Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-22
CRASHED INTO SLEEPER
Fatal Collision in a Fog on the
Pennsylvania Road.
TWO KILLED AND TEN INJURED.

The Chicago and New York Express
Had slowed Up, When the WASH
ington Express Plunged Into the Last
Car, Smashing it to splinters.
Railway. N. j.. Dec. 22.-Two of the
fastest express trains of the Pennsyl
vania railroad came into collision early
in the morning at Colonia, just beyond
Railway. The early Washington ex-
press. No. g. going at the rate of 40
miles an hour, crushed into the rear
ond of the Pittsburg flyer, No. 10, a
Chicago and New York through train,
tearing the rear car into kindling wood
and killing two persons and badly in
juring ten others. A heavy fog pre-
vailed at the time and the Pittsburg
flyer was going slowly, while the engine
driver was endeavoring to read the
signals. The engine driver of the
Washington express supposed he had
clear track.
The dead are: William o. DeWolff,
of Parkersburg, w. Va, clerk in the
accountants office of the Ohio River
of the Pullman car Bartholdi.
Injured: Mrs. Julia Levy, Brooklyn,
bruised about the body; ]. E. Welsh.
Jersey City. conductor of the Pullman
coach Bartholdi, both legs broken; B.
F. Mead, Brooklyn. left leg broken;
Frank Irish, travelling passenger agent
Of the Chicago and Northwestern rail
road, collar bone broken: L. F. KEEP
pey, Brooklyn, slightly injured; j. Van
dergriff, Philadelphia, engineer of the
Washington express, cut about the
head; S. Zane. Princeton, N. j., fire.
man of the Washington express, scalp
wounds; G. T. Roberts, Newark. n. j.,
slightly hurt; c. B. Ewing, Newton.
Pa, mail clerk, cut about the arms;
J. G. Geary, Harrisburg, mail clerk, in
jured about the head.
The engine of No. 6 was badly
damaged, and the tender was thrown
from the track. Beyond the smash
ing of Southern express car and car
platforms train No. sustained no
other damage and none OF its passen-
gers were seriously hurt. Previous to
the collision John Vanderveer, the en-
gineer of train No. 6, and his fireman
jumped off. Both received scale
wounds.
Train No. 10 was composed of mail
and express cars. The Bartholdi was
the only passenger car it carried. The
rear baggage car was empty and
proved but slight impeachment to the
engine No. g. which forced its way
through. The passengers on the Bar
tholdi were thrown forward amid
broken woodwork, escaping steam and
flying glass. The car toppled over on
its side and lay slanting against the
bank. The unhurt passengers scrambled
through the windows. For two hours
two women and two men lay pinned
down by debris, suffering from their
injuries. 1t was impossible to get
them out until after the arrival of the
relief train.
A Philadelphia and Reading freight
train in the fog of yesterday ran into
the rear of Jersey Central passenger
train at Roselle, N. ]. The freight was
going slow at the time The locomotive
was badly damaged and the rear car
of the Central passenger train was de-
molished. No one was injured.
r. H. Witty, an engineer of the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad was
fatally hurt while in the cab of his en-
CINE at Westfield. N. ]. The fog was
thick and Witty had his head out
of the window on the side of the engine,
endeavoring to see ahead of him. His
head hit signal post and his skull
was crushed in.
In the thick fog late last Tuesday
night Pennsylvania train struck and
killed two men at the Pearl street
crossing in Elizabeth. N. j. One of the
men had card in his pocket from
New York. employment agency made
out in the name of John Nierbier. Both
appeared to be Migrants.