The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-09
CAUSED BY THE DENSE FOG.
A WRECK on THE JERSEY CENTRAL
At GREENvILLE.
Thirteen People InJured-Three May Die-A
Long branch Express Teiescoped a High
Bridge Trnin-The Engineer Could Not
Sec tho Block signal In Time to stop.

Long Branch train on the New Jersey Con-
trail Railroad ran into the rear OF . High
Bridge train yesterday at noon. Just west OF
the Greenville station. A thick fog had set
tied on the tracks. hiding tho trains from each
other and making II impossible for engineers
to see the automatic signals until close upon
them. Tho engine OF tho rear train tel
escoped six feet or more into tho last car Of
the train ahead. and that In turn telescoped an
equal distance into the next car.
There were about seventy-Ave persons on
the High Bridge train. but no one was killed
outright. or the thirteen who were reported
injured three were taken to the Jersey City
Hospital One will probably die. and tho
others may. Most OF the passengers on the
High Bridge train were thrown down and
moro or less bruised. The passengers In the
Long Branch train scarcely felt the shock.
Following is the list Of the injured:
Lawson. George. 81. Elizabeth: bruised about the
head and right lex broken Taken TO Jersey City Hos
pitAL Will probably die.
fiendale john somerville: one arm broken. breast
cut and bruised about the body Jersey City Hospital
Gilroy Miss Julia -. Elizabeth: bruised and cut by
! splnters
| Chetwood. D. C.. 100 Broadway. New York: arm and
nose In Iured. Went homo.
Ross James Bound Brook. n j.: left knee cap hurt.
Miller. 7. j.. Park avenue. Painheld; bruised and
otherwise injured. Went home.
Runyon L. F.. Painheld: hip strained and bruises
head. Taken home.
Parker. W H. Red Bank: nose and head cut and knee
strained.
licrshiied s NJ. 22A East Forty.e street. New
York; head cut.
zcl,ner Louis lol SUFFOLK street, New York; bruised
and cut. Went home.
Gudsk Frederick. somcrvle n. j.; injuries to back
Went home.
Dernercst Orlando 81 Barrow street. New York; cut
over the eye and injured in the groin Went home.
:oserh. L. j. Iazieton Pa: head cut badly and left
leg strained Is cared Tor at the homo Of resident OF
Urcenvile.
| The two trains are scheduled to leave Jersey
! City ono minute apart. The High Bridge train
left ut IL 43 o'clock. the Long Branch train at
| 1l:44. Tho High Bridge train consisted of q
| combination baggage and smoking car and
two day cars. in charge OF Engineer Il. VOL
verton and Conductor Oscar Freeman. 1t was
| one OF the fow trains which leave tho main
| line at High Bridge and 60 on to Dover and
| Hibernia.
The Long Branch train. which followed.
| carried baggage car. smoking car. three day
coaches. and a parlor car. Oscar Durand. ono
| Of the oldest engineers on the road. stood at
the throttle the conductor was NJ. r. Null
ford Neither train was scheduled to make a
stop before crossing Newark Bay. They
usually pass Greenville one minute apart.
both travelling at n high speed. Yesterday
their speed was lsssered somewhaton account
At ten minutes Of IL o'clock yesterday an
| ;ireenviiic. SO dense was tho :og at tho mo-
ment that. it WAS Il most invisible from the
Slipped on the, wet boards and isii alongside
ment Thoodore Morris. tbs iiagrnan ut tho
station. saw the locomotive Of the High bridge
away. twas on tho tsacE nsxt 10 that on
which the LOCAL stood. end the woman lay on
h so nfsoG ira fesh M emit He ran
IN front OF tho approaching :rnin and threw
nss npe n aS s Mos sh, sbnna H the
VIZ tho Hs Bridge tra fn. sped i Sy.
the woman fell and helped her up and aboard
tho local She was, not hurt. but terrified and
nearly year l f;ntn'ins. The local went on toward
As re Hi=h Bridge train passed a: J. HUI.
tho nr r woman and the runninS peo I
lie instantly pulled tho signal cord: and the
"a }a a%s.a q, tn s.sa
What's the matter"
w" ran over a woman ct the, station"
20 the station and learned that he had run over
no ore. he :hen hurried to his train and gave
Milford had started to regain his train the
PEOPLE on tho station wore terrified to
1 was the long BRANCH Train. and e"s il was
s at 5rs. Thi e9 Tacs s Wss
the station were SET. showing that train WAS
on the next block ahead. BUTT was not posi-
bic. because of the fog. to SEQ them from the
approaching train until il had nearly reached
thH s staiso ts oocman RIM forv.
tho train I" st"p Just aer nas
Kissing q steam showed that brakes were
was heard hon loud crash dened in the dense e
out n irisit and ran down the tracks alter alter
The IIish j;rdg. train had started, but, was
BOTH trains 200 yards further wost before they
gincer OF the High Bridge train shut off Steam
Engpeer. Purand Of the Loh hi Branch train
before the crash 10 have iu%ped. but he stayssI
with his engine; an Ini4 bis h nremAn stayed with
Durand's engine entered the chr at least six
the car: the smokestack snnppin g like straw
Of the forward truck we're forced under the
e0r dS S~s Is 6 rear truck from
~ Tie forward end Of Tie ear WAS iammed into
the rear OF the car ahead for about six feet;
Tn pct as the rEsne was e o,s
damage to the High Bridge train. and none to
the Long branch train; A., ~
town. The Eassengsr,s Myers. in the Wrecked train
windows. Tho police appeared and .ambu-
lnnces were summoned from Greenvllle and
get into the rear ear. except by the windows. |
The rescuers entered by the car ri ahead ce9r,
cars we're Jam IN ed together. Edwin Lambert, |
acarpenter who was at work In house on ~
was among the iirf there and led tho party OF
reEcuers. .
He found young woman caught between |
the door OF the roar ear and one OF the seats OF
the car In which she had sat Her thighs were |
wedged tightly. ana a ear seat had been forged |
above her. where it pinched her SHOULDER; She |
was unconscious. She was Miss Julia Giiroy |
Of Elizabeth. After she was release and gar
ried out. Lambert and his party forced their |
way INTO the rear car. and found young man:
who niterward proved TO he John Fiendal OF
Somerviile wedged in IL similar manner be-
tween two seats. He. was also unconscious;
George Lawson OF Elizabeth was discovered
Nearly everybody in the last car was moro
or less, hurt. They tumbled out OF the win.
ing ont in main n mi fright. They were mostly