New-York tribune., 1885-01-31
CAUSED BY A BROKEN AXLE
sMAsH.Up ON THE JERSEY CENTRAL
LEAVING THE TRACK WHEN GOING Flrlr NONE
uouR-MANY PASSENGERS INJURED

,,,yv p.ssryGERs INJURED No
SERIOUSLY. .os of which
A railroad disaster, the consequenoo 49,, tbov
,,;obt have been much more serious ;.L;, a
.,rovod 70 he occurred yesterday moi.''s o,d
lew miles of Jersey City. Inc 100
Few ,n'oo which left Philadelphia at 1850 a.
A'~ ..as annroaching Greenville at 9:O4 O'CLOCK IL
.ons;sted of a locomotive and tender. comoinatioh
.mok,no and baggage-car, a parlor car ana ,"o
,assenoer coaches 1t was the fast express WHICH
makes the run between philadelphia and Jersey
(itv IN two hours and had seventy-hve passengers
The smoking-csr left the track at poht heaiy "
ouarter of a mile from Greenville where 'hs ""'
docs not make stop. 1t is supposed 'i''U 'n'' ""o
Az. 20 the breaking of an axle. The other cars
anparently kept on the track and the tran' ura"n
nv a heavy locomotive. kept on its way running a'
the rate of fifty miles an hour.
hundred yards this side of GreenN lille traih VI
sixty coal cars heavily laden, was standing on
ndetrack. The deraied car struck the hrst OF ING
coal cars, completely demolishing IT, ana 1he pas,
sanger cars. thrown from the track, struck against
the coal cars and all more or less injured Inc
forward end of the smoking car was crushed IN on
the right hand sde one of the other cars, which
strnck in the same way had small portion OF its
right front end stove in; another was similarly
damaged in the rear end and one escaped with ltte
iniury. The seepers were ploughed up, some OF tne
trucks were broken and the coal from inc reigh'
cars was scattered in every direction.
None of the passengers were killed but more than
twenty were injured none of them very seriously,
however. The passengers lost no time IN leaving
the wrecked train after the crash, those who were
unniured aiding the others Some were covered
with blood and Others had received bruises more
or less severe People living in the vicinity speed
liv gathered at the scene of the disaster and rem
dered what help they could. Teegrams were sent
to Jersey City, Elizabeth and other places, sum
moping aid Ambulances arrived and IN them
the badly wounded were taken either to their
homes or to hospitals Some passengers from Phlia-
delphia were sent thther in train which the rail-
road officials made up for that purpose, but the
majority were taken to jersey City.
THE INJURED PASSENGERS.
The following is list of those whose injuries
were most severe OF those who returned to fhlia-
delphia all enabled to reach their homes with
out the assistance of the carriages which the rail-
road company had in waiting for them at the depot,
except Mr.. Connolly whose leg was broken:
BEATTY, j. NJ, of No. 72o Frankn-st, Phadelphia,was
about the face He returned to his home iieth He
st. and eolumbiaave., PHILADELPHIA. ..,,.,ou
BEpEL c. j., conductor OF the train received splinter
the neck and bruises about the body but returned
to his home at PamrapO, and thence went to the COM
panys headquarters in 10 orders Tort, s,1,b
st. Philadelphia, cut about the face bruised and
had fractured
He was taken to the Chambers Street Hospital
CIIcKsER. WALTER. brakeman, received scalp wound
ana had his leg hurt He was on the platform oi 'he
CONNOLLY. NJ r. had his leg broken and was Dady huri
internally by being thrown violently against the coal
car. He was riding in the paror car He returned TO
his home in Philadelphia ,uno, 10 ri.
CONWAY, NJ. D., cut on the arm lie returhed 10 us
home in Bound Brook ,,,
FRAIEIGH CHARLES p, secretary of the New.York Life
Insurance Company, cut about the face, hllrt
over the eye and injured Internally. He was taken
to his home Bound Brook. ~ -,
FppprRcKs secretary Of the Mutual Life lnsur-
ance Company of Philadelphia was lnlurei IN @ ,ne
back and had both legs badly cut by broken glass ana
GRAY CHARLES H. C., was slightly injured on both
hands; he went to his home in Bound Brook r,,,
HOLMAN LEWIS. fruitdealer, OF No 325 North Fifth
ST., philadelphia, was badly bruised; ms MS mp was was
back TO his home.
KRK. DANIEL baggagemaser was cut on the head ana
bruised about the body he went to his home III
Elizabeth
MAssMAN - received a cut the head and bad
nervous shock. He returned to his home in Phiia-
PRAY CHARLES H. was cut by broken glass and injured
about the head and internally lie was removed to
his home in Philadelphia; He He is is : member Of the
REED c. of the firm of j. X. Houston in Frontst Phila
delpha, had his head slightly bruised; he returned
scASLAS JOHN W.. returning TO his home in Jersey
back 5 was @ biay sned H 0 Mrs f Seaman was anharI
6cATTERGoOD, EDWARD f., OF No l,525 Cenennal-aVe,
rhiisdelpha received two deep cuts Oh the head he
scnEvEnIcm w, brakeman, injured about the head
he went TO his home in Bound Brook.
s1ATrEevILLE, -. was cut about the head and body
and injured internally. lie went TO his home Ill
TRACY. HENRY. had his face cut by broken glass he
went 10 his home in Germantown. He is menu
Der of the irm of Compton d Tracy, of Philadel
=. dephia. His face was cut he returned home.
WADE H. c., cut in the face and had his leg jam
med he went to his home in Bound Brook
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
That the accident was due to broken axle seems
clear from the condition os the track and ties.
Al. e IL ,,tl,.
scene of the accident the axle of the smoking
car snapped. The wheel dropped from the rail to
the ties As the wheel box is guarded at the sides
and ends the wheel kept its upright position.
When it struck tie which higher than usual it
cut ridge through it. Sometimes it struck knot
and tore it out. Rotten ties it gouged. In it's head
long course it passed low-lying ties almost
withou, leaving mark. Had there been clear
track the wheel might have run its course without
doing more than shake the car. Seventyfve yards
west of Greenville Station the wheel struck frog.
The guards which held it in pace were torn away III
an instant The wheel was thrown under the truck.
The car gave sudden urch and let the track. TAX
ing the hind trucks Of the tender with it and break
ing the connections at the same time. The engine
kept its position and whrled the tender after it,
while the coaches dashed into the coal train. From
the time the wheel dropped from the rail to the ties
until it had struck the frog it bounded over, cut
and gouged 1,0l0 ties Its trail is plain and begins
at point about $50 yards east of the second bridge
west of Greenville
AT the Offices of the New-Jersey Central Railroad
in this city. little information could he obtained
Colonel John kean, vcepresident of the road said
that application should rather be made to the
officers of the Philadelphia and Reading Company.
which is now operating tue New-Jersey Central
line. The New-Jer.ey Central" said h., 3" has no
responsibility in the matter" II. p. Baldwin, the
general passenger agent. said that nothing definite
could be stated until the wreck was cleared away.