The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-18
UNE KILLED AND MANY HURT.
rom cans AND FIFTY MEN GO DoWS
WIN A TRRSTLE

The Men Were Waiting On the Trestie ts
Uniond Earth FROM the Cnrs to Form
Erb,nEment Forty Feet Rriow-Twenty.
eight orthr InI rcd In n Hobohcs Hospital.
Another railroad accident occurred yesterday
morning within a short distance OF the scene
OF tho disaster on the Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western road on Monday. This time It
was on the New York Susauehanna and West
ern Railroad at Fairview. " J.. lust this side
OF the Bergen county line and near whore the
company IL boring tunnel through the Pail
sades. so as to have station on tho Hudson
River whence ferryboaisare to run to this city.
The accident happened at Belman's Creek.
on a wooden trestle. which extends from the
entrance to the tunnel over the creek and
about a mile and a half out into the IIacken-
sack meadows II is a temporary structure
and intended simply to hold n grade track for
debris and sand cars. which dump their loads
for the building Of an embankmeut.
The contractors who are doing the work are
Brosdhead 4 Hickey Of Paterson. II was
known to them that the trcstle was especially
weak over the creek, and they had ordered
their employees not to run more than two cars
at time over the creek. Yesterday this order
was disobeyed and an engineer Of sand
train that was bringing sand from near Pater-
son attemp pied to run q train Of five cars over
the creek. -Four OF the cars went down
through the trestle. carrying with them fifty
or more italian laborers who were waiting on
the trestle on the east side OF the creek. Two
Of these trains are run from Paterson every
day. and the laborers are taken from their
WORK IN the tunnel o to empp the G dn ana
The treetle is about forty feet high at tho creek.
Two OF the laborers. Bartomeo Mog mo and
companions, saved themselves BY sei1ing hold
Of the upright, timbers. These timbers did not
go down. aud the two men hung In the air
until they were helped down.
One man vas Killed instantly. and OF thirty
doctors we're soon on the scene. and the people
OF fairview turned out with all kinds OF con-
,SS Id soon fsyyns
DAME! keIIy's, Hotel at faiSviow. where their
wounded reached St Msry's HospitaI There
parently dead on tho hay that covered the bot
tom OF the farmers wagon that brought them
mo- uHt eSOck Ss KENT comne
with Injured men; There were thirty men In
all The hospital is taxed to its utmost
D.. L. and ". Railroad accident. have now still
George s. Akin. chief clerk for Broadhead
Hickey. said that the trestle was as strong
er.sf Ing oou accident you'd
happened. The trestlo has been built about
and Ia. been IL
The dead man is Frank Iafalt. who WAS 45
years old. His body 10 at Coroner Nolk's offlce,
In Washington street, Hoboken. His back and
right side were badly bruised. He was q sim
gle man. and had been In this country about
two years.
The injured:
As.LBoUAGr BAuGRAzIo, 3o married.
ANroNio. Carmen, 81; married.
B,Zi. DoNESIcA. 80: married
BURETT. CARLO 81: married.
GIsoTIiSc. ITlao. so: married
COLoRAsso, RArFOELLo. ~: single
CREECY. ANTONIO 80; married
CusO NINCENZo 90; married
DlroLDr FRLsk 40: married
DTR,. DoNSICo. 81: married
FAIRv.Sr ions, 1S; single.
FLroPLr ToSY. IS; married
GALOssU. JosEPu, 43. married.
G.NrLr, MIcH,Hi. 20; married.
IAPuRT. LpwIs 81: married.
IAUaER, GtNER 30, married.
IEUTACuELO GALONo 90; married
IsuRFr. CAHNEN. 80. marriei,
MALONi. TnFODORY 33, married.
MaWtINu. PARNFLLn. 40 married
M,rZi SALvLToRk. 81: married.
NTR., LORENZO. 81; married.
NYrRoNGrE, FILIFu. 40. single.
Rosa ANrONiO II single.
RUSLt HNrISrE. -: single.
Tubirs. ASCELO. 90: married
TuSCo PAS9UALE. 40 married.
The two men who were saved by clinGing to
the upright timbers were also somewhat
bruised.