Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-12-07
WHOLE FAMILY WIPED OUT.
Father, Mother and Two Children
Killed in Paterson Wreck.

Killed in Paterson Wreck.
Paterson, N. j.. Dec 2.-One more
victim is certain to be added to the six
killed in the wreck on the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western road, physi-
clans at st. Joseph's Hospital pro-
nouncing the case of George Fl. White,
of Ithaca, hopeless.
OF the injured at st. Joseph's Hos
pital, j. Sterling Smith. nephew OF
General Joe Wheeler is in the worst
condition, next to White. Smiths left
leg has been amputated at the hospital.
He worried much over the loss of
portfolio containing valuable papers
until he was shown the receipt for the
parcel by one of the Sisters of Charity.
David Roe was informed of his wife's
death by one of the Sisters some hours
after the accident.
He was in q very weak condition and
continually moaned for his wife. he
said he was sure she had been killed
by his side, in the second from the last
coach. At first the hospital nurses told
him his wife was not hurt. When
finally told of her death he began to
rave and his shrieks could be heard in
the hospital grounds. 1t is expected
that he will recover unless he sustain
ed internal injuries.
The officials of the road extended
every facility to relatives and friends
of the injured and the newspaper men
in the obtaining of information. Gen
eral Superintendent Z. G.. Russell and
Division Superintendent II. Du Puy
were in Paterson the greater part OF
the day Thursday, personally attending
to those who came to inquire after the
victims of the disaster in ST. Joseph's
Hospital.
II do not believe in policy of sup
pressing the facts in q case of this
kind" said Mr.. Russell. 1.-THE friends
of those injured in a railroad accident
are entitled to the fullest information.
and so is the public. That is why every
opportunity is afforded the reporters to
get the information they seek. That
has always been my policy, and always
will be, although I hope it will be
very long time before there shall be a
repetition of Wednesday nights fatal
accident
The list of the dead given out on
Wednesday night was largely incorrect.
The corrected list is as follows:
Alexander Craig. Scranton. Pa. busi-
ness manager of the Scranton Tribune;
Mrs. Esther s. Craig. his wife. Miss
Esther Craig, Is years old. their daugh-
ter; Miss Jessie Craig. IL years old, an
other daughter; Mrs. May B. Roe, wife
of David Roe, of Ithaca: Walter Jacob
Brock, 10 years old. Cornell student
of No. 500 West End avenue. New York
city
1t was not until Thursday that the
of the two children kill
81. no..
said they We're with Mr.. and Mrs. Roe,
but relatives of the Craig family came
here from Brooklyn and identified them
as those of the Craigs. The accident
wiped out the whole family. They
were on their way to spend Thanksgiv-
ing with relatives in BROOKLYN
Paterson, N. j., Dec. 4.-General Sup
erintendent Russell of the Delaware.
and Western Railroad has
arrived in this city with officials of the
road, and visited the scene of the wreck
with the Coroner's jury and Coroner j.
s. Yates, who will make the investiga-
tion, and try, if possible. 10 fix the
blame for the catastrophe of Wednes-
day night.
The jury, previous to going to the
ed at the body of Mrs. Roe. wife of
David Roe, one of the men injured in
the wreck. notwithstanding Mr.. Roes
injuries, he insisted on leaving the hos
pital, and went with the body of his
wife to Warwick, n. Y, where the fu-
neral services will be held and inter-
ment made.
While the railroad officials insist that
Engineer Reardon is TO blame for the
accident. there are those in this city
who shift the blame to the company.
When the new company took hold there
was a man on the Van Wrinkle street
crossing, where the accident occurred
but the new management discharged
him with others
For months the Board of Aldermen
have been trying to have the men re-
placed.
At the meeting only TWO weeks ago
inquiry was made from the clerk as to
any attention had been paid to
the demands OF the Aldermen for the
of this watchman. The
clerk said the company did not think
there was any occasion for a man at
this point.
Railroad men here say had a watch
man been at this curve he would have
been out with his danger signals, and
it would not be left to a flagman Of
train to run back in such an emer-
gency.
JOHN |. BLAIR DEAD.
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