Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-30
...AIs Uear-E End Collision on the
WR.R, al PatersOn,N'L
: PERSONS ARE KILLED.
- Others Injured, Several Of
,.,m Fatally-Seenes After
the Disaster.

a .sUllIlt sNNNN
,trg tonight. was run into by a
.,,.ooylng accommodation train,
"a from Philipsburg, n. j., to Jer-
rev At least six people were
I and there are now twenty in
Ksn the hospital at Paterson, sew
| 4 whom may die.
NJ dead are: Mrs. Mary Rowe, wife
naa Rowe Of Ithaca, NY. and two
,A,sr. walter Welbrook, Cornell
.s Ithaca, ~ Y; Miller Craig,
York City, and one unknown wo-
1,rl Rove viii die.
1s injured are: Miss Agnes' Me-
,sB oxford. n. Y. both legs broken.
.,ngsl Menlesohnn, Wllkesbarre,
|. broken,
m" Mamie Doyle, Blnghampton,
broken and crushed.
Knvl Rove. Ithaca, husband Of the
,sn Killed. right leg crushed.
| 0.lsr Aaronson, Scranton, Pa, legs
jis White, Ithaca, leg broken, badly
ly glass.
flo.s Baron, Dover, n, j., face and
h badly cut.
4 I'M Freedman. Scranton, Pa, legs
he'd and head bruised.
XcssrIes Remsen. Brooklyn, thought
y Internally injured.
william c. Ossel Chicago. leg
seed.
Ilanlel Maxwell, Hackettstown, n. j.,
usy bruised and cut.
ne Buffalo express was waiting for
4 roylng o. local train that had been
ied al the station and the Philips
M accommodation was following the
rS but q short distance behind.
/ M Two rear ears Of the express were
hen TO pieces, most Of the passen-
r In them being either killed or in
a The engine Of the Phllipsburg
sn was completely wrecked, the en-
her and fireman escaping by jump
The engine plunged into the rear
! o. the express, a Pullman day
i,h. and ploughed through the heavy
rAsN almost It's entire length. This
] vas lifted from the track and
shed the next TO the last car, also a
lman, carrying of its end and al
! u completely telescoping II. The
fgnt Of the Phillpsburg train was
D. 10 pieces. The wreckage caught
but the flames were soon extln-
she'd
Within a few moments police re-
~ hremen and crowds OF people
~ 70 the rescue Of those In the ter
D b. hngIe Of wood and iron.
Ti0m the wreck came groans and
l-sks and prayers for death or dellv-
Pro Il was intensely dark at the
p and as the broken wood was
-eit.n out Of the wreck II was thrown |
De sies Of the tracks, Then IL was
% FIRE TO furnish light for the res
b.
1 ne lNmen, police and train hands |
several score Of citizens turned In |
4 ~ ne fearful pile TO pieces. II was |
slls 10 draw the engine out. but |
4 could not be done, because II would |
hli u death TO some Of those i'm
'ghsd In the debris. Before the .
l.tAgs was attacked there was the
l.y o. man hanging half way out Of |
/ o. The rear windows on one side
4 woman hanging from a window
We other side. Both were In rear
8 u ne rear car, and when the en-
hI The car and tore through It
f. manged bodies were crushed
y.sn the windows and hung be-
p NE sides Of the car and the en-
e @aa was found standing upon
lsla IN a corner held fast by the
.Aase which had piled about him.
'S aken out unconscious and Il |
W0lghl he was dead, but he re-
T. ana proved 10 be slightly in
llle Kane Of Binghampton. N. Y,
.ylhl with her feet held fast be-
4. ,s9 heavy beams. The remainder
a Doly was clear, but she had to
~ae suffering great agony while
4, IVA We're trying to get her out by
s,1s Gown through a heap of broken
Y. end ron and free the upper beam. !
80 =, Mcdonald OF oxford, n. Y,
eheh out with great difficulty.
~ were fearfully crushed. She
=, 49, 7. terrible agony during the half
~ \. I, '9ok TO cut and free her.
II, " Dove, who Is In the hospital
.s hight leg badly crushed. be-
\. , uahuc when he found that his
~, vas n, not in the hospital. He be-
= !, slg was Killed, but he was not
n. " u me men killed is thought TO be
~, tNlslg OF New York. A pass
\ O'0E found on his body indicates
\ X VINO .i were chopping through the
- , ~. jug cars and freeing the victims
49, ~'-,el 10 a piece Of splendid
m Wahen they came 10 Sterling $.
NJ, eofnell student. and a nephew
~, zoe Wheeler The boy lives In
!, XIV ana was going 10 Philadel-
y, ~ cl % see the football game be-
,s,,.s,.V lneh and the University OF
N ,..sa, His right leg was ter
,yv I,. ,-.s and TANNED between
49,. nyu and wood work. but he was
\ ''-s When the rescuers reached
nv bother about me-" he yelled
IN 'escuers There are women
/, ss41i nel them out first: | can
hi. ~N'.g, NY leg Is broken. See Il
81 ana Tie youth tried to smile.
ma lhs rescuers said as he
te away You are a brave
iA a .r know about that" said
q cs.Ny but my mother is a sis
n, ~ ny Joe Wheeler. and | guess
n nv vac right stun In me"
h, 70 which he referred as
~. vas mashed almost into a
n NJ mass and II "wlggled" be-
! ksrs,sU ZONES were spllntered and n
,orrs , ~, simply by shrcds OF flesh
doo,,u,s sues. At the hospital later
4 IA ' .s made immediate prepara-
-,.Y ssmputate II.
M =. q. Russell OF the I.acka-
~ made this statement,
lstis, 40 W the Phlllpsburg accom-
IA overlook train No 6. the
4 sasaliess, al Dover. and picked
!, orsr r'aii VINO had been sent back.
1 ,i.ook No. 6 again al lincoln
a AbS \, d Few miles west Of Pat
q tai, ,'I 'he No. 6 flagnan returned
\ Te,u l Those IN CHARGE Of train
Jnlty' :, mus fully cognizant OF the
|, No ~ standing this knowledge
q al 4 - seems to have entered Pat !
ave nun gia a. s, rate Of speed and