The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-08

station.
@He pulled the bell cord and the crew
hurried back to care for the supposed in
jured woman
The discovery was quickly made that
the woman. who was sicklY. had tainted
and fallen on the track. and not struck by
the train.
A START AND A CRASH.
The crew returned to the train, which
lay about $50 yards below the depot, and
the signal to start was given.
The train was scarcely moving when
the Long Branch train. in charge of En-
gineer Mulford. rushed out of the
fog. and before the collision
could be arrested or any warning gi ven
crashed Into the rear car of the
Eastern train. The smashing
wood, with an accompaniment of shrieks
and groans, were all that reached the
ears of the passengers at the depot.
TELEsCoPED.
The car was completely telescoped, and
it il miraculous that only ten of the forty
occupants were injured.
Both trains were quickly brought to a
standstill and then the work of rescue
began
From underneath piles of splinters and
wrecked seats, men and with
blood streaming from wounds and
corofahou nf oil G;ndo roconal
The sight was a dreadful one.
HELP AT HAND.
Ambulances were summoned from st.
Francis, the City and Christ Hospitals.
The Police Department responded
nobly with patrol wagons fitted with
stretchers from the First, Second and
Fourth precincts.
The injured persons were attended by
Drs. Gray, Everitt, Corrigan and Nevin,
and as soon as their wounds we've band
aged, they were removed to places of
comfort.
CLEARING H Rail
The wrecked car was drawn on u
siding and the wrecked Long Branch
engine was also side tracked.
Within half an hour there was nothing
to be seen to denote that such an accident
had occurred.
A PASSENGERS STORY.
Clerk James Braden, of Justice Pus-
ter's court, who was a passenger on the
Long Branch train gives the following
account of the accident.
THE accident on the river had thrown
the people into a state of the greatest ex-
element. One train followed the Easton
train put.
"We were running along quite slowly
when the crash occurred. Women on
our train tainted ard the men rushed
about mad1y.
"The rear car was telescoped, and from
appearances it looked as though many
people had been killed. The accident was
not due to carelessness, as the Long
Branch Engineer had clear sign ais. The
dense fog caused it all.
Mr.. Braden gave assistance to the in
jured people, who were removed to pri-
vate residences.
He believes that had tbs Long Branch
train been running at full speed many
peoples lives would have been crushed
out.
q DEVOTED WORKERS.
President Feeney Of the Police Board
was n of the first men from Jersey
City. He gave valuable assistance In
rescuing injured passengers from the
debris.
Drs. Signot, Limebuner and HOLSTER,
who live in the neighborhood. also ar
rived promptly and attended to the
wounded. City Physician Gray arrive d
later.
Wrecking trains have already removed
the wrecked cars and engine.
At $50 o'clock Miss Julia Gilroy,
Feindel and Lawson were in a state of
collapse from loss of blood and shock, and
were unable to give any information to
Warden Osborne.
WHAT THE OFFICIALS SAY.
The usual reticence was observed over
the accident at the main depot of the
railroad company. Although the railroad
mea knew of the accident and freely CON
versed about it among themselves, they
refused to talk about it to anyone else.
The officials were equally as close
mouthed. Mr.. G.. H. Fresch, assistant
train master, was authorized to mako a
statement. He said:-
zone of our Long Branch trains ran
into the rear END of an Easton train at
the Danforth avenue station, G~reenviile,
and seven persons were injured slightly.
No one was killed and the worse injured
man was a laborer who had a cut under
his nose and one tooth knocked out. 1
took him to New York and two glasses of
whisky soon made him well as ever. The
accident was caused by the fog and the
sliding of the wheels on the slippery
tracks. 1t was entirely unavoid-
able and no human agency could
has prevented it. The trains were run
ming Under three minutes Roadway as we
are obliged 10 do in order to accommodate
the vast travel over our lines. We have
the largest suburban traffic of any road
In the State.
SCENE AT CITY HOSPITAL.
When a reporter of The JERSEY CITY
NEWS called at the City Hospital, the
doctors were performing an operation on