The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-16

| South Orange was equal to the emergency
Forming the, men into lines he. babe them
strstcherss, wefe carried step by stop as the
other side this process was reversed. those
At the top Of the bank drawing, up
iured were taken aboard the Dover express,
which then drew OUT. and carried all who could
clam Der aboard through to liobokon. At 055
men and three physician.1Drs Braden. Eagie.
ston. and hent-but most OF those who needed
Hobeke en- Soon afterward William NIX Ke s IS
wreeking gank Of twenty men. under the d.
ter, went out with locomotive and tool car.
with them were Dr. D. II. pindar the railroad
SS1 'nGGmyr special nhysicisn; and Dr. Z. T.
Ing the debris. and at noon all trains were
running again. the only visible evidences Of
ment
ofthe Morris and Essex Railroad Il has Seen
the boast OF it, officers that they never Killed
passenger. That boast can neve. be made
again. One OF tho reasons assigned by some
OF them for the safety Of this part OF the Della
ware. Lackawanna and Western system was
the fact that no sunday trains are run except
one milk train late ut night. They argue that
Christian men Of soberness and conscience
are drawn to seek work on q road that does
not require them to work on sunday. and that
me Immunity Of the road from accident was
Certain 1t 10 that the managers OF the road
never looked with favor upon modern innova-
sons IN the shape OF block signals and their
has not arisen from any superiority OF me
chanical appliances.
is an acconm odation train TIN It reaches sum
road After leaving MiibnTn Il "G makes AXE" t oniS
one stop-Newsrk-before reaching Hoboken.
has been In the employ OF the road for twenty
I'VE years Its engineer Is George Stitcher.
minutes after = Yesterday 1t was behind time.
and was further delayed by the train TO Mont
although the train was not SSe to st6p tSe rs
a. 1t disappeared down the grade between
ton the accom- m odation came mn II is due
there at 500 and 1t was o. time. Several
was pressing the express. From II" the ' Brosd
street station 1t was race through thick log
hStween the express and the accommo dation.
The local is known as train 81 IL makes up
at south Orange an ei and from tina, roint acts as
Orange and the engineer was David Hoffman
OF the same place. Both are old employers
and have the full confidence OF Superintendent
Engineer sttcher knew when he had passed
mile he would have to slow up his train to see
following rule:
% and da%fs, .ps.d 0S se STsT
crsding I'VE miis: per hour anu this rate of speed
the hridRes The engineer must and know that the
.aate and ;.n ne Sa BE
Tor any accident The drawbridge tenders must drop
the red signals and exhibit red signals ra bridges
when the draw is open or not properly connected aud
fAsi ensd
And more ot the same sort which explains
why the Dover express was going slower and
slower Just before reaching the drawhridge
signal At this time Conductor George was
in the next TO the last car taking tickets from
Newark passengers. and on the last platform
stood Dewitt H. Wheaton. a brak eman with a
red flag in his hand waiting for the train 10
slow NJ enough for him 70 drop of and flag
the accommodation, In the combination car
was Daniel Balantire the baggAgemaster Of
the West Line road. As WheatOn's heels came
in contact with tho hard earth. he heard a
balance. he turned and saw the headlight Of
the on-coming local
"Stopl for Gods sake" he screamed. wav-
Ing his flag franticallY.
His shout was heard by David Hoffman. the
engineer Of the local. Hoffman shut OF the