The Portland daily press., 1885-10-19
BURNING CARS.
An Express Train Dashes into an En-
grant Train.
Several Persons Killed and Many
Others Wounded.

JERSEY CITY N. j., Oct. 18.-11 P. M. The
southern express on the Pennsylvania Railroad
ran into an emigrant train tonight near the Hack
ensack river bridge. Several persons were killed
and many wounded. The cars are now burning.
All the ambulances in the city have been called
out for the relief of the wounded. Some OF the
dead and wouded are being taken to Newark, and
two women and man who were Killed and
three OF the wounded have been brought to this
city.
[LATERl
The emgrant train which left here at 7.50 p. m
stopped at a coal shute at the east side of the
Hackensack river BRIDGE when the Western ex-
press, (No. Southern eXpress) which left at g. g.
crashed into the caboose of the emigrant train
and passenger car upon the east bound track
The Lehigh Valley train, No. 3, leaving Newark
at 8 10 then crashed into the wreck, and one Of
the Lehigh Valley cars took fire. The wreck Is
the most frightful on the road in years. Three OF
the dead have been brought to Jersey City. They
are man and woman both decapitated and ter
ribly mangled, and boy Of about IL, whose legs
had been cut off. All are dressed as emigrants.
Their names are unknown as yet. Among the
wounded are Eulena Arneas, Christian G. Bolsted
Marius Ginger and Laura Redesen Melanand. 1t
is impossible now to obtain full list of the in
jured. 1t is said there are many more under the
wreck. The latest information places the number
of killed at eight.
Eulena Areas, Marinus Klinger and Christian
7. Bolsted, the three wounded emigrants who
were brought here, are all Norwegians. The first
two have. since died Of their injuries and the
woman is fatally hurt. The bodies of the man,
woman and boy which were brought here have
been taken to the morgue: They nave not yet
Deen luentlned- A dense log prevailed al tne
time of the accident The others wounded are:
Stewart A. Brosnan, fireman Of the Lenigh Valley
train; Owen Hall, engineer of the same train, in
juries not learned; Louis Ubie, conductor of emf
grant train; and an unknown Norwegian woman,
who was badly hurt about the head and body and
legs and one arm broken. So far as learned none
of the passengers on the Western express were
seriously Injured The Western express train
proceeded on its journey about midnight. The
passengers on the. Lehigh Valley train were
bIought to Jersey City on a relief train The full
extent of the disaster will not be known till
morning.
Superintendent Crawford of the New York
division furnishes the following official report to
the Associated Press:
The facts regarding the accident on the Penn
sylvania railroad at Meadows are as follows:
About S35 p. M, the Pacific express, west bound
ran into the rear end of extra train consisting
of seven cars loaded with emigran IS
at the west end of the Hackensack river
bridge, throwing the rear car of the emigrant
train over on the east bound track, and before the
tracks could be protected Lehigh Valley east
bound passenger train ran into the wreck. Three
emgrants were killed and four emigrantS and
three employees injured. The cause of the acci-
dent has not yet been fully determined"