The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-16

Injured.
New York, Jan. ia frightful acct
dent occurred this morning on TIE west
side of the dackensacl1 bridge on the
Morris and Essex branch of the Della
ware & LPckawanna railroad The
train which leaves Roseville at s o'clock
crashed into the rear of the Dover ex-
press, telescoping two cars.
Fifteen passengers in these two cars
are known to have been killed and at
least twenty-five are terribly injured.
The conductor of the wrecked train is
Jere George Helwas not injured.
The Dover express passed through
Roseville without stopping. The train
which ran into the express is the regu-
lar morning Communication train.
{, 1t pulled out OF RoseYille four min
utes after the express had disappeared
in the direction of New York. On APP
preaching the bridge over the Hacken
sack river the express slowed up.
For what reason is unknown, but 1t
is thought that. the engineer could not
see the signals because of the dense fog
and that he slowed his train to avoid
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danger.
Tie continuation train following. did
not'halt at the bridge. It. came along
at its usual rate of speed.
The engineer saw the express when
less than 200 feet from 1t. Although he
reversed his engine he could not pre-
vent collision. A ponderous locomo-
tive crashed into the rear, throwing it
from the track and pushing it along the
west bound track for quite distance.
This car and the one ahead OF 1T were
completely wrecked. Both cars were
full of passengers who were crushed to
death or terribly mangled. The engl-
neer OF the comutation train is missing.
He is said to be among the killed
The brakeman OF the rear car OF the
Dover express discovered that wreck
was inevitable and shouted at the top
of his voice: Jump for your lives, an
other train is coming behind and Will
be on US in q minute"
This warming cry was sufficient to
put the entire rear car of the express IN
a commotion. Passengers rushed peli
nell for the nearest means of exit.
Some jumped through the windows in
their haste while the majority rushed
to doors. In the excitement some fell
on the floor whale others tumbled over
them Before all the frightened pas
Orange local crashed into the rear car,
lelescoping t,and driving it. into the
car ahead ) also telescoping that, dealing
death on all'sides.
A passenger who reached New York
said he had counted fifteen dead bodies
alongside the wreck, and that others
were thought to be dead. The follow
ing among the killed have been indenti-
fed.
&c h W.,
ern Union Telegraph Company.
Edward Kinscv, Bernardsville, N. ].
William j. Turner, bookkeeper, tBas-
kin Ridge, n. ].
J. II. Rimmer, Summit, N. j.
Edwin Morrell, Decameron, n. j.
--- Timmons, Summit. N. ].
John Fish, Summit. N. ].
II. a. Rohlfs, Summit, n. j..
Patrick Ryan, Milburn, N. j.
D. Hoffman, residence. unknown.
John Brundhill,, residence unknown.
- Resisting, fatally injured.
Theodore White, jr., Newark, N. j.
D. Cameron, Newark, n. j.
J. Durinton Short Hills, N. J.
A list of the seriously injured as far
as ascertained is as follows:
Fred Ferguson, Summit, N. j., badly
crushed will probably die.
Miss Ferguson, summit,injure about
the head.
William Barcliffee, Gladstone, n. j.,
scalded.
Louis Bodine, Newark, badly crushed
Edward Pierson, Newark, back and
head injured.
Frank Schultz, son of Carl Schultz,
New York, badly injured.
The collision is said to have been due
to fog. Trains always slow up when
approaching the Hackensack bridge
It is said that the southern train was
running SO close behind the Dover ex-
press that there was notime to send
back fiagman.
AS soon as the accident happened
word was sent to Jersey City, and
wrecking trains were sent out. Ambu-
lances and physicians were sent out
with appliances for the relief OF the in
jured. Several persons died after being
taken from the wreck. The train hands
did all possible for the relief of the
suffering
The track walker is said to have
placed torpedoes on the track as sig
nal for tho Dover express to stop before
crossing the bridge. This accounts for
the train stopping. ALL of the occu-
pants of the wrecked car, which was
the smoker, were men. This accounts
for the fact that no women were killed.
It is said that tho South Orange was
running at higher rate of speed than
it should have been. when approaching
the bridge. Tho passenger train was
reduced to splinters, and passengers
and wreckage wore strewn about in
radius of fifty feet. The dead had the
,nnst aronizinp EseSpressions of FRIGHT