The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-01
DEATH lIOYEREDNEAR.
Port Jervis Wreck Was a Series
of Accidents.
CHICAGO EXPRESS. OVERTURNED.
Cloudburst, l..ndslide, Collision. Fire and
Thieves Menaced the Passengers who
Escaped Death From All In Their Night
Clothes, Moaning and Bleeding.

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Escaped Death From All In Their Night
Clothes, Moaning and Bleeding.
PoRT JERvIs, N. Y, July 81.-In the
accident on the Erie railroad growing
out of the landslide mile east of Lacka-
waxon Saturday night, only the fireman
and engineer Of the derailed engine of
the westbound Chicago express. which
turned over on the track, were killed,
though number Of passengers on the
express, the vestibule passenger train
for Buffalo and Cleveland, which left
New York Saturday at o'clock were
injured.
Following is complete list Of the
killed and injured, as far as known ut
the present time:
Killed:
neer of Chicago express.
FRED STILLS, Port Jervis, fireman OF
Chicago express.
Injured:
c.. Il. Stephens, Chicago, bruises, minor
Commissions.
F. View, New York, cut head and right
arm.
G. H. Boyd, Sharon. Pa, scalp wounds.
Mrs g. H. Boyd, Sharon, bruises, back
and shoulders.
Bernard Shay, Port Jervis, engineer
freight, pelvis broken.
Fred Smith, Port Jervis brakeman,
shoulder broken.
j. M. Trimmer, trainman, OF Chicago
express, shoulder injured.
N;ch,o1 n,Lov,,%o1 ~ho,,lx1ov
bruised.
Timothy Welsh, conductor Of Chicago
express, back and legs injured.
E. E. Belize Cleveland, CUTS head and
hand burned.
Mrs. F. C. Heath, New York, cut head
and back injured
F. L. Meigott, Newark, N. J., bruises
left leg.
F. s. fitzpatrick, III Seventeenth ave-
nue., Denver, slight injuries
F. l.. Drake, Pullman conductor. slight
4 injuries.
W. F. Reybold, Hoboken, slight in
| juries.
AS. Collins, Buffalo, slight injuries.
4 Richard Smith, Chicago, slightly In
jured.
Miss Florence Adel Milford, Newark,
not serious.
Mrs Elizabeth Hunt, Newark, bruises.
Through Awful Dangers.
The wreck, which occurred shortly
before midnight, was preceded by 8
cloudburst and storm, which lasted two
hours. A section Of the bank fell OH
the eastbound train, directly in front of
the freight train. Several trees went
down with the rocks and earth and the
freight cars and engine were turned
over directly across the westbound
tracks Of the Erie road. Sixty freight
cars constituted the train, but only %
were derailed, and the debris was piled
up on the westbound tracks just as the
Chicago express put in an appearance,
running at the rate Of 30 miles an hour
The engine of the express train crashed
into the wreck, and the baggage car,
combination and buffet car and two
Pullman sleepers wore piled up on the
tracks Immediately In front Of the
wrecked freight carr.
The first sleeper vas split into two
parts and the passengers were thrown
80 feet down . bank. Fire at once
broke out and four earn Of the express
train and nine II the freight train were
burned. Baggasemaster Becker, who
found himself under the baggage car
door, recovered consciousness only to
discover that he was all alone in that
part of the wrecked passenger car. He
managed to crawl from his position,
only to find blaze starting in front of
him, while half Of the cars were some
how braosd up immediately over him.
He called for assistance, but there was
no response. Then he saw the passen-
gers who had been hurled down the 80
foot embankment endeavoe 10 extricate
themselves from the debris and make
their way up the bank. All were clad
only in their night clothing and they
were shivering with the cold. Some
were bleeding and moaning, but all
were dazed.
| Members of the train crews assisted
those who were struggling to escape.
Blankets were broughtin from the Pull
man cars and wrapped around shivering
women and half conscious men. Word
was telegrAphed to Port Jervis and re-
lief train with physicians and trained
nurses was returned, and the injured
were taken to the hospital.
Thieves Rob Passengers
| Several thieves from Port Jervis.
who it is supposed reached the wreck on
the relief train, ransaoked the clothes of
the passengers during the excitement.
F. View, millinery decorator of New
York, lost clothing containing $500 in
bills and gold watch. r. 8. Fitzpatrick
Of Denver lost 800, gold watch, q
diamond pin and o diamond stud. On
the way to the hospital he noticed a
man wearing his trousers. They went
through the pockets together, but found
the money gone. The man said the
trousers had been given him by train
man, but claimed the money and valu-
ables mast have been a5stracted before
hand.
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