The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-08
MANY SADLY
MANNED.
Rear End Collision on a
Steep Down Grade
Near Menlo
Park.
INJURED BROUGHT HERE.
Piteous Scenes at the Depot
"A Woman's Terrible
Sufferings.
HOT BOX STALLED A TRAIN
Engineer Behind Gould Not
Stop Quickly Enough to
Avoid a Crash-One
Man Killed.
HOT BOX STALLED A TRAIN

The rushing through Exchange place,
with changing bells, about II o'clock of
ambulances and patrol wagons loaded
with policemen attracted the attention of
the people near the Pennsylvania ferry
house this morning. The vehicles were
driven through the ferry house to the
yard north of the train she'd. where the
mail cars are loaded from the wagons.
Soon it became known that there iaad
been a terrible wreck on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad near Menlo Park and the
dead and injured We're to be brought to
this city. The train conveying the in.
jured was run into the yard so that the
victims could be transferred from the
cars to the ambulanees direct without
carrying them down from the elevated
passenger station by the elevators.
DR.. John D. McGill, Surgeon General
of the State and head of the Pennsyl-
vania Medical Department in this city,
arrived soon after the ambulances with
corps of physicians and took charge of
the hospital service. The ambulances
and doctors came from the City, Christ
and st. Francis Hospitals and all the
patrol wagons in the city were also
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Two priests from the lower part of
the city were early on the scene, pre-
pared to render any service which might
be required of them. The large force of
police under Inspector Archibold kept the
crowd at distance from the tracks.
At noon a whistle was heard and To-
comotive, drawing four Pullman sleep
ing cars slowly came in on the track
which had been cleared for the train
bearing the victims of the accident. The
injured were in the Pullman drawing
room car, Jamaica, which was next to
Engine No. 526. These were the engine
and Pullman cars of train No. 6, which
was telescoped. DIR. McGilland and his
corps of assistants boarded it imme-
diately, made rapid examination of all
the injured and then turned their atten-
ton to those most seriously hurt.
Mrs. T. B. Wrenn, of No. 176 North
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to be carried from the train. She was
bruised and cut in several places and
seemed to have internal injuries. In
bringing her from the train, a stretcher
could not be used on account of the mar
rowness Of the passage in the Pullman
car.
The injured woman uttered heart
rending screams as each turn in the pas
sage was made. While being put into
the ambulance she implored them to
treat her with care. Every little jolt en-
tirely unavoidable, caused her to scream.
She was taken to St. Francis Hospital.
Bernard Brosky, of Austin, Pa, was
injured about the legs and head. He
was carried through car window on a
stretcher and sent to st. Francis Hos
pital. The balance Of the injured were
less seriously hurt and were all either
sent home inScabs or to the hospitals
for treatment.
DEAD AND INJURED.
The railroad officials gave out this list
Of the dead and the injured brought to
this city:
cortelyou, ]. silpath, Bordentown,
n. j., dead.
Mrs. Clark Fischer, Trenton, N. J..