The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-16
DEATH STEPS In
And Changes Joy to the Sorrow Of
the Grave.
A Frighfful Crash That Might Have
Reen More Frightful-Wreck
of an Excursion Train
Eight Killed.

PHILADELPHIA, June 16.-The morning
accommodation from Atlantic City ON
the Camden & Atlantic railroad col.
lided with special Sunday school ex-
cursion ten miles east of Camden.
Both trains were running at the usual speed,
and, meeting in a curve. struck each other
with terrific force. Officials of the road ara
reticent, and particulars are not yet learned,
but it is reported that six persons, all EN-
ployes of the road, and including both en-
gineers, were killed and many of the passen-
gers seriously injured.
A wrecking- train with physicians has gone
TO the scene of the disaster There is great
excitement in Camden. The collision was
he result of misunderstanding of tele-
graphic orders.
Acknowledgements Palmer and Baxter,
Conductor Smith, Baggagemaster Waugh
Mail Agent Wylie, and Fireman Barber were
killed, and many persons injured. The mem
bers OF the party were Of the Camden
Presbyterian church.
The LATEsT.-Frank Fenton, supervisor
of the road, and G. Edwards were also killed
in the Atlantic road accident. The crash
was caused by the non-reception of tele
graphic dispatch. Both engines were smashed.
The following persons were injured: Henry
Deets, scalded, hip broken; Leonard Bausch,
badly scalded; Frank Mccormick leg broken
and scalded; John Caskey, slightly injured;
William Caskey, internally, cannot live;
Joseph Rosenbaum, express agent, badly
about back and head; AL Glen, u conductor,
internally, Cora May Lippincott and brother,
Eugene. slightly.
The injured were placed under immediate
medical attendance, and removed to Cam
den.
One of the passengers says: "After the col
lision all scrambled out of the cars, some by
the windows. Both locomotives were demol
ished, and the escaping steam made it impos
sible for some time for any one to approach
within fifty feet of the wreck. Great excite
ment existed among the people in the two
trains, especially among the women and
children.
After the two trains came together there
was the utmost confusion among the passen
gers. The first man taken out was JOIN
Rosenbaum, the express agent of the accom-
mediation train. He is terribly cut Oh tn.
| head, face and hands. He was found with d
| lot of debris covering him, and was extri-
Gated with difficulty.
| The body of Fireman Nichols Barber Wa:
| next discovered under the wrecked tender
| terribly mangled.
Fireman Lewis McClair was unconscious
| He was terribly scalded; his head wa.
| swollen to twice its normal condition.
Brakeman John Lager was hurled from
the baggage-car into a pool of water ant
| mud.
Mail-Agent Wylie called out from undel
the debris, Here am" When taken out ht
was found to be shockingly lacerated Hi
death occurred i'll a very short time
Among the more seriously injured pas
sengers are John and Willie Caskey, th,
former aged H. his face is badly cut, but th,
! younger brother, Willie, will die.
Supervisor of Road Frank Fenton wa
rescued after two hours laborious work II,
! did not survive.
When the news reached Camden a specia
train was made up and a dozen physician
departed for Ashland A wrecking trail
was also sent to Ashland.
The point where the collision occurred i
considered the worst on the line 1t i
about two miles from Haddonfeld, and on
mile from Ashland, with heavy dow
grade and curve in both directions Ia tn
middle of the curve is a wooden bridge owe
Cooper's creek. There is only a single trac
on the curve, with a light embankment O.
either side. The accommodation was rur
ming at the rate of twenty-five miles all hou
when it entered the curve