Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-29
DEATH LIST GROWING
New Jersey Central Wreck
 Victims Number Twenty.
MANY OF THE INJURED LIKELY TO DIE
Blame For One of the Worst AccA@ dents In the Roads History Is Placed on Engineer-Plafn-
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 NEW YORK, Jan. 29-The total loss of life by the fearful collision on the Central Railroad of New Jersey at Graceland, N. J., is twenty. In addi- ton to these Engineer Davis and Fire man Mccarthy of the Philadelphia and Reading express, who are in the hos pital at Plainfeld, may die at any mo ment and it is believed that several or the injured passengers cannot recover. The number of those known to be in jured is upward of fifty, of whom thir- teen remain in the hospital.
 The blame for the disaster Is placed by the railroad officials on Engineer Davis, who, according to policeman who took him from the shattered cab of his engine, admitted that he had seen the red and green danger lights displayed, but, expecting to see them suddenly change to white. rushed on until it was too late to check speed before he plunged into the rear of the train ahead. No statement has been obtained from Davis in the hospital but in intervals of semiconscionsness and deliriuln he moans, Il saw noth- ing.
 According, to the statement of the station agent at Cranford, an attempt was made to hold the express at that point by telegraph, but almost at the instant the message was received the train thundered by at upward of sixty miles an hour, and the crash followed two minutes later
 1 N@.1Sn fsS low &N9es% every thing human ingenuity could de wise was done with regard to the ar engagement of the block signals, and that every precaution known in modern systems was taken. The signals Of warning were still set this morning, and the railroad officials say they could not understand why Davis had passed them by. They declare that he must have been deranged to have done such thing.
 When the collision occurred the ex- press was said to have been thunder ing along at the rate of sixty miles an hour. and the crash was plainly heard all over the village of Westfeld. Three cars of the local train were telescoped, the two rear cars being literally torn into splinters. The four forward cars and the engine of the local were swept from the track. Every passenger in the rear ear was killed, and several bodies, which were caught up by the engine of the express as it plowed through the local, were still hanging to the pilot when the express came to a standstill.
 To add to the horror of the scene the, wreck caught fire and many of the pas sengers, wounded and pinioned down by heavy timbers, perished miserabay in the flames.
 Several New Workers were among the dead, but most of those who were on the i'll fated Easton local, the unluchy train No. B, which left New York at a quarter to o'clock Tuesday afternoon, lived in Plainfield.
 Almost every other house in Plain field has one or more of its inmates stricken, and every physician in the city is today at work in the Plainfeld hospital striving to save the lives of the injured.
 A special train conveyed the bodies of thirteen victims of the wreck to Plainfield. Many of the bodies were so
 
 burned and mutilated that they were unrecognizable.
 The list of identified dead is: Row land Chandor, Plainfieid; Edward Cur rid, Piainheld; Thomas A, Cunning, Plaindeld; Edward Flynn, Plainfield; Elias Giles, Plainfieid; Joseph B. Hal let, Plainfeld; Horace c. Hand, Eliza beth; R. W. Happerson, Piainfeld; Fred Hardingham, Dunellen; Henry Hoger, Plainfeld; Lera Iinbarger, PlainfieId; Henry L. Mahan, Plainfeld; {; Harvey M. Patterson. West Dunellen; Charles B. Ried, Piainfield; +. A. Smith, Plainfield; c. T. Thayer, Plain field; Harold w. Tomlinson, Piainfield; Craig Waldron, Plainfeld; Edgar W. Williams, Plainfield.
 Two persons are still missing James Beekman of PlainfeId and Harold Le Deateaux of this city.
 ANOTHER DEADLY WRECK.