The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-30
a FEARFUL COLLISION.
FURTHER Particular of the Terrible Ran
roAa Areii~ut IN New jersey.

further Part eulars of the Terrible EafI
roAa Accident In New jersey.
New YORK, October 2Q.-The news Of
yesterday is the terrible railway accident
on the Pennsylvania line. Although the
collision occurred soon after eight O'Clock,
Sunday evening. the meagerness Of details
twelve hours afterward proves We have .
bowling wilderness in jersey msalows
only three miles from the city hall as I'M
reneirable anG g. distant as the Sierra Ne
vadas. Though there are 10 fewer t.an
eight railway tracks az the point in qnes-
ton, there is not an habIta5.c house n
either direction for miles. The precise
spot Of the collision was under a coal shutc
beyond Tie west end Of Hackcusack bridge.
An express train ran into Al eGnigTant
train, knocking the cab"Ose, that was az
lie rear Of the latter. across tie east bound
racks. Both trains were bound w@st Be-
lore the track could he Protected across
which tie cabOo,e had been thrown, a pas
,enge train Of the LeLigh Valley rad
,ame laundering up the cas-; track. IL
spllnteIed The already dIsmant.-d caboo>s
and was Itself G.raiied, the eng ne puug-
TX ''"h "a q 'A44ba4Aft4' 10 "-H sfNS
he mud. into which il settled four feet
TIE baggage car followed the engine half
way down the bank, and the smoking ca.
eft tie track. The e!nigTant tram Was
He'd with passengers. many OF them
wOine9. After the !mWr'!lGi- shock many
passengers Joined the tram hands ~ search
u the bdTt, to which they were guided ~
he cries Of the victims, Tie area az the
ii-asieT Was not more than he length OF
NO car. There was at once pulled out
rom under the ca1O"se one woman whose
mead Tad been cut of. The o:.er waS the
,Ody 81 a man crushed beyond recognition.
4 man with his head bleeding cTdw.-d mp
the bank fIOm which the engine topped.
He WAS owen Hall, engineer @: the LciI-h
Express. The others wee found n the
ears. : woman iay on tie floor mean tie
rear door IA the cars that Immediately PIE
.rded the cat.oO>e "n the em.Eraut ear,
which was tc.rscOpei. As the men raised
her her leg dropped of Of her dress. II had
been cut of al the thigh. Word was SCH.
"a jersey City soon after tie accident. mi
a. ulnc o'c.ock a relief train arrived az the
scene, and with a portion az Tie dead and
wounded at once returned to- Jersey City
and another arrived To take is place, which
at ten o'clock went hack with tie rest OF
! the dead and wounded. The accident was
. caused by the delay Of the einigrant train in
getting out Of the way. IL lad eft jersey
City al 500. the express following al SD.
Tie EN- gran, train stopped al the shute Tor
"oal. had loaded, and was backing slowly
when the express came along, not having
been warned 10y The operator al Block Sta
ton or Marion. The bodies of Two boys
and a woman We're found under a Lch;gh
Valley engine. The bodies have not been
identified. Thomas /. Pratt telegraph op
orator al Marion. has been arrested. Pratt,
who j. twcnty-slX years old. l. an expert
rnccd operator. He admits ne did not give
The right signal. He says he was advised
by II iend- TO desert. but he refused Ia do
40. He il held To await the action OF tho
Cormner's Jury. The tire. bodies discover
I'd beneath the front Of the Iehigh Valley
engine were brought 10 this c!ty and placed
n the morgue. til. woman il unknown
and uurccogEizablr. The two BOYS are aI-
paicutly ten wears "f age. The tracks have
heeu cleared and trains are running on
schedule time. All that remains Of the
wreck j. the Lehigh Valley engine which -
completely destroyed. Ii viii te dug out
some time. and II Is thought more bodies
will then hc found. There have been eight
iraths IN all, and most Of the wounded
Will. IL i thought. die. The depot is sur
rounded 10y a crowd waiting the news. and
gfra. excitement prevails here. The
bodies AZ the rOrgue have not been identi-
fed.
JERSEY CITY. y. j., October 20.-The
follow uE j. a fuli list Of In" dead a. far a.
known: Carl Henry Grommer. aged thtIty
years. Norwegian, head Oh. lie had three
tickets from New York ~ Battle Greek.
Mich. and papers showing tnat liz arrived
10y ;.rc steamer flhe. An unknown boz.
aged eight Years, horribly crushed. An
unknown woman. head of. Eu.iua Al
rrar,s. aged twenty six years, who was on
Lrr Way L. Madison. Wis. w'crc her father
les dies. died AT -. Francis Hospital. fou
more bodies were found this morning under
tie wrecked lchigh Valley locomotive.
They were hot identified. Two unknown
BOYS were foUnd under the pilot truck. one
aged eight years the other twelve. An un-
known woman, head and arms gon-, tie t.
mains mere badly >cogcIed. An uukU"wn
man. trunk burned Ia a crisp, found i've
feet below the surface OF the wreck. The
bodies were sent 10 SpceI's myr-Ue.
IN addition to the ABOVE. S.N are reported
fatally aud many others more OF less IL
Iurcd.