The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-16
Collision Between an Accommodation
and an Express Near Draw Bridge,
Two Miles from HobOken, n. j.
LATTER TRAIN TELESCOPED
The Accident Caused by a Fog
and Fast, Careless Running.
All the Passengers i'm the Express
Smoker, Which Was the First Car
Struck, Either Killed or Hurt.

HOBOKEN, N. J., Jan. 15-On the
banks OF the Hackensack river, which
winds its narrow way through mead
ows of that name. there went UP
to-day the souls OF over half
score of human beings as a monument to
the insecurity, the uncertainty of mans de-
vice. They were the victims OF railway
collision. The most authentic accounts show
nine killed while the injured number thirty.
seven. The dead are:
VIM. FERGESON, Summit, N. j., fifty
WILLIAM a ADAMS. Summit. " J.,
age unknown, married, leaves widow and
WILLIAM TURNER. Basking Ridge.
EDWARD KINsEY. Barnardsville n. J.
JOHN FISH, fifty-lve years of age, mar
ried, Summit, y. j.
WALTER K. PURINTON, Short Hill, N.
j., thirty-five years old, married
JOHN H. RIAIMER. thirty-five years old.
married, Summit, y. j.
p. ]. RYAN, Nlilburn, n. ].
EDWIN MORELL. Summit ". J.
DIR. JAMES DOTY, Bakersville, ". J.
DONALD CAMERON. of New York.
William Ryan, of Milburn, n. j., and j.
Renwick are also reported among the killed.
but no one has been able TO locate them
in Jersey City, and the railroad officials
deny that either Of them were taken TO
Newark. The injured are as follows:
DAVID HOFFMAN, South Orange N J.
ARTHUR GARDNER, 80 years old, mar
ried Short Hills, n. j., seriously.
THEODORE F. WHITE, 30 years, mar
CHRfsToPHER ARNOLD. Is years, mar.
ried, Newark, y. j.
HARRY S: Gown. Is years. single. Bask-
EDWARD n. CLARKE. 80 years, mar
ried. Basking Ridge n. J.
GEORGE SPENCER, "a years. married,
FREfDERIcK FURGEsoN, Is years,
single summit n Irtlti,I M n J. = % - u
cHAs' H. H M1NcHER. q years. single.
ERNEST THAFFE, 20 years. single.
cARk H. scHrLTz, Jr. "a years. single
MVFFIT WTfIAM AN q GAsToNRRHWs. Ti RrNRasY ae years.
w WAsSHINGT6N IRVING. Short Hills,
WILLIAM ROALEFs. Newark, n. ].
e: w. GRAY, West Summit, n. J., ser1-
CATHERINE GREENAN. New York.
| a. T. TUPPER, New York
MISS JESSIE ARCHER. New York.
ALBERT MORRELL. Summit, n. ].
| '. Q. sTEARNs. Springfield. n. ].
=. u ~ d.
i. b. Young. HU
| L. B. YOUNG, Summit, y. j.
A L. ROLLINGS. Newark, n. ].
II. a a. WfNTERMUTE, NUT = Newark, 4; N.
CARL LINDER. Newark. n. J.
W. o. BENNETT, East Orange N. J.
VILLA LEHMAN, Newark, y. J.
| w. J. HAUCK, Newark, n. j.
ALBERT CARPENTER, Roseville, N J.
| Il. RUBESAM. Summit ~. j.
| CHARLES ARNOLD. Newark, n. ].
ID. CAMERON, Newark, ~. j.
| A veil OF fog was drawn across the face
| of the sun this morning. and it hung in
clouds over the meadows, enveloping all
| objects in shroud Of grey. Thick al
| most impenetrable. il soaked into the tim
| bers of the narrow drawbridge OF the Del
| aware, Lackawanna & Western railway
| that spans the river at point mile east
| of Bergen tunnel The iron danger sig
| nails at either side of the bridge dripped
| and with moisture, their painted sides
| gl;stening over in the mist surrounding
| them. But, ten feet distant, their glisten.ns
! colOrs were swallowed up in the fog. All
| was gray; no warning could be seen.
1t is the rule OF the road that all trains
shall slow up for bridges, and as the Do
| yer express approached this bridge in the
| early morning the engineer pushed back
| the throttle and strained his eyes through
| the mist to catch glimpse Of the familiar
mark which would tell him TO proceed or
stop. 1t was in vain. The fog was as a
| wall between him and the object OF his
search. He continued to decrease the trains
| speed, still straining his eyes for the sig
| nal And then a crash once heard, never TO
| be forgotten. A rush OF passengers from
| the uninjured coaches to the rear OF the
| express brought the horror to view. The
South Orange local. coming at an over
1
press and a tangled mass Of iron and
| wood mutilated corpses and dying shrieks
| and piteous means were left TO mark the
| conservatism Of one man and the reckless
ness Of another
The combination baggage car and smoker
| Of the express was telescoped by the en-
CINE Of the train behind. The engine and
| baggage car had swung about on the track.
| twisted the two cars In front OF the bag
| gage car to one side, ground one Of them
| into kindling wood and smashed the rear
| end of the car ahead. The engine OF the
South Orange train was evidently trying
| to make up for lost time, and was running
| at a speed said TO be unwarranted. The
| engine had ploughed its way through the
| crowded seats of the smoking compart-
| ment, containing. trainmen estimate. at
| least forty persons Not one OF these es-
capped injury. AFTER the accident big
| punches of flowers were strewn along the
track, and this gave rise. at first 10 the
| impression that there were women among
| the dead and injured, but they were all
men who may have been carrying these
flowers TO deck happy homes now turned
! into the abodes Of sorrow.
When the wrecking lifted the smoker
from the track, il parted and divided into
three pieces and then there cause for
wonder that any of the occupants had es-
capped alive. The dead had most agoniz-
ing expression, and. as the car was lifted.
from off the bodies. il was a sickening
sight. One man had been almost beheaded.
another was doubled up and his face pic
tured the horror Of the moment when death
struck him Others had their heads crushed
and besDattered with blood Flesh hung
upon the splinters OF the wreck and iron.
and piteous cries completed this heart-rend-
ing spectacle. An hour after the accident
thousand curious. or seekers after loved
ones. were on the ground. Willing hands
lifted the dead and tenderly cared for the