The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-09
ONE DEAD ALREADY.
Mr.. George Lawson Sue
cumbs to His Injuries
Received in the Cen
tral Wreck.
MISS GILRoY DOING WELL.
The Wreck Caused by a Combina-
tiOn Of Things That Human
Ingenuity is Powerless
to Prevent.
Mss GILRoY DOING WELL.

one OF the victims OF the snashup on
the Central Railroad yesterday died at
five minutes before ten O'Clock today an
the City Hospital. He was George Law.
son. f1fty-nine years old. of North Broad
street. Elizabeth. Hisleg was crushed.
a scalp wound was on his head aud he
had internal injuries. He was uncon.
sclous when taken to the hospffaf dre-
malned so until the last Last nighf\ his
WIG and other relatives were with him at
the hospital, but nothing that they cofFrd
do IN any way tended to prolong his Iife\
Inc body or the unfortunate man was
removed TO Speer's morgue where it will
remain until County Physician Converse
MAKES post lnortem examination. War
den Osborne was of the opinion that the
County Physician would order an in.
quest.
Miss Julia Gilroy, twenty-five years,
ol NO LILO washington street, Elizabeth,
VINO received wound in the abb
and was taken to the City Hospital.
was doing very well this mornfag.
Her relations were with her and they
made arrangements to have her removed
to st. Francis Hospital, where she Will
home.
J. +. Fetndel of SomervilIe, the third
victim CT the accident. who was taken
to the City Hospital, is much better today
than last night, although his condition is
stlli critical. He has fractured leg.
scalp wound, and suffers greatly from the
nervous shock. He has regained con-
sclousness. Warden Osborne has hopes
or his ultimate recovery.
EXCITEMENT IN GREENYILLE
The smashup caused much excitement
In GreenVllle, and curing the entire after
noon and evening large crowds haunted
the scene OF the wreck. Those who came
after three O'Clock were disappointed.
however, as the debris and broken cars
had been cleared away by that time. and
nothing remained 20 tell the story Of Pc
catastrophe.
The JERSEY CITY NEWS was comuli-
mented on all sides for its complete and
accurate story of the accident, andfiye
minutes after the NEWS arrived at GDeen-
vile not copy could be secured from the
neWsdealers. In front Of each neWsdeRl-
ers store large crowds gathered. waiting
Tor the evening newspapers. When they
arrived. there was rush and q scramble.
and those who were fortunate enough to
secure copies of the paper. hurried home
to read the story of the accident.
Latter in the evening groups of residents
gathered on almost every street corner.
Almost every resident who had been
within hailing distance of the GreenYille
station had story TO tell, and Guid it us
often as he could lind anyone who would
listen to 1t.
MANY BLAMED.
Most people blame the engineer on the
Long Branch train. When he reached the
Chapel avenue bridge the green sig
nal was up, and he should have
slowed up. Had he done this,
he could have stopped his train withou5
crashing into the High Bridge express.
Others again blame the conductor on the
High Bridge train. They argue that when
he stopped his train he should have sent
O brakeman down the track to flag the
| Long Branch train.
Even with the dense fog OF yesterday,
| 1t was believed by the railroad officials
that the block signal system should
have prevented the accident. The sig
| nal system on the road is run
on plan which ought to make such a
| collision impossible. No train Is allowed
| to pass signal station until the block"
ahead Is clear. Engineer DUrand of the
Branch express deliberately drove passl
| the green signal. The High Bridge eX-
| press was only quarter of a mile ahead
OF this signal, but Durand did not see
| the train until he was within 300 feet of
| 1t. Then it was too late. He reversed
the lever but the train slid on and crashed
| into the Que ahead
| The real cause of the wreck was the
| carelessness of a brakeman on the east.
| bound way train. He stood on the plat
| form, shouting to the passengers to ges
out OF the way of the approaching express
train. Mrs. Parcels of No. 81 Neptune
| avenue, Greenv1lle, was abour to step on
| the train. The brakeman swung mis-
arm, striking Mrs. Parcels in the face.
| Her spectacies were broken, she became
| confused and stepped back. The train
was within fifty feet OF the station
| platform. She tainted and fell on the
track. The fagman seeing her, ran to
| her side and pulled her away Just in
| time. The express rolled out. but the
conductor saw the woman lying on the
| platform end gave the signal to stop.
Three minutes later the Long Branch
express came rushing along. The rest
| has already been told
| A city ordinance passed Agust /, 1871,
makes it unlawful for trains to run
through the city at speed greater than
sixteen miles an hour. The express trains
! on this road often pass the Greenvilie
station at speed greater than forty miles
an hour.