Daily Republican., 1881-04-22
A FATAL ACCIDENT.
TWO PERSONS KILLED AT STAN.
TON CROSSING.
A Carriage Struck by IA Fast Train
The Occupants Ofth vehicle
Instantly KilIed--HOw
the sad Accident
Occurred.

A fatal accident occurred yesterday
afternoon at the railroad curve Just be-
low the Stanton depot. A carriage,
containing man and woman, endeav-
orcd to cross the track. just then train
No. G2, which was due ut Stanton at
l.. ~ O o'clock, came laundering along at
the rate of fifty miles an hour The
horse had barely cleared the track, when
the carriage was struck by the train.
The vehicle was crushed to pieces, and
the occupants were carried and thrown
some distance up the track, the woman
falling at least two hundred yards from
the place ut which the accident had oc-
cured, and the man fifty yards further
on The woman fell with her head over
the raj Of the South-bouud track, and
the man was thrown between the north
and South-bound tracks. The train was
going at II high rate Of speed and did
not stop until it was about 100 yards
from where the accident had happened,
The broken carriage was lying on the
cowCatCh"r, and the front OF the engine
WAS hcSpattcred with blood. Til" horst
having been badly cut, had, in til,
meantime, escaped and ran away.
When coming up the road toward
the depot the carriage was seen by
! Frank BcrbcrStoin, operator i'll the
tower. He Signalled the occupants t,
stop. The man looked up Ut him ant
appeared to be- checking the horse 70,
the purpose OF halting at the depot
Mr.. BerberStein then turned his attrn
ton to the approaching train. llearin.
a crash, he suspected the cause, ant
ran down stairs Ito inform James Il
Robinson, the StatiOnmaSter. Running
outdoors, they saw nothing Of the car
riagc, but continuing along the tracI
they found the woman with her hcal
over the rail. The back part OF h"
skull was mashed to u pulp. Her lee
were broken in two or three places
The track was bloody and brains wcr
Strcwn about. Fifty yards further OF
the man, with his left lcg broken, wa
found lying in a pool Of blood. tn
contents Of the carriage wer" strew
along the track. Ten dollars in mon"
| and % gold watch, broken i'll halt, wer
found.
The victims were identified by a lei
ter. which was addressed "Albrl
Davis. dyer, Newark" Information {
the accident being sent to Newark,
. was aSccrtained that Albert Davis wa
the superintendent Of the dye house I
William Dean x Sons wooden mill
Mr.. Dean and MI Davis imnediatcl
proceeded % Newark. The latter r.
cugnizcd the woman as his wife, and IL
man was identified rs II stranger trol
Philadelphia, who had, week az
q BROUGHT Il horse to Newark and sim
/ then had been gardenerinT at NJ
= Davis home. The only name by whiN
he was known was Martin. He was ;
hostlcr for John Holt, Mrs. Davl
father.
), Mr.. Davis stated that his wife, W
is the mother of three children, was |
(, ing driven to Stanton by Martin for
purpose of doing some shopping. /
horse belonged to Mr.. Davis and t
carriage was the property OF thwa
# TaSScl.
= Coroner Weldin and DR.. Oglc, accol
panied by Detective Legg and sever
!. iurvmen from this city, went to Stant
: Yesterday afternoon. An inquest W
! begun and several witnesses were heaI
A number Of persons testified that t
engineer had blown the whistle OF t
engine us it came around til" cUrN
II The jury adjourned until nine o'cio
= this morning, and Mrs. Davis and t
l. man Martin were taken to Newar
N In the meantime information OF t
,a accident has been telegraphed 10 \
y Holt, of Philadelphia, with the reQu'
.r that he should send Martins last nan
il The coroner and DR.. Oglc went doN
10 to Stanton at S.35 o'clock this mornlI