Evening star., 1899-11-30
Alexander Craig, His Wife and Two
Children Killed.
IN TRAIN WRECK At PATERSON, NJ.
Two Other Victims of Last Nights
Accident Unidentified.
WOUN NDED DOING WELL

| NEW YORK, November 30.-The bodies
| of the six persons killed in last nights
wreck on the Delaware, Lackawanna and
| Western railroad. were positively identified
| today Those killed were:
| Alexander Craig of Scranton, Pa, busi-
| ness manager of the Scranton Tribune.
| Esther s. Craig, his wife.
| Esther Craig, their ffteen-year-old
| daughter.
Jessie Craig their eleven-year-old daugh
| ter
! Mrs May Bert Roe wife of David Roe of
Ithaca, N. Y.
Walter Jacob Walbrook. nineteen years
old. of New York city. Mr.. Walbrook was
| student at Cornell.
1t was not until today that the identifica-
ton of the two children killed was made
positive. Passengers had said they were
with Mr.. and Mrs. Roe, but relatives of
the Craig family went to Paterson from
Brooklyn today and identified the children
as those Of the Craigs. The accident wiped
out the family. They were on their way
to spend Thanksgiving with relatives in
Brooklyn.
All of the injured persons in the hospitals
at Paterson are doing well. and 1t is be-
lieved that all of them will recover.
Account of the Wreck.
The east-bound Buffalo express on the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road. while standing outside the station at
the Van Wrinkle street crossing at Pater-
son, y. j., last night was run into by a
swiftly moving accommodation train run
ming from Philipsburg, n. j., to Jersey
City.
Besides the six persons who We're killed
there are twenty injured in the hospital
at Paterson.
The Buffalo express was in charge of
Conductor CapWcll. The PhllIpsburg train
was iii charge of Conductor Burke, with
Engineer Reardon.
The Buffalo express was waiting for a
local train to move that had been delayed
at the station. and the Phllipsburg ac-
C0nmodation was following the express
but a short distance behind. The two rear
cars of the express Were smashed TO pieces,
most OF the passengers them being
among the killed or wounded. The engine
of the Phillipsburg train was completely
wrecked, the engineer and fireman escaping
by jumping.
Express Was Late.
The express was forty-five minutes late
and the accommodation was following very
closely. When Engineer Reardon saw the
lights ahead the distance was too short to
avoid a collision. His train was going at
ful! speed The engine plunged into the
rear car of the express, a Pullman day
coach, and plowed through the heavy tim
Dc4S dliiIOSt It's Cii(lIe llInll MS car was
lifted from the track and pushed to the
next to the last car also Pullman, carry
ing off its end and almost completely tel
escoping it, The engine of the Philipsburg
train was torn to pieces. The wreckage
caught fire, but the flames were soon ex-
tinguished.
Within a few moments police reserves,
hremen and great crowds of people came TO
the rescue of those in the terrible tangle of
wood and iron. From the wreck came
groans and Shrieks and prayers for death
or deliverance. 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 rescuers
Before the wreckage was attacked there
was the body of a man hanging half way
out of one of the rear windows on one side
and woman hanging from a window on
the other side. Both were in rear seats in
the rear car. and when the engine struck
their mangled bodies were crushed through
the windows and hung between the sides Of
the car and the engine
Awful Scenes at the Wreck.
The rescuers took men and women out of
the wreckage in rapid succession, and they
were hurried away to the hospitals. In
many cases it was necessary TO chop away
the wreckage about the injured in order 10
get them out. One man was found stand
ing upon his head in a corner held fast by
the wreckage. which had piled I'D about
him. He was taken out unconscious and
1t was thought he was dead, but he revived
and proved to be but slightly injured.
Lizzie Kane of Binghamton, n. Y, was
found with her feet held 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 digging 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 ter
rible agony during the half hour ii took 10
cut and free her.
The dead were carried into the depot
David Roe, who is in the hospital with
his right leg badly crushed, became frantic
when he found that his wife was not In the
hospital He believed she was killed, but
he was not told So
The Whites, father and son, were found
with their arms about each other The