Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-30
|. ..,ls Rear. End Collision on the
|ol 4 wR.R, at Patcrson,Nj'
,n PERSONS ARE KILLED
a., Others Injured, several OF
,,,m Fatally Scenes Amer
The Disaster.

49, outside the station at the
{-I,sle street crossing at Paterson
k,st;.ii tonight. was run Into by a
...',,oylnr accommodation train.
| y. Y, ,,,m phillpsburg. n. j.. to Jer-
c,v At least six people were
| ,sa there are now twenty In
,he hospital at Paterson. sew
| a whom may die.
r., a,sd are, Mrs. Mary Rowe wife
AVA Rove Of iihaca,N.f.. and two
-. walter wclbrook. Cornell
= ithaca. y. VI Miller craig'
York cl,y, and one unknown wo-
ma Rove will die.
~ isiur,l arr: Miss Agnca' Me-
"a 1xfofd. y. N.,both lcgH broken.
..sgsi Mendclsohnn. Wllkesbartc.
Manic Doylc. BlnRhamp,on.
br1sen and crushed.
r.,ll noWp. Ithaca, husband OF the
- Killed, right leg crushed
M, Aafonson. Scranton, Pa, legs
jIs white, Ithaca. leg broken. badly
III, Hiron. Dover. n. j.. face and
! b tadly cut
~, Freedman. Scranton. Pa. legs
.isd and head bruised, ,
xa,fI.s Vemscn. brooklyn, thought
y Internally injured.
Ivnhm e. Osscl. Chicago. leg
ihi.
Iis,lI Maxwell. llackcttstown. y. j..
s,y bruised and cut.
~ Hlfalo express was waiting for
s5,lng " a local train that had been
va al the station and the Philips
accommodation was following the
- but a short distance behind.
~ fuo rear cars Of the express were
IA 10 pieces. most OF the paascn-
= a them being either Killed or In
~ The engine of the phllipHburg
= vas completely wrecked, the on
,.sr and fireman escaping by jump
ne engine plunged into the rear
q The express. Pullman day
IA and piourhcd through the heavy
bfs almost IT, entire length. This
gis lifted from the track and
80 the next TO the last car. also "A
nan. carrying IN It's end and al
q completely telcscoplng II. The
ne q the phillpaburg train wlia
q 10 pieces. The wrcckagc caught
bat the flames were soon cxtin-
bed
vnhIn few moments police re-
|rss hr,m.n and crowds ~ people
b. 70 the teacuc " those In the tor
\ nnge VI wood and iron,
T. ~ aaW...L sHWFta. aFfnanu and
dik and prayers Tor death or dellv-
lftt, Il was Intensely dark at the
fs ard as the broken wood was
l'a out q the wreck II was thrown
i.i flles Of the tracks. Then II was
q ire 10 furnish light for the rcs-
n
~ frmen. police and train hands
several score 81 citizens turned In
~ he fearful pile TO pieces. II was
litlt 10 draw the engine out, but
t2li not be- done. because II would
Iii IN death 10 some OF those im-
igatl IN the debris. Before th,
hfage was attacked there was the
y y man hanging half way out ol
q The rphr windows on one sid,
. woman hanging from q window
~ other slide Both were In real
HHH" AHAN al AANA NAAhNA wv ~
M the car and tore through II
N manglcd bodies werc crushed
'lsh the windows and hung be-
q NE sides 81 the car and tho en-
o.s man was found standing upon
tad IN q corner. held fast by IN,
ellFs which had piled about him
A.s laken out unconscious and II
NJ NNU1lThN h. A..
ahl proved 10 be Slightly In
liie Kane II Blnghnmpton. ". Y.
lound with her feet held fast be
l iso heavy beams. The remainder
poly was clear. but she had I,
Afie suffering great agony Whit
.sh were trying to get her out b.
Ns.lt down through heap OF broker
\. ehd iron and free the upper beam
~, Mcdonald OF oxford. ". y.
lkeh out with great difficulty
~ were fenrfully crushed. Sh
,inl terrible agony during the hnl
n y '9lk TO cut and free her.
DOVE, who " In the hospltn
~ right lea badly crushed. be
frantic when he found that hi
Va not in the hospital. lie be
i. we. NNN'it buA ne WIS HN
a, he VIII die.
-. ~ we mon killed II thought to b
NIelg OF New York. a pas
w 0'ok found on his body indicate
u +, VINO were chopping through tn
" lhe earn and freeing the Victim
,,, uesisi 10 piece Of splendl
~ when they came TO Sterling 5
~ q Cornell student, and a ncphc,
w. zoe Wheeler The boy lives I
.lh and was going 10 Philadel
y. way Il to see the football game be
y. .S,.olnell and the University q
s!Nania: Ills right leg was tof
", v I,angled and TANNED bctwec
~ non and wood work. but he wa
'"la when the rcscuers reache
H.,
n bother about me-" he yellc
W. tesguer8 There are womc
I'M ne. NJ Get them out first; I ca
~, ssshlle' Ny leg IN brokcn. See
nv anl the youth tried TO amll
w u thn praeunra soid as Ii