New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-17

contrary. the safety of trains and passengers
constantly depended on the fidelity and watch
fulness Of the men in the signal towers:
mistake by signal man might cause COLLISION
at any time. they said. ana they preferred to
trust to the engineers. conductors and brakemen
on the Trains rather than men In the sigma!
towers. In support of their position they De
clared that since the introduction OF the block
system on the Pennsylvania Railroad, there had
been several rear-end collisions of trains on that
road, while the accident on the Ilackensack
meadows was the first Of that kind TO occur on
the Morris and Essex for many years. The
officials are plainly bent on ignoring the fact mat
country and of Europe have declared the block
system TO be the best known safeguard against
accidents like that of Monday.
Coroner Nolk was satisfied. after patient in
o,ijrv Yesterday that only nine persons had been
Killed by the railroad collision on the HacHen-
sack Meadows. Or. Doty. the druggist Of Task
ing Ridge who was reported to have been Killed
was found to be alive and unhurt The re-
port that.D. Camyron. Of Summit. has been
killed was found 10 be untrue
LIST OF THE DEAD.
The complete list Of the dead, 50 far as known
yesterday is appended:
ADAMS. William r. fish dealer fifty years DID,
FERGUSON; William, hfty.hye an emr.Sye CT the
Western Union Telegraph Company VINO Ved III
Summit
FISH John. forty-eght. of summit who had been
Schultz. in New-Yor
KINsEY Edward fory-hve, farmer. Of Baskins
Ridge. who also had carried on produce bust
ness in Hoboken
MORRELI Edwin, thirty-nine. of summit who
had been employed lately by the smith Premier
Typewriter Company. and formerly had been IN
the employ Of the Remington company, In New
York.
Short His and carried the Manufacture OF
glue at No 1893 Water-st.. this city. His body
was sent to Potsham. Me- his native place yes
terday for burial.
R1MMEn oG foFy Of g Summit snS Tr S2oNg4
No 81 Broad-st.
TURNER. William j.. twenty-eight, Of Basking
Ridge. employed as bookkeeper for Dil' chander
& Seymour, lawyers at NO 81 Nassau-st' New
RYAN, Patrick. storekeerer, Of Mlburn, thirty
six years old, and a brother-n-law of William X.
Adams.
The nine men who were killed were married
and had families. Adams and Ryan were on
their way to Danbury. Conn. to bring back the
body of Adams's brother, who had died
INJURED MEN RECOVERING.
Three Of the injured men who were taken TO
ST Marys Hospital in Hoboken on Monday had
recovered sufficiently to go to their homes yes
terday Ten men who had been hurt more
seriously in the wreck were In the hospital
yesterday They were Christopher Arnold. Of
Newark, whose thigh had been amputated' Eu-
win NJ Clark, Of BasNing Ridge. whose sac
had been cut and bruised; Harry S. Cornish, OF
Bashing Ridge. suffering from an injury To me
nally injured: Arthur Gardner. Of Short liills
who had four ribs broken: David Hoffman, the
engineer suffering from scalp wound ana CON
cussiOn Of the brain: Charles T.. Minchcn. or TINS
city, hurt intern llly; Carl II. Schultz. Jr., 81
Murray Hill. suffering from compound fracture
Of the thigh: Ernst II. Shafe. Of Basking Ridge
also suffering from a fracture Of the thigh. ana
Theodore J. White jr, Of Summit. whose les
was broken. The only one who was said to be
in danger Of dying at the hospital yesterday was
young Schultz. The physicians said that the
other sufferers We're doing as we'll as cculd be
expected. and probably would recover.
All Of the Newark people who wcr" injured In
the accident were doing as well as could be eX-
pec;ed yesterday. Several Of them were found
10 be more severely injured than was at first
supposed Miss Bertha Mills is confined u her
bed. and it is feared she has been Internally
injured Edward PiorsOn was saved rom
serinus injury to his head by the thickness Of
his hair which he had allowed to grow ever
since the football season began. HIS hcad was
cut but not seriously His arms are INJURED
however and it will be some time before ne VIII
be able to be about.