The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
ELEVEN MEN KILLED
They Were Moved Down Like so
Much Green Grass.
AT WORK ON A RAILROAD.
Terrible Accident'in a Fog on the
Pennsylvania Line Near Jer.
sey City. narrowing
Scenes.


fog that darkeued the rails of the Penn
sylvauia railroad early Friday morning
between jersey City and Harrison,
belated suburban train dashed into
gang Of workmen, killing II instantly
and injuring 4. Others had remarka-
bic escapes. All the victims lived in
Jersey City. The dead are:
Bodoski, Frank, aged 49.
Colasurdo, Giuseppi, Al, single.
Doherty, Thomas, Al, single.
Flanagan, Thomas, single.
Faggea, Joseph, 4S, single.
Lawless, Michael, "a, single.
LUCY, Nicola, "a, single.
Ludowski, Frank, 2l, single.
Puggo, Angelo, 25, single.
Sluminsky, Frank, 30.
Stinziano, Guiseppi, aged %, single.
INJURED.
Hoffman, Lawrence, went home.
Miller, Michael, went home.
Swaskowski, Frank, St. Francis hos
pital, will die,
Wangdon, John, St. Francis hospi-
tai.
The accident happened about two
and 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 are the shops and tracks
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Wes-
tern railroad. Foreman Quirk saw that
the fog might mean danger, so he sent
two men. Lawless and Doherty, to give
warning Of approaching trains. Law
less 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 from these trains
helped to make the atmosphere more
dense.
Suddenly about $50 there was
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. Almost
all Of them jumped over to track No. ],
the eastbound passenger track. The
heavy smoke enveloped them.
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 Milestone local, delayed
by fog, was coming along at the rate OF
40 miles an hour. Lawless was struck
and thrown 80 feet away, mangled and
bleeding. On went the train. Engi.
neer Vannostrand had scarcely noticed
the mans body flying through the air
when the engine struck Doherty; then
it ploughed into the mass of covering
men, who stood huddled together on
the track.
sit was an awful sight" said the en-
gineer later. 'There was mass Of legs
and arms and heads flying through the
air. I was drenched with blood. l
knew that something terrible had hap
pened and put on the air-brakes as fast
aspossible."
When the train came to "a standstill
the passengers rushed out. The track
was drenched in blood. The meadows
and the track looked like battlefield
covered with bodies. The shrieks Of
the dying men drowned the cries Of the
horrifed passengers. Women tainted
and men turned away in horror. Of the
19 men. nine were dead and SIX
wounded. Some one telephoned quick
ly to Jersey City. Many Of the bodies
still writhlng in mortal agony were
placed on the train and borne to the
city. Two Of the wounded men died
on the way. A relief train brought
back the others.