The daily gazette., 1883-08-10
A RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
AN ENGINE RUNS INTO AN Ex-
CURSioN TRAIN.
ALL THE PASSENGERS ESCAPE.
Fortunate Escape of Wilmington Excur-
siOnists-COllision Between Three Trains
Great Excitement in his City.

Yesterday morning 800 people left this
city on the West Presbyterian Church excur.
sion to Atlantic City, going by way of the
steamer FELTON, to Pennsgrove and thence by
rail to the "City by the Sea-" The trip
down was delightful one and unaccom-
panied by any accident.
On the return trip matters changed, and
the excursionists met with a very narrow
| escape. The train, W lich consisted of
eleven cars bearing the exeursionists, run
on siding at Woodbury. ia order to permit
a freight train consisting of number of
empty freight and nine passenger cars
from Pennsgrove to pass. The train from
| Pennsgrove ran on the same siding as the
excursion train, the engine of the former
stopping within 10 feet of the rear car of
| latter train.
The freight train did not have time or
| else the siding was too short to permit a
free passageway, for in a moment
almost, freight train from Salem
came dashing around the curve and with a
crash ran into the rear cars of the Penns-
grove train. The momentum of the Salem
train was SO great that the engine of the
Pennsgrove train was driven into the rear
car OF the excursion train. So great was the
force of the shock that several of the excur-
slonists who were standing were hurled to
the floor of the cars.
citement among the excursionists occurred;
many leaped from the windows of the cars,
while others rushed for the doors in order
TO escape from the steam escaping from the
broken engine of the Pennsgrove train.
Fortunately no one of the excursionists was
seriously injured, although Montieth Jack
son, son of Job. II. jackson, who was
standing on the platform OF the rear excur-
sion car, made very narrow escape.
a N uNu 1fnat ton Of .aIr n
the fact that the engieeer and fireman of
both trains escaped by jumping off their en-
gines, but that Charles Lock mayer of Wood
bury, who was upon the engine of the stand
ing train talking to the engineer, who was
friend, was terribly injured. His thigh
was crushed, his hip dislocated and his leg
terrible cut in various places ,one cash being
fully six inches in length. He was also ter
rible scalded on one side and it is thought
tnat his injuries are fatal.
Both engines were badly wrecked and the
tenders totally swallowed up by the cars in
the rear. The empty cars were piled up
promiscuously and the forward cars of the
freight were badly wrecked, melons, peaches,
ETC., being thrown about.
The accident caused a delay of three
hours, and the excursionists did not reach
home until after / O'Clock this morning.
In the meantime word OF the accident had
reached this city, which caused great ex-
citement among the friends of those who
were on the excursion.
Many rumors iii reg9rd to the accident
prevailed and French street wharf was
crowded with an anxious crowd, who re-
mained until the excursionists landed
safely.
The engineer of the freight train is blamed
for the accident, and it is stated that the
red signals were properly displayed on the
rear of the standing trains.