The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-27
TRAINS COLLIDE.
Ten Peopls. Killed and TwstY five
Wounded.
SCENES OF HORROR
Il Is Believed that Sons It
the Wounded Were Burned
70 Death in Subse-
puenf Fire.
puent Fire.

One of the worst collisions in the
history Of the Amboy division Of the
Peunsylvaois railroad o,cured about
$50 o'c ock Thursday evening at Rusies
siding near Boldenton and about ten
miles south Of Trenton, N. j. The
Nelly Bly, express from New York
for Atlantic City collided with psssen.
ger !-sin No. 33O running from Camden
to Itecton. The number Of dead so
far as known IS ten and the number Of
injured upward Of twenty Eve.
A special train about 9 o'clock from
the scene brought four dead bodies and
eighteen wounded per.o ons to Trenton.
The wounded we're distributed among
the three Trenton hospitals. Other,
wounded passengers were taken to
Cooper hospital at Camden.
Among the killed was Walter Earl,
engineer Of tie express, snd James
Birmingham, baggage master of the
local train. Most Of the killed were
Italians.
Frank BoIand, a passenger on train
No $50. an employee of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company, had both legs
cut off. The doctors say he will die.
Michael McGraw, fireman on the
''Nellie By" is badly injured but is ex-
pected to recover.
Frank Thompson, engineer Of No.
$50, had q 6 broken and is badly
bruised. He is in precarious condi-
tion.
Edward GArwood, fireman on NJ. $50.
was badly bruised by jumping, but will
recover.
Edward Sspp, conductor Of No. $50,
vas also injured by being thrown for
ward on the heor 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 Itslians were
riding in the smoking car Of the express
train.
They were being taken to Atlantic
City to do construction work for the
railroad company.
The two trains collided at full speed
and both engines were completely de-
molished. The forward car Of the ex-
press train, il both instances, COM
bination baggage and smoker, were en-
tirely demolished, and to add to the
horror the wrecksge took FIRE. The Sec
ond car of the s'Nellie Bly," turned
over on its side and the passengers had
to climb out through the windows. In
this they were assisted by passengers
from the cars that did not leave the
track. The track at this point is SO
closse to the Delaware and Raritan
canal that the passengers in getting out
Of the over turned coach got into the
canal and many bodies Of the dead and
injured had to be taken from the water.
Thomas Lawrence Of Trenton said he
saw one man buried beneath the ruins
and esging for assistance. He tried to
pry him out, but found he could do
nothing to help him. He believes the
man perished in the flames. The scene
Of the wreck was far outside assistance,
and when the w,ecking train arrived
from Trenton it vas after dark and the
work Of clearing up the debris and re-.
moving the bodies wss necessarily
slow.
The Nellie Bly," was running in
three sections, and it was the third
section with which No. $50 collided.-
The local train bad taken the siding to
permit the express to pass, and it is
believed that through some misunder-
standing OF mistake the local came out
on the main line track after the second
section had passed, mistaking ii for the
third section.
The latest information shows nine
persons killed outright besides Frank
Boland, who is expected will die from
his injuries. Eight bodies have been
brought to Trenton and at least on, is
known TO be under the debris.
The dead identified are:
Walter Earl, engineer Of the express
train.
James Birmingham, baggage master
Of the local train
Frank Hill Of White Hill, railroad
employe who was passer ger on the
local train.
John Gates Of Trenton, passenger
on the local train.
Four Italians whose names have not
been leaned.
Birmingham's charred body wss taken
from the wreck late tonight and
brought to the Trenton morgue, where
all the bodies were at. Thirteen Of the
l8 injured brought here are Italians.
The other FIVE were passengers on the
local train and are not thought to be
seriously hurt.