The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-06
TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER.
Forty-Seven Killed and F0rty-FouF In
1ured In New Jersey.

EOfCy.SoVon A1ll0O anu EOTCyeXOux Al.
jured In Now jersey.
Atlantic City, N. j., July 31.-A ter
rible railroad catastrophe took ploce 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 it
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 q re-
Meadows Thursday evening between tie
Reading railroatt EXPRESS from ?Phila.
de!phia and the Brighton excursion
train out of here, AZ people are dead and
A are lying in the hospital here more or
less seriously hurt. OF the injured in
the, hospital. several are expected to
die. Resides those seriously enough
hurt to be in the hospital, a score or
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 at
the undertaking shops awaiting claim
ants.
The responsibility for the accident
is hard to place at this time, but the
burden of it seems to rest upon the
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. J. L.
johnson. Charles D. Burroughs. body sup
posed to be Charles Soy. H. F. Bell. W. c.
Lopez, Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. 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.
g. child Mrs. Mary Frees, Mrs. J. D. Bate.
man, Ed Farr, engineer Reading train:
Charles Seibert. James M. Batelnan. 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 Spa ulding, trans
Henry Hushss. William z: RieKstt: EsE:
Sallie Frees, three unknown women. one
unknown man. one unknown boy.
Camden, N. j., Aug. 3.-Stationmaster
John Bodine, of the West Jersey Il 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 had to
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 a cloud of dust, indicating it's
approach. Farr had ample time to stop
his train, but made no effort.