New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-09
A COLLISION IN A FOG.
FOURTEEN PERSONS HURT AT GREENVILLE.
NEWJERSEY.
THE NEGLIGENCE OF AN ENGINEER AND a
THRILLING MIsHAP TO WOMAN IN PART
TO BLAME-THREE OF THE VICTIMS
BADLY INJURED.
BADLY INJURED.


TO BLAME-rHREE OF THE VICTIMS
BADLY INJURED
So simple n matter as the falling down OF a
woman the primary cause OF an accluehV oii
the Central Railroad of New-Jersey at noon yes
tcrday by which at least fourteen persons were III
jured. Three Of them may not get well a dense
fog and an engineers corelessness. bred by long
familiarity with danger, were contrbutory cau"'s
of the disaster. The scene Of the wreck was
Greenvile, a suburb OF Jersey City. Long
Branch train crashed into the rear end OF one
for High Bridge, both being bound west. lho
forward train was just starting. and the other
one had slackened it's pace otherwise, the loss OIL
| life would have been considerable
| Train No. II, for High Bridge, cft the Jersey
City station at IL :43 q. m. Train No 30s. for
Long Branch. followed it minute later on the
same track The fog was thick enough TO cut
with knife A minute before the first tram
reached the Greenville station, four miles ont,
midd le-aged woman crossed the track there to get
on the train for the Jersey City station, which
stood there. The woman had just passed over the
track on which the outbound trains were run
ming. when she slipped ard fell.
Thomas Morris, the fagman stationed there,
saw her mishap, and an instant later, the locomo-
tive of train No IL loomed up before him out OF
the fog Fearing that the woman would in ner
| confusion get the track OF the westDouhd
train Morris jumped up to where 9hc lay ana
held her there while the cars dashed By.
| brakeman on the train which was at standSuLl
thought the woman had been hurt and shouted
out TO the brakeman on the rear platform oil tho
| pa,sinc train: you've struck woman
| The brakeman on train No. II, \. j. Hubert
heard the shout and saw the prostratc body
Of the woman. Thinking that she had been
run over. he quickly pulled the rope to signal
! the curinccr 10 stop the train. When speed was
| slackcncd the conductor, Oscar Freeman, jumped
! from the train and ran TO what the trouble
waa He soon learned that the alarm was a
| false one. ard hurried back TO his train. He
| had Just given the signal Go ahead, when the
Long Branch train came into sight a short dis
tance away. Many Of the passengers of tram
| no II had looked out of the windows and out
Of the rear door to see the cause OF the delay
Some Of them saw the locomotive appear out
of the fog ~ suddenly as If it had dropped
| from the heavens. Tlcy set up shout which
caused many other passengers t. get out oi their
seats Another instant, and then came hor-
riblc crash. followed directly by the moans and
| ,hrieks OF the imprisoned men and women
Train No. II had come to Il stlnds'ill about
| 800 feet west Of the station. just hcyond the
! bridge which crosses the track at Lindcn-1ve
| ON this bridge are tic block signals. Oscar
! purand. engineer Of the Long Branch tr in, knew
! that the other train was within one block OF
| about 500 feet Of him, but plunged ah'ad
nevertheless. Tie ilasman on the Glccnvlle
! platform waved the danger signal, but Durand
c6ud not stop his train in time. lie stayed at
MS post however. The combined trains lum-
' h.f,l Ger 200 feet before coming to stand
still
Many heard the noise of the collision who could
! not sco the accident for the fog. rush was
mllc for the wreck Already the people were
climbing out Of the trains. Of the scyenty-hye
passengers on the front train all were able to
-ct out alone except three. Most Of the seats
were shattered, and hai more of the passengers
been m these instead of in the asl"s, the deaths
would have been numerous The passage TO the
| 'front.' car Wa, clear and the people came pouring
out hcr.. The tc.c>coping of the rear ears barred
| al c-re-s from them except from the windows.
| Friendly hands soon freed the three who wcI"
| iupr.oncd i'm the w.cckoec and carried them
out Tic,,' were Miss Giroy, of No. l,l1j Wash
ngton IT,, Elizabeth; J. T. Feindcl, of Somcryil.c,
y j., and George Lawson, Of Elizabeth. The
! Isl IF the injured is
George Lawson. of North rr.ad t., Elizabeth *
and head hurt and internal iulnn Mis-, Juil GiIruy.
! 40 Ii7a Westinghouse, Elizabeth. wound IN ablo.
and lex and crashed. Il. G. Chetwood l'"y,r 40.
b. -o hroa way. arm and nose inimci James ,ihHTo,'
! Bound Brook. y. j., knee esp Injured, r. J. Miller,
inrha,c.. Ilalnfcld Ieui.cd; +. J.. Runyon. Plain
held. hip and head i4!aci " H. inrrr kcd iIi. i@1'
So ~ Broadway lives ut W. 2lf Fast Forty eighth
FL "ag GJutTi 'I5l'S I6 S,,ni a1u.i "vsgii, hrgG
rr.dciic, Dud,hl, Homcrvlc back hiit r. j. J",cph,'
Martin. 80. 2l7 Penn ST.. bro,kh9. c,llar bone d
located. severc contn>ion~, orlando l1emai',t' 40.
d. Pctut, Of Elizabeth, physician OF the road,
| Dir lbprt
q number Of the injured at his Office nearby. Am
| balances were sent from the Jersey City Hospital,
whittier the three most badly hurt were taken
for treatment Thosc who We're not much III
urcd went to their homes TO their destinations
| 40 one on the rear train was moro than shaken
| up Ihsc cars were taken bacI to Jersey city
and the passengers sent on other trains
| \ wrcckmg train came iIom Elizabeth and III
| less than two hours tie Wrcckag" was remove
| only the front truck of the rear ear Of the lilgh
| Bridge train left the track. The locomotive haI
| buried t>clf into this car ten feet. me front OF
| the ear had been raised and had been dashed into
| the next coach, remaining aS last %S II rlNct"i
| there While the SEATS of th'rr two cars were
| In pieces few of the windows were broken. The
| locomotive and two cars wcr" damned 80 thit
| hey could bc drawn away aS easily aS II coupled
he front train consisted of locomotive, comblna-
| tion smoking and baggage car am two day
| =, aches The other was made up OF locomotive
| baggage ear smoking ear, three duJ coaches ana
a parlor ear.
|
with "A system of block signalling. The officials
| admitted that the cnein"crs wcr" accustomed to
disregard the signals, heavy traIlir making 1t nccs
| sary 10 run the trains thick upon on" another
| Duiand when hc passed the signal east of Green
| ,ilr saw that the other train was still IN that
! block He trusted that il would get ont OF his
| vay Had il not been Tor the fog he would have
seen it, An investigation will be made to-day by
| the officials. j,
| The condition Of the three persons taken to tho
| civ IIospta in lmbulanccs is serious Miss Julia
Gilroy, twenty-five years old: Of 10. l,l7j Wash
| inaton-st Elizalr'h, was injured by largc
| .ulintor penetrating the abdomen George Os-
horne Warden of the hospital. sad that her condi-
lion was cric'l John J. Fcinlel, thirty years
| old Of Somcryillc, y. j.. j, also In bad c"ndl-
| - H.. L. , cnunround frapturp of tlp lee be-