The Penn's Grove record., 1888-08-18
A RAILROAD DISASTER.

A PASSENGER TRAIN CRASHES INTO A
FREIGHT wRECK--THIRTY-THREE
PERSONS INJURED, SEVERAL
FATALLY.
PORT JERvIs, N. Y, Aug. ID. Ar
East-bound freight train on the Erie
Railroad, when.quarter Of u mile west Of
ShohOla, at about ! O'Clock this morn
Ing, struck q lot of rocks which had
been washed down on the track, and
the locomotive and four cars were
wrecked. Engineer NJ. Fritz received
a bad scalp wound. Fireman o. Hogan
sustained a scalp wound and had both
arms broken, and conductor Fred.
Long was injured about the back.
Express train No. 3, west-bound, was
due at the time of the accident, and
the forward brakeman got a lamp from
q switch and tried to flag it, but failed,
and the express engine crashed into the
wreck, and, with one al loaded with
horses, a baggage car, mail car. smoker
and n day coach, was thrown from
the track down an embankment 80 feet
from the rails. The cars caught fire
and were burned, but not until all the
passengers were saved. Alexander
Newman, the fireman of the express
engine, was caught fast in the wreck
and burned. He said to a bystander:
"Tell my wife 1 am fast and cannot
get out"
Soon after a report like a pistol shot
was heard. and it was rumOred that
Newman had shot himself to escape
being burned to death. Others say he
had no pistol. Following is a complete
list Of the casualties:
John Kinsills, engineer, scalded; it is
feared fatally.
Alexander Newman, fireman, burned.
John Cannon, b~aggageman badly
cut. =
James Monahan, telegraph repairer,
seriously cut about the head.
A. G. BOynton and j. L. Brown,
mail clerks, both slightly injured,
T. Gublin, brakeman, leg broken.
John Jackson, brakeman, bruised.
Thomas Decker, plumber, internally
injured; probably fatally.
John Casey and Thomas Mccullough
line repairers, slightly injured.
The following passengers were in.
iured:
Thomas McDonough, No. 297 Her.
kimer street, Brooklyn, slightly.
Alex. Thorn, emigrant, slightly,
Kate kayeress, emigrant, slightly.
Mrs. Hannah slater, emigrant,
slightly.
II. Prayer, emigrant, face and legs
James Dunn. Goshen, N. T., arm
broken, side injured.
Mrs. Emiline Henderson and her six
year-Old son, emigrants. scalp wounds.
Charles Terdell. 10 years old, travel
ing alone from England to H~ornells-
Vile, slightly.
Nora Come, Penn Van, N. Y, cut
about face, back injured
Miriam Smiley, Arlington, N. j.,
leg injured.
Charles Kilgore, No. 1872 st. Marks
place. Brooklyn, scalp wounds, face
bruised.
james Kilgore, No. 80 Dykeman
Brooklyn, face and thigh in
George Case, express messenger, arm
q race bruised.
W. b. Lane, No. Al South Elliott
place. Brooklyn, face cut.
w. McCormick, Binghampton. scalp
wound.
The following were in the cars with
the horses:
Albert Dana. bruised.
M. u. Storms, bruised and cut about
the head.
Albert Pye, Queens, L. l., chest and
neck injured.
Thomas Pershonz, Jerome Park, legs
injured.
Charles Ambrose, colored, of Middle
town. N. Y, knees injured.
G.. w. ABBEY, cOlOred, Middletown,
arm broken.
OF fourteen running horses in the
car but two escaped. The others were
burned. All of the injured people were
well cared for IN the sleepers, hotels
and private houses. Four physicians
from Port Jervis and two from Shohola
yer promptly sent to their relief.
The fourteen horses lost in the
Shohola accident this morning were
mainly the property of F. Gebhardt.
Among those were EOle Eolist. Min
eral, Blanka, Certainty, Pauline,
Frank, Orphan Boy and a two.year-old
ally. Scandinavian. owned by Nat
Storms, Of California, was killed, and
Of Mrs. Lsngtry's black tandem
The only one saved was st.
Savior and a twO-year-old 6lly. About
dozen of the worst injured were
brought to Port Jervis at noon to-day.
Mat Storms, the owner of Scandina.
Wan, was In the a with the horses
and will probably die from his injnries