Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-20
TEN WERE KILLED.
Result of Collision in a Fer in Ne,
Jersey.

Jersey.
New YORK, Jan. IT, BY rear-end
collision on the Delaware, Lackawanna
q Western railroad at s:15 o'clock Mon
day morning ten persons either were
killed outright or died few minutes
after the crash; thirty-eight were so
badly hurt that several prob.
ably will die, and twenty
five others received painful shocks,
burns, cuts and contusions, from
which they will suffer for many days
to come, The accident occurred just
west of the long Haclensacll river
drawbridge, between Harrison station
and Hobolsen, and about a hall
mile beyond the west entrance to the
tunnel, the eastern terminus of which
is in HobolSen and only four or five
minutes run from the Hoboken ferry
station.
The dead are:
William Furgeson, 55 years OF age Summit,
N j.; William r. Adams, age unknown, mar.
ried, leaves widow and five children, Summit,
". j.; William Turner Basking Ridge, N. j.;
Edward kinsey, Barnardsville, N j.; John
Fish, %, married. Summit, N j.; Walter X.
Purinton, 80, married, Short Hill, N. j.; John
N. Rimmer, 35, married, Summit N. j.; p. j,
Ryan, Milburn, N. j.: Edwin NJ. Orell, Summit
N. j.: j. L. Doty, druggist, Basllng Ridge, N. j.
The collision is said to have been due
TO fog. Trains always slow up when
approaching the HackensacS bridge. 1t
is said that the South Orange train was
running so close behind the Dover eX-
press that there was no time to send
back fiagman.
The Dover express, which is due at
Jersey City at $40 o'clock, was steam
ing slowly over the meadows toward
the draw bridge over the Hacken-
sack river. The fog was so dense
that the engineer could not see
so feet ahead, and was proceeding
with extreme caution. The train hands
had distributed on the track in the
rear of the train warning torpedoes
and all precautions We're taken to pre-
vent the Orange local train, following
few moments behind the express
from running into the latter train.
The engineer of the Orange trair
either did not hear the torpedoes ol
see the signals or else ignored them
for just as the engineer of the Dover
express reached the bridge the Orange
train, which was running at full
speed, crashed into it with terrific
force. The engine of the Orange trair
smashed the two rear cars of the Dover
train into pieces and plowed over the
passengers who by the force of the col
lision had been hurled from theil
seats, only to be crushed tc
death by the wheels of tht
Orange engine. The rear cal
on the Dover train wa.
combination smoker and baggage
| car, and the one in front of that an or
dinary day coach. Every seat in botl
coaches was occupied by persons OF
their way to work in New York, and ;
number of passengers We're in the bag
gage car.
The passengers in the smoker hat
little chance to escape. They hat
no warning of the crash. Thos
in the day coach had a bette
opportunity. They plunged through
the windows and crowded to th
front doors, with the guard of th
Orange train engine only few fee
away. Most of those killed and in
jured were in the smoking car, and a
the great engine crashed into the ca
among them they were toppled over b
the heavy iron guard and those VIII
We're killed were crushed to death, Iii
erally ground to pieces.