New-York tribune., 1899-01-10

For a moment I was dazed. ard seemed totally
paralyzed. / attempted to move. and iel' III
a heap between the seats. There was Mucous
kissing of steam. and. not yet realizing what ha1
really happened. I instinctively put out one OF
my hands to help myself To rise. II MAKES me
creep to think OF where that hand landed. /.
was on the mancled face OF woman who had
been occupying a front seat and had peen
thrown to the spot where lay by the lorce Vi
/ the collision. | was horror-stricken but got up.
and terrible sight met my eyes. Ihere Wa
the tender OF the engine Jammed into the IRON.
OF the car. while the aisle was strewn win
bodies some writhing In agony and others mo,
tionless in death Almost crazed with fear, |
picked my way between the dead ana nan -ueau
bodies of the passengers who had been further
forv ID than I, and got out onto the PLATFORM
and SImped to the ground For a bret tllne
| felt though the very next minute W~ns ~
going to die from something OF whch 1 can
give no description. Finally. however. ! became
myself again. and then began to look around
for my friend Hand. | found him sitting upon
the bank rubbing his sides from the strain Una,
he had received, but otherwise he was all Tlkn'
1t was certainly miraculous escape we
seemed to be the only ones in the car VINO wer.
not either killed or severely injured Every seat
in the car had two passengers in H.
ON THE BOUND BROOK LOCAL
j. T. Triscurt of No. 211 North Seventh-st
Newark. was of the half passengers
on the Bound Brook local. Mr.. Trscurt had
thrilling experience. but was not injured Ihere
were few passengers on the train" he said and
when heard the whstlnG Of the engine but
thought II was probably to warn some one on
the tracks Suddenly there came the aWtui
shock of the collision went nylng through
space over several seats. and landed against
window The pane OF glass was broken. but the
sleeve Of my coat prevented my getting gashe1
The other passengers were not hurt ana we all
disembarked TO witness the scene OF the catas-
trophe.
HE SAW THE TENDER DEALING DEATH
The Rev f. NJ Harris seated In one or
the rear seats OF the first Of the excursion
witnessed. At the moment of collision the whole
car seemed to split open. and it seemed TO MN
as though the black mass Of the tender was
shooting toward him at lightning speed. FROM
here he was he saw the life crushed out or those
who sat further forward. He saw one woman
ONLY four seats in front of him crushed beneath
the advancing mass. Men were being crushed
and mangled in front Of him. He says that the
duration of the agony of facing death as he did
was very brief While he looked at apparently
certain death rs It rushed toward him he offered
up a prayer 10 heaven of not more than -FOUR
words so brief was the interval. The black
mass now almost red with the blood or us
crushed victims. stopped when 1t had crushed
the seat two feet in front OF where he stood
pinned between the backs of two seats He was
powerless TO move from the waist down because
OF the way the seats had pinred him. Standing
his hand upon the of the tender which
wrought the loss Of life and give himself lev
erage He says no man ever came nearer death
than he dd-two feet-and escaped with nothing
worse than a couple OF black and blue spots on
his hips