The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-15
Bodies of the Dead and Injured
Piled ON the En-
bankments.
REMOVED TO HoBoKEN.
Scenes at the Place of Accident and in
the Depot.

The first fatal accident occurring on the
D., L. & W. Railroad Company's eastern
section took place this morning little to
the west of the Hackensack River, and up to
this present twelve people are reported dead,
while the injured will amount to nearly
twenty persons.
1t was caused by the South Orange ac-
commodation train running into the Dover
express, which had slowed up near the draw
bridge on account of the fog.
The Dover express left Dover at seven
o'clock, stopping at Summit to take on, two
passenger cars of the Passaic and Delaware
Railroad from Basking Ridge and Bernards-
Vile The South Orange accommodation
left South Orange at eight O'Clock. just
west of Hackensack bridge, the Dover ex-
press slowed up, and at the time of the acci-
dent was going at the rate OF not more than
six miles an hour.
The fog was so heavy that the engineer
could not see ten feet ahead of him.
The brakeman, man named Whitman,
got out to flag any trains coming towards
the wedge.
He had scarcely turned toward the up line
when he saw the headlight of the South
Orange local, which was then running on
time at a rate of about twenty miles an
hour.
The engine of the train was No. s. and
was known as ssW. H. Lewis
THE COLLISION.
When Engineer Hoffman saw looming
through the fog the red lights on the rear
end of the car there were only twenty feet
between the trains.
In a moment he closed the throttle,
clapped on the air brakes and started the
reversing gear, but the momentum of the
train was terrific and the engine ploughed
its way into the Dover cars.
Before the crash came the brakeman on
the rear car of the Dover express was get
ting ready to signal, when, seeing the rap
idly advancing headlights of the South
Orange local, he rushed into the baggage
car and through into the passenger compart-
ment screaming as loud as he could, "a col
lision, a cellision!n
The passengers had not time to understand
the significance of the cry when the fearful
shock came.
The last car of the Dover express a com
bination smoker and baggage car, was
smashed Immediately into kindling wood,
while the Orange locomotive rushed fully
half its length into the next car from Bask-
ing Ridge and Benardsville.
There were probably fifteen persons in
these cars, and those, it is said, were instantly
killed
The third car from the rear, with pas
sengers from Summit, was entirely wrecked
and no person in it escaped injuries some OF
which are SO serious that death may result.
The forward cars of the Dover train were
not wrecked, but the passengers were thrown
from seats and large number OF them
were bruised and otherwise injured.
A TERRIBLE SCENE.
The scene was terrible in the extreme.
Dead and injured were piled up along
the high embankment and buried among
the debris which lay scattered along the
tracks.
Confusion reigned everywhere.
Passengers crowded out of the doors OF
both trains and rushed hither and thither as
if demented.
The injured among the broken cars
were screaming to be released, while some
living on the embankment with damaged
legs and arms groaned piteously for help.
TRAIN HANDS TO THE RESCUE.
The train hands ands men from the neigh
borhood of the accident rushed to the rescue
with all possible speed Oneach car of the