New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-26
THE FIFTH VICTIM DIES.
MRS. WILLIAMS. THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS
NOT KILLED OUTRIGHT. PASSES AWAY.
EyEwITNEsSES SAY THAT THE ELECTRIC GONG
DID NOT RING AT THE ANONDALE
CROSSING WHEN TIE AC-
ClDENT OCCURRED.


CROSSING WHEN TIE &C.
CIpENT OCCURRED.
Knots Of curious people gathered all day yes
t.rrday abo:t the place Of the railroad crossing
tragedy at Avondalc. many persons driving
from Newark and other places. Among the visitors
WAS Vicc-I r,sidcn, Donaldson, Of the Eile kahr""
who lives Nutlcy. Mr.. Donaldson happened I" d.
on the train which killed the women and children III
the Wa,hingtonavc. crossing and was inprmrd oil 'l'
acc idcnt when the train stopped at the N"i""'
station IL, WAS greatly shocked and did not - back
TO the crossing 10 the bodies. Nile Ire N''
president was at the crossing Yesterday. two Ter
mans driving IN a light carriage. approached the
cruising Just as a train nearing IT, ~ thcy' "p
parcntly. intended TO cross man S'iz'd .n' "o'''
and stopped II. An instant ait'rwaih tram pa
by The Germans said they always stopped ~
crossing.
In the joyce house near By Mr.. williams. IL" onN
person I'm the carrag, who vas not Killed ON
right lny unconscious all day. lowering between III"
and death. she was attended by several physicians
Drs. zch. Fred ,uith. Elliott and Mitchell. ~
10 a. m II was The opinion that n" wo"ln h'l i've
half an honr but she rallied aud her condi'l"h
nuc,uatcd all day. At O'Clock Dr. Mitchell ''ld u
wa, found she had fYactur ut thr la-e of ih' BRAIN
II was hardly believed that she couli I've. Tie l'i'
side Of her body practically par"N'I, . ,,
Yesterday two laborcr> working In hrid near ,r ~,
cro ..,u- vhn had seen the accident we've fouhd.
,r, ID tt,t ,vb.n fl. hYrs- got near IN" rr s.lng
if acted as # T. had been .truc, sharply by IN "Hp ~
boIl., OF the four dead victims rrnalh"l N'~'I'is a.
IN, tIl, und n hing g.. tnbl hn'n IN hr"'u ''' ~
ntF Mr. williams and MIR. Grucit were al NN"'"'''
and h.lnug from the DOCTOR that ihr" wa hols vi
Mr, WIllaniss recovery, they returned u" N'N'Ih ="
maize ,rrnngrmrn's for the fin'rN ~ III" NhHhiN
Nrlu. me daughter NJ Mr. Williams. va, hi- "nt
child and MIR dri"i lost all HI children ~ hniph anu
CLARKE. the Two ltil" boys. In IN" h"igih'fh"'n ul
The william. and GTu"it houses IN N"WArh N''Ir''"F
crrinu. people were gathered all day. The lHilih' /,
a-. IN rood circumstances dnd ~rI2lly Ppul"r' III"
tho ragciy east Il gloom over lLrg" circlr.
ON. result of ih. -ad ~ llf VIII undoubtedly h
thc pIociuc If gate and nagmnii ~ IN" Nd,WhElW
.v. crossing by The Fri" Railroad Company. ana me
hotter cuarIinl Of other exposed cro- Ing -" ~" roam
If t. Keepers, ir asur"r OF ~" M'rcimh'' III.
.rrnncc Comp1nv. stood near the AvnnlaIr 'rp,fihS
an saturday night whrn the train passed hil say
nat the electric alarm gong al the fros 'iR "a ho'
rim Two well known men. VINO 'hid ihcf ""iln ~
,rrrnt nt the inuuiry. asserted yesterday thai thN
,nr.ntlv flr,c lnur~ after the accident. Yesterday
In tho Roman Catholic Church AT Avondae, In which
inc yiciI, were temporarily placed uniil Their re-
naval 10 Newark Father Morris related 10 me c"herr-
cation the story Of the killing Father Morris was
,ciivr on saturday ~ doing nll IT, cod Tor III" VIC
Tins lie said he had been al AvOndalc for ten y'hrs
and in that time lc had seen hv" fatal accidents m
The cros.ing These all due. he SAID 10 the
unprotected crossing ~ , ,,.,
The fnncrnls Of the victims viii be held on Wedncs.
dov nj :, D. m ai their houses Nellie Williams VIII
,n hur.d in FairmOnnt Cemetery. and Mrs. Grn"it
and her two children in Evergreen Cemetery al
MrS. Williams died at IL 20 O'Clock last night.