The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-01
ERIE RAILROAD WRECK.
ALI or THE INJURED AT Port JERTIS
ARE DOING WELL.

"
The Tracks Cleared and Rails Lnid-Pas-
senEers who Lost Clothing and baggage
Are supplied with Now OUTFITS by tho
Company-Loss from S7o,coo t" @loo'oOo.
PORT JERv1s, July 81 AT the Port Jervis
Hospital this morning all the injured in Satur-
doy niobt,, vroct On Tho Erio worn con,fortahIo
and doing we'll or the fifteen persons taken
there yesterday morning there are only two
whoso ininrios ,re ser,n,,s. pern.rd Shos If
n'oso 'hjurie are SERIOUS. poin"'" '"'" VI
Port Jervs. the engineer OF the freight train,
whose pelvis and collarbone are broken, and
80 - 20 ~, Vi .'eNeI"nu' - n..,.t,
for the traffic manager Of the Erie station.
Tho port Isrvis and uawav wr.ckine gangs
ne ror' 'ervls anu hawIey wteck,nk gangs
nes sS opnS e,rnr WORK ns v ea
noIn tracks are clear r.,, ana inc n w9pk
tonight Down tho bank lies a mass Of
twisted iron and debris from the burned cars.
The passenger engine still lies on the bank
and the freight engine part way down the
bank stripped by fire OF the WOODWORK 1t
the wrsckins gang, The loss to the Erie i.
.st;mot.d ~ - S75 oOo 10 SION Oon rot
estimated at from s'o'ooo 10 sioo'ooo' ho'
taking in consideration the claims for dam
ages oy tne injured, ere ERE Gam Asens a.
Won hoSenHisker' WHO LOOK .''e names anu a"-
'se and the syr.ots to "l
satisfactory settlements with everybody in
,urod in the wreck. 1t is impossible to account
for the seventy-hve passengers on the train, as
Immediately after the accident parties on the
opposite side OF the Delaware River crossed
over n boats and carried some OF them to the
New York side Of the river. Others took trains
The passengers in the two burned slccpers.
Company. through station Agent NJ. '. Heller.
On reaching Tort Jervis. with new Quilts rs.
from the Pullman car. some in nigghhtshrts and
Others with only an nndcrshliirt. me names Of
lin. "a. Thomas Jewett q Indiana r u jar;
vis OF New York lr9nk W. Ohcer r 1 O.
XII tTS H n bsne b1nh Fank
tEiSae9, J. Z. PARKER q New YORK, {; T 6rsT-
y. J, ; J.. F. THOMPSON Of tho Seaboard National
BanKi AeW lork;, lsaaac TUCK 81; 81 neT nortki
OF Paterson. \. J.. Thomas Stewart Of Hunt
ington, Ind and George 7. Belh OF CIeveiand
Al S nf eys' OFT
for home Yesterday.
-Four out of the teen inlnred psrs9ns rem
charged from the Port Jervis Hosrital to-day;
They are George II Boyd and wife who started
All Of who are p
ping a. a hotel overnight and vii leave for
carcd from one OF the burned Pullman sleepers
he said that he was robbed Of his gold watch
pncketbook and sapphire pin. To-day these
were restored to him. having been found
among other effects which had been
lishod story that the passengers had been
robbed IN the wreck, which St"riSs were very
| anuori ing 10 the Erie officials They aYthat
no robberles were perIetrated and that an
valuahles not ACCOUNTED for were burned in
the wreck, Mrs. Heath OF New York expects
to he able TO lcaye the hospital N two or three
weeks, and with her daughter. Mrs. Hancock.
will recur"rate in one OF the summer homes
hereahouts.
The only female passengers In the James,
| town sleeper stanton which was hurned were
| Mrs Elizabeth Hunt and Mrs. Florence Null;
| ford Of Newark ana Miss Christianson; trained
| nurse. all en- route for Chauau4ua. Miss Null
| Tor was injured by blow on the back from
| the tender Of The engine hitting the car as It
| fell against the berth; Mrs. Hunt. who with
| her friend Miss MILFORD. is resting at the
| home Of her sister; Yrs. Isaac q. Hunt OF Fort
| jerks. t"ls the following incident: .,.