The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-16
THE DEADLY CAR LAMP.
It Causes Cremation Of a Child
:, After a Railroad Collision.
TEN PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
A Train on the Camdon and Atlantic Road.
of the Pennsylvania systcm, Crashes Into
n Car Contrasting Coiored sunday School
Excursionists.


EIcursionists.
CAMDEN, N. j., Aug 16-one person
was killed and score Of others more or
loss seriously injured In rear end col
lision ON tho Camden and Atlantic rail
road, In the southern part Of this city last
night. The Atlantic City aocommoda-
tion train crashed into the rear car of an
excursion train from Lakeside, at Liberty
Park station. Immediately after the col
Iision the rear car Of tho excursion train
caught fire and was completely destroyed.
The car was ignited by oil from the lamps
of the car.
Marshall johnson, the 6-year old son of
Rev. Marshall johnson, pastor OF tho
African Union Methodist Episcopal
church, Of this city, was burned to death,
and the following are the more seriously
injured;
Maggie Cannon, aged i2 yenrs, Camden,
incised wound of breast and legs burned, ,
Daisy Nahen. Q years, Philadelphia,
sprained ankle; john Wilson, 40 years,
Camden, badly shocked and burned on the
face and hands, Lucy Buckman, 25 years,
West Philadelphia, shoulder fractured /;
Matilda Quash, Garretsford. Pa, ankle
sprained; Carrie Quash, 30 years, Garrets-
ford, hip injured by jumping from car
window; Mrs Marshall johnson, wife OF
the pastor, injured on back and hips; Mrs.
Lizzie Watts, Camden, leg injured; Mrs.
Mary Jane Growers. West Philadelphia,
injured about the body; James Growers,
West Philadelphia, injured about head
and body
The train was in charge Of Conductor
J. j. Kay, and was the first section OF
fifteen cars which left Lakeside Park a,
s;0s p. m, having on board the parents
and scholars of fourteen colored Sabbath
schools from Camden, Philadelphia and
several counties in Pennsylvania. 1t had
stopped at the station to lot off passengers
from South Camden. The headlight OF
the Atlantic City train was seen as II
rounded the curve at City Line. and q
panic ensued. A rush was made for the
doors and windows, and children were
thrown from the car to the platform
while others jumped from the windows.
Mrs, Johnson seized her boys hand ant
started for the door, but in the crush oi
struggling humanity he was wrenohet
from her grasp and trampled upon by thu
Sxolted passengers. Tho crash then fol
lowed, and In momont the car We
ablaze, An alarm was sent to the Cam
DEN fire department., md the engine
Quickly responding; the flames yer
Quickly subdued. Young Johnson's bod.
was afterward found under the car
burned to crisp. 1t had fallen through
whom the floor gave way,
The Atlantic City train was in charg
Of Conductor William Butler Enginee
Charles Glendinning and Fireman Sam
uel Hinchman. The forward part of tn
engine was stove in, the smokestacl
broken and the pilot knocked off. Th
men declare that they did not know of tn
presence of the excursion train at the stn
tion until after having rounded the curve
and 1t was then too late to avert the acci
dent, although The lsyer was reversed, th
airbrakes applied, and evofy effort mad
20 prevent a collision.
A. z. johnson, the operator at the sta
tion, asserts that his signals were correct
and Engineer Butler claims that so wer
his wi4Sn he left Colllngswood, tho frs
station beyond Liberty Park.