Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-22
A PENNSYLVANIA WRECK
KILLS TEN PERSONS AND
INJURIES twenty-five.
THE "NELLIE BLY," EXPRESS, BE-
TWEEN NEW YORK AND At
LANTIC CITY IN A COLLISION
WITH ANOTHER PASSENGER
TRAIN ON AMBOY DIVISION.
MOST OF THE NJ INJURED
WE'RE ITALIANS, IN THE COM
BINATION SMOKER.

TRENTON. N. J., February 21.-One
of the worst collisions in the history
of the Amboy division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad occurred at about $50
this evening at Rusling's Siding about
eight miles south of Trenton. The
Nellie Bly, express from New York
for Atlantic City collided with passen-
ger train No. $50, running from Cam
den to Trenton.
The number of dead so far as is
known is ten, and the number of in
jured upward of 25.
A special train at about 9 o'clock
from the scene of the wreck brought
four dead bodies and eighteen wound
ed persons to Trenton.
The wounded were distributed among
the three Trenton hospitals.
Other wounded passengers were
taken to Cooper hospital at Camden.
Among the killed was Walter Earl,
engineer of the express, and James
Birmingham, baggage master of the To-
cal train.
Most of the killed were Italians. +
Frank Boland, a passenger on train
NO. $50, an employee of the Pennsyl-
yania railroad company, had both legs
cut off. The doctors say he will die.
Michael MoGraw, fireman on the
Nellie Bly, was badly injured, but
he is expected to recover.
fEro n L fThOponcop a1Oinoor Of No o20
had a leg broken and is badly bruised.
He is in a preearious condition.
Edward Garwood, fireman on No. $50,
was badly bruised by jumping but will
recove
Edward Sapp, conductor of No. $50,
was also injured by being thrown for
ward on the floor Of the rear car of his
train. His wounds are not believed
to be serious.
Most of the remaining dead and in
jured are Italians.
The italians Were Riding
in the smoking car of the express train.
They were being taken to Atlantic City
to do construction work for the rail-
road company.
The scene at the wreck is described
by those who were present as horrify-
ing. The two trains collided at full
speed and both engines were complete
~ demolished. The forward car of
each train, in both instances a combi-
nation baggage and smoker. were en-
tirely demolished, and to add to the
horror the wreckage took fire. The
second car of the Nellie Bly," turned
over on it's side and the passengers had
to climb out through the windows. In
this city they were assisted by pas
sengers from the cars that did not
leave the track.
The train at this point was so close
to the Delaware and Rarftan canal that
the passengers in getting out of the
overturned coach, got into the canal
and many bodies of the dead and in
jured had to be taken from the water.
Thomas Lawrence, of Trenton, said
he saw one man buried beneath the
ruins and crying for assistance. He
tried to pry him out but found he could
do nothing to help him. He believes
the mar persisted in the flames. The
scene of the wreck was far from out
side assistance and when'the wrecking
train arrived from Trenton, it was af-
ter dark and the work of clearing up
The debris and removing the bodies was
necessarily slow.
The Nellie Bly, was running in
three sections and it was the third
section with which No. $50 collided.
The local train had taken the siding
to permit the express to pass and it is
believed that through some misunder-
standing or mistake the local came out
on the main track after the section had
passed, mistaking it for the third sec
tiOn