The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-02-22
WILD CRASH
OF TRAINS.

htldnllC lily, ana ioSdi ~ oiu
bound from Bordentown for this
city met in head-on collision be.
low this city shortly after S o'clock
this afternoon. The best available
information shows that at least ten
persons were killed instantly and
upwards Of forty persons injured.
The known dead are:
WALTER EARLE. OF Hadden.
field. engineer of the Nellie Bly,.
FRANK HULL, OF White Hill,
railroad employe.
JAMES BIRMINGHAM. OF Cam.
den, baggagemaster on the local
train.
FOUR ITALIAN LABORERS.
bound for Atlantic City.
The seriously injured are:
FRANK THOMPSON, of Cam.
den, engineer on the local; viii die.
EDWARD GARWOOD, fireman
OH the local.
MICHAEL McGOWN. oil Camden.
fireman on the Nellie Bly,.
CONDUCTOR FRANK SAPP.
OF the local.
JOHN FARRELL, potter, re.
siding IN this city and employed in
Bordentown.
A passenger BY the local is MISS
ing.
Upwards Of thirty Italian labor.
ers were horribly mangled. and il
is thought that the dead list VIII
reach twenty-five.
The Atlantic City flyer was run
ming as third section of the Nell
lie Bly, and making at least fifty
miles an hour, when 1t crashed
with the local. The local had only
fairly gotten under headway, hav-
ing been switched into siding to
allow Nellie Bly, to pass. After
the first two sections had passed
the local pulled out, and, according
to Information here. the engineer OK
the local was not notified that the
Nellie Bly, was running in three
sections. The trains met OH sharp
curve and the engines crashed with
such force as to completely tele.
scope.
Earle, the engineer OF the express
had his head cut off and hurled dis
tance OF thirty feet. Both OF his
legs were severed f-om the body.
The trunk OF the body was mashed
fiat. His fireman. MCGOWAN. was
badly injured but will live. F..
Thompson, the gineer OF the
local, was horribly crushed and
will probably die.
Garwood, fireman on the local
seeing the approach of the danger.
| Jumped into the canal running
| along side OF the tracks and saved
his life. He is badly injured, how,
ever.
Birmingham. the baggas&naster
| of the local, was burned TO death.
after having his life almost crush
ed out. He was caught between
the baggage car and the wrecked
engine OF the local. The baggage
car was afre and Birmingham was
| pinioned beneath the first truck.
| "A hose was Immediately played on
to the fire and it was put out. Hts
body was literally roasted when it
was removed.
Farrell. vino is missing, left Bor-
dentown by the local and has not
vet been heard from, He is sup
posed to have perished.
Frank Sapp. the conductor OF the
local. was in the rear of his train
and was pitched headloug the full
length OF the car. His head and
his face was badly bruised.
The dead were placed on spec
ial train and conveyed to the
morgue at Trenton. The injured
were taken to st. Francis Hospit-
al. Trerton, and Cooper Hospital.
| Camden, where it has been learn
ed that the injuries OF many will
prove fatal.
The train was completely filed
with people on their way down the
state to different places, where
they had been attending a convent-
ion OF the State lodge of Odd Fell
lows.
Cries for help were coming from
the burning cars and IRON the
coaches in the ditch. Ex-senator
Pfeiffer, who escaped injury, and
his fellow passengers procured axes
and smashed windows OF the ourn :
Ing and derailed coaches. They
then dragged out the dead and
wounded through the openings they
had made.
The wreck DELAYED travel both
north and south for 8 hours. ,t.
At IL o'clock last night the toi.
lowing official state was given out
from the office OF the general man
ager of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
About 5. Is p. nj. Train No. $50.
a loc al passenger from Camden to
Trenton, co!lided with the third
section OF passenger train 495, from
Jersey City, botnd tor Atlantic
CITY between Borden!own aud
Rusling. The latter station is
about three miles from Burlington.
in the direction of Trenton. Train
$50 had orders to meet train 49o at
siding IN Bordentown, and ne
elected TO do SO. Our advices are
that two engines and four passen'
ger cars were derailed and badly
damaged.
All reports indicate that seven
persons were killed and % injured.
The victims were largely Italians.
who we're in the third section OF 495
and were bound from New York ia
Absecon. The engineer OF ADS.
Walter Earle. was killed and B. +.
Thompson, the engineer OF 3a0.was
badly Injured. ...... n