The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-28

I New York. Jan. A.--One of the most appalling railroad wrecks that has oc- cured in the vicinity of New York for
 many years, the estimated loss of life | ranging from twelve to thirty persons
 occurred tonight at Graceland, on the
 Central of New Jersey Railroad near Westfeld. N. J., when the Royal Blue
 express ploughed at top speed into the
 rear end of local train. After the crash three cars of the local
 train took fire, rendering impossible the
 rescue of many of the wounded who were pinned fast in the wreck. Many bodies
 are believed to have been consumed. On board the flyer all the passengers, although badly shaken up escaped unin- jured except for thrifling bruises. The dead taken to the morgue at Plain field are:
 Edgar Williams, a New York lawyer. c. O. Saver, Plain6eid. Harry c, Hand, New York city. Harry Patterson, DuneAon. George F. Red, Scotch Plains. Thomas Cunning, Plainheld Rowland Chandler, Plainfeld. Edwin Flynn. Plainheld. In addition to these there were fouR
 bodies unidentified at the scene of the
 wreck. 1
 List of the Injured. The list of the injured at the hospital at Plaintield is as follows: Edward Clark. 2 William Sampson. 9
 Miss, Lizzie Cutter. r~ William Dunn.
 George Forcas
 l H. R. George. | Miss Mildred Everett. Mrs Du Cummins. B. M. Brokaw.
 Miss Cora Brokaw. Frederick Kalnen, all of Plainfeld. | Roy Apgar.
 William Frederick of DunnelIon, N J, The train which was run into, left New
 York at 5:45, runs as an express to Bound | Brock. making stops at Elizabeth, Vest | field and Plainfield. Beyond Bound Brook
 it runs as local. The Royal Blue train left fifteen minutes later. It travels at
 a higher speed and makes no stops, except ! at Elizabeth, and is scheduled to over
 take the slower train just beyond Grace
 land, where the latter switches from track
 8 on to 1, to permit the Royal Blue to pass.
 This evening a freight train was block.
 ed on track and the local received or
 ders to proceed on the express track to Dunnellon, and there take the outside,
 or No 4, track. Shortly after receiving
 orders the train had to stop for hot
 box, which delayed her so that when she got urder way again she was due at Dun
 mellon. She had just started and was
 moving slowly when the Royal Blue, trav-
 cling apparently at full speed, which at
 that point usually approximated sixty five miles an hour, crashed into the rear end.
 Engine Tore Into Car.
 The heavy engine of the Royal Blue
 tore its way into the rear car, and at
 the same time ,lrove .he forward end of
 that car into the rear end of the car
 ahead, which in turn was driven Into tho
 third car and this in turn was driven
 into the fourth car from the rear. The fourth car was only partially wrecked,
 but the last three were torn to pieces. The Royal Blue engine left the rails and turned over on Its side, the engineer and fireman sticking to their posts and going down in the wreck. They are now in the
 Muhlenberg Hospital ut Plainfield, and the engineer, it is believed, can live only few hours.
 Passengers of the flyer say the engi-
 neer applied the brakes hard the minute or so before the wreck. The train ahead had sent a fiagman back but 1t seems he was recalled when the train got under way and although he left torpedoes, the
 Royal Blue did not heed them or else
 was going too fast to stop in the short
 distance remaining. The man who went
 back to flag the train had just swung into
 the rear end of his train and is among the
 dead. The engine and the three worst
 wrecked cars were piled into a heap. con- taining at least 100 dead and injured.
 From the masses came fearfu lcries for
 aid. A minute later the wreck caught fire
 from the fire box. The screams of the in-
 jured in the heap were intensified as they found themselves hemmed in by the flames.
 The passengers in the two forw ard cars
 of the first train and all the men from
 the express and every one in the neigh
 borhood started at work 10 get out the
 injured before the flames could reach
 them. At times the flames reached the