Evening journal., 1903-01-28
MANY KILLED
IN COLLISION
ON RAILROAD
Wreck Took Ahre and Some
Of Injured Passengers
Burned to Death

Burned to Death
ENGINEER RAN PAST DANGER SIGNAL
Royal Blue Express PIouehed Into Lo-
cal Train at Terrific Speed, shatter-
ing Three Cars, and Before Injured
cculd BE Rescued TWO of the Cars
Were Consumed BY Fire-Vietims
Were cremated In Sight of Rescuers.
New York, Jan. 2S.-One Of the most
s appalling railroad wrecks that has oc-
Cured in the vicinity of New York for
many years, the estimated loss of life
ranging from - to 30 persons, took
place last night at Graceland, on the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, near
Westfleld, N. y. when the Royal Blue
line express ploughed at top speed
into the rsar of local train. Imme-
diately after the crash three of the
N shattered cars of the local train took
N fire, rendering impossible the rescue
# Of many OF the wounded. who were
pinned fast in the wreck. Many
" bodies are believed to have been con-
umed
The deed so far identified are: Ed
IA gar Williams, a New York lawyer;
I'D J. c. Sayer. of Plainfeld; Harry G..
land. Of New York city; Harry Pat
# erson, of DunelIen; George E. Reed,
II Scotch Plains; Thomas Cunning, Of
lainfeld; Rowland R. Chandler, Of
lainfeld; Edward Flynn, of Plain
eld.
In addition to this list there are
any charred bodies, unidentified, still
the scene of the wreck.
1t is known that there are "a dead.
ixteen charred bodies have now been
ken out. Eight dead were either re
pyered before. the fire or died after
ing taken out of the wreck.
Those injured are: Edward Clark,
lillian Sampson, Miss Lizzie Cutter,
lillian Dunn, George Force, Howard
George, Miss Mildred Everett, Mrs.
Cunning, e. M. Brokaw, Miss Cora
follaw. Frederick Hammer, all of
ainfeld; Roy Apgar and William
ederick, of Dunellen, N. j.; William
ddies, of Dunellen, both legs broken;
sorge Chandler, spine injured;
aries Longworthy, injured all over
2 body; Mrs. Belch, both legs broken
d body crushed; Mary Ryan, injured
put head; William Van Venter, cut
put body and face; Everett Reign
both legs cut off: Miss Lizzie
Her, scalp torn off; Percy Irving, OF
nellen, legs crushed; Mrs. Quelean
Used about body and head.
he train which was run into left
York at 5.45 and ran express tC
md Brook, making stops at Eliza
h. Westfield and Plainfeld. Be
d Bound Brook it runs as 4 local
NRoyal Blue train left 15 minutes
r, but travels at a higher speed
makes no stops, except at Eliza
b, and is scheduled to overtake the
yer train just beyond Graceland
re the latter switches from tract
ato track 4 to permit the Roya
% g to pass.
M asst evening a freight train was
ked on track 4, and the local re
ed orders to proceed on the ex
track to Dunellen and there taxi
outside track. She had just start
md was moving slowly when thu
Nj Blue, travelling apparently a
hN s,.I, ,A h1f r,niuf TCnnIl1
oximates 65 miles an hour
he'd into the rear end.
ae heavy engine of the Royal Blu
its way into the rear car. and a
same time drove the forward en-
lat car into the rear end OF tn
St M ahead. which in turn was driyel
the third car, and this in turl
driven into the fourth car fror
tear. The fourth car was onl
wrecked, but the last three wer
to pieces.
engine OF the Royal Blue LEI
ails and turned over on her side
ngineer and fireman sticking t
posts and going down in tn
:. They are now in the MuhleI
m Hospital at FidlnheluS anu u
eer is not believed to have
e of living.
train ahead had sent hagma
but it seems he was recalle
the train got under way, ant
gh he left torpedoes, the Royi
lid not heed them, or else wa
too fast to stop in the short di
remaining.
engine and the three worl
ed cars were piled into an awf'
containing at least 400 dead an
S !. From the mass came fearf
s for aid. A minute later Il
sS@@ caught fire from the fire be
||a locomotive The screams Of II
" ~ in the heap were intensified
)und themselves hemmed in
3 mes. The passengers in Il
i |S|s3 ward cars of the first train al
z men from the express al