The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-21
MANY INJURED
IN COLLISION
While Running at High Speed
Engines Crash Together
ROLLED DOWN EMBANKMENT
Injured Found Floating In Water
Which Quickly Filled the Passen-
ger coaches-Tralnmen Ad-
nit Forgetting Orders.

Rochester. N. J., July 2O.--A fatal head
on collision occurred between two passen-
ger trains on the Lehigh Valley railroad
Near Hope Hospital, this city, this even
Ing, In which one person was almost in
stantly killed. fifteen Others more
more or less seriously injured. Both
trains were running at a high rate
engine and one passenger coach In one
of the trains was thrown from the track
down an embankn1ent and into the Erie
canal feeder and was completely wrecked;
the other engine was demolished but re-
manned on the road.
The following is the list Of killed and
injured.
Dead and Injured.
Killed: Peter w. Patnam, fireman west
bound train Rochester. Injured: Robert
Mathews, Lima, n. Y; Frank Mcvittie,
Rochester; Cherries Hoffman, Rochester,
injuries serious; A. Bause, Washington,
serious; Charles r. Barnard, Rochester
serious; Emma ]. Bailey Rochester, re-
covery doubtful; Gladys vogan, years,
Rochester; Mrs. Mimic s. Tyler, Roches-
ter. serious; Sidney G. Tyler, husband
Of Mrs. Tyler: Mrs. Honderf, Rochester;
Mr.. zorn, Rochester; Mrs. zorn, Roches-
ter, serious; Mr.. Mercer, New York. Mrs
Mercer New York. ]. @. Longfellow
Rochester, will probaly die. Charles Dam
iels, Rochester, engineer incoming train,
serious; Charles sshutte, Rochester bag
gagemaster incoming train; Frank de la
Vergne. Rochester, conductor, scalp
wound. mind badly affected.
Crashed Together.
The two trains came together with ter
rife force on straight line of track
one-half mile soutI Of Clarissa street
bridge. near Hope Hospital Just before
the crash came The crew of each engine,
with the exceotion of Fireman Putnam
Of the incohn.is IA Sifl, jumped and es-
capped with slight injuries Putnam was
caught IN the wreckage OF his engine
and horribly mangled. death resulting in
stantly. On the east side of the track
at the scene of the wreck is the Erie
| canal feeder, while on tho west side is
the Genessee river. The force Of the col
lision was so great that both engines re-
bounded fifty feet. The engine Of the
incoming train was thrown to the west
en- its ide and reduced to scrap iron. The
combination smoker and baggage car
following jumped TO the tracks to the
eest side. slipped by the engine, turned
on its side and fell with crash into the
Erie canal feeder.
Injured Found Floating.
The day coach following the coinbina-
tion car also jumped to the eastward
end buried its forward end in the canal
feeder. Most of the injured were found
floating In the water, which quickly filed
ths wrecked cars.
The engine Of the southbound train
was thrown to the west and lies on its
side, complete wreck on the river bank.
No one was injured on the sonthbound
train except Conductor Frank de la
Vergne.
1t is admitted by the crew of the in
coming train that they had received or
ders to meet the outgoing train at Mount
Hope siding, which is short distance
south of the scene of the wreck They
say that having habitually met the out
going train at Rochester the order to
meet 1t at Mount Hope siding was for
| gotten until too late.