Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-22
TEN KILLED, TWENTY-FIVE HUR
Fri-htfuI Disaster on the AmbOy Dr.
vision of the r. II. II.


One of the worst collisions in the history
of the Amboy division of the Pennsylvania
railroad occurred about $50 o'clock last
evening at Ruslng's Siding, near Borden
town and about eight miles south Of Tren-
ton. The Nellie Bly, express from New
York for Atlantic city colided with passen-
ger train No $50 running from Camden to
Trenton The number of dead so far as
known is ten and the number of injured
upward of twenty-five Eight bodies ana
eighteen wounded persons were taken to
Trenton The wounded were distributed
among the three Trenton hospitals. Other
wounded passengers were taken 10 cooper
Hospital at Camden
II The dead who have been identified are:
Walter Earl, engineer of the express
train.
James Birmingham, baggage master OF
Frank Hill of White Hill, a railroad en-
ploye who was passenger on the local
train. -
the local train.
Four Italians whose names nave ho'
been learned.
Frank Boland. a passenger on train No.
$50, an empoye of the Pennsyivan ss TAI Tto
road Company, had both legs cut off The
doctors saw he will die. Michael McGraw,
fireman on the Nellie Bly," was badly In
jured. Frank Thompson. engineer OF NO.
$50, ndu a leg DTOkt1l - bt'ois " ei'S'
Edward Garwood, fireman on No. $50, was
badly bruised by jumping. Edward Sapp,
conductor of No. $50, was injured by peing
thrown forward on the floor OF the rear
car of his train.
Most of the remaining dead and injured
are Italians. The Italians were riding IN
the smoking car of the express train. 1heS
were being taken to Atlantic city to DO
construction work LOT the ralirodu cohi
pany.
The scene of the wreck is described by
those who were present horrifylng. Inc
two trains collded at full speed and both
engines were completely demolished Inc
| forward car of the express train, In Doth IN
! stances a combination baggage and smoker,
were entirely demolished also, and to add
/ to the horror the wreckage took fire. The
! second car of the Nellie Bly, turned over
| on its side and the passengers had to chnD
! out through windows In this they were
| assisted by passengers from the cars that
! did not leave the track The track at TINS
! point is so close to the Delaware and Kari
! tan canal that the passengers in getting
| out of the overturned coach got into the
! canal, and many of the 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 ana
crying for assistance. He tried to pry him
out, but found he could do nothing 10 heIp
| him He believes the man persisted In the
| flames. The scene of the wreck was Tar
from outside assistance, and when the
wrecking train arrived from Trenton II was
after 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 to the siding to permit the express
| to pass and 1T is believed that through
| some misunderstanding or mistake the local
| came out on the main track after the sec
ond section had passed, mistaking 1t for
| the third section.