The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-19
DUE TO DENSE FOG.
The Terribly Disastrous Collision OF
the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Road.
At Least Fifteen We're Killed Out.
right and a over a Score Were
Injured.
There Was a Dense Fog and the
Trains Were Running PerilOusly
Near Together.

New YORK, Jan. 1.-THE accident on
the Delaware, Lackawana and Western
road near the Hackensack bridge was
one of the worst ever known
in this section. The train which
leaves Roseville at s o'clock, crashed
into the real Of the Dover express, tel
escaping two cars. Fifteen passengers
in these two cars are known to have
been killed, and at least 25 are injured.
The conductor of the wrecked train is
Jere Geore. He was not injured.
How the Accident Occurred.
The Dover express passed through
Rockville without stopping. The train
which ran into the express is the regular
communication train. 1t pulled out of
Roseville four minutes after the express
hal disappeared in the fog in the direc-
ton of New York. On approaching the
bridge over the Hackensack river, the
express slowed up. For what reason is
unknown, but it is thought the
engineer could not see the signals, be-
Ratse Of the dense fog, and that he
slowed up his train to avoid danger. The
Commutation train following did not
hale at the bridge, but came along at its
usual rate Of speed. The engineer saw
the express when less than 200 feet from
it. Although he reversed his engine he
could not prevent a collision. A ponder
locomotive crashed into the real
car, throwing it from the track for quite
q distance. This car and the one ahead
Of It were completely wrecked. Both
cars were full of passengers who were
crushed to death or terribly mangled.
The engineer Of the communication train
is missing and said to be among the
killed.
Saw 1t Was Inevitable.
The brakeman of the rear car of the
Dover express discovered that a wreck
was inevitable, and shouted at the top
of Els voice: Jump for your lives, an
other train is coming behind, and will
be OF Ms i'll a minute" The warning
cry was sufficient to put the entire rear
car Of the express in a commotion. Pas
sengers rushed pell nell for the nearest
means OF exit; Some jumped through
the windows in their haste, while the
majority rushed to the doors. In the
excitement some fell on the floor, while
others tumbled over them. Before all
the frightened passengers could make
their escape the Orange local crashed
into the rear car, telescoping it and
driving it into the car ahead, also tel
escoping that, dealing death on all sides.
A psGsenger who reached New York
said he had counted 10 dead bodies
alongside the wreck and that others
were thought to be dead.
All the Killed Were Men.
AS soon as the accident happened word
was sent to Jersey City, and wrecking
trains were ent out. Ambulances and
physicians We're sent out with appliances
for the relief of the injured. Several
persons died after being taken from the
wreck. The train hands did all possible
for the relief of the suffering. The
trackwalkerH is said to have placed torpe-
does on the track as a signal for the
Dover express to stop before crossing the
bridge. This accounts for the train
stopping. All of the occupants of the
wrecked car, which was a smoker, were
1nen, which accounts for the fact that
no women were killed.
1t is said that the Soyth Orange train
was running at a higher rate of speed
than it should have been when approach
sng the bridge. The passenger train was
reduced to splinters, and passengers and
wreckage was strewn about in a radius
OF 80 feet.
The dead had the most agonizing ex-
preston of fright and pain upon their
features.
The cause Of wonder was how any
person escaped alive. That the speed of
the South Orange train was greater than
~ miles an hour seems to be beyond
doubt, Judging from the force of the
collision, as it is known that the Dover
train had not entirely stopped.