The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-07-08
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT,

A special dispatch from Long Branch, n. j.,
gives the following particulars of terrible
railway accident near that place on Thursday
of last week. 1t says:
The express train which left Long Branch
at sos this morning met with a terrible acci-
dent while crossing the bridge over the branch
of the Shrewsbury River, near the Little Silver
Station. The accident was caused by the
spreading of the rails Six cars including four
ordinary passenger coaches, the smOking-car,
and Pullman parlor-car, left the rails and ran
over the ties of the bridge, tearing them to
splinters. The cars kept on the bridge until
the train was half way across, when the four
passenger coaches and the smoking-car went
over into the water with terrible crash. The
cars landed on their sides in about four feet of
water. The scene that followed beggars de-
scription There were about one hundred per-
sons killed or wounded. G. W. Demorest, of
the firm of Demorest & Co., produce dealers,
New York, was badly injured at the base of the
skull and died. Chas. NJ. Woodruff of Newark
and J. Mitchell, of Scranton, were seriously in
jured. Charles III. Foster, the fireman of the
engine, pulled ex-President Grant out of the
smoking-car slightly injured about the knee
Robert Robertson, the iron merchant, New
York, was injured badly. A grocer named
Edison, of BranchpOrt, was crushed terribly
James Brooks, of the firm of Brooks & Dick
son. theatrical managers, had his colar-bone
broken. Morris H. Brown, son of Thomas J.
Brown, superintendent of the Erie Railroad.
received severe blow on the head and his
back was injured. c. J. Fox of Richmond, Va,
had his hand crushed. James f. Mallory, of
New York, was so badly crushed that he after
wards died.
Another dead man has been identified as F.
L. Bradley, of New York. President Gala
way, of tho Elevated Railroad, is slightly in
iured William X. Garrison was seriously in
jured, suffering from conclusion of the brain.
He has since died
George r. Blanchard, vice-president of the
Erie Railroad, and Robert Il. Minteru are
among those slightly cut. Annie Irwin, of
Brooklyn, has a deep cash in her forehead, and
was unconscious. William A. Mccall, brake
man. attached to the train, was most fearfully
injured; his throat was badly cut, besides
which there is an ugly wound under the right
eye and another on his arm. Mr.. Mitchell's
COnulllOn Is pTcCdIlOuSJ anu ITO lIds otlStdiueu
internal injuries.
Chas NJ Woodruff of Newark, died at noon.
Among those slightly cut and bruised were:
r. NJ Galloway, j. C. Westerval c. L. Fowler,
VIM. Dinkenspeil and wife, G. r. Blanchard
and r. b. Minturn, of New York; A. II. Still
well and wife, and Miss Annie Scott of Phila-
delphia; C. III. Randall, of Camden, n. j., and
Henry Mordicia, of Dallas, Texas. The rail
way officials were promptly on the scene and
physicians were summoned. The badly wound
ed were taken to farm houses near by and
promptly attended to. The track spread Just
as the train ran upon the bridge, and the train
ran for fully five hundred feet before the cars
went over into the water The three rear cars
had their trucks torn off by the string beam of
the bridge when the cars went over. There
are said to be several passengers missing, but
their names have not been ascertained. Rail
road men who visited the wreck condemned
the lack of guard safety rails on each side of
the track over the bridge. Geo. W. Flickner,
the engineer, used the air-brakes promptly,