Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-14
VICTIMS OF THE CRASH.
The Accident on the West Shore
 Bad One.
FIvBK1LLED,TwENTY-sBvENHUR HURT

Those Who Were Killed Sat Near Each |
 Other In the Fatal car-The Coroner se-
 leots His Jury-Names of the Killed and |
 Injured.
 NEwBURG, N. r.. July 14-The list of | persons killed by the wreck of the express | train in the freight yards here still in- oludes some unidentified bodies. The dead l | are: Mrs Eliza Klemm, wife of Antoine Klemm. | of Highland Falls, N. Y. She coming to | Newburg to do some shopping. Both her legs were broken, and she was internally injured. | She was dead when taken from the wreck. A Swear old child, daughter of Burnham Elberson of Setauket, L. I. Her parents were \ both injured An unknown woman, apparently about 34 years old of Hebrew cast of countenance. She had an open faced gold watch and chain, tur- Quois ear drops, and wore a blue calico dress with white stripes.
 An unknown woman with gray hair, stout, | about feet high and broad face. She wore \ spotted calico dress with pink and white spots, | and blue trimming on the front of the bodice She had Ap arm torn of.
 Rose Reilly. She lived as a cook with fam | fly of the name of Smith at West Park and was Identified by Mir. Smith.
 Mrs. B. Wright of SO Lee avenue, Brooklyn. mother of Mrs Michael, who with several of | her children, were injured.
 In the confusion articles that might have aided in the identification were separated from the bodies, and not until the coroner makes his inquiry will the names of the unknown dead be positively known. A li' brary book belonging to the Working Girls club of Newark, N. J.. was found among the articles. On the card in the book was the name Miss Mary Maylander.
 The following were injured:
 Charles Willis of New Durham. iremen on
 passenger engine; ruptured blood vessel in right ' breast legs severely iniurcd Is 10 ! cover.
 Fred Holland of New Durham, engineer of
 freight train: had skull fractured at base and
 received severe cut over eye and other injuries
 He will probably recover.
 Miss Jane J. Cooke of Catskill; head cut and
 injured internally; wounds probably fatal. ! John Robinson, q years old of Sl7 West Sev.
 enteenth street, Jersey City; collar bono frac-
 tured, shoulder dislocated, ear badly lacerated
 c. G. Sistaire (refused to give address, about
 30 years old; internal injures Recovery doubt | full He is R large man with a black mustache
 He is thought to be a commercial traveller.
 Five members of a family of the name of An-
 chRel of 80 Lee avenue, BrOoklyn-mother and four daughters-were all more or less injured Mrs. Michael was cut on the head: Fannie was
 bruised on the cheek; Julia, 10 years old, arm
 and leg fractured: Lilly, thigh fractured and
 bruised.
 Judge Charles F. Ruh of Union Hill. N. J..
 who was on the way to Catskiu to meet his
 family: scalp wound and leg broken. V. B. Hardy of 2OO Hart street, Brooklyn: leg
 broken.
 Mrs w. H. Harvey, whose husband Is in bust.
 ness at l25 Pearl street, New York; leg broken and head cut.
 Minnie Everly (coloreG of Charleston; head
 cut and bruised; suffers from shock. She was on her way to Coxsackie. Burnham Elverson and wife of Setauket, L. l., parents of the child killed. Mir. Elverson had one of his arms broken and severe bruises. and Mrs. Elverson's left knee was fractured
 and head cut. The fact of their child's death
 has been kept from them on account of their l | condition.
 , H o. Beauchamp, editor of the Fayetteville CN. Y) Recorder and wife were thrown over six ' seats, but escaped with slight injuries. The Rev. E. D. Curtis, colored pastor of the
 Second Baptist Church of Catskill; hurt about Ihead.
 Frank c. Berger of West Haverstraw: severe bruises on the leg and cut on the head.
 George c. Horobib of Cornwall foot seriously Injured.
 r John Pooler of Cornwall: thumb wrenched. , Walter BrundaGc of Cornwall; slightly cut 5 about body.
 l Edward Pierson of Cornwall; leg hurt. - Andrew OBrien of Cornwall; face and head Icut.
 a George ". Kent of Cornwall: slightly GU, f about the body.
 Matthew Talbot and his boy of Newburs; cut and bruised.
 d Twenty-one of the wounded were taken '- to St. Luke's hospital, in Liberty street s this city, where the surgical staff, headed
 by Dr. E. H. Borst, is affording all possi U ble relief. The nurses are assisted by a U number of ladies and gentlemen of New. l. burg. Several who were slightly injured a walked away and their names were not ob I tained.
 Coroner John Corwin was notified and proceeded to hold an inquest. Division s Superintendent Watson of the West ShorC n railroad hurried to Newburg on a special o Locomotive, and took charge of the work " of clearing away the wreck. He visited fE, TNnI ,F4A r the company told Dr. Borst to give tht 70 wounded all possible care, and provid, 5 whatever was needed for their treatment
 The dead bodies were removed to the un T. Idertaker's establishment and held to b
 claimed by friends.
 It was one of the most extraordinary ac 's eidents recorded in the annals of railroad T. Ing. The train was composed of five car B. Ia baggage car, smoker, two day coaChe i. and parlor car. Of the 200 passengers ol the train nearly all of those injured occu rs pied the middle car.
 h The train was slightly behind time leav Il ling Cornwall the first station below New v ibCrR, and was running at a high rate O upeed approaching the latter station Tn ~ switch that runs into the freight yards a g Newburg leaves the main track about %
 feet below the south end of the West Shor
 tunnel at that place. The switch, in som -o mysterious way, was responsible for tn ," accident.
 y Coroner Corwin empaneled the follow Is Ing jury: James Hastings, foreman; Joh m s. Wilson, Joseph Hampson, Richard Sam -o uel, James Fitzgerald, Charles H. Va
 Gorden, William H. B. Sands, William H IS Pope, Boardman s. Brown. The jury hel % . session, looked over the ground at tn IA wreck and adjourned until g o'clock tC .t morrow morning.
 He Would Have Resigned.
 MILWAUKEE, July 14.-James c. Jer at Ikins, the United States circuit court judg "a who is under indictment here on the charg
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