The New York herald., 1872-04-11
TERRIDLV RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
4 Passenger Train Breaks Through
an Insecure Bridge.
THE TRAIN A COMPLETE WRECK.
A Brakeman Instantly Killed and Several Per-
sons Dangerously Wounded Not One Pas
senssr Oh Board Fros from Injury

That portion OF The New York and Osweg0 Rail-
road line lying within the Stgte OF New Jersey "
known as tho New Jersey Midland Railroad Com
pany. This ROAD has but recently been completed
between Paterson and Hacke1saek. and regular
passenger trains have been running soout month.
Opening a region OF country ncretslore isola Ted.
ana being tho nrst 'seans OF communication be-
tween Paterson and Hacsensack. the ROAD has oecn
Remarkably wei patgonized.
Nearly all the bridges along the line bsrween Pas-
erson and Hackensack. are OF tho POST Paten.
Combination" made oil woJa Asd iron, atad bnit
by the Watson Manufacturing. Company, IN Plter-
son. These bridges have proven dangerous iail-
nres. oae OF these combination bridges wss tn0
cause OF
FEARFUL ACCIDENT
yesterday m0rnng Oh the New Jersey Midland Rail-
way, al the iodi crossing OF sadie Riyer, which IL
aoout four miies from Paterson ANA one mile and
hall from iiacSensack. saddle River h u mere
brook IN the dry season, but frequently swells Up
diiPns storms. The conjunction bridge on whlcn
feet Tie employees always been a!raid OF IT,
as II swa,ed ana Gent; but the Watson Manulac-
iaroad company placed iaita Ia their protestationa
thai the bridge was perfectly SAFE.
Al I'VE o clock Yesterday Inornlng tram OF six
teen freight cars loaded with gravcl. pissed over
safely; but II Is supposed That II
SNAPPED rns rfABER5
and that 1t was then held together silnpy by the
small IRON rods the next tram lett PATERSON Tor
locomotive one passenger car aud cwo rleghs cara,
tine latter IN the rear. in ADDITION to the tram
five passengers WAC eot on au Paterson. Arriving
ut the Lodi Bridge, the locomotive rushed over
safely. bus just as e passenger tram was crossing
the bridge actually snappad III two at the nidie
Sharply AZ match. and went down with the pas
sohsef car IA cov,,nrr wrror
while the locomotive on one end ana the baggage
senger The latter seuled down on one end.
landing the passel2ers seats, Stoves and broken
al che bottom The rive, winch y siy or elgnt !eet
in depti. IL seems miraculous that the af1fignled
passengers escaped immediate death. Yet there
was bat man killed outright Il brakeman
named John r. Doremus One slie OF ms head was
SMs ~" Tie s enaer es' wa @ thrown Us'a to aacs
OF seventy feet the passenger car was smashed to
and there was nothing visible but mass OF timoers
ana bent IRON
Tue engineer and dremen were severely hurt. ana
were conveyed 10 their homcs IN Worendlke by
special car. raeir recovery is doubtful. Tue
dncorand all the other nands were badly injured.
Several OF the passengers were cuL Or Druiseo, out
none OF thelI IL Is hoped seriously.
THE WOUNDED
were taken to the nelghOoring houses AMI kindly
cared FOR aHtil the arrival OF surgeons from Paterson
ana aackcnsaok, and as soon as possible they were
all removed to their homes by special trains. the
company ordered everything for the victims OF the
accident that could he Invented ior their comfort.
The tram was gong al a moderate speed, as is
was "a new road, ana there was danger OF waahings
and andsldes after the heavy rams 81 the previous
night. rue company had been repeatedly assured
OF The safety OF the bridges, anu had relied uocn
tnc opinions OF the engineers who inspected 1t.
Every person IN the car Was injured more or less
seriously. Tie following Is u lst oil tho Killed and
badly woundcd--
KILLED.
Junn Richard porenns uamliiariy known among
HI, trends IA hacacnsack rs joan DICK DogcmusI,
one OF the bfakenien Killed III stantiy.
woUSDEn.
James McCrea, rne engineer, badly hurt abous tho
head ana body.
William AcIrca (son OF the abovc the fireman
al5o BADLY hurt about the head and hody. Both the
above were taken TO thelr nome In Worten,tyke.
ID. @.
and knee.
Il. u. Freeman. baggage master. leg broken. He
| smoked cigar whle the surgeon was dressing iils
wounds.
Aoram II. Litcton, OF Midalctown, II. T.. wounded
In h,p.
surrogate Isaac Wortendykc, of Hackensack.
sllguiy on lOIeaead
air. smaliy, u contractor sligny.
MISS Lzzle Muzzy ana her sister, Oi Paterson uiy-
ing In Market streep, toth slightly wounded by
bruises.
John Wortendyke, OF nackcnsack, slightly huy.
In the eye.
Peter II. Doremus, Of Dundee. slightly hurt on
head and leg.
John Banvet OF wyckofi severe CASH IN tho
forehead ana cut on leg
j. Zabriskie Goetscnius Assessor OF Hamapo.
nnrt Internally. He seemed crazy Tor some time.
but subsequently got better. although badly
wounded.
g. Van Diem, llmper merchant. OF Paramus SO.
verciy hurt
aIrs Ann. Terhune and her daughter OF Water
street. Paterson, badly injured.
Aaron G. Garrison, Collector OF Bergen county,
slightly wounded on head. Lives at fawpaugn,
n. j..
10 was feared at first that there were some killed
the ruins out IL Is now believed that such is
not the Case, all who were on the tram having been
accounted Tor. Ihe accldent created the widest
excitement III Paterson and other places along the
line or the Midland Ra iwaY. II win take several
days TO repair tho DANA 20 sufficiently Tor the
sumption OF travel between Paterson and uacken.