The sun., 1873-09-27
A CRASH ON TIE MIDLAND.
4 COSDrCrOR WTTHA UITCH NINE
MINUTES our or TIME.
" I'm Huuning This Train MysciT' Nhithcr
The Train was Run Locomotives aud
Tenders Suia she'd, Cars Thrown Oa-in

b tINtk lttltfi1N morning, On inc NcW dtlS'A
| Midland Railroad, for Wortcudykc ~ ~
o'clock passenger train of two c1r- and a
, locomotive started from Wortcndykc for Jersey
CITY. The freight train made yer, low ti'uc,
reaching the switch 30 West nd, lcs than two
! miles beyond iier.cu tunnel, a. about h.lf pat
, SIX. The Ndl9ud is single tr Is r'1'. ana
! also has another switch at New Durham,
three miles further on. Tho pass.ugcr train
arrived at New Durhnm on time. and,
/ having the right - way, dashed on at the
| maximum rate on this road, which is twenty
miles an hour. The freight train, instead of
waiting on the switch at West End attempted
TO reach New Durham before meeting the pas
, scnscr train, and g. doso increafrl it, spool to
| cightccn milo au hoIr. Bctwecn those switches
: there ia a stretch II nar'h, and over IL hung n
fc. go dense p to Obscure or 'ris ~ distance
/ OF a few rods. Into this cloud the trains dashed
. They met ahout a hundred yards below Homo
, stead station on the New jersey Northern
| Railroad. which there runs alongside of the
/ Midland. Ina flash the two locomotives ana
tenders. one u the passenger md thrco of the
freight cara were piled together on the track.
| ~ was standing on my steps" says Landlord
| McCollum Of the tavern which overloo"s the
scene of the collision. "and Of sudden heard
/ n whistle whether IL came from both Of the
| locomotiy or not cant tell. The fog was so
/ thick that / could only Just see the track. and
| hadn't more than got my eyes on It when the
smash came. There was an aW iul crunchug
( noise. and rush uf steam. Irc locomotives
cmS 49, ,ertSr M nS. Nv II" t "'',s ,rcu sncbo,, ~
grind themselves into ctch other sEnpo-e
! their wtjrht Kent them lwu. Bdt the i.u.cr
cars behind tuem furN iit'd un iu t'e AZ WIN
J the force ol thr s'idu'h sop anu J." Il"N '"t
had iiitd IhrMs'lNt' 'u I.' 80" ~ 49, III
/ was like trdu4turfu1ti 'u s''nc lhl' -c' 'hl
! they were r,i.niu- alOnr natr dy, ana ''e next
they were all p.lcd up together.
rW rrGRoH> cr 30. 'No.
Tho tr5'us were upon each o'u'r without
Uutu.ur. ENGINE. -1. .tfG tho instant ttfl
tGI ~ s.' 'i- Ic ,s.. Cort.i,I. am ,.
ihc enyiHc.r 'i tno fl, aht tram. aud J. H. uii-
nVI'; w '"'Ht Wy. ..tli ,S.' 30. aud ,rc,e "a
br, bb',r. "a Nor, .,.r m. sret.n.wa, soovrl-
,., ro-I IN, tbc rr" hoy snd pr. ouLN had no
- ''' " ftI, L,t.,r II, a. I.... i-.It.i,ft-
H. rulird from the wgcci. rlsr;aN h4rt. .luun
t t,.'"I ,'i .,,ro a.. m, ..rtI.in cr.,d
M NJ I,,i trcre'sti'c f.l -ht richf 81 M 80
~, 'N ~ w., 90 ~, ,.,,r nm. ,c,ti- nt .ne
h,,ign ~ u,u "s' 90, tbs vi of nu n. .taut. ana
uttaN'' ~ - ,.., IN. ',,,r, ti., lie r1niI do H.
thcr. vas n.lu,h-> .,,'' i"N '' ' " ~, " -,
aver tII y,pe uin,, ,y,,o
w. w. - ~, - ,i" 80. e,,rd th,r..civ,s d.,
.'.E ~, ~ r,,i,g ~ rhc f'rc, of t,c .oV, =
prouap1'y r, '' .iln. ,y.'rS ,vrerI.J
a.n ,t ,ite 49,, .... ,,f ur,. ... ui,. y. ,n,f.L
40 a. !, J. ~" lNe w" ,' ga "'"S li' - '''' We "
nun si'u.'''H "NN" ""NN i.HH' iH ia t n ',l r,5
' M ,' int d, f',s.o,.ni- ..i ir,l.rr
ot''i We 'I"."v' % ''' J., ,i,,'r ,'
d,7rt.i 1H' "n,a "n, s ""s a. ,in i,,
sh"NnS I''" M ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,r, H. frt 90 ~
u1't 80 Ni.'"UN ~ VIZ "l" '''"' w. .'un. w." -
smh-h'n il,S fpHllti7 @ "l L., 40, ,,,, ~
Three 9i thc ireltt UGis W.T." u',vI go - np",, "s,n
mass that UIter'u tle uarA', nc ne "ScSIe "i
steam hddou o. ne in-' 'hul lh INC sl'''33'i''
anu 1u ~ " "Iu Wi.n @ ~. l"'''N" ''
uhhJ"r'u ana H'-""N "'"' 'aSS'"-''''
TllL VICTIMS.
There ware nhniit ustv ms n..e.- On tie train,
Ia The forwnrI car, however. wore only sIx mrn
I ~ r,'"e 'e H%sI IN, N"rthrtn rnnIs .,st. :.
800 - Ns,. Nm II am, was r.,,. iii nm I'M, de
Iris Ills skull was 50 terrinlv fractured that The
tsnt, ,,,ai ,hroIrb -. ns-,,r.s ijis sid, ,, 49,
.n.d '"'Ir in his r3sht arr, was hrukon in NJ roe
'. a,'1 - ,i', ash - XII. tcft t'rt, rr r. n, no
n,, %, al H. s' Is h.d ,,,,et srat far
,bc rc,r hut b,d becn too lnte Johu k.lIr,
th an,,,n",r " The nes"enter tfain. VA.
tni,,e.i interu.,iiv - seriously that he Can,iOt
iiy,, I,ryr rierr nf nesh was also torn from
ihc cal, ~ his loo Alfred Meisner the trrn ,l
~, no trsiyhf trnin had --XrrI ribs broken and
- iniursJ internsiIv fnhn Hrock A brak =
nan a., mo t,--eu.er Ia Il -t1nd on the FROM
Of the smashed c0.,r. hi!t strangely enough
Wa not fatally hurt. Noue II th' pisseng,ts.
and bruised The worst Of their hurts wcr,
! Cornelius DAYS spraned leg ana ABRAHAM
tuaI'es " ~ tS'ssuH' W l,.sai' ,f,iSS' it',,
. nr q r. p,r,,rr - thts CITY was On The trr I'M.
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