The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-11-19
DEATH IN DENSE FOG.
Gang of Railroad LabOrers Run
Down by Train,
ELEVEN KILLED, FIVE INJURED,

The Men, jumping From One Track
to Escape a Trnin, Leapcd in Front
of II Local Hu.hing Along at Forty
Miles an Hour.
Jersey City, Nov. 19.-In the gloom
Of smoke, storm and fog that darkened
the rails of the Pennsylvania railroad
yesterday morning between Jersey City
and Harrison a belated suburban train
dashed in;C a gang of workmen, killing
IL and lnjuring four. Five others had
remarkable escapes. All the victims
lived in Jersey city.
The dead are: Frank Bodoski, aged
As; Giuseppe Colasurdo, 81; Thomas
Doherty. a.; Thomas Flanagan; Jo-
seph Faggea. As; Michael Lawless, "a;
Nicola Lucci, "a, Frank Ludowski, q;
Angelo PuEgO. %; Frank Slumsky, 30;
Giussppe Stinziano, %. Bodosk and
Slumisky leave families. Frank Swaz-
kowski is dying at St. Francis hospital
The accident happened about two
and one-half miles west OF Jersey City,
Just beyond the HaCkensack river
bridge. At that point there are four
tracks, two devoted to passenger and
two to freight traffic. At the north
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad. Foreman Quirk took out
gang Of 10 men at s a. m, to repair
track No. 4-the westbound freight
track-at that place. Quirk saw that
the fog might mean danger, so he sent
ahead two men, Lawless and Doherty,
to give warning of approaching trains.
Lawless was to go west and Doherty
east, and cover all the tracks They
were to shout warnings at the approach
of trains The passenger tracks were
kept busy with incoming suburban
trains, and the dense smoke and steam
from these trains helped to make the
atmosphere more dense.
Suddenly, about $3.50, there was a
shout from Lawless, who was the ad-
vance guard of the gang. Train on
No. g." he cried. 1t was an eastbound
freight train that came along slowly,
leaving behind it 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 tC
track No. l, keeping all the time {
sharp lookout. Suddenly there was {
| rumble of wheels and the shrek of
whistle. The Milestone local, delaye'
| by fog, was coming along at the rat
| of 40 miles an hour Lawless wa
| struck and thrown 30 feet away, man
| gled and bleeding. on went the train
| Engineer Van Nostrand had scarcel,
noticed the mans body flying through
| the air when the engine struck Doher
| ty; then 1t ploughed into the mass o
| covering men, who stood huddled to
| gether on the track.
"It was an awful sight" said the en-
| glneer later. "There was mass OF
| legs and arms flying through the air
| I was drenched with blood. I knew
| that something terrible had happened
| and put on the air brakes as hard as
| possible"
When the train came to a standstil
| the passengers rushed out. The track
| was drenched with blood. The mead
| ows and the track looked like a battle
| field covered with bodies. The shrieks
| OF the dying drowned the cries of thC
Mortified passengers. Women tainted
and men turned away in horror. o.
| the 19 men nine We're dead and sis
| wounded.
Someone telephoned quickly to Jer
sey City. Many of the bodies, still
writhing in mortal agony, We're placed
on the train and borne to the city Tw,
of the wounded died on the way. !
relief train brought back the others.