The New York herald., 1876-11-03
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
Fatal Disasters on the Lehigh Valley
and Pennsylvania Roads.
THREE MEN KILLED And SIXTEEN WOUNDED
Culpable Negligence Causes the COlliding Of
The Trains.

the loss OF one lie and painful injuries 10 three per-
The facts IN the case are as ioows:-
Al about seven O'Clock A. NJ DR.. c. J. Brown, who
resides opposite tho depot ut Linden. heard locomo-
tive whistle blow FIVE times close his house This
being an unusual signal ana QUO which the doctor
cIu1cd be oi danger, ho Immediately jumped up
and ran tho window, from which hc looked out, but
could object, dense fog shrouding the land
scape While trying 10 discover tho Tor any
alarm, loud knocking was heard at his door, and,
nurricdly robng himself he went To The door to lnd
Conductor Thomas Gallagher, who requested the
doctor 10 como with him Immediately. Dr. Brown
won't at his bidding, and accompanied Gallagher to
about hundred yards from the depot whore he found
that accident hud occurred and that four men were
suffering from IT, Inc doctor found, at once, that
OF tho four Joseph Perstein, cattle drover,
had hts spine broken and his stcrnum smashed IN SO
badly thus his death was inevitable, and gave his
attention 10 yhe other wounded. perlstein ihsen
solc ut the time. and was conveyed. by Of
stretcher, TO tho adjacent hotel The other injured
men, whose names were William vandewater, the
fireman OF tho locomotives John Ross, Of Railway. and
James Wright bartender OF Chicago were also taken
20 the hotel aud cared tor.
How The collision occurred somewhat difficult
matter 10 ascertain, Tor oil all tho railroad empoycs
AT the station, OF whom u HERALD reporter inquired
relative 10 the affair, and who the only persons
about ut tho Time OF the accident very to iniOrna
ton could DO elected. All ol those officials
either ssdd not know" couldn't recoect" or were
400 busy 10 answer quest'ons' when asked
about II by the reporter. AS lar could be learned,
however, It appeared that cattle tram from the West
arrived NJ Linuen about tue hour stated and was
switched of on TO side track 10 permit The halipas
O'Clock way train from New brunswick 10 pass
the main track Just before the cattle train ran 10
tho siding however, tho coupling between Two OF the
cars parted aud eit two und the caboose
standing tue main truck. Tho forward part OF the
cattle tram ran on ana cae up abreast Of the depot
Scarcely mad II come 10 stnndstil when the passen
ger train from New Brunswick came aong and just
after tho engineer Gu II had shut or steam,
preparatory stopping Linden, II tclescoped the
cars and calaboose Of tho cattle train, which were
stundng way. Tho fog 80 thick at the time
TINT the engineer OF the passenger train was unable 10
SEQ twenty-five tect ahead OF him. no blame
attach him tor not seeing tho obstruction In his way
The passenger tram almost demolished the caaboosc
In which Pcrlstein was sitting, and the cow-cachcr
and trimmings vi It's own engine destroyed The
tender the engine crushed through nearly half OF
expressed that Of The passengers injured
they were all business mon, quietly reading their
papers their way to New York, probably up 70 the
The conductor, Mr.. Gallagher. mado the following
statement yestesday-
~ left New Brunswick with my train at haltrast
ak o'clock this morning. bound for Jersey City. The
log ovcrsprcad tho railroad track like pail and
could scarcely see q dozen rods ahead OF tho train
Consequently We went little slower than usual We
proceeded through Railway cautiously, and, after
crossing tho bridge, the white signal the East
Railway depot, signiying that the track was clear.
This was about hve minutes OF seven O'Clock. had
commenced to pass through the train shortly before
leaving this point ana huo got u6 third
from the locomotive when was thrown down by
THE FRIGnTFUI COLLISION
'The passengers were greatly terrified, and as soon
We could got out We discovered that the locomotive OF
had into the rear end Of freight train
that was the down The collision was SO
violent that the tender OF the locomotive plunged In
side the first passenger COACH which partly filled
with men reading tho morning newspapers. That
killed. outright seems a mystery. The engineer,
John Rolling, manlully remained at his station and al
though Tho front oil the locomotive plunged hcadlong
into caboose of tho freight tram. wreckng both
and splinters flew all around him, he received harm
THAT some msdo u terrible error there bc
doubt The telegraph operator At Linden says no did
not telegraph 70 East Railway the first station toward
New Brunswck) that tho cattle train haa passed LIN
den and IN that case the operator at East Railway
should not, according to the rules OF the road,
sqnaed the train that the track ahead
clear he did Again. il tho brakesmen on tho cattle
tram who should attend 10 the switches after their
train had returned 70 tho switch turn Il from the
siding to tho track TO allow tho passenger train
60 the main track, they must havo seen, not
withstanding the fog the cars which had been de-
tached from their train and stood almost the
SWITCH and In that event was their duty back
LOCO yards 70 notify any approaching tram O dangcr
The wounds OF the injured care
fuily dressed and spintered by Dr. Brown,
before two doctors from Railway and Elizabeth, who
had been telcgraphcd Tor BY Mr. George ". Barker,
master OF the Pennsylvania Road
rived tho OF the disaster Pcrlstein gained
consciousness hour after tho accident, but died
about clevcn o'clock lie leaves VITO and two chill.
drcn at No % Allen street, in this city. vandewater
lett his home in Railway alter being attended
TO by the doctor, and the others will undoubtedly
recover IL Is fortunate that the New Brunswick pas
senger train not the Washington express that
rived few minutes later, and does not stop Linden
thunders At its terrific speed else the accident
would have been II required eight ten
hours work 10 clear away the wreck. II
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS TRAIN
TWO MEN INSTANTLY KILLED-THRrEEH
OTHERS SEVERELY WOUNDED.
ELMiRA n. Y, Nov. 2, 1875
Tho express train which LETT Philadelphia on wednes-
DAY night at eight O'Clock, the North Pennsylvania
and Lehgh Valley road, with a terrible accident
when about nine miles from Bethlehem, while running
at the rate OF iorty m,los hour. The tram was
composed Of four Pullman seepers four day coaches and
two baggage cars drawn by two engines At the point
named either tho breaking OF axle or some other
part OF the Huck giving way caused the iourtn sleeper
from she. rear-the "w wosdbine"-to leave the track
which 1t did perhaps three feet to the right, and
Immediately struck ledge Of rocks with fearful con-
cusson, causing the careen to the other side
and completely capsizo with u tcrrinc crash landing
upon ITS side. The result, it would seem, might have
caused tho death Of every passenger the car but
happily not hie was lost though number wero
severely injured
TWO EMPLOYEES KILLED.
moment before the accident occurred tho colored
porter OF tho .Woodbne the brakeman OF the car
the sprang the platform probably TO set the
brakes but they wcro evidently thrown CIR under the
trucks and instantly killed. as the position OF their
bodies would prove
kforts were ut once made by those but slightly
injured TO sxtricate the others In the fated car and
by prompt hard work few minutes saw them all re.
moved Your correspondent, who was among the
injured, ext,nguished the broken lamps which had
lighted the car, thus preventing further disaster by
connagratlon. The glass windows broken up aud
most Of the passengers taken out through them
The following Is y list OF tho
KILLED AND woUxDEn
Samuel Holloway, brakeman, killed.
William Hawk, coiOred porter killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis OF Lockport, N. Y, badly hurt
MIRA LOWS very severely
Mr Barnes, OF Geneseo, N. Y leg broken and other.
wise injured
J. I. whcelock, Lester, n. Y, not seriously
b. c. Cook, Chicago, head cut and bruised
Mr. Duncan. youngstown, Ohio, head cut
George Ayrc, vile, Two children and nurse bruised:
the latter very badly hurt and her head cut