The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-10
BY TELEGRAPH.
COLLISION ON THE NEWARK &
N. Y. RAILROAD.
Both Trains DemOliShed and Par
TALLY Burned.
Several Killed and Large Number
Wounded.

Several Killed and Large Number
Wounded.
NEW York, June 8.
The sO5 train from Newark, and 1885
train from New York, on the New York
n Newark Railroad, met on an open
switch, at Beycl station, The engines
were demolished, and the first and second
cars Of each train were telescoped, Both
trains were thrown from the track. The
ears caught fire from the locomotives, and
two of them were entirely consumed.
Four persons were killed and nine wound
cd. The names Of the killed, are Frank
Kerns, engineer, scalded and both legs
broken; John Lynch, fireman, instantly
killed; Dan. White, brakeman, caught be-
tween the telescoping cars, and instantly
killed; George Hill, engineer, killed.
Stephen A, Dickerson, Newark, internal.
ly; Carl scheller, slightly, and son aged
six years, head fractured, and Anderson,
Newark cut and internally injured.
Bank, fireman, was badly hurt; Jno.
Russell, brnkesmAn, badly cut; Samuel
Taylor, fireman, badly scaldedi II. Fre'
herhaus, of New York, slight cut on the
head; David selton, of Ludlow street,
New York, cut on the leg; - Evan, OF
New York, arm cut, Various persons
were slightly bruised Some Of the pas.
senges worked hard 10 save the cars and
their contents from destruction by fire.
NEWARK, N. j., July IL.
A shocking accident occurred on the
Newark s. New York railroad this morn.
Ing, near the Ferry street station, in this
place, resulting In the death Of several
persons, and the wounding Of very many
more. The S05 o'clock 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 is supposed that there
ARE many more In the ruins.
Further ParticulaTs..Terrible Scenes
ssList OF the Killed.
NEWARK, N. j., JulyS.
At about ten or fifteen minutes past 8
o'clock this morning, the 7:45 train from
New York, and the s;05 train, from New.
ark, sighted each other, and then dashed
along at full speed. No whistles were
blown, and without any dminutlon in
their impetus approached the switch at
Brill's farm, which the railroad runs
through. A gravel train had last been
switched off there. The switch had not
been replaced, and the trains meeting each
other Immediately at the junction, the
New York train ran off up the track on ia
the down track and cut right into It's els a
piS, and jumping from the track bounded
down an embankment into II ditch, drag
ging with II the three foremost cars. The
smoking car of the down train was thrown
upon the tender, engine, and into the first
passenger car behind the telescope fully
fifteen feet. In q few moments subse.
luent TO the calamity the terrible fact be-
came apparent that the cars and engine
were on fire. The flames spread rapidly
and soon enveloped everything within its
reach. The greatest alarm and terror
prevailed among the passengers The Ia.
dles screamed and the men became fright.
ened and terror.stricken and rushed to the
doors, while others threw baskets, bun.
dies, &C., and In some cases, small chill.
dren from the windows, The terror thus
created was augmented by the re.
port that scores Of human beings
were in the burning carriages, unable ID
effect an escape. The fire alarm was
rung, and the firemen were on the scene
promptly 10 extinguish the flames. The
scene Of the disaster is fearful sight
For 1jO feet the tracks are lined with The
debris Of the destroyed cars. Two Ell
gines and one hundred men are working
to clear away the rubbish. Hundreds o
people are congregating ut the scene
One man jumped ont Ol Il window at The
time Of the accident, and saved himself
All who were killed were employees q
the road. Search Is now being made io
more bodies. The distance from Newarl
TO the scene Of the disaster Is one mil
and q half The general impression
that the accident was the result Of Grim
inal negligence on the part Of the EN-
ployes Of the road.
The following is list Of the killed
Geo Hill, engineer, roasted alive unde
engine Frank Kiernan, engineer, hol
ribly mangled, died in ten minutes; Dar
iel White, brakeman, NJ. NJ. McMann!
fireman on the up train, and Geo. Bark
engineer, are missing, and are suppose
TO he under the demolished locomotiv,
The number Of passengers injured cannc
he less than thirty. Geo Ranks, of Ne,
Haven, and Frank Adams, of Newarl
are the only ones who are supposed ff
tally injured.