The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
fRICHTfUL TRAIN Wreck
A Wildcat Engine Crashes Into an
Excursion Car.
TEN PERSONS ARE KILLED
Tho Accident Caused by Runaway En-
giue -lleartrcndius Scenes Mt the
Collision List Of tho In.
jurcd Passengers.

Brooklyn, N. y, Sept. IAN appau-
ing railroad accident occurred at 3.4O
o'clock this afternoon near the Wood
lawn station of the Sea Beach railroad.
While train No. g. drawing seventeen
cars. which were crowded almost to
suffocation by excursionists. was
standing at the Woodlawn station u
wildcat" engine came laundering
along the tracks in its wake ana
crashed into the rear car, telescoping
1t. The car was full Of passengers.
most of whom came from New York.
Many people saw the engine come
tearing along and jumped from the
train and thus saved their lives. The
great majority of the passengers We're
on board at the time among them a
number of women and children. A COL
ored porter on the platform. who saw
the engine coming along without fire.
man or engineer. yelled to the passen-
gers to make their escape. Engine No.
81, the wildcat" smashed into the rear
car. smashing It into kindling wood
and burying men, women and children
beneath It,
There was a mad rush of surging
humanity from the doomed train. The
groans OF the injured filled the air. and
the snorting and putting of the i'm
prisoned engine made a deafening noise.
For some time the scene was regular
pandemonium. Patrolman Kelly. who
was on duty at the station. turned in
several ambulance calls and five ambu-
lances from the surrounding hospitals
promptly responded. In the mean
time the woodwork of the wrecked car
riage caught fire and was rapidly in a
blaze. Four cars were completely de-
stroyed before the hands We're able to
unpolnla the CarS AS soon II 9
detached the engine drew the other
cars out of danger. BY this time all
the passengers had disembarked, and
there was the widest kind Of excite
ment. 1t was thought that at least ten
persons We're killed outright. The
groans Of the injured rent the air and
could be heard almost for miles. Peo-
pie rushed from the nearby houses and
the telephone and telegraph wires in
every direction We're put in motion to
call for aid to the injured. Four cars
were telescoped by the force of the
collision.
Engine No. 6, which caused all the
mischief. was used for shunting trains
at the Stxty-fifth street and Third ave-
nue. depot of the Sea Beach railroad. 1t
became unmanageable and dashed for
ward. throwing the engineer and fire.
man from the cab There was no OBJ
stacle then to the wildcat engine 1t
dashed along the track at a fearful
rate of speed. Engines No. 8 was in
charge of Engineer William Muller and
Fireman Harry Jansen. They were on
their way to Coney Island. Charles
Petit was the conductor.
List of the Injured.
The list of the injured Is as follows:
Joseph Roe, 356 Elm street, New York,
fracture OF ribs, removed to the Nor
weg.an hospital; Abraham Levy. Is Sher-
nj street. New York, severe scalp wound.
j., injuries of body; William Gregory, II
years OF 1N Harrison street, Jersey CITY.
severely injured; Lizzie Wok, ~ years, Of
3is East S.xtieth street, New York dislo-
cation os the right ankle and scalp wound /:
August Suddebstrong, 40 years. of 400 East
Thirtyfirst street, New York, severely in
jured; Moritz Frankel, 80 years, New York,
severely injured about the body; Joseph
Roeman, 26 years, New York, slightly in
Jured; Louis Held. "a years. New York.
severely injured; Joseph Freedman, 26
years. New York. legs bruised; William
w. Kemp. 81 years. Brooklyn, slightly In
1ured; Joseph Lewenson, &c years, New
York, sight cuts and bruises; c. Sugar.
man, years, New York, sprains and neck
York; Joseph Seveston, New York George
Holland, New York; Joseph McCue. New
York: William H. Kemp, Brooklyn: I:
Eliza King, Newark. N. J.; Laura King,
Newark N. T.; William X. Pioneer. Jer-
sey City: John Lenihan New York
Jennie Abren New York; Mrs. Thomas
McGrath, New York; Frank DufYy, New
York; Joseph Friedman Jersey CITY; Pat
rick Matthews, Newark, N. j.: August
Miel!ng. jersey City; the Rev; John Ed
Woods, wife and child. Of New York, Sc
verely injured; Miss l.. Mont Clair, severe
ly injured. removed to the Norwegian hos
pital; Albert Emmett Fostetl, New York Z;
George Hammond. New York. severely
injured. taken to the Norwegian hos
p.tal; Edward II. Freeland. Newark. N.
J., leg broken; James Hueston. Kearney,
n. j., leg fractured and severe internal
ip'1r.es. will probably die: Joseph Frink,
of 427 East Fourteenth street. New York,
August George. New York. fatal internal
injuries ard severe wounds OF the body,
will die; Gustavus Milling, New York.
severely injured. removed to the Nor
wegian hospital: Emil Setefk. New York.
severely injured. taken to the Norwegian
hospital: Henry Kruger. New York. Sc
verely injured about the face and body:
Charles NJ. Merchant, New York. frac-
tnre Of the leg: Nellie Burleton, New
York, severely injured, removed to the
York, slightly injured: Katie Franklin.
New York. shphtly injured: Marie
Walsh. Newark, N. j., scalp wound: ALI
son Coneyman, New York, slightly In
jured.
Arrest Of the Eostucer.
Police Captain Burford. Of the Twen-
ty-fifth precinct, reports that engine
No. G. in charge OF Engineer Frank
Jansen and Fireman Arthur Ross. was
shunting cars at the depot. when 1t sud
denly became unmanageable. In spite
Of the efforts Of the engineer II was
backing into an empty car and he re-
versed the lever and the engine jumped
forward without control. Both men
Jumped off to save their lives. Then
the engine dashed along the tracks.
thus causing the accident. Jansen and
Ross were arrested.
The superintendent Of the road says
the lever became jammed and the only
means the engineer and fireman had to
save their lives was by jumping from
the locomotive.
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