The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-16
TEN lIEN NERE KILLED
In a Crash on the Morris and
Essex Railroad,
THIRTY-sBvEU OTHERS INJURED,
or These n Is Thought That Three VIII
Die-An Engineer Failed to Take Proper
Ahead

Dic--An Engineer Failed to Take Proper
Precautions, and Tclcscopcd the Train
Ahead.
JERSEY CITY. Jan. lB.-About two miles
from Hobohcu, and a few hundred .rat
from the drawbridge across the Ulohau-
sacs river the Orange accommodation
crashed into the rear of the Dover express
ON the Morris and Essex branch of the
Delaware, Lackawauua and Western
railroad. The scene of the accident was
on the long meadows through which flows
the Hackeusack river. At leas, ten lives
paid the penalty of some ones careless
ness, and the list of known injured is
thirty-seven, some of whom will probably
die.
So far as can be learned one causeof the
accident was the heavy fog which pre-
vailed. Both trains were well filled with
passengers, and it seems a miracle that
the death list was not increased many
fold. The Dover express had slowed up to-
make sure that the drawbriige was all
right. The engineer of the Orange eN-
press, who should have done likewise.
failed to take this precuution, aud crashed
into the rear of the preceding train.
The last car on the express was "a com
|
| this plunged the huge engine. cutting
through the woodwork and sending splin-
ters in all directions with % force that
| showed the tremendous speed at which
the train was travelling The coach ahead
of the smoker was tclescoped by il, its
roof torn out and the seats torn and
| twisted as though they We're made of
| paper. The roof was thrown ahead and
! partially telescoped the third car
| For a moment the passengers did not
realize the awful situation, but the
shrieks of the wounded and dying and
the noise of the escaping steam told them
| that an awful calamity had happened
Those who were not injured were quickly
at work rescuing their less fortunate fell
! low passengers. Along the tracks the
! dead, dying and wounded lay strewn.
! Some of them had rolled TO the bottom of
the fifteen foot embaukment on which the
accident had occurred.
The engine of the Orange local, which
was known as No. 33, was hard and fast
in the debris of the rear car and had PIN
ned down several victims, a few of whom
were released by the use of crowbars and
axes. In the smoker every seat was occu-
pied, and it is estimated that of the forty
passengers in the car not one escaped un-
injured Four men We're playing cards at
the last table i'm the smoker, and three of
these were among the killed.
A short distance from the scene was
railroad telegraph Office, and from this a
hurried call was sent for assistance Re
lief trains were Immediately started from
Hoboken, and almost before those on the
train had realized the situation it had ar
rived and a crowd had already gathered.
Ambulances and physicians were also
sent by the police from both Jersey City
and Hoboken.
In a few minutes something like order
was followed in the work of rescue, and
the victims were rapidly taken out from
among the twisted iron and splutered
timber. The dead We're so covered with
dust and blood that it was almost impus-
sible to identify them. The cries and
means of the injured were terrible The
wounded and dead We're placed on the
train and taken to Jersey City, where
many of them We're met by friends and
relatives who had already heard of the ac-
cident. The dead are as follows:
William Ferguson, aged So, Summit,
n, j.; William r.. Adams age unknown
married, leaves a widow and five children
Summit, n. D.; W. j. Turner, Buslling
Ridge, n. J.; Edward Kinsey, Bernnrds-
vile, \. y. John Fish, 30, married. sum
init, n. D., Walter *. Puriuton, 49, mar
ried, Shor, HuI, n d.; John IL. Rmmer
"a, married, summit n. D.; p. j. Ryan
Milburn, n. J.; Edwin Morell, Summit
n D.; DIR. James Doty, Baskerville n. j.
The injured are rs follows:
David Hoffman, 49, married, South
Orange, n. J.; Arthur Gardner 3d. mar
e ried, Short Hills, n. j., seriously; Theo
dore i. White, 80, married, summit n
j.; Christopher Arnold, %, married, New
ark, n. j.; Harry $. Cowen, 2S, single
Basking Ridge, n. j.; Edward n. Clarke
33, married, Basking Ridge n. j.; George
Spencer, 81 married Murray Hill, n. j.
Frederick Furgesou, 20, single, Summit
n. j.; w. X. Rushing, Jr., 10, single, New
ark, Nj; Charles d, Michener, 21, single
Summit, n. J.: Ernest Thaife, 20, single
Basking Ridge, n. j.; Carl IL. Schultz
Jr., "a, single, Murray Hill, n. j.; n. w
CASTOR Hawks, 27, single, Summit, II =. j.
, Washington Irving, Short Hills, n. j.
William Roalefs, Newark, n. j.; Il. w
Gray, West Summit, n. j.; seriously
Katherine keenan,, New York city; A
Tupper, New York city; Miss jessie
Archer, New York city; Albert Morrell
Summit, n. j.; Ii. S. Mott, Summit n
j.; V, q. Stearns, Springfield, n. j.; +. II
Nichols, Newark, n, J.i L. Is. Young
Summit, N. D.; A. l.. Rollins, Newark
N. j.; A, Bowers Lyons, n. j.; II. A
Wintermute, Newark, N. j.; Carl Linder
Newark, n. D.; A. W. Pierson, Newark
N. j.; f. o. Bennett, East Orange, n. j.
William Lehman, Newark, n. D.; w. j
c Hauck, Newark, n. D.; Albert Carpenter
Roseyille, n D.; Rubesam, Summit, n
d.; Charles Arnold, Newark, n. D.; ID
Cameron, Newark, n. D.; William Ryan
Mlburn, n j. OF these Il. +. White, +
Furgeson and Q. IL. Schultz will probabl!
die
C j. Renwick is also reported among tn
killed, but no one has been able to locat,
him in Jersey City.
Two Thousand Miners Resume.