The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED.
TERRIBLE COLLISION OF
D.. l.. & w. Passenger Trains in Dense
Fog. About Fifty Persons
Badly Injured.

A frightful accident occurred Monday
morning on the west side Of the Hacken-
sack bridge, on the Morris and Essex branch
Of the Delaware, L,ckswanna and Western
railroad. The train which leaves Roseville,
ats O'Clock crashed into the rear Of the
Dover express, telescoping two cars. Eev-
EN- passengers in these two cars are known
10 have been killed and ut lesat so are ter
ribly injured The conductor OF the
wrecked train, Jere George, was not injur-
ed.
The Dover express passed through Rose
vile without stopping. The train which
ran into the express is the regular morning
commutatior train. II pulled out Of Rose
vile four minutes after the express had
disappeared IN the fog in the direction Of
New York. On approaching the bridge
over the Hackensack river the express slow.
ed up. For Whist reason is unknown, but
II is thought that the engineer could not
see the signals because OF the dense fog and
that he slowed his train to avoid danger.
The commutation train did not halt at
the bridge but came along at It's usual
rate OF speed The engineer saw the expres,
when less than 2O) feet from IL and
although he reversed his engine he could
not prevent collision. The ponderous
locomotive crashed into the rear car. throw
ing II from the track and pushing 1t along
the westbound track for quite q distance
This car and the one ahead Of it were COM
pletely wrecked. Both cars were full OF
passengers. who were crushed To death or
terribly manged.
The brakeman Of the rear Ger ofthe
Dover express discovered that a wreck was
inevitable and shouted at the ton of hts
voice Jump for your lives another train
is coming behind and will be on US in a
minute The warning cry was sufficient
TO put the entire rear car of the express in
commotion. Passengers rushed yell nell
for the nearest means of exit. Some
jumped through the windows in their haste
while the majority rushed TO the doors. In
the excitement some fell on the hoor while
Others tumbled over them.
Before all the frightened passengers could
make their escape the Orange local crashed
into the rear Car telescoping it and driving
II into the car ahead, also telescoping that
and dealing death and injury on all sides.
The following dead have been identified:
NANts OF THE VICTIMS,
VIM. Ferguson, Summit. y. j.
Vim. Il. Adams Summit, Nj.
Edward kinsey, Bernardsvile Y. J.
William j. Turner leaves wife and
four children at Baskin Ridge, n. j.
=, }; IL. Rimer' 80 Broad street, Summit,
DIR Do,y. Barking Ridge. n. ].
Edward MOirell, Decameron, n. j.
John Fish. ofSummit, y. J.
. Pair,ck Ryan, Milburn, ~ J.
John Brundbill residence unknown.
Among the injured are: Christopher
Arnolds. William Borclift, Louis Bodne;
Harvey 5. Cowan. probably fatally injured.
Edward NJ. clark. Fred Ferguson Arthur
Gardner, will probably die. +. w. Gray.
David Hoffman, South Orange; George
Jerry, Catherine Herman, Lester b. Young.
ii. w. May; Miss BERTHE Mills. Charles e.
Minshell, Niobe. y. j.; Edward w. Pierson,
William Realess, Ernest II. Schaeff Carl
II. Schultz Jr., will die, George 81 encer,
Capt. J. l. Stearns, Bert Wintermute.
THEODORE White, Washington Irving and
jain Williams, Newark, j.
The engineer of the commutation train =
mlssing, IS ssalu 70 be s,iiAVns a IIn,.
ed.
The collision is said TO have been due TO
the fog. Trains always slow up when ap-
preaching the HackeDsack bridge. IL Is
said that the South Orange train was run
ming so close behind the Dover express
that there was no time to send back flag
man.