The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-01

He was severely bruised about the
head. From the number of wounds
death must have been instantaneous.
His skull was fractured and his chest
crushed.
All will Recover.
All the injured will recover with the
possible exception of @. II. White. He
Is 65 years Of age and Is suffering
severely from shock resulting from his
crushed legs. His son, John White, Is
not seriously injured.
The two Binghamton girls, Mary
Doyle and Lizzie Kane were on their
way to Florida, to Introduce a new
cigar-rolling device, controlled by
Blnghamton parties, and in the opera
tion OF which they are very expert.
Miss Kanes brother and sister, and
Miss Doyles sister are with them at
the general hospital
William c. Burritt, of Roseville. N.
j., the conductor of No. 96, was injured
internally in the wreck, but he did not
become aware of the fact in the ex-
citement. He was slightly stunned at
first but recovered Immediately and
assisted wherever he could lend
hand. He remained around until after
/ o'clock. when he suddenly collapsed
and fell to the ground without a word.
The men with whom he had been con-
versing were so astonished that they
looked around for the cause, thinking
at first that he had been struck. He
was taken to the Barclay street depot
and conveyed from there In the ambu-
lance to st. Joseph's hospital, where
the physicians pronounced him inter.
nally hurt. His condition tonight was
not of the best, but 1t is thought that
he will pull through all right.
Burrtt has been a conductor on the
road since 1859 and this is the first ac-
cident he has ever been connected
with.
Thought He Had Clear Track.
No one will attempt to offer any rea
sonable explanation as to how the acci-
dent occurred, except Engineer Rior
dan, of the accommodation, took it for
granted that he had a clear track with
out going to the trouble of looking
ahead. He himself saws he did not
know the express stopped at Paterson
| at all.
The rules of the road require that
every train shall approach a station
| under full control
General Superintendent f. c. Russell,
of the Lackawanna road, in discussing
| the wreck, said:
Train 96 ran into train No. g. Both
were eastbound, the former being the
| PhillipsburE accommodation and the
latter the Buffalo express. The trains
were together at Dover where train %
| picked UP the flagman of No. 6, the
flagman having been sent back to pro-
| tect his train. Train 96 overlook No.
| at Lincoln Park and the fiagman of No
| got on his own train. No. So was
| fully cognizant of how close No. was
to 1t. Notwithstanding this, the en-
| gineer of 96 proceeded at a careless
speed and ran into the rear of No. 6
which was doing station duty at the
Paterson depot. The flagman of No.
had got off his train and had onl!
walked a car length when he noticed
the accommodation train approach. TIL
crash then occurred"
Clerk Chapman's Statement.
Chief Clerk Chapman, at the Della
ware Lackawanna and Western office
in Hoboken, gave out the following
statement:
"Our reports show that the Chicago
Buffalo and New York express trail
No. approached the Paterson station
at 7.45 o'clock. 1t consisted of min
cars two passenger coaches on tn
rear end. 1t stopped a little to tn
west of the station, because the west
bound passenger train No. was al
ready in the station.
"The rules of the company requir
that on the double track system. Will
a train is already at the station, a
approaching trains shall stop well out
side of the station. While No. wa
standing therein fact, it had barrel
stopped-local No. 90 ran into the rea
end of Nc. 6. The rear coach telt
scoped over in front of ii. So far q
we are able to learn. there were eigf
or ten passengers in the rear coac
and about forty in the other.
civilian Snedaker, ilagman of N
, G, reports that he dropped off the trai
! while it was still in motion and ra
back with his lantern. He says No.
! had not stopped for more than forty
! five seconds when No. 96 ran into
, ! According to the rules Snedaker shoul
, | have gone back half a mile, but
: did not have time. 1t is evident Ell
/ gineer Riordans train, No. SO, was
, fault for the collision. He disobeye
the signals and disobeyed the rules
| the company in not having his tra
) under control while approaching II
station. The rules are very explicit c
I | that point"
A Horrible Scene.
A horrible scene was witnessed /
, the hundreds who lined the hillock (
: the west side of the track watching Il
work of the rescuers. Two student
a struggling to eXtricate themselves fro
! the debris that pinned them down, we
surrounded by the dead bodies of thr
| women, whose limp forms lay beneat
a pile of wreckage, near the car.
2 Occasionally the suffering men wou
/ utter piercing cries, calling to the mi
D who were making attempts to rescl
= them, that their legs were being brCI
/. en-. The agonized expressions on the
faces was an incentive to the rescu
/, to double their efforts TO afford reli
n to the sufferers, and trainmen and fir
y men fought with desperation to redu
the mass of wreckage that held 4
d men down.
e The immense bonfire that had be-
s built at the side of the tracks bright
1 illuminated the side of the car and t