The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-18
The DEAD NUMBER TEN NOV.

Carl II. Schultz, DR.. the Last Victim OF the
I.ackawanna Railroad Accident.
Carl H. Schultz. Jr.. who was injured In the
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western Railroad
collision on Monday. died at st. Mary's Hospi-
tai, Hoboken. yesterday morning at 10Y
o'clock. He is the tenth victim OF the disaster.
Mr.. Schultz was the son OF Carl ii. Schultz.
the manufactures OF carbonated waters In this
city. In the accident he received a compound
fracture OF the right thigh and several severe
scalp wounds. and he was unconscious most
Of the time until his death. lie was "a years
old. lived at Murray Hill. n. j., and had been
married about a year. His wife. his father
and m other, and other members OF the family
were present at his death bed.
or the other persons who were injured In the
collision. there are now in ST. Mary's Hospital
Christopher Arnold OF Newark. Edward n.
Clark of Basking Ridge. Harry s. Cornish OF
Basking Ridge. Frederick Ferguson OF Sum-
nit. Arthur X. Gardiner Of Short Hills. En-
gineer David Hoffman OF the Grange local
train. Charles !. Minchen.oi summit. Ernest
II. Shafer Of Basking Ridge. and Theodore F.
White. Jr.. of Summit. The condition OF Mr..
Clark is serious. lie was crushed beneath
car seatan received Internal injuries. IL was
said at the hospital last night that ne would
probably die before morning. Tho AmputA-
ton OF Mr.. Arnold's left led brought about
relapse and It was reported that he also was
III NbAAi'iNh- FAh Wv e'N
AZ Christ Hospital. Jersey City, there are
still Washington Irving Of short Hills. who has
an injury Of the lower spine and severe contu-
sions; William Barcliff Of Gladstone. who was
badly scAlded about the face. arms. and legs:
T. W GRAY OF West summit, whose leg was
broken. aud A. l.. ROalets OF Newark. who re.
ceived Commissions on the body and legs. II
was said at the hospital that they were all
likely to recover.
The invest igation into the cause OF the dis
nster DY the officials OF the railroad has been
suspended until Engineer Hoffman Is able to
tell his side OF the story, President Sloan said
yesterday to IA Sun reporter that the company
would take no action before Offering Holman
an opportunity to make an explanation.
The officers OF the company, he said, feel
very Reenly the position they have been placed
In by the accident. and Of course We have come
in for a great deal Of criticism. Most OF this.
we feel. is unjust 1t comes not alone from the
newspapers. but from our patrons along the
line. our road has been losing money on tho
Morris and EsseI division ever since the con-
sOlldatiOn. We have been putting In Improve
ments all the time. nevertheless. say this
simply because ii has been intimated that We
did not adopt the block system on account OF
the expense The Morris and Essex division
was operated last year at n loss Of S2,OUnuOt
The block system would have been esta hlished
il we had thought il advisable. IL We were to
adopt tho block system We would not give up
our present system ~ signalling. We have
never before killed passenger and the roads
which use the block system Kill people right
along That shows whether or not our system
10 efficient"