St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-19
HURLED TO DEATH
Two Trains Collide Near Jersey City
Creating Terrible Scene of
Suffering.
Ten Persons Said to Have Been Killed and
Many Injured in the Terrible
Wreck.
Eight Hundred Immigrants on One Train
Who Are Thrown Into Great
Confusion.
An Accident on the Boston & Lowell
Road Also Causes Loss
of Life.
Big Riot at Pittsburg-- g--Attempted AS
sassfnatton of a Memphis
Minister.
An Awful Wreck.
Special to the Globe.

Special TO lle GlODe-
JERSEY CITY, n. j., Oct. 1S.-A train
containing 500 emigrants was run into to-
night by passenger train between Jersey
City and Newark. The emigrant train left
Jersey City for the West at 6:15 p. m. At
the Meadow, just outside of the city, the
train was detained by wrong signals of the
operator. The train was followed by the
Southern express, which crashed into the
emigrant train, wrecking the rear cars and
killing ten people outright. The accident oc-
Cured on HackenSack bridge, which caught
fire shortly afterwards and lighted up the
scene brilliantly. The news Of the catas-
tophe was at once telegraphed to this city,
and relief train with physicians and ban
dages was quickly dispatched to the scene.
The fire department was sent out and the
dead and wounded were brought back to
this city. 1t is said the number of wounded
is between fifty and seVenty-five. Mr..
Joseph +. Smith of the firm of the BreWS-
ter carriage manufactOry and his wife were
passengers on the Lehigh Valley train. He
said:
Our train was running, I should judge,
thirty miles nm hour. There were seven cars.
The collision occurred at $50 O'Clock, few
moments after we had left East Newark We
felt q sudden shock that threw the passengers
from their seats and then there came the
crashing of timbers, mingled with screams
and groans Of women. No one knew exactly
what had happened, and in confusion a
cramblc was made for the doors. Our train
same toa standstill. & terrible scene was pre-
sented by the wrecked cars. The bodies of the
dead and wounded lay about in most horrible
forms. Some were buried beneath heaps of
broken timberS and others lay huddled about
The track One wcman's head was cut COM
a1n al, -,NfF TI,ah 1nH
Oankment, while the manged body lay be-
tween the tracks. 1t was almost pitch dark
and foggy, and the only light was that Of the
fire which enveloped the baggage car of the
Western express. The wild shrieks of the
wounded could be heard for blocks away
In justice to our conductor 1 will say that he
ran very carefully from East Newark.
The bodies of a man, woman and boy
which were brought here. were taken to
SpeerS' morgue. They have not yet been
identified. The wounded were brought to
the Jersey City depot, where all available
ambulances were in waiting, and were con-
veyed thence 10 ST. Francis hospital. They
were:
EULENA ARNEAR, Norwegian, aged 35
years. en- route to Madison, Wis, both legs
cut Off and injured about the head. She died
ten minutes after arrival.
MAR1NIUS KL1NGER, Norwegian, aged 1S,
enrOute to Lajunta, COL, where his uncle re-
sides; crushed about the head and shoulders;
died at midnight.
CHRIS TINA BOSTED, Norwegian, aged Is
years, enroute TO Minneapolis, Mimi; COM
pound fractions of both legs; probably fatally
hurt.
STEWARD A. BOWERS, fireman of the
Lehigh Valley train, aged 20, married; resides
at South Easton.
1t is impossible now to obtain full list
of the injured. 1t is said there are many
more under the wreck.
AN OFFICIALS STATEMENT.
Supt Crawford Of the New York divi-
sion furnishes the following official report:
The particulars regarding the accident are
as follows: About S:35 tonight the Pacific
Express No. g. west bound, ran into the rear
end of an extra train consisting of seven
cars loaded with baggage, and eight cars
carrying emigrants, at the west end OF
Hackensack river bridge, throwing the rear
car over on the Lehigh Valley roads track.
Before the track could be protected, a Lehigh
Valley east-bound passenger train ran into
the wreck. Three enigrants were killed and
four emigrants and three employees were in
jured The employees were Passenger Con-
ductor f. Il. Jubeuath, wrist fractured, Le
high Valley; Engineer Owen Hail. injured
about the mouth and legs, and Lehigh Val
ley Fireman s. y. Bowers cut about the
head and neck. The damage to the engine
and cars was not heavy. The injured were
brought to Jersey City, and taken to various
hospitals here. The cause of the accident
has not as yet been fully determined. There
was a dense fog at the time.
j. 2. CRAWFORD.
Superintendent Of the Pennsylvania Railroad