The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-30

New York, Nov. 29.-The eastbound
Buffalo express on the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western road, while
standing outside the station at the Van
Wrinkle street crossing at Paterson, n.
j., at 7:45 tonight, was run into by a
swiftly moving accommodation train.
bound from Philippsburg, N. j., to Jer-
sey City At least six people We're killed
and there are now 20 injured at the
hospital in Paterson, several of whom
may die. The dead as far as at present
known, are:
MRS. MARY ROE. wife of David Roe
of Ithaca N. Y, and two daughters
WALTER WELBROCK, Cornell coll
lege Ithaca, N. Y.
MILLER CRAIG, New York.
An unknown woman
The body that was thought to be that
of a boy proved to be the young daugh-
ter of Mrs. Roe.
The injured include:
Miss Agnes Mcdonald, Oxford, N. Y,
both legs broken. 5
Samuel Mendelsohn, NHkesbarre, legs
broken.
Miss Mamie Doyle, Binghamton, arm
broken, and bruised.
Miss Lizzie Kane, Binghamton, feet
crushed.
David Roe, Ithaca, husband of the
woman killed, right leg crushed.
Oscar Aronson, Scranton, Pa, legs
crushed.
John White, Ithaca, leg broken, badly
Louis Baron. Dover, n. j., face and
body badly cut.
Louis Freedman. Scranton, Pa, legs
crushed and head bruised.
Charles Remsen, Brooklyn, internally
injured.
William c. ossel Chicago, leg
Daniel Maxwell, Hacisettstown, N. j.,
seriously bruised and cut.
The Buffalo express was waiting for
the moving of a local train that had
been delayed at the station, and the
Philippsburg accommodation was fol-
lowing the express but a short distance
behind.
The two rear cars of the express were
broken to pieces most of the passen
gers in them being either killed or in
iured. The engine of the Philippsburg
train was completely wrecked. The
engineer and fireman escaped by jump
ing. The engine plunged into the rear
car of the express. a Pullman day
coach, and plowed through the heavy
tmhers almost it's entir. length. This
car was lifted from the track and
pushed into the next to the last car,
also Pullman, carrying off its end
and almost completely telescoping it.
The engine of the Philippsburg train
was torn to pieces. The wreckage
caught fire, but the flames We're soon
extinguished.
Within a few moments police re-
serves, firemen and crowds of people
came to the rescue of those in the ter
rible tangle of wood and iron.
From the wreck came groans and
shrieks and prayers for death or de-
liverance. 1t was intensely dark at the
scene and as the broken wood was
taken out of the wreck it was thrown
to the sides of the track. Then it was
set on fire to furnish light for the res
cuers.
The firemen, police and train hands
and several score of citizens turned in
to rip the fearful pile to pieces.
1t was desirable to draw the engine
out but this could not be done because
it would result in the death of some
imprisoned passengers. Before the
wreckage was attacked there was seen
the body of a man hanging half way
out of one of the rear windows on one
side and a woman hanging from a Win
dow on the other side Both We're in
rear seats in the rear car. and when the
engine hit the car and tore through il
through the windows and hung be-
tween the sides of the car and the en-
gine.
One man was found standing upon
his head in a corner, held fast by the
wreckage which had piled about him.
He was taken out unconscious and 1t
was thought he was dead, but he re-
vived and proved to be slightly in
jured.
Lizzie Kane of Binghamton. N. Y,
was found with her foot fast between
two heavy beams. The remainder of
her body was clear, but she had to lie
there suffering great agony while the
men We're trying to get her out by dig
ging down through a heap of broken
wood and iron and free the upper
beam.
Agnes Mcdonald of Oxford, n. Y,
was taken out with great difficulty.
Her legs were fearfully crushed. She
suffered terrible agony during the half
hour it took to free her.
David Roe. who is in the hospital
with his right leg badly crushed. be-
came frantic when he found that his
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