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Railroad Disaster in New Jersey.-SeV.
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Railroad Di'yaster in New JerSey.-SeV-
ernI Killed and Wounded.
I: NEW YORK. October j9.-The news of the
morning is d terrible railway acc1dent on the
Pennsylvania line. Although the collision oc-
Cured soon after O'Clock last evening, the
meagreneSS Of the details twelve hours after
wards proves we have bowling wilderness IN
the New Jersey meadows, only three miles
tapG as the Sierra Navadas. Though there are
no less than eight railway tracks at the point
IN question there Is not a haDltable mouse IN
either direction for miles. The precise spot OF
the collision was under the chute beyond the
west end of HackenSacK bridge. An eX-
press train ran into an emigrant Train, ana
knocked the cabs that were IN the rtar OF the
latter across the east bound track. Both trains
were bound west. Before the track could be
|. detected. across which the caboOSe had been
thrown, tho passenger tram on the Lehlgn
Sp!intefe0 the already dlSmantleo caOooSe,
and was itself deraticd, the engine plunglng
down steep emDankillenG ana toppieu over
into the mud, III which 1t settled TOUR 1eet
! he baggage followed the engine hall way
thedOwnbank and the smoking car also left tn
track The emigraut train was hlled with pas
SengeTS, many OF them women.
After Inc immediate shock many passengers
Joined tile train hands in search for The hurt
IL whom they were guided by the cries of the
victims The area OF the disaster was not
more than he length OF two cars TWO were
at once pulled out from under the cabooSe; one
. woman whose head had been cut OH; the
other was the body Of a man crushed bevond
II cOgn!tiOa. n man with lis head bleeding
craWied up the bank oyer which the engine
had toppled. He was Owen Hall, the engi.
neer OF the light express. Others were found
il the cars woman lay on the floor near
the door OF the car that Immediately proceeded
the cabOOSe of the emigrant train. Inc Car
was teleSccped. AS the men raised her, her
leg dropped cut of her dress. 1t had been cue
eff at the thigh. Word wat sent to Jersey City
soon after the accident, and at $3.50 O'Clock
relief train arrived 1T tie scene OF the wreck,
and with q portion of the dead and wounded at
once returned TO Jersey City and came PACK
again at 10 o'clock and again returned with the
rest of the dead and Wounded.
The accident was cauSsd by the delay OF the
EN- grant train III getting out OF the way; IL
had left Jersey City at S:O3, the express 1OllOW-
the chute for coal. had loaded, and was back
ing slowly, when the express came along. NOT
having b5e1 warned by the operator at BLOCK
station, at Marion.
found this mOrniug under the Lehlgh valley
engine The bodies have not been identified.
thomas Z. Pratt, telegraph operator at Ma
riGn, has been arrested.
Pratt, who is tWenty-SiX years oil !, is an eX-
periencea operator. be admits he did not
give the right sigma. He says he was ADVISED
by his friends to desert, but he refused to do
SO. He is held to await action OF the coroner
Jury The thr &c bodies discovered this morn
ing buried beueath the +, ont CT the Lehlgh
Valley el CINE w ere brought to this city and
placed in The moreTIe. The woman is unknown
and unacceptable The two boys were ap-
have been cleared and all that remains OF the
wreck is the Lehigh yatfey engine, which is
completely destroyed. 1t is thought more
bodies will be found. There have been eight
probably die. The depot is surrounded by a
crowd waiting for the news. and great excite
ment prevails here. The bodies at the morgue
have not been identified.