The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-27
TEN ORANGE COMMUTERS HURT
LACkAN ANNA EMPRESS III NS
INrO 4 LOCAL TRAIN.
Engineer nays Disck signal Indicated .
Clear Track -Accsdent hue 10 the
Name Train That Killed the s1igh
school Pupils In Newark Last winter.

ORANGE. n. j., Oct. 2o-Ten persons
were injured in a railroad smashup which
occurred at the Orange station Of the Lacka-
wanna Railroad at $50 clock this morning,
just as the rush of commuters was at lis
height The trains concerned in the acci-
dent were the Hackettstown local, which
picks up passengers at all the principal
stations along the road. and the Passaic
and Della ware express. which crashed mo
the Hackettstown train just as II was NOV
ing out Of the station,
The rear train was the same one which
hit the trolley car full Of school children
al the Clifton avenue crossing in Newark
last February. Engineer Marshall Cassidy
says the block signals gave him clear
track, and he is corroborated by the crew
OF the following train, but half an hour
after the accident the signal appeared to
work all right.
The persons injured are: {, j. Supp
100 High street, hip injured; Mrs. Henry
NJ. Dowd. 1856 Day street, face and scalp
badly lscerated Lawrence 7. Fell, SIS Ceve-
land street injuries to hip and severe con
tlisions: l.. b. Squire, Jr., Lenox road,
South Orange, cut about head by glass
Col Edwin W Hine. hand lacerated; Miss
Mary HarfI. right knee injured; Miss Alice
bruises, Orange Memorial Hospital; Miss
May Hart OF West Orange, severe bruises
and shock; Miss Adele Jones, Commerce
street, Orange, bruises and shock, Fritz
Wuthrich, South Jefferson street, bruises.
The Hackettstown train was well filled
None of the passengers knew OF the I'M
pending danger until young man,
,.,hs l,x,nr dad t,la Hnrsv ,tat IA
train was dra wing out OF the station, opened
the door and shouted to Brakeman Braist ed:
For Gods sake, pull that bell rope!
The express is right on top OF us. The
passengers then made q wild rush for the
doors. but before they got there the engine
had crashed into the rear car.
The car was thrown five feet in the
air and the rear truck was sent spinning
away. The platform curled up like piece
OF paper and the front Of the locomotive
caved in like an eggshell.
Theodore Cordes, the conductor OF the
express. would make no statement after
the accident, but Engineer Cassidy said;
Il was running cautiously, and had my
train well in hand, for knew the Hacketts-
town train was ahead OF me. Signals along
the line gave me a clear road, but | eX-
peoted TO find the signal in the block in
which the accident occurred set against me:
1t was not. and therefore ran right ahead
until saw the other train ahead of me
around the curve. | then oiapped on the
emergency brakes and reduced the speed
OF tue train a good deal before the smash
came"
Mr.. Fell. who is one Of the most seriously
injured is a member Of the brokerage firm
of Mcintyre X Marshall Of New York. He
is also a member of the Essex County Grand
Jury, and he said soon after the accident
that he would bring the matter TO the at
tention Of the Grand Jury and would cause
a rigorous inquiry to be made with a view
to placing the responsibility.