Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-16
paper. The roof was thrown ahead anC
partially
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reAllLe the awful situation, but in the
next the shrieks OF the wounded and
dying aud the noise OF escaping steam
told them that an awful calamity had
occurred. Those who were not injured
were quickly at work rescuing their
less fortunate fellow passengers.
Along the tracks the dead aud
dying and wounded lay s,rewn.
Some OF them had rolled to the
bottom OF the fifteen-foot embankment
on which the accident had occurred. A
short distance from the scene was q
railroad telegraph Office. aud from this
hurried call was sent for assistance.
Relief trains were Immediately started,
and almost before those on the train
had realized the situation they had ar
rived aud a crowd had already gathered.
Ambulances and physicians were also
sent by the police from both Jersey
City and here. The first six bodies re-
covered were OF men.
The engine OF the Orange local, which
was known as No. 30, was hard and fast
In the debris OF the rear car aud had
pinned down several victims, n few OF
whom were released by tho use OF crow
bars and axes. In the smoker every
seat was occupied and It is estimated
that OF the forty passengers in the car
not one escaped unipjured.
A brief description OF the accident Is
given by the baggage master OF the Do
YER express who was in the last car.
MOMENT BEFORE THE COLLISION,
happening TO glance through the win
dow, he saw, hardly twenty-five feet
away, big engine coming toward
them at terriac speed. Quickly jump
ing To the side door, he opened II aud
leaped out just as the crash came. He
said: Il think the accident was due In
part TO the recltlessness OF the engineer
on the South Orange accommodation.
Our train was moving at the rate
OF about five miles an hour, and
was pushed three hundred feet before
IL came To a stop. The engine
OF the accommodation crashed into the
rear car about twenty feet This car,
com6in stion baggage aud smoker, toll
escoped the second car from the rear
and split the roof OF that car com plete-
ly from the sides and end. -Four men
wero playing cards at the last table in
the smoker and three OF these were
among the killed | saw some men
rushing through the aisle Of the car,
having just looked up when the crash
came. The side of the car heaved la at
an angle OF about As degrees and the
man who was forward OF the left
caught the worst OF IL. The side of the
car ploughed right through them"
After few minutes something like
order was followed in the work OF res
cue, and the victims were rapidly taken
out from amongst the twisted iron and
splintered timbers. The dead were so
covered with dust and blood that II
was almost impossible to identify them.
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were terrible. AS soon as tho wrecklnR
train arrived. such heavy parts as could
DO easily removed were lifted from the
track. and then the work OF rescue was
soon completed.
The wounded and dead were placed
on the train and taken to Jersey City.
where many friends and relatives who
had heard OF the accident had already
gathered. Ambulances were there In
readiness and those OF the wounded
who were unable TO go home were taken
TO the hospitals. The dead were taken
to the different morgues to await ident-
ifcatiOn. The most authentic account
shows nine killed, while the Injured
number thirty-seven.
THE DEAD ARE As FOLLOWS:
VIM. FurReson. So years OF age, Sum
init, n. j.; VIM. X. Adams, ago un-
known, married, leaves widow and
five children, Summit, n. j.; Wm.
Turner, Basking Ridge, n. j.. Edward
Kinsey, Bernardsvllle, n. j.; John
Fish, 55 years OF age, married. Summit,
n. j.. Walter Il. Purlnton. 80 years OF
age, married. Short Hin. N. j.; =. j.
Ryan. Milburn, n. j.; Edwin Morrel,
summit. n. j.
THE INJURED ARE AS FOLLOWS:
David Hoffman, As, married. South
Orange, n. J.;Arthur Gardner, 80, mar
ried, Short Hill, n. j., seriously; Theo.
dore Il. White, 80, married, Summit, N.
j., will probably die; Christopher Ar
mold. 25, married, Newark N. j.;
Harry y. Cowen, %, single, Bask-
ing Ridge, y. j.; Edward N. Clarke,
33, married, Basking Ridge, ". j.;
George Spencer, "a, married, Murray
Hill, N. J.; Frederick Furgeson, %.
single, Summit, N. j., will probably
die; w. j. RustinR. Jr., 10, single, New
ark, y. j.; Charles n. Mincher, 27, sin
gle, Sum nit, n. j.; Ernest Thafe. %,
single, Bssking Ridge, N. j.; Carl n.
Schultz, Jr., -. single, Murray Hill,
n. j., will probably die; NJ. W. Gaston
Hawks, q, single, Summit, ". j.;
Washington Irving, Short Hills, N. j.:
Gray, West summit, n. j., seriously;
Katherine keenan,. New York City; A.
Upper. New York City; Miss Jennie
Archer, New York City: Albert Nor
rell, Summit, N. j.; II. s. Mott, Sum
nit, n. j.; V. O. Stearns, Sprindhel
". J.; T. n. Nichols, Newark, N. j.: l..
s. Young, summit, n. j.; A. l.. Rollins.
Newark, N. D.. A. Bowers, Lyons. Nj:
H A. Wlntermute, Newark. ". j.; Carl
Linder. Newark, ". j.; a. w. Pisrsop.
Newark. ". j.; r. o. Bennett. East
Orange, ". J.. VIM Lehman, Newark, N.
j.; w. J. Hauck, Newark, ". j.; Albert
Carpenter, Rossville, ". j.; j. Rubesam,
summit, n. J.. Charles Arnold. Newark.
". j.; ID. Cameron, Newark. ". j.
VIM. Ryan. OF Milburn, ". j., and J.
Renwick IRE also reported
ANoyGsT THE BILLED,
but no one has been able 70 locate them
in Jersey City and the railroad officials
deny that either Of them were taken 10
Newark.
Mr.. A. Reasoner, the General Super.
lDtendent Of the road, was seen this
afternoon, but would not or could not
rive any exclamation Of the cauge ~