New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-18
DEATH IN THE WRECK.
ANO rHER ACCIDENT ON THE NEW
JERSEY MEADOWS.
tt TIE BREAKS DOWN. LETTING THE CARS
FALL THIRTY FEET TO THE CREEK BELOW
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Anosner wreck occurred the New-Jersey
meado,ys Yesterday. not many miles from the
place - the railroad disaster of Monday.
wee emnorary railroad trestle Of wood broke
doy ,nder the weight of a few gravel cars.
left Tho cars fall a distance of thirty feet into
a st low creek Thirty Italian laborers were
carr down with the broken structure, the
ca nd the load of sand. one Of the men was
kill instantly and the others were hurt
ser, i,sIv Twenty-eght Of the injured Italians
w. carried in wagons five miles to the st.
Mr. Hospital. In Hoboken. and five Of them
wan. said 10 be in danger Of dying there last
niel The accident was due to shameless
d 81 ard Of human life. For the sake OF
o. my the trestle had been used after it was
kr IN to be unsafe. and the Italians had ex-
pr-, I'd their fears at being compelled to work
or The wonder was that the men should
ha, risked their lives there so long.
SITUATION OF THE TREsTLE.
The trestle extended across the meadows
from the tracks Of the NewYOrk, Susquehanna
ana Western Railroad to the new tunnel at the
Palisades near the village of Fairview. It has
heen used for the building of an embankment
on which tracks are to be laid to allow
tho Wjlkesbarre and Easton Railroad to run
traips 70 n terminus near New-YOrk. The work
has been going on since last spring. and the
embankment has been partly completed at each
end ~ the trestle There still remains a stretch
OF more than 900 feet to be filed in. and there
the trestle extended over n branch Of Belmans
Crock The trestle at that point was about
thirty feet in height, and built on piles driven
into the marshy ground Broadhcad d Hickey
OF BuIalo are the contractors for the Work, ana
they have employed many Italians, VINO were
under the immediate control Of Patrick Muilery.
a foreman. one OF the injured Italians. who
was carried to the hospital in Iioboken. told an
Italian priest yesterday that the foreman had
coronelled the men to work on the trestle after
they had complained that II was likely TO fall.
About 10 a. m Yesterday six cars loaded With
sand were pushed by a dummy locomotive upon
the trcste to n point near the middle OF the
structure There were about fifty Italians on the
cars and when they We're stopped on the
,restlc the Italians were set t. work shovelling
the sand. The work Of unloading the cars had
scarcely begun when Mullcry. the foreman. no.
ticed that the trestlc was giving way. He
saved himself from serious injury by jumping
of the trestle into the sand.
BURIED UNDER THE CARS.
-Four Of the cars had been separated from the
other two. and the locomotive ha0 been dscon-
ueDt'd. ABOUT Sb' I''l hl Al' Ai'NA'c S"'''''
give way under the four cars AS the loaded
ears and the Italians on them went down In the
wreck. some 81 the men on the other cars
jumned off the trcste. but the rest OF the sruct-
IRE stnl held up the two cars nearest to the
tunnel The Italians who fell with the wreck
were, half buried under the cars. sand and
broken tlmbcrs Some OF them broke through
the ice Of the creek and lay helpless in the
.e D.. The man VINO
had been running the locomotive blew the
whistle FOR help and then ran the locomotive to
the tunnel The contractors were there. and
they took a number OF workmen from the tunnel
on fat cars to the place Of the accident. Under
their direction the men were set 10 work to
rescue the Italians who had fallen with the
wreck 81 the trcstlc. Then II was seen that
many ~ the Italians had been hurt badly
Some had broken legs. some had broken arms
and some were cut about the heads and bodies.
Nearly all of them Were covered with blood
when they were carried away from the wreck
pr Ayers ~ FuirVlow was summoned. lie
said the injured men must bee taken To a hos
pital as quickly as possible, and five farmers
and villagers were induced 10 hitch teams to
wagons. II was half an hour before all OF the
Injured men coul be removed from the wreck.
one Italian was found dead under n fallen ear
His back had been broken In response TO
message Deputy Coroner Eggers took charge OF
thu bodv and removed II To the shop of a. j.
Volk, the undertaken I'm Hoboken. The Italians
who were found 70 have been hurt the least
were removed 10 "A shanty near Fairview whore
all Of the labOrers have been boarded by Frank
DRIVEN TO TIE HOSPITAL
Twcnty-cight OF the injured men placed
on straw I'm the wagons and were driven to ST.
Mary's Hospital IN Hoboken. n distance Of five
miles The men were suffering greatly when
they arrived at the hospital. some Of them hav-
ing been exposed TO the cold in wet clothes for
"A long time. while they also suffered from the
shock Of their injuries They were carried into
the hospital and placed on cots In the corridors
on account Of their number they could not all
receive Immediate attention. although the entire
hospital staff OF physicians had been called in
the emergency. Late In the afternoon. when
they had all been treated, IT was said that five
Of them might die from their injuries. The
names Of the men wer. given by Frank Kelly,
who went 10 the hospital t. identify them. The
contractors knew the Italians only by number.
each man having brass tag win ms number
stamped on IT.
NAMES or THE INJURED MEN.
The names and ages of the men were said to
be- Dominica Dove. forty-one years old: Gaetano
I.entach. fifty; Joseph Galaseo. forty-three; Mi |
rhael Baudet. twenty: Camclo MARITIME. forty
Ave: John Faurane eighteen; Dominica Biazi |
Carmen Label forty-two; Genes
Lauder thirty; Antonio Greece, thlrty-three
Frank Dapalt. forty; Tody Fatapalti, thirtynine
Louis Lapprt. fifty; Philippe Mytrongue. forty |
Luigi Carmelo siXty-thrce: Theodore Malon |
irty-three: Raphael Colorosso. forty-twQ; An |
CELLO Tubitti. forty; Vincenzo Cuso forty; Carlo |
Iyuretto. thirty-scven: Batste Kusol, twenty !
our: Salvatore Matzi. thirty-eight; Pasqualc |
rusco. forty; Lonzco Meso. thirty-seven; Antonio !
iossa, twenty-one; Bangrazio Albancye. thirty; |
Michael Colorosso forty eight. and Antonio Car
men, thirty-seven.
The physicians at the hospital were not able to |
ell the names OF those whose injuries We're most |
serious.
The Italian who was killed was Frank La
,holi forty-thr years old, and he was believed |
q have lived In Mulberry at. In this city. before
le went to work at the trestle
no OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION.
There was official investigation of the acct
lent Yesterday and no arrests were made