New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-05
PLUNGlNG INTO A RIVER.


ACCIDENT ON THE GREENWOOD LAKE LINE.
4 TRAIN RUNS FsOa A BRIDGE I,TD me u CxEx-
SACK RvEg-rHE ENGINEER KILLED AND
SEVERAL PERSONS iNJULTD.
Through the carelessness Of an engineer on
the New York and Greenwood Lake Ril.cad ycsierday
moining irinconsistng 81 The locoo i've aud tender
and one passenger car, pecptated mo Ia. Hack
ensaek Il YER th'ouxh IN open drawbgidge, 30 snaxe
HI. point about four aud hail miles from I.,sev
city The train LEFT Monfcialr ghfs M $50 A. ma
carried nineteen passengers. most OF whom were mon
ana boys employed In Ncw-YOrk and jersey City 1,
reached the Hlckensack Brdge on tme &c G:l5 a. N,
bn contrary 10 the usual custom and the requirement.
Of the company. the train lot stopped Tie drtw
le open during the night bu, shut 10 $50 every
morning. IL WAS this time TO al o three or mr.
small crft 10 pass wnich lying m the strrap ina
danger signal red light. In its place aoft and
both brdge-tenders II is said. were on the watch.
TIE engineer Ira Dexter, observed late that .he
draw was open, and reversing his engine when about
one hundred icet from the cnasm. ne Jumped H. aud
striking his head and shoulders Was instantly killed
John skier, the fireman. Jumped the bridge into
the river and ia spite OF the Intense cod OF the water
succeeded In swimming 10 The shore The baggage-
MASTER }. d. Wood, the fireman leap the river
and Instantly rushed to the spranginto
tue water Tdree passengers escaped irom the
tie into the water. leaving the conductor. W. H.
stark. The b-akemen and sixteen passengers in tho
ear. When Tie locomotive lcft the budge h eapcd
nearly the open space, fifty feet IN width and
sank 70 the bottom OF the Stream which said be
Gfty feet In depth at this place. The tender
dragged with IT, but fortunately the coupling between
the tender and the broke and the trucks became
detached leaving the with It's human freight 10 hDlt
the surface. The scene which followed Wild aud
distressing one
James Moore the briGge-tender who was at The crank
Of the draw. SAID that he shock d seeing tho
train coming swiftly on TO the open space and The en-
gneer Jumping from his cab that the sight left his eyes
for the time. and he could not recall the spectacle Of
the train punging into the riyer. As soon he re-
covered himself h. set TO work helping the men Of
the water. The baggage-aasfer and the Others w-ro
taken OFT nearly exhausted and suffering greatly rom
the cold IL the meantime the ears nad srtted Ia he
wat nearly up 10 the yentaiors. aud tue men ims 10
-tining and hangiDg TO the racks 20
keep hc heads above the water DOatand an axe we're
Procured and with me axe no was made IN the roof
OF The Through tins The nearly drowned Inmates
were taken ont Many OF them we're bruised eut not
seriously niure' ana they snhrfe mtre i"m thy cold
drencnug than anything else shortly afier7 O'Clock
a gang men. Tie body ct the engineer pickea
aud to WoOdside, whence II was iaktn TO Jersey
CITY. All persons the wfccKea tram nt
to their homes. The car. which had nlated nearly
Ia the shore, drawn on the bank It found
To he considerably broken and otherwise injured. Tho
work OF repairing the bridge which was injured only
trains would bc running rs usual on the road after )
o'clock supeiintendent Douglas SAID tbat the only
blame for The accident rese0 on the dead engineer
Dexter had been In tho employ OF the company only
hr,e .hs. but bad worked for year. ON the Ere
ilroad. and was thought careful Trustworthy man.
lie was lory years OF age and leaves vile an iaiy
the engine, winch weighed twenty-five tons. VIII DO
raised in "a few days. The 10 the railroad company
not very large The names OF the injured, iar
could be ODalned. "a fpllOws
DAVIS joins, OF Arlington SCALP wound.
HARRISON. -. OF WOodside; head cut ana otherwise
injured.
MAsKER JouS. fireman; hurt by striking the bridge in
jumping
STARK. WILLIAM H., conductor; cut ard bruised
TUT1LE f. b.. OF Montclar; badly cut and btuI,ed.
WILLIAMS JESSE. brakemGn; Injured on the head and
WOOD j. d.. baggage-master; back Injured
Superintendent Doug positive thar all the
passengers had been Tor. though sup
posed by Others thai one man had been a. owned.
Mr. ID avis. OF Arlington who one OF the first 10
81 the after reached the water sid That
De the engine reversed by Dexter ncuro
he cft IL. H. iet tue Earring motion due 20 reversal
Of Tue engine. lie sid that there vas mon whu was
jus. behind HIM IN the not accounted among the
rescued Oues.