New-York tribune., 1899-01-10

drawn by Engine No. 500. running from New
York to Bound Brook had left South Plainfeld
and proceeding on the proper track at
speed OF forty miles an hour
mile east OF Lincoln is a little group OF
houses and the water tanks Of the Central
Railroad OF New w-Jersey The place is known
the Greenbrook tanks The Jersey Central
Railroad runs parallel with the Lehgh Valley
from Bound Brook TO that point At the tanks
the Lehigh Valley takes turn to the right and
swings around to the southeast close by dense
woods that hides any approaching train until
II is almost at the sharp part of the curve. Just
beyond the beginning OF the curve there is n
grade crossing and a signal tower from which
the block signals are controlled.
THE CRASH CAME WITHOUT A WARNING.
The two trains approached each other at a
rapid rate Owing TO the intervening trees
neither engineer saw the other train until too
late The only witness of the accident was
John J. Kioran Of Elizabethport. section hand
on the Jersey Central. who was at work on that
railroad opposite the place where the collision
occurred. He saw the engineer of the west
bound local spring backward from his cab when
the trains were twenty feet apart. then saw the
two engines come together with great crash
and apparently toppe over the engineer. When
the locomotives struck they rose up into the
air and Tell over 10 one sue VI tHe ildOh, tHc
engine on the express being swung clear around
so that it faced the direction 1t had come. The
first car of the express was driven into the
wrecked heap of mechanism. and the tender or
the engine of that train was forced half the
length of the first car. The other cars were ho'
injured. and did not leave the rails
The engine of the westbound local fell over on
fits side. The cars on that train three IN num-
her remained on the track. The fatalities were
confined to the crews OF the two trains ana the
occupants of the first car in the thlrd secuon
Of the Hazleton express. The occupants OF po.h ,
trains were badly shaken UP. bruised ana terri
fed. The crash of the collision was foHoWeo 10y
the screams of the frightened passengers me
occupants Of the cars were thrown Iroin ~ ~
seats by the collision. but they rushed out 1e"
moments later. After the first fright ana 'he
passengers realized that the worst was over
they hurried TO the aid OF the injured ana oesa"
the work Of relief.
PHYSICIANS HURRY TO THE SCENE
Word was hurriedly sent TO Lincoln. and as
patches were sent from there to Palnheid anu
Bound Brook. special locomotive was sent
from this city at once. carrying Drs Fritts'
Buchanan and Zeglio and Mrs J. A Haynes.
who had large stock of bandages with her'
DR.. F. A. Wild and c. r. F. Fisher OF Bouhd
Brook: Dr. ]. F. Hecht. of Rartan. and Dr. w
J. Nelson. of Newmarket. also answered 'he re-
quest for aid. Several surgeons from flemihs-
ton arrived late in the afternoon.
As fast as the injured could be rescued from
the wreck they were carried over TO the tracks
Of the Jersey Central and placed on board trains
there and brought to this city. Twenty-three
were taken to Muhlenberg Hospital. Nine men
and one woman were taken through W jersey
City.
The dead were carried out and laid on the
bank OF Green Brook which runs close oy'
until transportation arrived to take them AVA,
The two engines lay locked in one anotner
embrace pointing toward the east oo'n "vIe
completely wrecked. and the covering Oh Ihe
ho{i tenders torn away lie
first car Of the express was also wrecked
The westbound local had been drawn by In
CINE No 300 +. ". Rich. of Bound BROOK, was
the engineer and William Cheshire. OF Bound
Brook the fireman. Rich jumped but was IN
5ured internally by the fall HIS hreman was
cut about the head but soon crawled out OF me
wreck IoOr Price Of Bound Brook was the
conductor Of that train; Ralph L. Reed OF
Sullivan, of Bound BrooK. " prakeidH' ->i'
were slightly injured.
THE TENDER PLOUGHs THROUGH CAR.
The HazIeton express was drawn by Engine
No 4S6 of which James Pendergast. Of Easton,
was the engineer The conductor OF the train
was Harry Bldile of Easton The brakemen
were Freeman Snyder and Charles DalrympIe'
OF Easton. and the news agent was WlHam an
Keifer Of Easton. Pendersast was caught pe
meath the wreck Of his engine and was pinned
there by some Of the heavy lronworh that
rested on his legs. When the rescuers reached
him he was conscious. and calmly q,recleu .ea
taken out with his feet and legs mashed 70
pulp. G..
The greatest disaster was wrought in the first
car Of the express train, through which the
tender of the engine had ploughed. Those who
had occupied the front seats Of that car must
have been instantly killed. for their bodies were
found mashed and bleeding beneath the wreck
age Of the tender. The bodies were mutilated
almost beyond identification. the heads being
nearly torn from the bodies in several instances,
limbs torn off and bodies cut and twisted. Sew
eral Of the injured were pinned in their places
by the wreckage in the fore part of the car ana
had 10 be dug and cut out OF their precarl"us
positions.
THIRTEEN BODIES TAKEN OUT
superintendent w o Spriggs and two wreck
ing trains arrived on the scene OF the disaster
shortly after o'clock They attended to the
relief of the injured before any attempt was
made TO clear away the wreck Thirteen bodies
were taken out If the wreck1ge most of which
were terribly mangled. They were removed from
their resting place by the side of the tracks and
placed In the Pullman car that was the last car
in the Hazelton express. They were then taken
10 Bound Brook Ten of the bodies were those
OF men and three were women While there was
no attempt made at anything like organized eff
fort at the wreck the officials Of the company
tried to get list of the killed and injured. but
only three Of the bodies taken from the wreck
could be identified The rest are so badly nu-
tilated that it may be impossible 10 identity
them Special Officer Gallagher of the railroad
detective force took list or all the injured
whom he could find
WAS PASSENGER IN THE DEATH CAR.
David Hand and Lewis Corei, Of Shamokin.
Penn were among those in the flrst car Of IN"
express They occupied seat together four
seats from the end Of the car. Corell was
seen by Tribune reporter He told the follow
ing story OF his experience:
my friend Hand and myself were going to
New-York to see the sights but we are seeing
oh down or the pro-
gramme and which | hope we will never see
again. 1t is prOvidential that We are able TO 90
this though. We had just passed the scene Oh
the wreck OF the freight a short distance east
of Bound Brook. and were talking Of the sight.
when heard the locomotive Of our train whist
ling in a terrific manner | looked out or the
ho ~ track ahead