New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-06
KILLED AT THE CROSSING.
A FAST EXPRESS CRASHES INTO A LOADED
CARRIAGE AT LITTLE SILVER. N j.
THREE OF THE OCCUPANTS INSTANTLY KILLED,
AND THE FOURTH DIES WITHIN AN
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Long Branch, N. j., July 5.-A terrible railroad
accident, by which four persons were killed oc-
Cured the crossing near the Little Silver station
of the New.York and Long Branch
Railroad fate this afternoon The acci.
north of the bridge over Little Silver Creek,
where several persons were killed a few years ago.
when crowded train was thrown into the
water. The accident to-day was caused by car
riage being struck by train of the Central Rail-
road of New-Jersey. The carriage contained the
aged mother Of Joseph A. Ward,
the collar and shirt manufacturer of New-Yorlz
City; Mr. Keating, her son-in-law. a
hat manufacturer, also of New-YorS; Elsie Keat-
ing, his little daughter, and Kate. the little girls
Irish nurse The three adults instantly
killed, and the child lived less than two hours.
The party were out for q drive. They reached
the crossing just as q Central Railroad train was
drawing out OF the station. After it passed Mr..
Heating drove upon the track directly in front of
the express train of the same road which leaves
New-York at half-past 8. This express runs
through from Jersey City to Long Branch
stopping only at Red Bank. 1t is in charge of
Edward Leel, one Of the oldest and best con-
ductors of the road. The train was running at
forty miles an hour when it struck The carriage,
which it hit squarely, with terrific force, hurting
it and its occupants up in the air. Mrs. Ward
was rolled over and over by the pilot wheels of
the engine for about eighty feet The Irish nurse
girl was carried more than 100 feet, and Mr.
Heating about $50 feet The child
Elsie was hurled about thirty feet. The horse
was torn to pieces and the carriage was smashed
into llndling wood.
Several persons who stood on the platform Of
the railroad station Witnessed the sad affair. When
the train whirled past they ran over to the spot
Mrs Ward Mr. Keating and the nurse were torn
to pieces and parts Of their bodies lay scattered
along the side Of the track Blood and shreds of
flesh covered the tracks and the cowcatcher of
the locomotive. The child Elsie was still alive
but horribly cut, and her breast was
crushed in The bodies were picked up
and taken to Coroner Smiths. in Red Bank
Elsie died before she could be moved to her fathers
summer home half mile from the scene of the
accident. Mrs. Ward was about seventy years
old. Mr.. Keatng was fOrty-seyen years ola, ana
had wife and several children. The last name
of Kate the nurse could not be ascertaned. ohe
was twenty-five years of age
Joseph 4. Ward was in New-IoriI at the Time
of the accident, and his wife was OUT SAILING OH
the Shrewsbury River: They ma Dcen enter enter
tanning the elder Mrs. Ward and Mr.: keatng ana
family. Coroner Van Derveer, of Long Branch
will hold an inquest over the four bodies on M9n-
dav There is only one minutes difference oe-
tween the time of the two trains at the crossing.
When Mr. Keatng drove upon the track ne
could not see the sOuth-bound train, as III was MD
den by the north-bound one.