The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-01
SAD END OF AN OUTING.
EXCURSIONISTS FROM THE SEA-
SIDE IN A RAILROAD COLLISION
NEAR NEwTOWN, LONG ISLAND
FOURTEEN KILLED AND EIGHTEEN MUIR
Ed, FOUR FATALLY.


LONG ISLAND CITY, Aug, 27.-An
accident that cost the lives of IA per-
sons occurred shortly after midnight
this morning, in the little village of
Berlin, near Calvary Cemetery, in the
town of Newtown. The Long Island
Railroad train that left Manhattan
Beach at lie o'clock was overtaken
by the train that left Rockaway Beach
Is minutes earlier. In the frightful
collision that ensued the two rear cars
or the five that made up the Manhat-
tan Beach train were demolished and
the middle car was overturned. Hardly
one of the score of the passengers
aboard these three cars escaped un-
hurt.
Following are lists of dead and in
iured:
The dead:
Colonel E. A. Buck, So years, editor
Spirit Of Times.
Oscar Deitzel, 40 years, 122 East
Northumberland street, died
at st. Johns Hospital.
Mrs. Maggie Dietzel, wife, 80 years,
died at Morgue.
Mrs. Bertha Weinstein, 347 East
Fifty-eighth street, died at morgue.
Her husband at hospital.
Sidney Weinstein, 10 years, her son,
died at morgue.
Thomas Finn, brakeman, Manhattan
Beach train, died at hospital.
Unknown young woman, blonde, two
cards in pocket, upon one Laura
Duffy, 1881 Madison avenue, "and upon
the other "NIiss Young, Sc West Seven
tenth street, New York"
Unknow woman, 40 years, two cards
in lizard skin pocketbook. Upon one
is "Mrs. John Conrad'' and upon the
other Mrs, Dyckoff."
Unknown man, small black NOUS
tache, letter in pocket addressed to
Alexander Grillette, 80 West Twenty
seventh street, New York.
Unknown man, with letter in pocket
addressed to Mr.. Ditman. rs West
Fifty-second street, New York, also
check for 1925 signed D. ]. Needburg.
Unknown mar with bunch of keys
marked j. j. Hyland, Westerly, R. L.,
and small prayer book with ]. j.
Clancy on the fly leaf.
Unknown man, shirt marked ''E.
r.; card in pocket with George Field
ing, 1886 Madison avenue, New York,
upon it, and a valise tag with same
name.
Unknown man, with letter addressed
to Miss Mckenna, Clifton Terrace,
Rosebank, Staten Island, in pocket,
Unknown man, with letter in pocket
addressed to Mr.. Stein, care Mr.. Good
win, 1888 East Fifty-second street, New
York.
THE INJURED.
John Hahn, 24 years old, Astoria,
internal injuries; will recover.
James Barron, SO years, New York,
scalds and internal injuries will recover.
Theodore Graeven, New York, terri
bly, hurt, condition critical; wife be-
lteved to have been killed.
Eleanor F, Graeven, IS, his daughter,
scalds and internal injuries: will recov-
er.
Miss Clara Haskell, New York, broken
ankle.
|. Horace G. Kimball, Brooklyn, spine
injured.
Aaron Weinstein, conclusion of
brain, may die; wife and son dead at
Morgue.
l NJ. III
Morris Floeheim, New York, right
leg broken and eye injured.
James b. Thompson, so years, New
York, head cut, will recover.
August Jakobsson, New York, hor-
ribly hurt, will probably die.
Eugene Weiss, New York, scalded.
!, VIM. Lynch, New York, badly hurt,
but will recover.
Frank Larkin, So years, New York,
spine hurt.
Kate Durken, 26 years old, New
YORK, suffering from shock; left hos.
pital this P. NJ.
James j. Brady, New York, internal
INJURIES.
William Livingston, Brooklyn.
George Hannel, Long Island City.
sames Coughlin, brakeman, Man
hattan Beech train, Long Island City.
The accident happened at half an
hou after midnight. 1t was an hour
oeiore any news of it reached any out
SIDE point, 1t came by a messenger,
who walked into Long Island City,
HOW THE COLLISION OCCURRED.
The railroad company Immediately