The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-30
SIX KILLED IN COLLISION.
D.,I. ". LOCAL CRASHES INTO
pr,R or EXPRESS At PATERSON.

p,,r.., wn. waiting Outside the Bar-
c,,y street station for the Chicago west
,,ura to Draw Ont When the Local
,,,,.a Into It-Day Coach Telescoped.
SERIOUS accident occurred last night
an tho Delaware. Lackawanna ana west
AZ, Railroad within 100 yards OF the
parclay street station at Paterson. n. D.
:, vos n rear end collision between two
.soreer trains and. according to the
,,rrood mpany. was due TO disobedience OF
,.asrs m the part OF q fiaeman and an engi-
,oo, Six lives are known to have been lost
.natverty.two injured men and women. most
~ whom were taken to the two hospitals IN
po,e-s,r Others. not SO badly hurt, were
broorsf TO Hoboken.
Tho following Is the list OF the killed and
wounded:
THE KILLED.
ror. Mns. DAVID. ithaca, N Y. body found under
'I R,lTwo girls believed to be the daughters Of
III. Noe Ss: az 400 Heusti, street. Utica. stu
ds M,S unidentified believed to be willard Craig of
WSa,S. unidentified. 80 years old. silh under i,i,
clothing. taken from under ths wreck iors "'ar
the others. believed to be Mrs. Craig.
SOME or THE INJURED.
,,yy,nF. o. Chicago. Leg. broken. torn about
.ti5iacn. st, Joscph's Hospital. - a.
,NSSsSS OSCAR. 3la PennsylSsnia avenue. scran-
IN. Both legs broken st. 'oseph' Hospital rat
B|noS, Icup v, Dover, y. J.; badly Gu, ,eOp.
cSSpLEl. A. B. New York; suffering from shock
'I mrYL T NtnT. Bingh.mton ribs broken. General
hpp5KTt',H, W H.. 4as East Seventeenth street, New
York St Joscph's Hospital shock aud COMMISSIONS
sir nnaSnI ia, side nnrsd J1sSpss Hospital
GonpoS, }. ls5a ffih avenue New York 81
I4Wr' ! r.. IT,. 49, south Ninth street, BROOKLYN.
,on u Resstr.elcet Howe, bruised and cut about
''S T.S'tsI"S. WILLIAM. Michigan; ankle hurt.
Nc M%n 10 Mr. NoSrs oxford Pa fractured leg.
k .i' ISay. Bihsh.mton, ankle hurt General
M.S%rrI, D,SiEl. HAcke,tstown, y, j.. fireman
oftratn No. %. night les broken ST. 'o'ephS HOS
'H,,rrIsouS sANrEt, az North Hontei street:
MY ,;s s,nSS .n ,,r.f S:. Ss- York
PiIrr Cu,RLEs. $50 Tompkins avenue; BROOKLYN;
Law student Cornell lower limbs injured badly st.
Ers,IS' CalHIE re O.. a2S Ssskirk avenue. Brook.
9 '4S . .51s ScdG St. idsSpS
RoE. Dawn Ithaca. y. W taken TO ~; Josephs
Hospital believed to be fatally injured Both legs
sz;1TfI,, cu,R.r; scranton. Pa: t,ss torn;
shoulder dislo, A,ed. treated by DR.. ellison OF
sS;ra. STERLING j. scranton. Pa; badly, bruised
Abou, shoulders asd tace, 81. Joseph's Hospital.
Wnlfl. G. H.. Ihass. y Y; removed to s.
TarTr. John. Ithaca. cut and bruised about head
and body.
Both trains in the accident were late. Train
No g. the Manhattan Special from Buffalo. was
due at Paterson at $3.50 L. VI. Train No. ei
from Pitts5urg was due at Paterson at 1928
o'clock The accident occurred at 7:+4.
According 10 the rules Of the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western road. two'trains car =
rot pass a station at the same time. When
train No. approached tho Barclay street
station II found that train No. 7.
the Chicago vestibuled Express. was
due TO leave there west bound at 0:+2. Train
No 3 stopped 100 yards west OF 1.-The station
ani waited for the Chicago train to pass on
rs way westward. As soon a. the train
stopped William Snedeker. the fagman OF
the train. jumped from the rear coach and ran
back with his lantern intending TO signal
train No. a5 which he know WAS soon due.
H. said last night that before he!had gone the
distance OF two telegraph poles train SO was
upon him and that In spite OF his signals the
engineer was unable to check the enGiue In
time to prevent the collision.
Train No. So was in charge OF Conductor
". j. Burritt Of Rosedale Engineer John
kiordan OF Newark. and Daniel Maxwell
o. Hackettstown. fireman. There is no
block system on that section OF the
road. One Ia being installed now.
hut at present the road is run
under the johnson system OF signals.
which conslsts merely OF displaying red shields
In the day and red lamps at night to show that
the track ahead Is occupied. Conductor Burritt
and Engineer Riordan both declared last
night that the last signal OF this sort
between West Paterson and the Barclay
Thinking that tho Buffalo train was safely
out OF the way and being eleven minutes be-
hind time. they said they went ahead
At little more than full speed and knew
Of no trouble until they saw Snedeker
waving tho red lantern. Then the engine
was reversed and the brakes! applied. but the
Train was going at such a,rate OF speed that
the collision could not be prevented.
Fireman Maxwell jumped when he saw that
Acollision was inevitable. His legs were badly
Injured. Engineer Riordan stuck to his post
Ind was not injured. In,spite OF the terrible
damage done To tho last two coaches OF train
No. q. the engine that struck them came out Of
the collision almost unscathed. Tho smoke
stack was littlo bent. the bars in the pilo,
were knocked out OF place and little paint
was scratched of the sides OF the boiler.
When the engine struck tthe rear car OF train
No. y, the coach was banged with ter
riic force into the day coach Immediately
ahead o! It. II was about'as complete n tele.
scoplng as has ever been seen In railroad &C.
e!dent in these parts, The last coach was lifted
on trucks and forced into the day coach full,
seven-eRhths Of its length. Even those parts
o'the coaches that renal med after the collision
were so shattered that the last coach
could not be told from the next caI
ahead The cries and Rroans Of the injured
were heard nj tho I'd