The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-20
A Pennsylvania Train Tele-
scoped By an Express
On the Meadows.
ONE KILLED, SEVENTEEN HURT.
Signalman June Allows the Fast
Flying Yirginian to Crash Into
a Newark Local.
ENGINEER MARTlNDALE's ESCAPE.

in years nappeueu tdSb ofoniN7'
Newark and Waverly local which leaves
Jersey City at SOP o'clock while standing
at tho coal chutes on the Rackensack
Meadows was telescoped by the "Fast
Flying Virginian," as the Chesapeake q
Ohio Express which leaves Jersey City at
5:13 o'clock is called. One man was killed
outright and seventeen other people
were more or less injured. The casual
ties were.-
Dewitt Jeffrey, fifty-seven years OLD, VINO
lived at the corner OF Ferry aud Richard streets,
Newark; driven through the front OF the miro
car in the Waverly local and crushed between
iron platform rails; left leg cut OF at hip and
throat cut by broken glass.
ashlev. William No. As Becker street, New
ark. head confused, badly bruised about the
body aud large piece of glass in right loot. WIZ
pfopaDS opf Mrs Amelia, No. 10 West street. New
ark, three ribs broken; hurt internally. May
Rereer. Miss Henrietta, No. 1S7 Prince street.
Newark; internally injured ana pacK spralneo.
VIII probably recover.
Decker, Mrs. Mary, No 1O9 Mechanic street,
Newark. nlatron of Christian Refuge; iert ear ear
split and collar bone and two ribs broken, Her
daughter and another woman passenger helped
her to the Newark local train, on which she was
to p4obssby s ane
Fstey. George w, No. 81 Frelinghuysen ave-
nue. Newark; ankle sprained and injured IN
ternally by being thrown against stove. May
Girringer, Moses, No. 4s Beacon street. New
ark badly cut on hands, arms and head by
humping through window, back sprained and
spine injured. Seriously hurt, but is expected
to recover Taken home.
Martindale, Henry, Storm avenue, Jersey
CITY; engineer of Waverley local. Was under
his engine when collision occurred. Internal
injuries only. Removed to his home. Is not
believed to be fatally hurt.
Mclean, Patrick j., No. IL CONDUIT street.
Newark left arm broken, legs bruised and hurt
internally. May recover.
McVeigh, Miss Ida, Hamburg place, Newark;
cut about face head and arms by glass and fly
ing spnters. Not dangerously wounded.
Murray Miss Mamie, of Harrison; slightly
cut and bruised by flying glass and splinters
Osborne. e. R., No. 436 Summer street, New
ark: leg crushed and somewhat injured inter
na!ly. Will recover.
Philips William. No 81 New street, Newark;
cut his right hand badly by breaking the window
through which he jumped headlong. He was
stunned by his fall and was unconscious
when picked up. His back was badly sprained
by the fall. He was taken home.
Requa, Leonard H.. No. 2Sl West Twenty
ninth street, New York; head cut and hands
scratched. Is not very badly hurt.
Newark crushed internally. limbs badly bruised
and left leg broken near ankle. she was taken
test Mehaels Hospits in oso SeTsrk pnd,,a s+ro.+
New York; left leg badly bruised and wrenched.
Not badly hurt.
stansbury, Mrs washington. VIE Of =, Penn 1Ti IN
street, Newark; left leg broken badly bruised
about the body, and severe internal injuries. Not
expected to survive.
Swain. Charles T., No, 4S4 Mulberry street,;
Newark head and arms bruised and severe in
iernal injuries. Taken home unconscious and is
supposed to be fatally hurt
HOW IT HAPPENED.
The Newark local left the Jersey City
static time.
Afte Aaking a stop at Marion, it crossed
the Ha kensack bridge, when Engineer
Herbert A. Martindale discovered that the
machinery was out of gear. He stopped
Just in front Of the coal chutes aud
crawled under the engine to ascertain the
cause of the trouble. He was lying on his
back examining the machinery when the
crash came. The locomotive was forced
forward and he was badly torn by the
rods extending down from the bottom Of
the engine.
Operator George June, who was sta
toned in tower H. B., and was in charge
of the block signals, also thought ir was
only temporary stop, and neglected to
display the danger signal
The chesapeake & Ohio Express also
lett Jersey City on time, as it approached
the tower H. B. Frank Farrell th@ en-
Qiueer saw The white, which indicated
that The track was clear, aud he put on
extra steam to speed across the meadows.
1t was not until he was within fifty
yards of the local that he discovered she
was not moving. He applied the air
brakes, but 1t was too late. He aud his
fireman jumped just as the locomotive
struck the rear car Of the local. It buried
itself in the car, drove the whole train
forward, and telescoped the end of the
second car around, the rear end of the
third one.
Here it was that the passenger was
killed. He was sitting near the front of
the second car. The wrecKage, consistin g
of the end of the Car and the closet par
titions, pinned him fast, and, buiging out
until his body was half way beyond the
original side OF the car held his gashly
remains there long afterward.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE NARROWLY AVERTED.
The women screamed, some became
hysterical, while others tainted Many
of the passengers were pinned down by
the broken timbers. Willing hands were
soon at work rescuing the injured. The
male passengers from both trains who
had escaped injury began pulling away
the timbers, aud il a short time every
body in sight had been taken out,
The train which is scheduled to leave
Newark for Jersey City, 5:14, was six
minutes late.
While the rescuers were at work this
train from Newark came rushing along,
and it seemed a miracle that
scores were not killed In the ex-
citement no one thought of going
forward with a flag TO give the danger
signal, and the signal on the block sta
tion still showed clear track.
The engineer saw the wreck. but too
late to stop his train, and as it rushed by
fortunately it just grazed the telescoDed
cars.
The Newark train remained at the
scene until the injured people were res
cued
The dead man, crushed in between the
cars, had one leg torn of, and his throat
was cut as il with q knife. IL was more
than an hour before it could be taken
out In was then brought to this city
and taken 20 Speer's Morgue.
WAS BLEwITT ROBBED?
When Louis Heck, the Superintendent
of Speer's morgue, arrived at the depot
for Mr.. Blewitt's body, he found that
every pocket in the dead mans clothing,
except an inside coat pocket, had
been turned inside out. Every thing save
q few papers which were IN the inside
coat pocket, had beeu taken from the
dead man. Not even as much as a penny
could be found about his clothing.
As Blewitt was wealthy man it is
quite certain that he had some money and
possibly IL watch and chain at the
!ime of the accident, and whei 9 they have
disappeared to is mystery 70 the morgue