The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-26
SMASH-UP NEAR TRENTON.
THE CHICAGO LIMITED CRASHES
INTO FREIGHT TRAIN

Three Tramps Who Were Stealing a Hide
on the Freight Killed. ana the Express's
Engineer and Firemad Ipjured-Mnny
Passengers BruIsed-The Limitod's En-
eino and Several sIeepers Thrown Iuto
Ditch-A Broken Axle Had Flung the
Freight Train on the Passenger Track.
TRENTON. Oct. pa bad smash-up. result
ing In the death OF three tramps and serious
injuries to another tramp and to an engineer
and fireman. occurred at $3.50 o'clock this az
ternoon a mile and half east OF Lawrence
station on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The second section OF the enst-bound Chi
caRo limited collided with freight train.
Eleven west-bound passenger trains were in
consequence delayed until 11:30 o'clock on
one track. and long line OF freight trains on
the other Two tracks are now cleared. but
the rond will not BIO entirely open for traffic
until tomorrow noon.
Section No 2 OF the Chicago limited was
running at tho rnte Of forty five miles an hour
on track 1. when q weet-bound freight train
OF twenty cars broke In two on track 3.
A broken axle sent the rear end Of the freight
train spinning across track 2. and over on
track l.
The limited was 80 close when the accident
occurred that It was i'm possible to stop her.
and in flash the engine was buried in mass
Of tangled freight cars. scattering them in a
pile over the four tracks.
The shock threw the engine from the track
to the ditch. carrying four Pullman cars with
It The engine was turned on one side but
the cars are standing in the mud. The OBJ
servation car rem ained on the track.
Engineer George Mahoney and Fireman NJ.
Shaw OF the limited stayed with the engine.
Mahoney is badly cut on the left leg. The
fireman was thrown on his head. He was
daZed by the shock. and was unconscious for
three hours. No passengers were seriously
injured. though many we're bruised.
In the clearing away of the wreck. which
was promptly looked after by crews from
New Brunswick and Trenton. the mangled
bodies OF three tramps were found. Two were
taken out and another is yet in mass OF iron
and wood.
Their names are unknown. All were riding
on the axles under the freight train. One
tramp who escaped uninjured thinks there are
more OF his comrades in the wreck.
The west bound trains from New York began
piling in on one another very soon afterward
until there was a string Of coaches mile
long. The owl train brought IN the rear.
All were on track T. which was piled highest
with the wreckage. though farthest away from
the collision. Freight cars lined the two in
tervening tracks for a like distance. The west
bound trains were delayed until turned over
on the Bordentown and Monmouth Junction
line.
No blame is attached to any one because Of
the accident. Engineer Mahoney says that the
freight train. which was close to turn In the
road. was running twenty miles an hour when
the axle broke. The freight cars were piled
on the limited tracks just as the trains were
about to pass. The collision twisted the freight
cars across the track. leaving the limited at o
right angle in the ditch.
Among the passengers who were injured
were Ellis Greer. proprietor OF the Hotel Am
sterdnm. New York. Mr.. Greer was badly
bruised.
J. S. Carter. William Willis. and J. T. Gray.
colored porters on the limited. were severely
4 man who was at the scene OF the wreck
half an hour after it occurred said it seemed
morvsous to HIN him that many OF the passen-
Doctors, were sent to the wreck from New
Ths sSm 14s7 did not
two miles cast Of Lawrence. year ago.
Travel between Philadelphia and Jersey
City oyer the main line Of the Iennsylva-
mia D. dsaysdd -four hG%rs
the through trains back to Trenton and then
over branch roads to Bordentown. James,
burg. and Monm outh Junction.
The second section Of tho Chicago Limited.
which was the wrecked portion OF the train.
reached Jersey City at 12:4O this morning
having on board Daniel Nahony. the engi-
neer. and Matthews; the fireman. Both were
taken to the hospital
COMPTROLLER Myers did not return home last
night and when 1t became known that there
had been a.wreck on the Pennsylvania road the
relatives Of the Comptroller were anxious.
1t was long after midnight before Ed
and brother-in-law Of Comptroller Myers.
received telephone message from the Penn
sylvania Railroad station telling him of the
wreck. and assuring him that none OF the
passengers was hurt.
Gen. Horace Porter and George M. Pullman
left tho limited at Philadelphia.