New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-20
KILLED IN A COLLISION.
Coutinued from First Page.


seat and Knocking the top Of a mans nat OIL WIN
WAS sitting on the opposite side OF the asie anu
then dashed az :iiist tho otncr siie Oh ue '"'
Had this heavy piece OF wood struck tnc ohi'" "
would have behcaded her instantly. The chiid
mother sat opposite, and when she rcaiized 'he
narrow escape her little daughter had she lain''"'
The Messengers in the third train did not APP
preciate the disaster which had Just occurred nor
did they realize their narrow escape from dea'h'
H. was at first supposed that some projection iioi
nass7nc train had struck the third train and had
done this damage. There was commo'ioh al
once and as the train had stopped many passen-
gers alighted to investigate the cause oil TINS SIN
oular accident All this time the confusion was
added 10 by the whistle of the locomotive, which
continued blowing without intermission. Ii was
subsequently ascertaned that the engineer oil the
third train had pulled the valve Of his whistle 80
lard that he had broken it. The engineer Oh the
third train made the following statement:
We Were coming along the meadows, past the
coal shoot, at fall speed, wien l noticed 'hc
Newark local standing on the track. An Instant
later saw the engine of the express plunge ih'o
the rear Of the local The next second we struck
the wreck was airaii we would I've 'iro"h
into the ditch. A. the engine oil 'he cNPi'N
tclescoped the rear of the local II shoNcu IL Over
on TO our track. We struck it almost instantly
and pushed it back. if We had struck IL
moment later. the wrecked car would have been
90 g., q, our track that We would lave undouht-
ed,v been thrown into the ditch, with II propa'd"
,o of many lives | blew my whistle Tor
doube nurnosc: first, 10 warn the passengers OF
my own train to prepare for what seemed I" MT
certain disaster and also to warn the many pas
sonoers of the Newark local who had jumper ON
and wore ON the track directly ahead OF ne
| exrected 70 plough through crowd Oh people,
| hint they heard that whistle in time, and eot ."
, our track just We swept ny . .
| This engineer had narrow ESCAPE hi'"S''i'
bc stood with his hand on the valve the "r''N'r
| Newark local carried away part ol HIS I'd" anu
! nearly took him with H. Alfalfa,
lust before the collision occurred anu o''e''N
af,erward, there was a scene OF the "i'uc''
| element Those who had cscape' 'o"' Wv
,,noclod train 70 the ground did so oniy 10 race
the third train rushing down upon ','"
screams OF frightened men, women ana chi'u,'h
| uo ,,ainl, hoard for some distance; bnt they
| ,oapaa.d IN sac thmselves by miracle ~
number Of messengers in the rear coach OF the ioca'
| train saved their lives by jumping through ''
| windows There was little confusion IN the run
| mon co,s NJ the express train. These cars are Nv
| ,romelv heavy and are all vcstibulcd No one ~
| the Pullman cars was even siiShny 0 Ens,,,
| The third train, which was bGnna from nJ th"
| 20 New-York was slowly backed up, AMI H. o
| ,rounded wore nut on the baggage ear. .
tbcv were attended by a doctor VINO ""S 1, va rns
| trair and were taken 10 Jersey IVY. nc p .n
| sengrrs were transferred from the "irch'u .a
En- other trains and BONE 10 Their n's'ii nnb,
| When the train hearing the "onhuei i' Jo,,ii
| Ierscv Citv at 80 p. H., they lonhn Va, w.,
| of nnlicemen with n patrol wagon an! ' p;i
| .mhulancrs Dr. McGill the P"nnsVlN'hia =, hn 1
| road surgeon Drs. Watson ana ,faig, anu iH
| turceon \evin were all waiting on the s'a' .o
| niatfor;n The doctors Immediately ch''I'u W.
| banaore car and locked the doors. After holun;
eeens'ltatiou. they decided 10 sc"d the wOuh''tu
| hac, Ia Newark III tn" same car; aS IL wa, i W.,
! na uns,fc to move them. They were th'r'-
| CO.. ,al,en back 10 Newark in the baggage car.
| The main line was not biockad"d pV III" a'''-
| don't bccausn az soon as II was KNOWN tlat h'tr
| had becn a collision trains were Sn' Touhn ny
| t%c other tracks to Newark One OF the w3uhdeu'
Nc ses Ginnigcr, Of Newark, was sent 10 tl,c nos nos
nital in Jcrsey City His left arm was pioHeh
| apnd bis face badly cut. II. Martindale inc Gu
| a;ncer Of the Newark and Wavcrley Local nNrs
! in Jersey City. lie Nas taken to his hohie' NO.
~ ~ Hstor Place and died at 10 y: m.
The officials Of the road said that the acci'
aon, was caused by the display OF WRONG SIG
nal but refused TO say who was responsible Tor IT.
The Jersey City police sent "'it GENERA aiAra
| last night for the arrest oi ncorGe Juic' W
| %o "a IIoboken-avr, jersey City Hel2h'S; IN
onorator at the Marion station; IL - ai,csco'
,hat he threw the red signal back ana diNpEiA 70
Tho white signal before the local tram lad PISS
omt Of his and into the next block, as the ruie'
require