Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-30
A FRIGHTFUL SMASH-UP.
One Hundred Persons Irjured-Ms ~
Noted Persons on the Tra'2.

One Hundred Persons Irjured-Ms ~
Noted Persons on the Tra'a.
LONG BRANCH, N. j., June 29.-The cx-
press train, leaving Long Branch at sos this
morning, on the Central New jersey, met
with terrible accident while crossing the
bridge over branch OF the Shrewsbury river,
near Little Silver station. The accident was no
doubt caused by the spreading OF the rails.
SIX cars, four ordinary passea ger cOacues, a
smoking and parlor coach, left the rails and
rau over the ties of the bridge, tearing them
ID flinders. The cars kept on the bridge until
the train was half way across, when four pas.
se1ger 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 beggsrs descrip-
ton. An unknown man from Ocean Beach
was taken out dead. The cars were filed with
passengers and number were injured, I'M
known. There were about 100 hurt in or e
way or another. D.morest, of Furst, DEM
crest & Co., Reade street, New York, was in
jured in the base OF his skull. He will die.
VIM. R. Garrison, son OF Commodore Charles
K. Garrison, was terribly hurt in The chest.
Charles NJ. Woodruff, of Newark, and j..
Mitchell, of Scranton, were also seri-
ously injured It is impossible
10 get the names of the hers at present. The
physicians around the neighbOrirg towns
have been summoned. Charles FL. Foster,
fireman of the engine, pulled ex-President
Grant from the smoking car. Grant was not
injured. Robert Robertson, an iron me-
chauic from New York, was injured badly. A
grocer named Edison, of the Branch had his
foot crushed terribly. James Brooks, of the
firm of Brooks 6 Dickson, theater troupe
managers of New York, had his collar bone
broken. Morris Il. Brown, a son Of Thomas
J. Brown, superintendent of the Erie railroad,
received severe blow on the head and his
back was injured. G. Fox, of Richmond, Va +,
had hand crushed. James NAL
loay, of No. 202 Broadway, was
so badly crushed that he cannot recover.
The dead man has been identified as Jas. L.
Bradley,a merchant of New York; G. W. Dem
crest is dead; President Galloway, of the ele-
waited railroad is slightly injured; William r.
Garrison has been unconscious since the acct
dent and suffering from conclusion of the
brain. He is at holly wood Park, the resi-
dence of John Hoey. Geo. r. Blanchard, vice.
president OF the New York, Lake Erie &
Western railroad; Robert B. Minturn, Ex-
President Grant and Arthur and Sewell were
slightly Injured.
Annie Irwin, OF Brooklyn,i is seriously hurt
and unconscious; VIZ. A. Mccall, brake
man is fearfully injured. His throat is badly
cut. Mr.. Mitchelis condition is precarious
from internal injuries. Mr.. Woodruff and
Mr. Mallory arr about breathing their last
John T. Raymond, (actor) has collar broken
and is otherwise severely lnjcred. Fox, his
his father-in law, is badly injured.
The cause OF the terrible disaster was the
changing of the track for the Monmouth
Park races, which commence Saturday next
The frog was not properly spiked, and when
it was struck by the engine it spread the track
and tore up the rails for over one hundred feet
While the engine and forward cars were piled
up on the side of the track, the succeeding five
cars plunged forward on the bridge and were
precipitated into the water. 1t was inexcus-
able carelessness on the part of those Entrusted
with the task of altering the track.