The daily gazette., 1880-08-13
SECOND 10 EDITION
Si6Ttee,t, Tfctinas.

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ACo1DENT-sIxTEEN DEATHS AND
TwENrYlBTGHTi STILL esUFFERfNG.
Up to this morning, says the Phila-
delphial Times, as far as can be ascertain-
ed, sixteen persons have died from the
effects OF finjuries received by The railroad
accident at Mays Landing and twenty
eight persons are known to be wounded.
A lumber of the excprsionists are in
such critical condition that their deaths
may occur at ary' moment. Edward
Aiken, the engineer, and Charles M. &.
Hoagland, the conductor of the, second
part. which ran into the first part of the
tain were arrested yesterday al Mays
Landing on the affidavit Of Thomas p.
Judge member of ST. Anna, Literary
Institute. The were charged with muir
der and put under $1,000 bail. The
Coroner's jury viewed the:body of James
Sweeney and continued the inquest up-
ql this morning. The railroad company
began an official Investigation into the
causes of the accident last evening.
"VVS j" -H! DEAD. 'ifa2olg ali
81 AtMay's Landing: bad u,.g UJ.r
iE Carr Freddie, years, 1928 Tilton street.
. d "a li.spls' Annie, is years, 1924 New
Is Hanratty, Mary, ~ years, Almendo
street, above Somerset. ,..t
McCrystal, Mrs. David, 1922 Edgrno ont
street. Z piii "' H"i~Hl'a III .bItTlf.
10 ssssGsss, sMSo5ssta james e. ys9ss 4ss Jeaaf street.
"l' Welsh, Katy, II years, 1922 Edeemont
street. ..,,otf,a ...t,.,,-'.,{
c the Pennsylvania Hospital:
BspdsEn Henry, 2s years, losl East
Collins, Sarah, % years, 22s Erla street
Gfeen, NJ ary, IL years, 1928 Wreken
street. y 400 . ~ 1T :. = ,sr. -.
H Gallagher, Mary, % years, Cumberland
add q anl Streets, .r -.el -t4lr. ..5ltu.
~, ,MeGeyernafJosephs II years, 1869
Murphy, Kate, 90 years, l1o4 Leopard
Murphy, Rose, 10 years, 11o4 Leopard
street, rcd. tf.5 Y.' tEd .r.ae .-.l '.1.-.
At Camden; bAie 4o llip n.l.4
Wright, Mrs. Emma E., SO years, 2o6
M ckle street. .Yoti.,l
D Wright. Sarah, 10 years, 2O6 Sickle
street.
The wounded are still being cared for
at Mays Landing, where the accident
occurred, and at the Pennsylvania Hos
pital, in Philadelphia.
Public Indignation against the con-
ductor and engineer of the colliding
trains is so great that Camden people
would, have lynched them had they not
secreted themselves yesterday. They
are now under arrest, ahd the engineer
makes the following statement
81 had eight cars on my train, and
five minutes after the first section start
ed from the Excursion House at Allan
tic CITY followed after. The rules of
the road require that when two sections
are running close on one another the
second must keep five minutes away
from the first. l did this all along for
about fifteen miles, when began to les
sen the distance between US. The rea-
son | did so was because l was nearing
the siding at Mays Landing, which is
what we call regular meet as there
we are supposed to meet the express. In
order not to delay the express we are
supposed to close up the gap between
the two sections and pull on the siding
one after the other, SO as to permit its
tree passage. 1t was while was striv-
ing to gain these five minutes that the
accident occurred. l was probably run
before i, came to the bend little the
other side of Mays, I Landing. Then l
slackened up and when reached the
hill as l call it., Twas not going any
more than twelve or thirteen miles an
hour. When I got on the hill I saw the
other section two hundred yards ahead
Of me. l knew through my mind that
things were dead-set against me, for be-
sides the slight down grade there were
the wet tracks, on which knew 1t was
ff,at n Nh r.f,7I
The. engineer describes how he tried
the tracks being wet, and the brake
ssiling5 asas tO w0fk s + prop properly = ~ then
1 Was within twenty-five yards of
the rear car Of the first section, when,
seeing that it was beyond my power
to do any mere, L called out to my fire.
man, Samuel, Fowler, Jump forGod's
sake, Sam" I jumped from my en-
gine at that moment and SO did Fow-
Ter. Il sctam bled around on the em2
bankment.f when looking ppsI saw
that neither the cars or engine had
left the track, and then again board
ed the engine and pulled the fires. -
Her cYlinder-head had blown out, and
when l was working like mad man
at the fires knew only, too we'll the
death that was being dealt out to the
poor people in that car. May God for
give me if / have done anything to
cause this disaster, but all might say
in my own behalf won't bring back to
life those poor creatures. Il helped to
get Sweeney out of the, debris, but as
soon as / did, l heard loud expressions
ON evarv side by paOnle threatening to
take my life. I know If they had
caught me they would have lynched
imes and to escape their hands L adopt.
ed the means of crawling along under
the cars nil I had got to the rear of
my train, wheh, watching my chance,
l ran down the right side of the en-
bankment and took to the woods,
where stayed until daylight.
jm Aridi rT7-T-T7T
A GROWING SOUTHERN STATE