The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-25
FIFTEEN ARE KILLED.
.p,cHTFUL RAILWAY
NEW JERSEY.
two Trains on the Lacka"ahha an"
= Collide-Cars Filled "hh
En- Route to New York TO """
Smashed Into Pieces.
SIGNALS Could Not BE seen

Monday morning on the west sloc W
the Hackensack bridge, on the MOTIFS
md Essex branch OF the Delaware
.ackawanna and Western kaiifoau'
rho train which leaves Roseyllle, y.
II at eipht o'clock crashed mo tfe
oar NJ the Dover express. tclescoplhE
wo cars. Fifteen passengers IN lhcso
,wo cars were killed and al least '"eh'
y-ive terribly in ured. ;x,o
Both of the trains that came lhto
collision were bound Tor tAc Jersey
,ity ferry landing. The Dover y.
press. which is due at Jersey az! al
500 o'clock. q steamlng sIo"tt oNc'
he meadows toward the draW-hrlQ"e
yyer the Hacken-ack River. The iog
vas SO dense that the engineer couIu
not see fifty feet ahead. ard wa pro
,eeding with extreme caution. me
rain hands had distributed on the
rack in the rear of the tram warning
;orpedoes. and ali precautions were
aiken to prevent the Orange iocai
rain. following a few moments tchlnd
he express. from running int the lat-
5cr train.
D%isregarded the signals.
The engineer Of the Orange tram
either did not hear the ~tOrpcdoes or
zee the signals or else ignored them,
or lust as the engineer OF the Dow
axpress reached the bridge the Orange
rain. which was running al full s. eed'
crashed into il with terrific force. he
engine of the Orange train smashed
he two lear cars OF the lover
rain into pieces and plowed over
he passengers, who 10y the force
)f the collision had been hurled
rom their sea :. only t. be crushed TO
death by the Wheels e the Orange en-
zine. The rear i on the Dove train
va, a combination SIN kcr and baggage
ar. and the one in fl oAt of that an or
binary day coach. Every sea- III both
coaches was occupied 10y persons on
their way TO work in New York. and q
number Of passengers were in the bag
ga"c ear The passe ngers .nthc moker
had liitl' chance to e>Cal G, They
had no warning o! the crash. Those
n the "a coach had a better OPT ORTIZ
ATTY. They plunged through the win
lows and crowded 10 the front d ors,
with The guard OF TIE Orange train
engine only a few feet away. Most of
those killed and injured ser in the
smoking ear. and a, the great engine
crashed into the 4 among them they
We're topped owe by the heavy iron
guard and those who were killed We're
crushed to death. lit rally grutni TO
pieces.
shrieks of Injured and Dying.
When the engine was finally stopped
the shricks Of the ~pas>engcr~ and the
means OF ttc injured aud dying filled
the air. mingled with which waS a loud
hiss e escaping 81 am. II was ONE
moments before those who were unhurt
had sutl.cicn ~ recovered enough pres
enc Of mind 10 turn their attention to
the injured, dying and dead. Almost
every PERSON III the two rear car, was
injured. some fright lily ana others
,eri pu>ly. How many were killed could
not a: first be learned. The widest
rcrorts Of the extent OF the disaster
We're soon current. The only warning
that the passengers i'll the rear car
hal came from half a dozen men who
Were on the rear platform. \ brake
man vino had been sent back to warn
the Grange train rushed up Il the men
on the platform less than 100 fcct
ahead OF the oncomiGg engine of
death Il called out: "Julnp for your
lives
All OF the las:cngcr, on the plat
form c'cal ed. Ite baggagc-handlcr
IL the baggagc-ca" and the express
messenger also head his warning cry
and sprang through the side door iust
a. the engine If the local train
NnH oh Pc .npli mr. ia tl., .,i, -
running al a rate of twenty miles an
hour crashed into it.
II was fully five minutes after the
crash before the passengers on the Two
t"a-ns could realize the full extent Of
the cita ,tophe. Then came the great
est confusion imaginable The train
hands led the passengers to the work
o. rescue. Three manglcd bodies wo,e
pullei out of the wreck within ten
minutes. The Passenger, crowded
about and rendered valuable service in
caring for III" injured. Severai men
VINO attcmlt.d TO assist tainted upou
setlng the slckcning condition Of the
bodies dragged out from under I'M,
wreck.
y call was sent to Jersey CITY for.
doctors. ambulance, and collins. \ re-
Hell train was sent 10 the scene from
~li"hoken. and thirty physic'a ans arrive,
from that place and Jersey City. Dnn
ly Il the injured we've taken ONT and
paced in tn" ears. They were SOM -
the Christ and II. Mary hospital. in
Hobo ken. The hodic, of tie J.ad
We're removed 10 the molgue. Coronor
No had , en- notified and took charnn
Oh tilt IN a. >OCn a. he derived