The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-15
Fearful Accident to the
Orange Express.
A REAR END COLLISION.
One Train Ran Into Another
in a Fog This Morning.
TWO CARS WERE TELEscopED.
President Sloan OF the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Tells
Briefly How the Accident Occurred.
Awful Scenes at the Wreck-Twenty
People Badly Hurt-Twelve Bodies
Recovered from the Ruins.
Bu The Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-President Sloan
OF the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad says that the Dover express
ran into the Orange express at the Hack
ensack bridge, in the fog this morning.
Two cars were telescoped.
Fifteen people were killed and twenty
injured.
The scenes at the wreck are simply in
describable in their horror.
Because OF the fog this morning the
Dover Express slowed up at Roseville and
many residents who were anxious
to get to business in the city
boarded it. A few minutes after the
express had left Roseville the regular
commutation train started for New York.
AS the express approached the Hacken-
sack bridge the engineer slowed up, prob
ably because he could not distinguish the
signals through the fog.
The commutation train came along at
its usual speed and dashed into the ex-
press whose rear two cars were wrecked.
The engineer of the communication is
missing.
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Latest reports from the scene Of the rail-
road accident at Hackensack bridge place
the number OF killed at 10.
IL is estimated that at least % persons
are seriously wounded, some fatally.
Dover is 40 miles from Jersey City.
Roseville is west OF Orange which is II
miles from Jersey City.
According to later details the Dover ex-
press which was partially wrecked by the
collision stopped at the draw bridge in
accordance With the rules for running
trains.
The fog was very dense at the time.
The rear brakeman got off his train and
started back along the track. He heard
the Orange local approaching. Knowing
that the fog was too dense to permit n
signal to be seen, the brakeman rushed
cars.
AS soon as he came into the rear car of
his train he shouted az loud as he could,
"Jump for your life; another train is COM
ing and will be on us in moment"
This warning served TO put the passen-
gers in commotion. They rushed from
the rear car in widest confusion.
Some jumped through the windows
while others rushed towards IKE
doors. Before many OF the alarmed
passengers could escape the
Orange local train came laundering along
and dashed into the rear car, and drove it
into the car ahead, shattering both.
A frightful scene followed. The pas
sengers were crushed.
The Killed.
The following are among the killed that
have been identified: Edwin Kinsey,
Bernerdsville, N. j.; William j.
Turner, Baskin Ridge, n. j.; J. II.
Rimmer, Summit, N. j.; w. Edwin
Morrill,, DE Cameron, N. j., also Carl
schmitz, Resisting; fatally injured.
The Scenes at the Wreck.
Many people were on tho platforms
when the collision occurred. Many of
these were injured. The shrieks
of dying passengers filled the
air. The means OF the wounded
people were heartbreaking. The hiss OF
escaping steam, mingled with the cries OF
the victims, some of whom were be-
ing fatally sealded- passengers
who were unhurt soon regained their
presence of mind aud turned their atten-
tion to the injured persons. The number
of workers was small, for nearly every
one i'm the rear car had been killed.
Word was sent TO Hoboken and To Jer-
sey City, and n relief train with physician
came out promptly. The wounded people
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