The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-17
Loaded With Employees Engaged
in Repair Work.
NEARLYA SCORE DEAD.
Number of Injured Is Larger
Than the Killed.
1t Is Thought That None of
Those Hurt Will Die.

Trenton, N. J., Oct ia railroad
accident occurred at Washington cross
ing or the Belvidere division of the
Pennsylvania railroad about eight
miles above Trenton. at an early hour
today. 1t is understood two workmen's s
trains were in collision. These trains
had aboard men who were engaged in
repairing the road at the points where
1t had been washed out by the recent
flood Ambulances from the Trenton
hospitals are at the Clinton station
awaiting the return of the special train
with the injured Fifteen or sixteen
men are now known to have been killed.
The special train which left Trenton
with physicians returned shortly before
10 o'clock with eight bodies and about
% injured The injured men were all
sent IN ambuIances to st. Francis hos
pitaL None of the injured is believed
10 be fatally hurt. and only one or two
VIII De permanently manned. There are
sui seven or eight bodies at the scene
OI the wreck. and these will be brought
TO Trenton on a later train The killed
and Injured men are all italian work
men who lived in Trenton and who left
thls morning on a work train to repair
the road. The collision was a rear
end one. The injured men were in the
slrst train in passenger coach e r.
>. Holiday, the Pennsylvania railroad
companyS claim agent located at Tren-
ton, said he was not vet in recent of
information as to how the accident
occurred or where the blame lies. Ee
said he only knew that the two trains
had Collided.
ITALIANS WANTED TO FIGHT
trenton, N. J., Oct. 17.-Fifteen per
sons We're killed and about 40 injured
IN collision which occurred today on
the BeliVedere division of the Pennsvl-
Nania Railroad company near Wash
1-fv
and injured were laborers who were
on a work train and were on the way
to work at Washingtons Crossing to
repair WashoutS along the road Four
teen bodies have been taken from the
wreck and one more body is known to
be under the debris. Only two or three
or those who are injured will be per
manently MANNED.
AS soon as the collision occurred a
special train was sent from Trenton
with corps of physicians and the dead
and injured were brought to this citv.
The dead men, with one or two excep-
tlons, are Italian laborers who resided
in the city. the others being coIored
men. Their bodies were taken to the
morgue for identification.
The train bearing the men who were
killed and injured was made up of
four cars. two coaches in which men
We're riding and two fiat cars in the
rear. The train stopped near Wash
ington's Crossing to receive orders re-
specting the passage of the regular
passenger train. While the train was
standing on the track it was run into
from the rear by a gravel train The
two fiat cars telescoped the two coaches.
There We're about $50 men in the two
cars. As soon as the accident happen
ed the Italians became frantic and made
an attempt to do bodily harm to the
crew of the gravel train Word was
sent to Trenton for police assistance,
but the men were finally quieted by
the foremen. The railroad authorities
here are reticent as to how the accident
occurred. but it is believed that the
gravel train either failed to see any
adverse signal or that the f1agman of
the first train failed to go back sufri-
Client distance.