The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-22
TRAINS COLLIDE
IN HEAVY FOG
Two People Killed and Ten
Injured.
EXPRESS HITS FAST FLYER
One Train Was Standing Still and the
Other Crashed Into 1t, Coming
At the Rate of Forty
Miles An Hour.
EXPRESS HITS FAST Ell YER

New York, December 21.-Two of the
fastest express trains of the Pennsylvania
railroad came into collision. .early this
morning at Colonia, small station in New
Jersey, just beyond Railway. The early
Washington express, going at the rate OF
forty miles an hour, crashed into the rear
end of the Pittsburg flyer, a Chicago and
New York through train, tearing the rear
car into kindling wood and killing two
persons. and badly injuring ten others.
heavy fog prevailed at the time and
the Pittsburg flyer was going slowly, while
the engine driver was endeavoring to read
the signals The engineer of the Washing
ton express supposed he had a clear track.
The dead
VIM. o. DWELFF, of Parkersburg, w.
Va, clerk in the accountants office of the
Ohio River railroad.
l.. e. KNIGHT, colored, of Boston, por-
ter of the Pullman coach BarthoIdi.
Injured: Mrs. Julia Levy, Brooklyn, N.
Y, bruised about body.
j. 7. Welsh, Jersey City, conductor OF
Pullman coach Bartholdi, both legs broken.
B. T. Mead, Brooklyn, leg broken.
Frank Irish, travelling passenger agent
of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad,
collar bone broken.
l.. F.. Keppy, Brooklyn, slightly injured.
]. Vandergriff, of Philadelphia, engineer
Of the Washington express, cut about the
head.
s. Zane, of Princeton, Nj, fireman of
Washington express, scalp wounds.
When three miles from Railway, N. j.,
shortly before o'clock, the Chicago and
New York express was stopped, according
to its engineer, by signal. rather heavy
fog prevailed. The Eastern express came
up from behind at about twenty miles an
hour, dashed into No. 10, sending baggage
car off the track and crushing through into
the Pullman sleeper Bartholdi, which con-
tanned fifteen passengers, the Pullman con-
ductor and colored porter.
The engine of No. 6 did not come to a
stop until half the sleeping car was kindling
wood. The colored porter and a passenger
were caught up on the top of the boiler,
their bodies twisted together with debris
and much manged The engine of No. 6
was badly damaged and the tender was
thrown from the track.
Beyond the smashing of a Southern ex-
press car and platforms, train No. sus-
tanned no other damage, and none of its
passengers were seriously hurt
Previous to the collision, John Vanderver,
the engineer of train No. 6, and his fireman
jumped Off Both received scalp wounds.
Train No. 10 was composed of mail and
express cars. The Baftholdf the only
passenger car it carried. The rear baggage
car was empty and proved but slight i'm
pediment to the engine of No. 6, which
forced its way through. The passengers in
the Bartholdi were thrown forward, amid
broken woodwork and escaping steam and
flying glass. The car toppeld over on its
side and lay slanting against the bank. The
unhurt passengers scrambled through tn,
windows
For two hours two women and two me
lay pinned down by DEBRIS suffering fro.
their injuries. 1t was impossible to e
them out until after the arrival of {
wrecking train, which came about $3.50.
passengers of both trains were brought
New York on other trains.