The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-19
| DEATH IN DENSE FOG.
Gang Of Railroad Laborers Run
/, Down by a Train.
ELEVEN KILLED, FIVE INJURED.

1he Men, jumping FROM ohe Ir"cN
| to Escape n Train, Leaped In Front
or Local flushing Along MT Forty
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! Jersey City, Nov. l9.-ln the gloom
of smoke. storm and fog that darkened
the rails Of the Pennsylvania railroad
yesterday morning between Jersey City
and Harrison belated suburban train
dashed into a gang of workmen killing
ii and injuring four. FIVE others had
remarkable escapes. All the victims
Alved In Jersey CITY.
The dead are: Frank bodoski, aged
~; Giuseppe colasurdo, 81; Ihomas
Doherty, ~ Thomas Flannagan: Jo-
,eeph F'aggea, 4S; Michael lawless, ~;
Nicola Lucci, "a; FRANK lAudowski, Il;
Angelo Puggo, 70; Frank Slumsky, ~;
Glussppe Stinziano, ~. Bodoski ana
Slumlsky leave families, FRANK Swaz-
koWski Is dying at st. Francis hospital.
Inc accident happened aoout Two
ana one-half miles west OF Jersey Clty'
Just beyond the Hackehsack river
1prdge. Al lhat point there are iour
tracks, two devoted to passenger ana
Two 10 frelgnt traHlc. AL the horth
are the shops ana the tracks OF the
Delaware, LackaWanha ana western
railroad. Foreman Quirk look out
gang or IL men at a. m. TO repair
Crack No. 4-the westbound freight
track-at that place. Quirk saw that
the fog might mean danger so he sen.
ahead two men, Lawless and Doherty,
to give warning Of approaching trains.
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east, and cover all the tracks. They
Were to shout warnings at the approach
OF trains. The passenger tracks vera
kept busy with Incoming suburban
trains. and the dense smoke and steam
from these trains helped to make tn"
atmosphere more dense.
Suddenly, about $3.50, there was a.
shout from IAawless, who was the ad-
vance guard of the gang Train on
NO g. lie cried. 1t was an eastbOund
freight train that came along slowly.
leaving behind 1t heavy pail of smoke
The men. who were scattered along
the track jumped out of the way. AL
most all Of them jumped over to track
No. l. the eastbound passenger track.
The heavy smoke enveloped them and
the men. many of them new hands on
the road. shivered with fright, for they
could not see and could scarcely hear
the approaching trains that followed
the freight.
! Lawless, too. had jumped across to
track No. l. keeping all the time a
sharp lookout. Suddenly there was a
rumble of wheels and the shrek Of a
whistle. The MIlstone local, delayed
by fog. was coming along at the rate
of 40 miles an hour. Lawless was
struck and thrown 80 feet away. man
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