Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-12
FIERY DEATHS.
SUICIDE AND ARSON.
POLITICS IN TENNESSEE
RED SKINS ON THE WAR PATH.
1O0 I'm the Shade.
1O6 In tho Shade.
Tho Mays Landing Accident.

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delphia, body lying at cottage at Mays
landing Freddie Carr, of Philadelphia,
eleven years old, who died soon
after the accident; Annie Gil
lespie, Of Philadelphia, who died early
this morning-the bodies of the two last
named are now lying in a house at May s
Landing Sweeney, of ofPhiladelphia,
who was almost instantly killed, his body
was sent to Philadelphia this morning :;
Sarah Collins, of Philadelphia, 23 years
old, who died at the Pennsylvania hosp;-
tai, Philadelphia, this morning; Sarah
Wright, 16 years old, who died at her
home in Camden this morning.
Suffering Survivors.
OF the wounded Mrs. Wright, mother OF
the last named victim, lies ut her home in
Camden beyond any hope of recovery.
Mrs. Mary Maddell, of Camden, is lying
in a precarious condition at farm house
near Mays Landing, so badly scal.lcd that
her life is despaired Of. At Union hotel,
Mays Landing, arc Mr.. and Mrs. David
McCrystal, Of Philadelphia Mrs. Doodle
of Philadelphia, and Lille Grace, of Phila-
delphia, all frishtfully scalded. At
neighbOring cottage is the four-months
old daughter of the McCrystals suffering
from severe scalts. At another cottage is
their eighteen months old daughter slight
ly injured. Two other persons arc at a
neighboring cottage badly scalded. The
mangled forms of Owen Walsl, and James
Mullen, tied up in raw cotton and
presenting terrible appearance, were sent
Oil to Philadelphia this morning.
How 1t Happened.
There were over 1000 persons OH the
excursion Of st. AIMS (Catholic) literary
society, from the Richmond part Of Phila-
delphia to Atlantic City yesterday, which
necessitated the dividing Of the train into
two sections. Both left the sea shore Oh
time shOstly after six o'clock, the second
about two minutes after the first. When
Mays Landing, seventeen miles up, was
reached, the $40 down express having the
right of way, forced the excursion train to
the siding. The first section was switched
for their siding and had come to II
standstill. No one dreamed of the i'm
pending peril. The rules Of the company
call for a difference Of at least five minutes
in the time between sectional trains, and
the engineer of the standing section had
no idea that the human freight in his care
was in danger. Suddenly, however, he
heard the second engine daShing over the
rails, and before he could do anything to
prevent it, if anything were possible in
such a case, it crashed into the rear car of
his train, the locomotive breaking up
across the track and the tender lcaping to
one side. In an instant the escaping
water from the boiler had been forced
upon the passengers. The cries and
curses Of men were mingled with
tho shrieks Of agony Of tho women
and the wailing of little ones. The appeals
for aid were piteous indeed. Relief quick
ly came from the villagers. Their houses
were thrown open and the wounded were
speedily being soothcd by the inmates.
Two physicians, Mcssrs Gill and Insersoil,
were summoned, and with flour and sweet
oil, did all in their power to relieve the
scalded sufferers.
A train fitted out for the relief Of the
wounded by some mismanagement did
not get to the scene until 10 o'clock, and
at Atlantic City the railway officials could
not relieve 'the suspense of the waiting
hundreds, and in the midst of q binding
rain storm men, women and children plOd.
ded through the sand from house to house
inquiring after tho injured or urging the
railway telegraph operator to send their
friends word of their safety.
Hunting tho Employees.
AS to the engineer Of the second section,
all that is known of him is that he lcaped
from the cab with the fireman before the
collision, and that both fled. 1t was well
they did, Tor searching parties, composed
of men, some of whom were armed with
knives or revolvers, were organized for
lynching purposes. There arc those
who say the engineer whistled down
brakes, but that they failed to work on
the wet track. Tho most preva-
lent opinion, however, is that the
engineer lost his head, and that
finding himself so near the first train, he
was unable to do more than to jump for
his own life. His name was Eggins, of
Camden, and he was considered capable
man. Hogan was tho conductor, but he
has no explanation to make.
At Atlantic City, amid intense excite
ment, an attempt was made to mob the
railroad employees. A freight clerk was
assaulted with pistol, but he knocked
his assailant down and ran. The other
railroad men were compelled to change
their clothing.
1t may take an official investigation to
determine the entire causes of the disaster,
and to fairly fix the responsibility for it.
It seems now clear only that the sec
ond section was run ahead of its time, that
the first had properly slowed up and start
ed to run on the siding to allow the pass
age of the $50 express from Camden. All
the cars had passed the switch but two
when the second section came laundering
on behind. The engineer of the latter
section whistled down brakes rs he ap-
preached the switch, but when the
brakes were applied they failed to