New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-30
A rnAIN Thrown INTO A RIVER
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over 10 MI Garrison ne lay WIN h'o -.
r,+er and his hands spread ""'
W stuoDod and insensible when
h vac lifted m and told Mr.. SewcIl to hoIa ms
ho,d ont Of the water while went for help. sal"
7 yro,d he back as soon as | could 90 and nag 'uo
,,ct IN he sure no other train would run INTO ''o
wreck got out Of window ana "pon
,bo brilg,. Their back Win
a flag and in five minutes hi,i' ' .Ha
300 Ii llians and laborers that were at worn VI wv
branch track 20 Monmouth Park ana brougn' 'n'"
~ help get the passengers ont. Ihey "'ous"'
rlanks aud ropes and did good work. We got Mr..
C,rrisoa out as soon rs we could hosting him up
with the bell-rope, and out OF the wlhuo"
He was still unconscious. looked
Ia see if could find what struck HIM, bat couid
rot tell unless il was the ronwork of the seat
There were only few ladies the train, and they
were very brave. They didn't make any scene 81
all There were twelve badly wounded people
taken out that | remember ING ualh
was going at forty miles an hour, and II Inc
engineer hadn't pat on the brakes good ana sohu'
II would have been worse than it was We were
not running to make up time, Tor we Waileu at
Long Branch for time
When asked if he thought anyone had time 10
FRY TO lump from the windows after the train left
the track and before the struck the water
Combs SAID:
.yes there was time, because a man can do
thing mighty quick at such time. 1t would not be
strange if some of them did try It, bat II anyone
went out OF the windows on the water siue-ahu
that was the side they would 90 for-they must nave
cot caught under she train and are there now.
Several other persons expressed the opinion that
,,,o victim, If the accident may have sought es-
cape through the windows. and that their BODIES
will be discovered when the cars are removed.
STORIES OF TWO TRACKMEN
tracImaD who saw the train 90 into the water
ana afterward helped save the passengers 9"u
:" General Grant is the noblest man in America Goa
bless him. He's cool one lie no sooner Cr-"i0u
out smoking as natural life, than ne tod Us lei,
lows what TO do and We did it, too. with gooc
will He stood there at first without any
ha; and told us to get a rope, ard then how TO hep
a wounded lady out OF the next to the smoker
After while he got a child's hat and he stood
there smoking away, and cheering us on. be vouId
have looked funny-only there fun to job
like that
Henry Miller another tracknan who witnessed
the disaster, said: General Grant lost
his hat. but when he crawled
M through the window he had CIGAR in his
mouth. and he said, I'm All rghl-'AeIe ho'1ins
the matter with me-.
OPENING HIS HOUSE FOR THE WOUNDED.
GS Conover whose farmhouse turned into
q bospital and who did such noble service for the
wounded said: i was out in the bayfield, when
il happened. I didn't hear any crash, but
Isaw flag on the track and knew something was
wrong l thought it was probably some gravel cars
were off the track and leisurely walked down that
wav. Since then I've been pretty busy and really
know nothing about it, only that we have had our
bousa mil of people and have done all we could for
them We've had about twenty doctors here, and
Won can't say too much for them. They have
worked ike heroes. Mr.. Demarest was brought
here UNCONSCIOUS. lie had wound II the head
bat he did not suffer at all till he died, about an
hour and half after he came here Nh. Woodruff
was brought in with internal injuries. He was con-
scious till little while before he
died which was about l. o'clock,
aud he suffered great deal. Mr..
James Z. Mallory has been pretty bad but the
chances are all in his favor now. D. NJ vi cheIi' OF
Scranton has his left arm broken aud has a scalp
wound; he was very cool when he was hshed out OF
the water and said: Ny arm Is bro
ken but I'm not as bad as some OF
these poor people Air. Robertson, of Branch
mort who was here. was very badly hurt,
but they took him home. NJ Garrison who was
unconscious when we got him ont, was first brought
he,e and then removed by his friends to Elberon.
II has been pretty hard day all around, but don't
forget to say good word for the doctors"
Colonel F. D. Grant left New-York on
the $50 train for Elberon, in response
10 telegram from his father General
Grant lis said that his father had gone through so
many accidents unframed that he felt sure, even
before he received The dispatch, that he was al
right to-day. On the same train with Colonel
Grant which arrived here at 4 o'clock was Mr
Blackwell the former partner of James
T. Mallory. who came down 70 do what
be could for tie relief Of his wounded
friend On the same train also. came 4. B. Ialcott
Of No. 126 East Eighty second-st, to take home
the body Of his brother-in-law, L. s. Bradley.
NARRATIVES or OTHER PASSENGERS.
T L. James of New-York who Is spending the
sunrner here sat in the same seat in the smoking
car with j. NJ. Mitchell, Of Scran-
ton. who was severely injured. Mr..
James said at was an awful sensation, and al
though 1t was really short time before il was
all over it seemed a small eternity only got my
finger cut and this lttle bruise my head was
talking with Mr.. Mitchell whom il happened l felt
we were going and the next thing knew was
standing in water and wondering how l could
get out"
j. r. Carmichael whose hips and foot
severelr bruised and give him great pain. said: 4"
was sitting in the seat behind General Grant. The
smoker struck tue stones at the end Of the abut-
uent, which made the shock al the worse.
was thrown against the roof Of
the car AS we struck. and General Grant struck
on top Of NE. Ii did not take Us long 20 get out"
Nj Wagner. chief clerk the cou4t.ng-IOom Of
The Borld who lives at AsDuTy PARK, said: q" do
Lot know anything that happened after
tie cars lett the track TIL found
u eli with my feet lu the water, each
foo. through "a separate window. How got ont do
~ know. but a. soon a. | was cut ! helped
o.. lady and then did what could Tor the Others.
TIE railroad company Is to plane iOr the accident
and they should be made 10 suffer for II.
Other victims of the disaster spoke In nigh terms
Of Tie prompt ana efficient service rendered by the
COMPANY and all It's employees IN rendering every
Assistance the uninJuTed as wei as the wounded
pas uSeIs. " 49,.