Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-08-13
EASTERN DISPATCHES
L RAIIRoADING.
A Terrible Accident on the gaston
Railroad = The Dead and the

Dying.
ATLANTIC Crrr. N. j., August a.
Following are the particulars of tn,
railroad accident at Mays Landing
The excursion train consisted Of twenty.
six cars, sixteen in the first and ten in
the second section. The train wai
Alled with St. AIMS Catholic eIcur'
s%ionists from Remington, Philadelphia,
The first section left the city at G
o'clock, and the second followed soou
after. On reaching Mays Landing the
engineer Of the first section slowed up
TO run ON o side track. All the carr
had passed the switch except two, whom
the second section came laundering on
behind. The engineer Of the latter
vhistlsd "down brakes" but when ap.
piled they failed 10 work. owing to the
wet, and his locomotive crashed into the
last car Of the hrst section, tslsscoping
II. As the locomotive forced It's way
into the car the cylinder heads were
forced open and the steam poured
through the car, scalding nearly every
passenger in 1t. The work Of removing
the injured was Immediately begun
and medical aid summoned. The rest
OF the cars OF the express. which had
come up, were switched Of and fitted up
as hospitals. In these were placed
those least injured. and the train pro-
ceedsd to Philadelphia. Physicians
from Camden, who came down in .
wrscking train which was autographed
for, forbid the removal OF q number Of
the injured, who still remain at Mays
Landing.
PurIIpELPHrA, August l2.-As far as
can DO learned only n passenger,
Jaues McSweeny. Of this city, was
killed outright by the accident on the
Atlantic City road at Mays Landing,
but forty.ons are injured. some fatally.
All seem to be scaldsd or burned, very
few being smashed OIL bruised. There
were nearly 1000 people from Philadel-
phia on the excursion. Following 10 q
description OF tho collision and the
scene that ensued: OF the persons on
the rear platform Of the first train some
jumped to the ground and then rushed
panic. stricken back into the cars. The
locomotive came bounding on and
crashed into the rear cars still standing
up the bridge. and with such force that
the engine fairly plowed q furrow halt
way into the car and lifted the roof OF
the car over the smokestack. The shock
broke one OF the cylinders OF the boiler
and instantly scaldipg water was poutsd
out upon the affrighted and helpless
occupants Of the car. Rain had been
pouring down and all the windows Of
the car were down, and steam filling 1t
instantly, added to the horror Of the
occasion and the suffering OF the VIC
Tins. From out the concealed vapor
came the shrieks Of women, the walls Of
children and the yells Of men. The
people on the first train ran pell NELL
from the cars or jumped through the
windows, and 1t was some time before
they became sufficiently composed to
make earnest efforts to rescue the In
jursd and relieve their suffsrings.
The scene Of the accident is on q
straight stretch OF track about 200 yards
from Mays Landing station. A part Of
the first section was on the great Egg
Harbor river bridge when the crash
came. Assistant Trainmsster II. Mills
says the airbrake has undoubtedly been
tempered with, whether by accident or
design he could not say. he thinks
some ons must have put II out OF order
by fooling with 1t in one Of the the cars
through which It passes.