River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
TERRlsLe RAILWAY DISASTER.
Forty-seven Killed and Forty-Fcur In
tured in New Jersey.

Jured in New Jersey.
Atlantic City. n. j.. July 3l.-A ter
rible railroad catastrophe took ploce en-
the meadows. about two miles out OF
this city. about 80 Thursday evening
train left there, consisting of seven
cars, over the West Jersey railroad
bearing special excursion Of rcd men
and their friends of Bridgcton, N. j.,
and Salem, and had reached the cross.
ing of the Reading railroad, when II
was struck by the 5: 40 down express
from Philadelphia. demolishing two
cars and telescoping the two following
The engine of the Reading train be.
came total wreck. killing the engineer
and fatally injuring the fireman, and
the car behind 1t also was thrown from
the truck and many of Its occupants
killed or injured.
Atlantic City, n. j., Aug. las re.
suit of the terrible collision on the
Meadows Thursday evening between the
Reading railroad express from Phlia.
dolphin 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 tC
die. Resides those seriously enough
hurt TO be IN the hospital, score oil
more of people were bruised and shaken
up and went to cottages. The fearful
shock of the collision Is illustrated In
the fact that of the ~ dead. AZ were
killed outright. OF the dead. AZ have
been identified and the bodies of three
wcmen. one man and boy are lying al
the undertaking shops awaiting claim
ants.
The responsibility for the accident
is hard to place at this time, but tho
burden of il 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, Richar re
| Trenchard. Mrs. Richard Trenchard, 8. L
Murphy. Millville: Joseph Peters. J. I.
| Johnson, Charles ID. Burroughs. body sup.
posed to be Charles Soy, III. F. Bell. W. @
| Lopez. Mr.. and Mrs p. II. Goldsmith, Sam
uel Thorn. baggagemaster; Franklin Du'
bois, Joshua Ernest. Mrs, Mary Vented
Mrs. Lydia Carl, Pearl Mutta, Mrs. Ellen
May, Mrs. II. r. Bell. Mary Ann Frees
child. Mrs Mary Frees, Mrs. J. ID. Bate
man, Ed Farr. engineer Reading train
Charles Seibert, James M. Bateman, hus'
band of Mrs. Bateman; A. Peters. son Of
Joseph Peters; Reba NJ. Lopez Miss Tilli'
| Leeds, Mrs. Hattie Lopez. Mamie Chimney
Misal May, boy; William Spaulding, trans
fer agent Reading railroad, Philadelphia
Henry Hughes, William I. Rickett. L. K
Taylor, Joseph Cheney, Charles May. Mrs
Sallie Frees, three unknown women. on,
unknown man. one unknown boy.
Camden, y. j.. Aug. 3.--StatioDmaster
John Bodine, of the West Jersey II hea'
shore road. says that he learned thai
Engineer Farr. of the Reading train
passed three signals. ali against him
before the train crashed into the West
Jersey excursion rain. The first sig
nal was 2,000 feet away, and is known al
the distance signal. Then he mad Il
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 10 gel
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 stoI
his train. but made no effort