The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-16


New York. Jan. 15.-Eleven people
were killed and twenty eight injured in
rear end collision on the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western railroad. lust
west of the bridge over the Hackensacs
river this morning. The tains were the
Dover express and the South Orange &C.
commodation.
The Dover express left Dover at seven
o'clock, stopping at Summit to take on
two passenger cars OF the Passaic and
Delaware railroad from Bias ing Ridge
and Bernadsville. The South Orange
accommodation left South Orange at
5 o'clock.
Just west OF the Hackensack bridge
the Dover express slowed up, and at the
time OF the accident was going at a rate
OF not moro than six miles an hour.
The fog was quite heavy and the South
orange train, which was running on
time at the rate Of about twenty miles
an hour, ran into the rear OF the Dover
express, telescoping the two rear cars
from Basking Ridge and Bernardsville.
The rear car, which was a combina-
ton smoking and baggage car, was en-
tirely wrecked, and among IS inmates
number Of the deaths occurred
The list Of dead, as officially given
out, is as follows:
ADAMS, WM r., fish dealer, Summit,
n. j., leaves five children.
FISH, JOHN, civil engineer, Summit.
N. j.
FERGUSON, WM, Summit n. j., an
employe of the auditors office of the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
KINsLEr, EDWARD, Bernardsville,
N. j.
MoRRELI, EDWARD. Summit, n. j.,
salesman for the Smith Premier Type
writer Company.
PuRRlNGroN, join, Short Hill, N. J.,
manufacture of glue, No. 1919 Water
street, New York.
RlMMER, JOIN II Summit, n. j.,
cashier for 5. N. Bocock, broker, No.
| 80 Broad street
| RYAN, PATRICK Milburn, N. j.
TURNER, w. j., Banking Ridge, n.
j., bookkeeper.
DoTY, Dir, druggist, Basking Ridge,
New Jersey.
CAMERON, ID Summit, n. j.
The following arc the most seriously
injured: Arnolds, Christopher, Short
Hills, N. j.. internal injuries; Barclift,
William, Gladstone, n. j., badly scalded
and suffering from shock; Cowan, Har.
vey s., Basking Ridge, probably fatally
injured; Clark, Edward NJ, Basking
Ridge, leg broken and lacerated head
| Ferguson, Fred, Summit n j., injured
about head and shoulder, and broken
leg, son of William Ferguson, who was
killed; Gardner, Arthur, Short Hills, N.
j., internally injured, will probably die;
Gray, Il. W., West Summit, n. ]
fracture of tho left leg, amputation
necessary; Hoffman, David, South
Orange, engineer of the Dover express,
severe bodily injuries; Irving. Wash
ington, Short Hills, N j., injured about
body and shoulders: Schultz, H., Jr.,
Mary HILL son OF the we'll known New
York mineral water manufac turer, Sc
we're internal injuries, broken leg, will
die; White. Theo, Summit, N. j.. son
of the Rev DR.. White, prominent New
| Jersey divine, compound fracture Of the
| leg.
daughter of William Ferguson was
among tho less seriously hurt None Of
the passengers on tho accom- N cd a ton
train were hurt beyond a shaking up.
The forward cars Of tho Dover express
were not wrecked, but tho passengers
were thrown from their seats and a
number were bruised and otherwise in
| jurtd.
| he ure man OF the accomm odatlOn
| train said that the first intimat ton that
| he had of danger was when he saw the
red lights on the rear coach OF the Dover
express only about twenty ii We feet
ahead. Before the engineer had time
! TO give the air brakes tura the col.
| liSiCn occurred.
| The engineer was thrown from his
seat and stunned, the fireman was also
injured about the head and body. He
said that the fog was so heavy they
could not SEQ the lights OF the forward
train until they were almost up TO it.
| lie said that no signals had bee n given
by tho Dover express, which was three
minutes behind time.
| just Avoided N Bad Wreck.
| HIGHrsTowN, n. j., Jan. l5.-As the
| passenger train due here at 3:39 this