The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-01
CARELESSNESS
CAUSED DEATH.
Fatal Collision on Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western.
SIX PERSONS WERE KILLED.
Train Standing al the Station at Paterson
Run Into and Wrecked.
A CASE OF CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE.
Crew Of Train No. 96 Fully Aware That Another
Train Was Ahead and Should Fave Taken
Precautions TO Prsslt Accident

Paterson. N. j.. Dec. County Ply
sician Andrew f. Mcbride yesterday
began an investigation of the accident
on the Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western railroad Wednesday night.
which resulted i'm the Killing of six per-
sons and the iniuring more or less of
81. The dead are:
Alexander Craig OF Scranton, Pa.
business manager of the Scranton Tri-
bune
Esther S. Craig. his wife.
Esther Craig. their 15-year-old
daughter.
Jessie Craig. their 11-year-old daugh-
ter.
Mrs. May Bert Roe wife of David
Roe of Ithaca, N. Y.
Walter Jacob Walbrock. 10 years old.
New York city.
1t was not uni. yesterday forenoon
that the identification OF the two chill
dren killed was made positive. Pas
sengers had said they were with Mr..
and Mrs. Roe. but relatives of the Craig
family went 10 Paterson from Brook
lyn and identified the children as those
of the Craigs. The accident wiped our
THAI family. They were on their WY
to spend Thanksgiving with relatives
il Brooklyn.
All the injured in st. Joseph's hos
p.tal are reported TO be doing well,
Mlun the exception of Il. II. White, "A
druggist OF Ithaca,e whose legs are
crushed and who is suffering from
shock. He may die.
David Roe of Ithaca, who was re-
ported fatally hurt, Is now expected 20
recover. lie is much better today than
he was last night. He has not been
informed of the death of his Wife.
L.. G.. Russell, general superintendent
of the Lackawanna road. made the fol-
lowing statement concerning the acci-
dent.
"Tra,n No 90 overlook train ut
Dover. and picked up a flagman who
had been sent back by train NO. 6. Al
Lincoln Park. a few miles west or
Paterson, train 90 again overlook train
6, and then the flagman who had been
picked up was returned to train 3.
This fact shows that those in charge
of train No. SO We're fully cognizant or
the whereabouts of train No. .. Not
withstanding this knowledge, they
seemed to run into Paterson at care
less rate of speed. and to have run in
to train 6, which. | heard. was at the
station discharging passengers at the
tTfTne or the collision. Under the cir
cumstances those in charge OF train 30
seem 10 be wholly culpable. The crew
of this train has been suspended, and
ii is my intention TO make thorough
investigation.
Ithaca n. Y. Dec. 1.--David Roe, who
was injured. and wife killed. in the
Iackawanna wreck. is a prominent
dry goods merchant of this city. He
had no daughters His two sons, - and
u years old. left for Paterson yester-
day morning, Mr.. Roe formerly lived
at Watkins, n. Y, coming here in the
fall OF 81.
OF the most severely injured in the
wreck II are in st. JOseph's hospital
and two in the General hospital at
Paterson. Two Of the injured may die.
Engineer Riordan. Conductor w. j.
Burritt and the entire crew of the Phil
lipsburg local have been suspended in
definitely by Supt. Russell. Chief Clerk
Chapman Of the company SAYS: Train
No. had barely stopped before 96 ran
fntO the rear end Of No. 6. Snedeker,
the nagman Of No. 6. reports that he
dropped off the train while II was still
in motion and ran back with his Ian
tern He saws that No had not
stopped more than 45 seconds when No.
96 ran into her.
According to rule Snedeker should
have gone back half nile. but he did
- not have tiR4e.-4t-4l- evident that En-
gineer Riordan Of train No. 96 was at
fault for the collision. He disobeyed
his signals and disobeyed the rules of
the company in not having his train un-
der control i'm approaching a station"
Engineer Riordan of train 96 Ia AT his
home In Harrisburg. n. !. He Is IN 4
state OF complete collapse. The dhc-
tor I'm attendance said last night he
would not be SURPRISED " the accident
and the strain which followed left RE
ordan insane. Riordan has been rail
rOading for over 30 years and claims
never before TO have had an accident.
number OF the fremen Of Washing
ton have been mounted on BICYCLES