Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-06
ANOTHER HORR|BLEADT+
Express Crashes Into an
eursion Train.
100 ARE KILLED AND lNJtl

Wreck Occurred at a Railroad =,
ing and the Excursion Tral,
Literally Cut In Twain bxno,
Atlantic City, N. j., Aug 5
railroad accident, horrible in j},i.
and sickening in its results ocr A,
this evening, just outside Of mi,
and as result about 100 pers,,, /.
either killed or injured.
The Reading railroad express r.
left Philadelphia at $40 o'clooL
evening for Atlantic City, crssbsi
a Pennsylvania railroad excursions
at the second signal tower, about
miles out from here.
The Pennsylvania train was nt
ing to Bridgeton with party Of q,
sionists from that place, Millyi,l
neighboring towns. 1t was h.
with passengers, and rough estr
of the killed and injured at a late /,
places the number at 100. Ithhr
that this is an exaggeratior, h,
number is undoubtedly mere than 4
At the second signal tower
tracks Of the two roads diarw
cross. The Reading train was Nj
the signal to stop, but the brakes CIlI
failed to work or the speed Of the
press was too great to be checis
time. 1t caught the excursion M
broadside and ploughed through, I'd
ally cleaving it in twain. The 60,
of the Reading train was shatlsp
pieces. Every car on the excur
train was jammed to its FULLEST
pacity.
AS soon as the news reached At,r
City, the utmost CONSERVATION n
vailed, but the authorities were On
to the emergency. Relief trains v.
dispatched to the scene, loaded vi
cots and bearing stats Of surgr
As quick as the bodies were reCOva
they were carried into the local
pitfalls and undertaker's shops.
A general fire alarm was SCUM.
and the department promptly resNtl
ed, and aided in the heartrending Vr|
Of digging for the victims. Fear 81
into despair and horror as the vignr
work of the relief gangs revealed
awful extent of the disaster.
The first Reading relief train ID
into this city twenty.seven mausl
corpses, men, women and chilirs
The next train, not an hour later, d
ried fifteen of the manned and wOUl
ed, and two of these died soon ID
reaching the city.
AS train after train piled to y
scene of the wreck, and came hi
with its ghastly burdens, the 81
tarium, which does duty as the city b.
pital, quickly found its capacity oT'
taxed. Meanwhile others of the d
and injured were being carried tot
private hospital at Ocean and Pa1
avenues.
Eward Farr, engineer on the Ra
ing train, was killed outright, asV
another railroad man who rode OnI
engine with him. This man, vh
name has not yet been learned, saw
collision coming and leaped from
cab an instant before the crash caH
Almost at the same instant the eng
cut its way through and caught B
directly in its path. His body and
Of Farr were found under a hesl
debris, but the engineer lay in vi
remained Of the cab, and his RI
hand still clasped the throttle. He
been faithful unto death, and met i
his post.
The fireman on that train leap'
few seconds before and escaped v
trifiing injuries.
Samuel Thornton, baggage.ma
on the Reading train, is among
dead.
Jane NJ. Bateman, BridgetOn
dertaker, is known to be killed.
was in the third car, and his hat
found lying among the mass Of bro
timbers.
Richard Trenchard, a Bridgeton
chinist, and his wife are both dead
Conductor Kelly, of the Pennsy
mia train, had both arms and
broken, and was internally injured
Albert j. Mosebach, of No. IS n
Eighth street, Philadelphia, was Oh
Reading train. He escaped unhur
The excursion train was made u
hfteen cars, the foremost of which
a baggage car. This and the next
coaches caught the full force OF
crash, and were utterly demolis
What remained of the third car
tumbled into a ditch at the road
The responsibility for the accident
not now be fixed.
William Thurlow, telegraph opel
In the tower-house, was arrested
night and held, pending an inquir!
Dragged to Death.
The Dalles. Or Aug "A dist