St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-08
BAD RAILROAD WRECK.
Three Men Roasted to I cath and $1,000, 600
Worth of Property Destroyed.
And all Caused by the Criminal Careless :
ness ofa Telegraph Operator.

NEW bBCSSWlCk, Nd, + eD f.--Al O'CLOCK
this morning an extra freight train from
Philadelphia, owing to broken truck,
stopped on the bridge over the Raritan river
for repairs While waiting the
through southern freight, which left
Philadelphis at 1890 p. m., came dashing
along through the city, and not until within
500 feet of the caboose Of the extra did the
engineer see It. The trakcs were applied TO
no purpose. The engine of the freight struck
the caboose of the extra, telescoped 1t. struck
an oil tank of which there were four 10 the
train, and an explosion followed. Immedi-
ately the burning oil and wrecked cars were
thrown over and down from the high bridge
into the streets below.
THE BURNING OIL
ran through the cutters down the streets In
to the canal. This being covered with fee
the oil ran over the ice down the canal to
the wall paper manufacturing establishment
Of Jaueway 81 Co. This was soon to: ally
destroyed. Seven dwellings opposite in the
i'm mediate vicinity of the collision and just
under the long railroad bridge, and the
building known as the box factory occupied
BY the Consolidated Fruit Jar comp pany were
destroyed. The flames then spread 10 the
main factory Of the company, which was
wholly destroyed.
By six this morning the flames were under
control The woodwork of the bridge was
burned The damage 10 that structure
| has not yet been estimated.
Engineer French aud Fireman Harrison
of the regular freight, jumped from the
! engine when they saw the inevitable collision
and escaped with but a few bruises. The
brakeman on the front Of the train, Frank
Dumas. OF Kensington, Pa, failed to jump,
and was carried down with the wreckage
into the street below and
ROASTED TO DEATH.
Patrick Dougherty, Jr., young mechanic
of this city. foolishly entered the burning
building Of Janeway & Co. and has not been
seen since. It is feared he, too, mas been n
victim Of the most terrible fire this city ever
had. But for the favoring wind the Whole
manufacturing part Of the city would
have been destroyed. At no point
on the whole road could the accident have
occurred at so disastrous place. The burn
ing oil from the cars literally poured over
and was flung upon the roofs Of the manu-
featuring establishments. Only battered
locomotive aud an nnexploded oil tank
stand upon the track. II Is now thought
that two brskemen on the oil train were
ALSO BURNED TO DEATH.
The loss Is estimated at between $500, 900
and $1,000, 900. Fire engines we're
sent to aid the burning city
from Elizabeth aud Jersey City.
Only one span of the bridge was damaged.
The bridge was he hnest on the Penusrl-
vania rvad. ALI travel on that road Is greatly
delayed, as long detours have to be MAZE.
Toe loss ou JaDewsy & Co.'s buildings,
stock aud plant Is s175,000. Insurance
s65.000. Tue Con soiidsted Fruit Jar com
l psDy's is $500, 900; fully insured. The loss By
the railroad cannot be asceFtain-d for
lack Of a willinguess on the part Of the Off
/ cisls 10 impsrt Information. The loss on
dwelling houses Il $40, 600. The Insurance
/ Is distributed among large punbsr Of COM
panies. Tue bridge was not weakened and
/ trains are now running on time One
I burned building was a siahle containing a
number Of horses, aud all we're burned 70
desth. The accident was caused by The care
Iessness Of telegraph operator not giving
tie proper signals on the east side ol Baritar.