The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-16
LIST OF THE INJURED.

c. ARNoLDs, Short Hills, N. j., interna
injuries.
WILLIAM BARcLRr Gladstone, N. j.
badly scalded.
LOUIS BNEIL. summit. head cut.
HARVEY 5. CowAN, Basking Ridge prob
ably fatally injured.
EDWARD NJ. CLARK, Basking Ridge leg
broken and lacerated head.
FRED FERGUSON Summit, injured about
head and shoulders and broken leg.
ARTHUR GARDNER, Short Hills, n. j., in
ternslly injured probably y-die.
L. W. GRAY, West Summit, n. j., frac-
tured leg, amputation necessary.
HAWKES., Summit, n. j., injured about
body ana head.
DAVID HOFFMAN, South Orange, engineer,
severe bodily injuries.
WASHINGTON IRVING, Short Hills, n. j.,
injured about body and spine.
GEORGE JERRY, conductor, head cut.
CATHRINE kIERNAN, New York, broken
arm.
LESTER De YOUNG, Summit, n. j., scaiI
wound and knee injured.
W. II. MAY, Summit, N. j., arms and
hands cut
Miss BERTIE Mills Newark, N. j., injur
ed about head
CHARLES L. MINSHELL.
N. G.. NINELER, internal injuries.
EDWARD PIERSON, Newark.
WILLIAM RUSSLING.
WILLIAM ROALEF, Newark.
ERNEST II. SCHAEF
CARL H. SCHULTZ jr., Murray Hill, N. j.
severe internal injuries, leg broken
will die
GEORGE PoNcER, Murray Hill, N. j.
slightly hurt.
CAPTAIN J. L. sTEARNs, Plainfeld, N. j..
head cut
NEUsT WINTERMUTE, Newark, eye cut.
THEODORE WHITE, summit, N. j.. com
pound fracture Of the leg.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Newark.
WHERE IT OCCURRED.
The collision occurred about 40t
yards west of the bridge over thu
Hackensack river. The train known
as the Dover express which had mad,
its last stop at Newark. after call
ing at Short Hills and Milburn
had slowed up at this point
presumably to make sure that the
drawbridge was closed, when, accord.
ing to the statements of several pas
sengers, before there was even time t
send out a brakeman to flag any ap
preaching train, the express was rur
into by the train known as the 2. o.
from South Orange, express to High
land avenue, Brick church and East
Orange.
The force of the collision was terrific
The engine of the Orange train No. 81
and known as the NV. H. Lewis" an,
driven by David Hoffman, plougheC
into tine rear car Of the Dover train.
combination smoking and baggage car
nearly quarter of its length, and forces
1t into the next forward car. 81
that the upper parts of both cars wsr
nearly severed from the flooring ani
platforms. Hoffman jumped as he saw
the car of the train in front of him
and was badly injured. The fireman
however, stuck to his post, aud wa
practically uninjured, having only re-
ceived cut on the back Of his head
The force Of the collision knoCke
the rear truck of the engines tende,
off the tracks, and the platform of the
the first two cars on the South Orang
train were smashed, but none Of tn
passengers on that train was injured
although many of them complained {
the effects Of the shock.
IT. WAS A HORRIBLE SCENE.
The result of the col lision, however
in the last two cars of the Dover el
press was far different. The sight wa
horrible. Az soon as the passenger
who were uniDjured recovered frol
the shock they piled out of the car
pel nell, and hastily proceeded to til
assistance Of the injured, The track wa
literally strewn with bodies of thos
who were dead or dying. Apparently tn
bodies of many persons had bee
thrown clear out of the two cars by til
collision, one side of the rear car bein
knocked completely off, aud the dea
and wounded just thrown along tn
track. The bodies OF three or fou
passengers were dragged out of tn
telescoped cars, but it seemed to til
passengers that nearly all the dead an
wounded were thrown on the track
the collision. The surviving passen
gers did the best they could for th
sufferers.
There were cries for physicians an