Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-30
WRECK AND RUIN.
Terrible Railroad Accident Near
Long Branch.
A Train Filled with Passengers Plunges
Into a River-List of the Killed and
Wounded-Many Prominent
Persons Injured.
DETAILS OF A FRlGHTFUL DISASTER.

| LONG Branch, June 29-The express
train leaving Long Branch at five minutes
past eight this morning, on the New Jersey
Central. met with a terrible accident while
crossing the bridge over the branch OF the
Shire ~sbury river, near Little Silver Sta
| ton. The accident was no doubt caused
| by the spreading of the rails. Six CHS,
four ordinary passenger coaches, the smok-
ing Car and parlor car, lef: the rails and
ran over the ties of the bridge, tearing
them to iinters. The car, kept on the
bridge until the train was half way across,
| when four passenger coaches and the smok-
ing car rwent over into the water with a terri
bic crash. The cars landed on their sides
in about four feet of water. The scene that
followed
| BegRars De$rriPtio0.
| One unknown man from Ocean Beach
was taken out dead. The cars were filed
With passengers and the number Of the in
| ured is unknown, but there were about
one hundred hurt one way or another.
| VIM. Demorest, of the fria OF Demorest &
| Co., Reade street, New York, injured in the
base Of the spine will die. VIM. g. Gar
rison, son OF Commadore Chas. X. Garri-
son, terrible hurt in the chest. Charles NJ.
| Woodruff, of Newark, and J. Mitchell, OF
Scranton are also seriously injured. II is
impossible to get the names OF the others
at present. The physicians from the
neighboring towns have been summoned.
Chas II. Foster, foreman of the engine.
pulled
Ex.President Grant out or the SIN okinG
Car.
Grant was not injured. Robert Robert
son. an iron merchant from New York,
was injured badly. A grocer named Edi-
son, OF Branchport, was crushed terribly.
| James Brooks, OF the iirm OF Brooks &
| Dickson, theatre troupe managers, d New
| York, collar bone broken. Morris II.
Brown, son of Thomas J. Brown SHperin-
tendent of the Erie Railway, received a
severe blow on the head, and is badly in
jured. C. J. Fox, Of Richmond, Virginia.
had his hand crushed. James T.. Mallory,
of No 202 broadway, is so badly crushed
that he can not revive.
Further Details.
The dead man has been identified a.
James l.. Bradley, produce dealer OF New
York.
q. W. Deirorest is also dead.
President Galloway, of the Elevated
Railway, is slightly injured. William X
Garrison has been unconscious since the
accident. He is suffering from coneussion
of the brain. lie is at Hollywood Park,
the residence of John Hoey. George
Blanchard, Vice President of the New York.
Lake Erie and Western Railroad, Robert
B. Minturn, Ex.President Grant, and
Arthur l.. Seweil are slightly injured.
More Deaths Expected.
NFw YoHK. June pa Long Branch
dispatch says: Annie Irwin of brooklyn,
is seriously hurt and unconscious VIM.
a. McC all, brakeman, was fearfully injur-
ed his throat badly cut Mr.. Mitchell's
condition is prcCarious from internal in
iuries; Mr.. Woodruff and Mr.. Mallory are
about breathing their last: John +. Ray
mond. the actor has his collar bone brok-
en- and is otherwise severely injured; Mr..
Fox, his father in-law, is badly injured.
The Cause Of the Disaster.
IoHG BRAYCH, June 29.-The cause OF the
terrible disaster was the changing Of the
tracks for the Mammoth Park races, which
commence on Saturday next. The frog at
the switch was not properly spiked, and
when it was struck by the engine itspread
the track and tore up the rails for one
| hundred feet, while the engine and for
ward 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 n case OF
| InexeusnbIe CarcIessneaS
| on the part OF those intrusted with the
| task Of altering the track. Mr.. Garrisoi
has both his legs broken, in addition to
| his other injuries.
Charles NJ. Woodruff, Of Newark. and
James r. Mallory. banker, of New York,
are both dead. John T. Raymond, the
actor, had his collar bone broken, and eK.
| President Grant had his knee slightly
| bruised.
The railroad men who visited the wreck
| condemned the Manager
| Of the New York and Long Branch railroad
| for not placing guards or safety rails on
| each side Of the track over the bridge and
some say the accident would have been
| nothing but derailmcnt il safety rails lad
been used.
Coroner Cooper impanelled a jury and
visited the scene Of the disaster at noon.
An inquest will hc held tomorrow. The
| railway officials were at the scene as soon
rs possible, and physicians were
Summoned from all Directions,
| ana the DAILY WOuHucu plCkeu up dIu
| taken to the farm houses near the scene
| Of the accident. where they were promptly
attended by the physicians. There were
about eighty persons slightly wounded
either by being hurled over the seats when
| the train toppIed from the bridge into the
water, or by being struck by broken win.
! dow glass.
T.. l.. Bradley. who was picked up dead.
| lived at 100 East Seventy.second street.
| New York. lie was living for the summer
| in a cottage at Ocean Beach
&. W. Demorcst a provision dealer OF
| ,,adc street New York, died soon after
! the accident
Wm. Il. Garrison son OF Commodore
| Chas. X. Garrison,
Isat the Point or Death,
at John IIaey's house, at Hollywood Park.
! lie was pulled out Of the last car by Arthur
! /. Scwell and Thomas Day. The track
! spread Just as the train ran upon the bridge
and the train ran for fully ~. feet
| before the cars went over into the water.
| The seats were thrown in all directions and
| window glass flew into thousands Of pieces.
| The thee rear cars had their trucks torn of
| by the string beam OF the bridge. There are
said to be number of passengers missing.
but none OF their names are reported.
A NARROW sSCAfE..