Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-08-06
TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER.
Forty-Seven Killed and Forty-FOur 1n-
jured In New Jersey.

FOrty-Seven Killed and FOrty-FOuf In.
jured in New Jersey.
Atlantic City, N. j., July 31.--A ter
rible railroad catastrophe took place en-
the meadows. about two miles out of
this city. about $3.50 Thursday evening.
A train left there, consisting of seven
cars, over the West Jersey railroad,
bearing q special excursion of red men
and their friends of Bridgeton, N. j.,
and Salem, and had reached the cross.
ing of the Reading railroad, when II
was struck by the $40 down express
from Philadelphia, demolishing two
cars and telescoping the two following.
The engine of the Reading train b.
came total wreck, killing the engineer
and fatally injuring the fireman, and
the car behind it also was thrown from
the track and many of its occupants
killed or injured.
Atlantic City, n. J., Aug. las re.
snlt of the terrible collision on the
Meadows Thursday evening between the
Reading railroad express from Ph;la.
delphia and the Brighton excursion
train out of here, AZ people are dead and
a. are lying in the hospital here more OF
less seriously hurt. OF the injured in
the hospital, several are expected IT,
die. Resides those seriously enough
hurt to be in the hospital, a score o,
more of people were bruised and shaken
up and went to cottages. The fearful
shock of the collision is illustrated in
the fac: that of the ~ dead, ~ were
killed outright. Of the dead, AZ have
been identified and the bodies of three
women, one man and boy are lying al
the undertaking shops awaiting claim
ants.
The responsibility for the acciden1
is hard to place at this time, but the
burden of it seems to rest upon tile
dead engineer of the Reading train
Edward Farr, though an official investi
cation may clear his name. The list
of dead, almost all of whom are from
Bridgeton. follows:
Charles Mutta, John Greiner, Charles
Eackler, Charles P. McGear Richard
Trenchard, Mrs. Richard Trenchard S. P.
Murphy, Millville: Joseph Peters, ]. L.
Johnson, Charles D. Burroughs, body sup.
posed to be Charles Soy, H. F. Bell. w. 6.
Lopez, Mr.. and Mrs. P. II. Goldsmith. Sam
uel Thorn. baggagemaster; Franklin Du-
bois, Joshua Ernest Mrs. Mary Wentzel
Mrs Lydia Carl, Pearl Mutta, Mrs. Ellen
May, Mrs. H. F. Bell, Mary Ann Frees
a child, Mrs. Mary Frees, Mrs. J. D. Bate.
man, Ed Farr, engineer Reading train;
| Charles Seibert. James NJ. Bateman, hus-
band of Mrs. Bateman; A. Peters, son OF
Joseph Peters; Reba M. Lopez. Miss Title
| Leeds, Mrs. Hattie Lopez, Mamie Chimney,
| Misal May, boy; William Spaulding, trans
| fer agent Reading railroad, Philadelphia;
Henry Hughes, William P. Rickett, e. E.
Sallie Frees, three unknown women, one
unknown man. one unknown boy.
Camden, n. j., Aug. -Stationmaster
John Bodine, of the West Jersey 4 Sea-
shore road, says that he learned that
Engineer Farr, of the Reading train,
passed three signals, all against him.
before the train crashed into the West
Jersey excursion train. The first sig
nal was 1000 feet away, and is known as
the distance signal. Then he aad tc
pass home signal, and finally the block
signal at the crossing. Engineer Griner.
of the excursion train, told Bodine that
he had stopped before reaching the
crossing and blew his whistle to get
the operator to give him the clear sig
nal. He got clear signal and started
He could not see the Reading train, but
he saw cloud of dust, Indicating it's
approach. Farr had ample time to stop
his train, but made no effort.