Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-04-21
NEWS FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS.
Items of Interest from Hd-
joining Tomns.
HAPPENINGS AIOHG THE SHORE RESIDENTS.
WHAT Is GOING ON ALONG THE SHORE.
SPICY NEWS GATHERED HERE AND
THERE BY OUR REGULAR CORREsPON-
DENTS. EvERYBoDY's BUSINESS.
ATLANTIC CITY.

Mr.. James TaIlman visited Janet and
Stella Smith on Saturday.
Miss Janet Smith has a position as
saleslady for the year round at the New
York store, Atlantic and Maryland aves.
Mr.. Eben Thomas and Mr.. Isaac
Smith. of Scullville, took dinner Sunday
with Vernon, Janet and Stella Smith at
their home in this city.
Eliza Martin, aged 40, colored, was
found dead in bed Sunday at her late
home, No. / Shell Alley. Coroner Nc
Laughlan viewed the body. No inquest
will be held. From information given
it appeared the deceased was too poor
to employ a physician, and died from
want of attention.
Washington De Saville, a partner of
in Mexico. while ascendip the stairs at
gan avenue, Saturday evening, was
seized with fit of vertigo and fell back
ward with sufficient force to fracture his
skull in two places. He died shortly
after, and his body was taken to Phil
adelphia Sunday evening for burial.
A collision similar in many respects to
the disastrous wreck at the meadow
crossing last summer, which resulted in
the desolation of SO many happy Bridge
ton homes, occurred Thursday afternoon,
when West Jersey and Seashore Rail-
road express train crashed into a Read
ing express, almost totally demolishing
the Pullman parlor car Velmer, of the
Reading train, and derailing the engine
and tender Of the West Jersey express.
That no one was hurt is almost q mir
acle.
The collision occurred at Baltic and
Illinois avenues, where the tracks of the
two roads cross at grade. The two
trains left Philadelphia at Q O'Clock in
the afternoon, both heavily laden with
Easter week visitors.
The Reading express arrived five
minutes before the West Jersey and Sea-
shore train, and had disembarked it's
passengers at the Arkansas avenue sta
tion and was proceeding up the Baltic
avenue extension when the crash Oc-
Cured.
The Reading train had the right of
way, and the red signal hung over the
West Jersey tracks. Engineer William
Scott, of the West Jersey express, saw
the signal and Immediately applied bis
brakes. Whether he did not apply them
soon enough or they refused to work, it
is impossible to say, the railroad men
positively refusing to express any views
on the subject. 1t is a significant fact
that the rails were wet due to the heavy
rain.
The last car of the Reading train, a
heavy Pullman, was half way over the
crossing when the West Jersey engine
struck it with terrible force, tearing out
the side of the car and totally derailing
it. The engine and tender of the collid-
ing train also left the rails, but were only
slightly damaged.
Fortunately, there was but a single
occupant in the Pullman car, the colored
porter. He was hurled entirely across
the car and escaped through a broken
window, suffering only few bruises.
Brakeman A. W. Moore, of the Reading
train, was standing on the platform
when the crash occurred and was thrown
to the ground, escaping, however, with
a few bruises and an injured arm. The
passengers of the West Jersey taain were
considerably shaken up, but none were
hurt.
The wreck blockaded the entrance to
the railroad yard, but the overturned
car and engine and other debris was
soon removed and clear pass age
made.