The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-16
TEN MEN WERE KILLED


u ESSEX Railroad.
THIRrY-sBvEE OTHERS INJURED.
or These II II rhsusht rhat Three VIM
Die-An EasInssr Failed to Take Proper
Prosecutions. and reisscopsd the Train
Ahead.
JERSEY CRY. Jan. 1e.--Abouttwo miles
from Hohoken, aud few hundred feet
from the drawbridge across the Haokcn-
sack river, the Orange accommodation
crashed into the rear Of the Dover express
on the Morris and Essex branch Of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad. The scene Of the accident was
on the long meadows through which flows
the Hackensack river. At least ten lives
paid the penalty of some ones careless
meas, and the list Of known injured Ii
thirty-seyen. some of whom will probably
die.
So far as can be learned one cause of the
accident was the heavy fog which pre-
vailed. Both trains were well filed with
the death list was not increased many
make sure that the drawbridge was all
right. The engineer of the Orange ex-
press, who should have done likewise,
failed to take this precaution, and crashed
into the rear of the preceding train.
The last car on the express was COM
bination baggage and smoker, and into
this plunged the huge engine, cutting
through the woodwork and sending splin-
tiers in all directions with 8 force that
showed the tremendous speed at which
the train was travelling. The coach ahead
of the smoker was telescoped by 1t, its
roof torn out and the seats torn and
twisted as though they were made OF
paper. The roof was thrown ahead and
partially telescoped the third car.
For a moment the passengers did not
realize the awful situation, but the
shrieks Of the wounded and dying and
the noise of the escaping steam told them
that an awful calamity had happened.
Those who were not injured were quickly
at work rescuing their less fortunate fell
low passengers. Along the tracks the
dead, dying and wounded lay strewn.
Some of them had rolled to the bottom of
the fifteen foot embankment on which the
accident had occurred.
The engine Of the Orange local, which
was known as No. 90, was hard and fast
In the debris of the rear car and had PIN
ned down several victims, few Of whom
were released by the use Of crowbars and
axes. In the smoker every seat was occu-
pied, and 1t is estimated that Of the forty
passengers in the car not one escaped I'M
injured. Four men were playing cards at
the last table in the smoker, and three of
these were among the killed.
A short distance from the scene was a
railroad telegraph office, and from this q
hurried call was sent for assistance. Re
lief trains were immediately started from
Hoboken, and almost before those on the
train had realized the situation it had ar
rived and crowd had already gathered.
Ambulances and physicians were also
| sent by the police from both Jersey City
and Hoboken.
| In few minutes something like order
was followed in the work of rescue, and
the victims were rapidly taken out from
among the twisted iron and splintered
timber. The dead were SO covered with
dust and blood that it was almost irnpos
sible to identify them. The cries and
means Of the injured were terrible. The
wounded and dead were placed on the
train and taken to Jersey City, whert
many of them were met by friends aud
relatives who had already heard OF the &C.
cident. The dead are as follows
William Ferguson, aged IS, Summit
n. j.; William II. Adams, age unknown
4 married, leaves widow and five children
| Summit. N. j.; w. J. Turner, Baskine
Ridge, n. j.; Edward Kinsey, Demands
Vile, N. j.; John Fish, IS, married, Sum
nit, N. j.; Walter X. Purinton, So, mar
ried, Short Hill, N. j.; John H. Rimmer
81, married, Summit, N. J.; p. j. Ryan
Milburn, N. j.; Edwin Morell, Summit
n. j.; DIR. James Doty, Baskerville, ". J.
The injured are rs follows:
David Hoffman, Do, married, South
Orange, N. j.; Arthur Gardner, 80, mar
ried, Short Hills, n. j., seriously; Theo
dore Il. White, ~, married, summit, N
j.; Christopher Arnold, 20, married, New
ark, N. j., Harry $, Cowen, es, single
Basking Ridge, N. j.; Edward N. Clarke
So, married, BasSins Ridge, N. j.; Georg,
Spencer, "a, married, Murray Hill, N. j.
Frederick Furgeson, Is, single, Summit
N. j.; w. r. Rushing, Jr., 10, single, New
ark, Nd; Charles Il. Kitchener, "a, single
Summit, N. j.: Ernest Thaffe, 20, single
Basking Ridge, N. j.; Carl II. Schultz
Jr., "a, single, Murray Hill, N. j.; N. w
CASTOR Hawks, "a, single, Summit, N :. j.
: d.
William Roalefs, Newark, N. j.; E. w
Gray, West Summit, N. j.; seriously
Katherine Keenan,, New York city; A
Upper, New York city; Miss Jessi,
Archer, New York city; Albert Morrell
Summit, n. j.; IL. 5. Mott, Summit, N
j.; V. Y. Stearns, Springfield, N. j.; +. II
Nichols, Newark, n. j.; l.. 3. Young
Summit, N. j.; A. l.. Rollins, Newark
n. j.; A. Bowers, Lyons, N. j.; II. A
Wintermute, Newark, N. j.; Carl hinder
Newark, n. j.. A. w. Pierson, Newark
N. j.; +. Q. Bennett, East Orange, N. j.
, William Lehman, Newark, N. j.; w. j
Hauck, Newark, n. j.; Albert CARPENTER
Roseyille, n. j.; Rubesam, Summit, n
j.; Charles Arnold, Newark, N. j.; d
Cameron, Newark, n. j.; William Ryan
Milburn, n. J, OF these 7. +. White, +
Furgeson and G. II. Schultz will probabl,
die.
j. Renwick is also reported among tn
killed, but no one has been able to locat,
him In Jersey City.
Sullivan Calls Them ''DaIsy sprInters."
BALTIMORE, Jan. 16.-John l.. Sullivan
said in an interview: This last letter O.
Corbett's, in which he says that Mitchell 1,
coward and had to be forced into til,
match, and had tried to crawl out q
meeting him since the articles were signed
is all buncombe. Mitchell is no coward
and believe he made the match in goot
faith and will carry it out. The fight will
last fully twenty rounds, which will tax,
little over an hours time, that is provided
they do not 40 to5 much of the sprintel
act. in which they are both daisies.''
Skilled Lace Workers Successful.
WlKEsBARRE, Pa, Jan. 1.-THE lont
strike at the Wilkesbarre Lace works i
ended. The 800 employees went out on ,
strike on Oct. IL against a reduction il
wages, and the mill was run with non
union employees at a loss. As result q