The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-03
WORK OF A WILDCAT"
The Locomotive Ran Away and
TeleScoped the Rear of
Train.
MANY wEREsAvED BYJUMPING
One Rear Coach Smashed to Splint-
ers, and Scores of Excursion
lists Injured.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Sept. 2.-An ap.
palling railroad accident occurred at $3.50
o'clock this afternoon near the Woodlawn
station of the Seabeach Railroad. While
train 8, drawing seventeen cars, which
which were crowded almost to suffocation
by excursionists, was standing at the
Woodlawn station, wildcat" engine
came laundering along the tracks in its
wake and crashed into the rear car, tele-
scoping it.
The car was filled with passengers, most
of whom came from New York. Many of
the people saw the engine coming along
and jumped and thus saved their lives.
The great majority of the passengers were
on board at the time, among them num-
Der of women and children. A colored
porter on the platform, who saw the en-
gine coming along without engineer or
fireman, yelled to the passengers to make
their escape.
Engine 81, the wildcat" smashed into
the rear car demolishing it into kindling
wood, and burying men, women and chill
dren under it. There was a mad rush of
surging humanity from the doomed train.
The groans of the injured filled the air,
oned engine made deafening noise. For
some time the scene was regular pande-
monium.
Scarcely half dozen people kept their
1 heads or were able to render assistance to
the injured. Patrolman Kelly, who was
on duty at the station, turned in several
ambulance calls, and five ambulances from
the surrounding hospitals promptly re-
|, yor1v
of the wreck caught fire and was rapidly
in blaze. Four cars were completely de-
stroyed before the train hands were able
to uncouple the cars. As soon as it was
detached the engine drew the other cars
out of danger By this time all the pas
sengers had disembarked ana there was
the widest kind of excitement.
1t was thought that at least ten persons
were killed outright.
The groans of the injured filed 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 were put in motion to call for aid
to the injured. Four cars were telescoped
by the force of the collision.
The engine which caused all the mischief
was used for shunting trains at the Sixty
Seabeach Railroad. 1t became unmanage-
able and dashed forward throwing the
engineer and fireman from the cab. There
was no obstacle then to the wildcat en-
I gine. 1t dashed along at fearful rate of
speed.
Engine No. was in charge of Engineer
William Mullan and Fireman Harry jan
sen. They were on their way to Coney
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ALI the cars were badly smashed. The list
of the injured is as follows:
Joseph Roe, 356 Elm street, New York,
fracture of ribs; removed to the Norwegian
Hospital.
Abraham Levy, rs Sheffield street, New
York, severe scalp wound.
John Blake, Navesink, N. j., injuries of
body.
William Gregory, II years old, OF 127
Harrison street, Jersey City, severely in
jured.
Lizzie Wolf, AZ years of age, 34S East
Sixtieth street, New York, dislocation of
right ankle and scalp wound.
August Suddebrostrong, 40 years, 400
East Thirty first street, New York, severely
injured.
Moritz Frankel, 80 years, New York,
| severely III dDOut tuo UOoy.
Joseph Roeman, 26 years old, New York,
slightly injured.
Louis Held "a years of age, New York,
severely injured.
Joseph Freedman, 26 years of age, New
York. leg bruised.
William w. Kemp, SO years of age,
Brooklyn, slightly injured.
Joseph Lewenson, 26 years old, New
York slight cuts and bruises.
c. Sugarman, "a years old, New York,
sprains and neck wrenched.
Mrs. Alexander, Joseph Seveston, George
Holland, James McCue, New York; w. A.
FL. Kemp, Brooklyn; Eliza King, Laura
King, Newark, N. j.; William K. Pioneer,
Jersey City; John Lehman, Jennie Abron,
New York; Joseph Friedman, Jersey City;
Patrick Matthews, Newark; Harry M.
Kaffabaum, New York; August Mieling,
Jersey City; Rev. John Edmunds of Arl-
ington, N. j.. !; Charles III. Woods, wife and
child and Miss L. Montcair, New York,
severely injured, removed to the Nor
wegian Hospital; Albert Emmett Fostell
and George Hammond, New York, severely
injured, taken to the Norwegian Hospital.
Edward H. Freeand, Newark, N. j., leg
broken; James Hueston, Kearney, N. j.,
leg fractured and severe internal injuries,
will probably die; Joseph Frink of 427
East Fourteenth street, New York, frac-
ture of leg and severe bodily injuries; Au-
gust Georgem, New York, fatal internal in
juries and severe wounds on body, will die;
Gustav Millin, New York, severely injured,
removed to the Norwegian Hospital: Will
Setafek, New York, severely injured about
the face and body; Charles H. Merchant,
New York, fracture of the leg; Nellie
Burleton, New York, severely injured, re-
moved to the Norwegian Hospital; John
Hoefel, New York, slightly injured; Kate
| Franklin, New York, slightly injured;
Maggie Walsh, Newark, scalp wound; AL
lison Coneyman. Newark, slightly injured.
Ebr additional Pacific Coast nags see Pagss and &