Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-19
ELEVEN KILLED
ON A CROSSING
Train Crashes Into Trolley Car
Loaded With High School
Pupils
SCENE REsEMHLED SHAMELESS
SCENE REsEMBLED SHAMELESS
Motorman Saw Danger and Set Brakes,
But Car Slid Over Icy Rails Before
Che Ensine-Poliee Reserves and
AmbuIances of Newark Called to
Rescue.

loaded with people on the way to the
high school was run into today at 6
crossing by Delaware, Lackawana &
Western train. Eight pupils
were killed outright. and three
have died from injuries. The motor
man was fatally hurt, thirty or more
occupants OF the car injured, five it is
believed fatally. Twenty of the in
jured were taken to thesssospital.
Newark, N. j., Feb. 19.-Nine high
school children were killed in trolley
car hit by Delaware, Lackawanna 6
Western train at crossing in this city
An investigation will be necessary to
decide as to whether both crossing
gates were down when the car and train
approached the crossing at the same
time. The motorman saw the train
and put on brakes with all force. The
car, however, slid upon the icy rails un-
I'll the front platform projected over the
tracks. A moment later the crash
came. The pilot of the engine struck
the front platform and slowed the car
around. Then the car toppled over. The
pupils by the forde OF the collision We're
precipitated under the wheels of the
engine. To some death came immedi-
ately. Others fingered a moment In
fearful agony and then expired. The
scene resembled shanlbles, and dead
or injured children lay in all directions.
Word Of the calamity soon reached the
authorities, and in addition to the police
reserves every ambulance in the city
was soon on the scene.
The accident occurred at the Clifton
avenue crossing long noted as dam
gerous spot. The trolley car was one
which the street railway runs five
mornings in the week for the special
accommodation of high school pupils,
il was crowded with young men and
women frodm all parts of the city.
The sight was a sickening one when
the crash came. The mutilated bodies
OF the children were scattered in every
direction. The uninjured passengers
carried the injured children to nearby
places of temporary refuge. The troll
ley car could not be stopped, altho the
motorman appeared to make frantic
efforts to do SO. The conductor of the
trolley car George Gout7, said:
''It is the custom for trolley conduc-
tors to leave their cars as this crossing
IS approached and as the car stops to
run ahead to see If the track is clear.
should have done that this morning had
/ not seen that the gates were lowered.
Naturally I concluded the car would
stop and the first thing knew of any
danger was when wd went crashing
thru the gates"
Policeman Stuckey, who was wit
ness to the accident, sold the trolley
car had projected about four feet over
the track when it was struck. There
were about twelve children on the front
platform grouped around the motor
man. AS an illustration of the force of
the collision the front part of the troll
ley was picked up three blocks farther
down the road between .he two tracks.
The engineer was dazed at the sight
II was almost necessary to pull him
off his engine.
The killed are:
Miss Lohenburg
Maude Baker.
Emily Weinbach
Emily Ercholl.
Evans S. Eastwood, Jr.
The injured:
Helen McCord.
Tillie Geraghty.
Nina Bull.
Oscar Barclift, engineer Of the train.
Mabel Karachner. Cincinnati.
Miss Blair.
Edith Faulks.
Miss Webb.
Young girl believed to be Miss e.
knight.
Rosebud Cohn
Viola Mill.
Margaret Cammerford, serious.
Minnie Lyttle. FEMME Nevious. VII
ola ILL.,: Frederick Lindsey, Marion
Price and an unknown girl will die.