The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-08-05
TWO. SCORE DEAD.
The Worst Railway Horror Of the
Year.


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ArpANTIc CIrY, N. j., July sI.--A
terrible railroad catastrophe took place
on the meadoWS. about two miles out
Of this city, shortly after eiSe last
evening. resulting In. the death ot AZ
people 90 far % can now be lesrned
and the woundinR Of % othsrs A
train Of seven cars left here; over the
West Jersey railroad bearing . special
excursion of Red Men and their friends
Of BridReton, IN. j., and salem, and
had reached the crossing OF the Read
ing railroad when It was struck by the
express from Philadelphia. demoiish.
ing two cars and telescoping the two
following.
The engine Of the Reading train be-
came Q total wreck, killing the en-
gineer and fatally injuring the fireman,
and the car behind 1t was thrown from
the track and many Of It's occupants
killed or injured. The responsibility
for the collision has not yet been
placed, but william Thurlow, the
operator at the block tower situated
at the crossing, has been arrested by
order Of the coroner.
Leaving this city Che tracks of the
West Jersey road run parallel 70 those
Of the Camden & Atlantic until after
they cross the drawbridge, when they
switch of to the south, crossing che
Reading road at an obtuse angle. John
Greiner, the engineer Of the West Jer.
sey train, saw the Reading train ap-
preaching the crossing at swift speed,
but as the signals were open for him
to proceed on his way he continued.
His engine had barely cleared the
track of the Reading when the loco.
motive Of the latter crashed into the
West Jersey train, striking the frs.
car full in the center, throwing 1t far
of the track into nearby ditch and
completely submerging It
The second car Of the West Jersey
train was also carried into the ditch,
the third and fourth cars being tels
scoped. The engine Of the Reading
train was thrown to the other side oi
the track, carrying with It the frs,
coach. A few minutes after the col
lision the boiler of the Reading loco
motive exploded, scalding several Il
death and carrying its boiling spray
over many Of the injured passengers
Az soon ~ the news reached this cit,
thousands Of people focked to tn,
scene. The railroad leading TO tn,
place of the collision was q constan
procession Of all kinds OF vehicles
while thousands Of pedestrians hRr
ried along the path to render what as
sistance they could or to satisfy thei
curiosity. Darkness fell quickly an,
the work of rescuing the injured an,
the dead was carried out under tn,
lurid glare Of huge bonfres. It was
gruesome sight as the mangled an,
burnt forms of the dead were carrie,
from the wreckage which bound then
and laid side by side on the grave
bank near the track, with no othel
pail than the few odd newspaper
gathered from the passengers. Tb
wounded were quickly gathered to
gether and carried by train and wagol
to the Atlantic City hospital, wher
six Of them died shortly after thei
arrival.
An old house at the foot of Missis
sippi avenue was converted into
morgue and thither the dead wer
taken. At a late hour last evenin,
there were 20 bodies laid out there
None of them are as yet identified.
James Hoyt, secretary Of the de
partment Of public safety, immediatel,
upon learning the extent Of the catas
trophe telegraphed for the Philadel
phia emergency corps, 1so Of WHOM
responded and hurried to this city ol
special train.
Mrs Edward Farr, the wife of tn
Reading engineer who met death Will
performing his duty aud was foun,
with one hand on the throttle and tn
other on the brake, when informed o.
the accident and her husbands tragi
death, was unable to withstand tn
shock and fell to the floor dead.
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