The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-22
COLLISION IN THE FOG.
Pennsylvania Flyer 0rushes Into
the Rear Of Another Train.
TWO KILLED AND TEN INJURED.
The Chicago and New York Express
Had Slowed Up, When tho Wash.
ington Express Plunged Into the Last
Car, Smashing 1t to Splinters.

Car, Smashing 1t 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
end of the Pittsburg flyer, No. 10,
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
q clear track.
The dead are: William o. DeWolff,
of Parkersburg, w. Va, clerk in the
accountants office of the Ohio River
railroad; L. E. knight, colored. porter
of the Pullman car Bartholdi.
Injured. Mrs. Julia Levy, Brooklyn.
bruised about the body; j. e. Welsh,
Jersey City, conductor of the Pullman
coach Bartholdi, both legs broken; B.
r. Mead Brooklyn, left leg broken:
Frank Irish. travelling passenger agent
of the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
road. collar bone broken; L. +. KEEP
pey, Brooklyn, slightly injured; j. Van
dergrff, 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 block system is not in use where
the accident occurred, but the railroad
employs an automatic signal system to
regulate the running Of trains. The
Chicago and New York express was
stopped. according to the engineer, by
signal. The eastern express coming up
from behind dashed into No. 10, send
ing a baggage car off the track and
crushing through into the Pullman
sleeper Barthold, which contained IL
passengers, the Pullman conductor and
colored porter. The engine of No. 6
did not come to a stop until half of
the sleeping car was reduced to kind
ling wood. The colored porter and the
passenger were caught right on top OF
the boiler. their bodies twisted to-
gcther with the debris and much man.
sed. The engine of No. 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-
gireer of train No. 6, and his fireman
jumped off, Both received /scalp
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 jmpediment to the
engine No. 9. which forced its way
through. The passengers on the Bar
tholGi were thrown forward amid
broken woodwork. escaping steam and
flying glass. The car toppled over on
It's side ana lay slanting against the
bank The unhurt passengers scrambled
through the windows. For two hours
two women and two men lay pinned
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