New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-30
WRECK ON LACKAWANNA.
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,r,eck was averted. Immediately ai'er inc
"a, a policeman on duty at the station turned
4, call for the fremen and the police reserves
"a within few minutes they were on hand.
r,~ .rovds collected. and every one who could
.,-red IN TO get out the dead and injured from
~. terrible tangle Of wood and iron.
r-or, the wreck came groans and shieks. and
,.-s for death or deliverance. 1t was In
..ss,v dark at the scene and. as the broken
rood was taken out Of the wreck 1t was thrown
% the sides Of the tracks. Then 1t was made
,.,o b,s bonfres TO furnish light for the res
euers.
The Aremen police train hands and several
azores Of other persons turned in to rip the
fearful pile 10 pieces. It was desirable to draw
the engine out, but this could not be done be-
,.,ss u would result in death to some OF those
,,,nrisoned in the debris.
Agnes Mcdonald. of oxford. was taken out
Nth great difficulty. The bones were broken
4, both legs. AMI in her left leg the tissue is
,o,a 70 he fearfully lacerated by the ends Of
~. broken bones She suffered terrible agony
during the half hour it took to free her from
the wreckage.
Tn. dead were carried into the station and
,laced on the floor, with blankets from the
coaches over them.
Superintendent Russell of the road, reached
The scene from Hoboken shortly after 10 o'clock,
and took charge OF affairs He ordered every
thing possible TO be done for the injured, and
directed that the dead be cared for as best they
might be.
The Lackawanna crosses New Jersey by two
routes on the main line trains pass south of
psssaic and enter Paterson at the lower end OF
the city From there they travel TO Denville.
where they cross at right angles the line Of the
other division, the Morris and Essex. The Nor
ris and Essex runs through Newark. the
Oranges Summit and Morrstown, and beyond
Denville swings around in half circle and runs
upon the main line tracks. just east OF Dover.
From that point to Washington the two divi-
sions run over the same tracks At Washington
the Norris and Essex trains dlverge and run 10
Phillipsburg and Easton. The main line swings
70 the north. and by way Of oxford Furnace and
Delaware Water Gap passes into Pennsylvania
ON THE MAIN LINE.
With few exceptions the trains over the main
line are fast ones, the bulk Of the local traffic
being diverted as far as possible to the Morris
and Essex division The wreck occurred on the
main line
Daniel Roe. who is in the hospital with his
right leg badly crushed. became frantic when
he found his wife was not in the hospital. He
said she had leaped out OF the window Of the
car She was killed and her body was found
in the car. crushed between seat and some
debris
The Whites. father and son. were found with
their arms about each other. The sons leg Is
broken, while the father is badly bruised, and
his face and hands are cut by flying glass.
The only one hurt on the rear train was John
Maxwell. the fireman. He jumped from the en-
CINE and his leg was broken.
CLERGYMAN's TIMELY AID.
One OF the first to rush to the aid Of the In
jured was the Rev. c. S. Bullock. pastor of the
haywood Neighborhood Church. Chicago who
was in the car Just ahead Of the two that were
wrecked He was on his way to Crawford, N. J..
10 preach q Thanksgiving sermon. He said the
train left Binghamton ten minutes late. and lost
more time because Of a hot journal some dis
lance west Of Paterson. Mr. Bullock was talk
ing to MI Bridgman. the auditor Of the road,
when the crash came He said II sounded like
the explosion Of large gasolene tank.
Rushing TO the rear platform and seeing at
q glance what had happened he seized one Of
the axes in his car and lost no time in cutting
way into the telescoped cars.
He was assisted in this by the crew. Mr..
Bullock said that he was delayed in getting an
by his inability TO break for some time the
quarter inch thick glass that formed the lid Of
the case in which the was kept The fact
heroism OF one Of the workmen. Common lamps
were given to the workmen, and one Of these
broke after the man that carried II had en-
tered the dark interior OF the smashed car
caught fire the horror Of an uncomfortable fire
would have been added. Holding his hands in
the form of bowl the workman caught nearly
every drop Of the oil and walked deliberately
out OF the car with his hands full Of fame.
He threw the oil and glass well away from the
wreck. but his hands were badly burned.
Mr.. Bullock said that while the rear car had
shot up above the next car in front Of IT the
floor Of the ast car had stuck 10 the trucks ana
IN pushing forward had hurled the people to the
forward part OF the other car
Many passengers were injured because of the
Violence with which the seats were hurled over.
IN many cases pinning the passengers to the
sides of the cars