. Already seven bodies have been
taken out and it supposed that there are
many more in the ruins. The sos train
Newark and 1886 train from New York
on the New York and Newark railroad,
met in an open switch at Brill station.
The engines were demolished, and The
first and second cars of each train teles-
COPIED. Both trains were thrown from
the track. The cars caught fire from the
locomotives and two of them were entire
ly consumed. Four persons were killed
and nine wounded. The names of the
killed are Frank Kern, engineer, scalded,
and both legs broken; John Lynch, fire.
man, instantly killed Dan. White, brake.
man, was caught between the telescoping
cars and instantly killed George Hill
engineer, killed. Wounded-Stephen A.
Dickson of Newark, internally; Carl
Schiller slightly, and his son aged six
years, head fractured; Anderson of
Newark, cut and internally injured
Bond, q fireman, badly hurt John Rus
sell, brakeman, badly cut; Samuel Tay-
lor, fireman, badly scalded w. Fuhrhans
of Newark, slight cut on the head David
Deter of No, 16 Ludlow street, New
York, cut on the leg; A. G. Van Fleet of
Newark, arm cut.
New York, July 8.
The railroad accident yesterday near
Newark, is thus described by man who
was moving not forty feet from the place
where the collision occurred: The train
from Newark was drawn by the engine
Plainfeld, and that from New York by
the engine Aurora. was moving with
my back turned, when l heard the Plain.
field whistle furiously and turning saw
her train approaching the switch at a
high speed, the Aurora being then distant
about hundred yards suddenly saw
pieces Of wood flying out of the tender Of
the Plainfeld, and then the engine itself
bouncing over the sleepers The motions
of the train were like three jumps, the
whistle screeching furiously all the while,
and the wheels jolting on the ties,
making such a noise that it was heard at
my fathers farm house half mile dis
tant. had hardly time to realize the
danger before the crash and the two en-.
gines came together with sound like
thunder, both the boilers bursting stimuli
taneously.
The engines seemed to stand on their
hind wheels and pillow into each other
twenty feet up in the air The smoke
and steam rushing out almost obscured
the view, but the Aurora could be seen to
balance in the air second and then came
crushing into the ditch, the tender shoot.
ing from behind and falling on top of her
with a fearful smash, shaking a house
half mile distant. Two of the cars at.
tached to her telescoped at once and
caught fire. The Plainfeld stood almost
erect in the air, and her tender and
heavily loaded passenger cars came
smashing up against her as if they would
tear themselves to pieces. The sides
doors and roofs seemed to fly into a mil.
lion pieces.
Frank Herman, the engineer who was
killed, seemed to have enacted the heroic
part. Just before he died he said to O
friend. II do not expect to live | did all
| could to stop tho train. l feel satisfied
l felt sure that / could have saved myself
by jumping into the ditch, but stopped
to save my engine and train and hung
on Five persons were killed and fifteer
wounded. VIM. Thompson, the brake
man who left the switch misplaced and
caused the accident, was arrested last
night and lodged in Newark City Prison
He has been in the employ of the com
pany for nine years and was thought a
most trustworthy man.
The railroad company losses 100000
= by tue accident, which IS the first Of any
Importance which has occurred between
Newark and this city.