New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-21
NINTH NEWARK DEATH.
Sand Used .foa. Sprinkhng TRACKS
Found to BE Frozen.
CITY AND RAILROAD PROBING WRECK.

ave grade crossing at Newark, died in the city
Hospital at Newark yesterday. She was the
daughter of Thomas McLelland, of No: 80
South 0range-ave. Her skull was fractured
near the base of the BRAIN and she was crushed
about the body. Her was considered al
most hopeless when she was admitted to the
hospital She was the ninth victim
Funeral arrangements for all the dead have
been made The funerals of Viola A. T. III, Err
nestine Miller and Maude Baker will be held this
afternoon Tomorrow afternoon the funerals OF
Evan f. ]. Eastwood Ella Werpupp and Anna
Ethel Loehnberg will be held.
Constant inquiries were made at the Hospitals
and private homes yesterday for information
about the condition of THE injured An opera
ton was performed Margaret Commeftera'
nineteen years old. at the City Hospital IL was
said that her chances of recovery were aoH"'-
full Pieces, of the skull of Peter Bray, tts N
torman were removed. His wife reiiaAi
his side Yesterday. but he was unconscious. ne
ILL nrobab,v die oscar Barciift, of Gladstone
N T. engineer of the train, who Is at %. Niio'
, tIoeni+al is internally injured. He had
,brea bemorrhages on Tuesday night, ana MS
cose &c also doubtful. Ali the other victims VIII
probably recover.
DIR. Mckenzie county physician, after con-
sultation with Prosecutor Riker and Judge
Skinner yesterday, ordered an inquest anu
Coroner Heilman called jury OF eight men 10
meet to-day in the Court of Common Pleas room
Subpmnas were issued for witnesses Prose
cutor Chandler W. Riker spent the morning in
vestigating the facts, and will lay the case pc
fore the grand jury next Tuesday. AT noon the
prosecutor was visited by committee or the
Board of Trade who submitted to him a resoiu-
ton adopted by the board on Thursday nlSht
urging the necessity for prompt action.
rI-oc in
the officials of the Lackawanna Railroad Com
pany to ascertain details of the running OF the
trains over that section of the road ana lhe
duties of the people employed there. The prose
cutor's attention called to the fact that lhe
traction company has man stationed at Cili-
ton-aye whose duty it is to SAND the rains III
frosty weather. The detectives of the prosecu-
tors office questioned this man, who Is an l'at-
ian. He said that he had not put SAND on the
track because the sand had been frozen IN the
box at the curb.
Yesterday morning Mayor Henry M Dorelhu'
directed President Winton C. Garrison OF the
Board of Works to call a special meeting Vi tiiO
BOARD of Works for $50 o. m. to make an III
,ir,, into the wreck disaster and consider pre-
x,ertive measures The board met at the noun
named Mavor Deremus and City Ceuhsei
Young were present. Vice-President DaNiu
Young of the North Jersey Street Railway Coii-
pany and N. X. McFarlane, formerly cilieI eils'-
neer of the Lackawanna railroad Scinpdi'
were also present. President SaFIlsoil " ~
hoard said that he under stood that DaVlo fouiis
had in his possession a contract with the hacha-
wanna company for the placing OF ran
and an electrical device at the CllIlph-aFe'
crossing which contract had not been exc
cuted. Mr. Young thereupon arose ana eAhlp-
tied the contract
Lo yJr1n
in D rail with electrical device to safeguard
the grade crossings at Bloomfield ana clifton
ayes Andrew Reasoner was superintendent OIL
the Iackawanna A. w. Pratt the track master
had the plans drawn, and they were passed ps
Mr. NReasoner They provided for the use ol
switches. locked automatically by electricity
from the lock signals of the LaekaWanna' 10
prevent the crossing of trolley cars II '4iiies u
danger The device was put in IN Bloohheio-
ave- and Mr.. Young said. worked successfully
The material was obtained for putting 1t In IN
| C,fton-ave In the mean time Mr. Reasoner hdo
resigned, and his successor refused 10 Peiliiie
| the connection to be made with the railroad
| signal system. The rails and switches were on
| the grounds for two years, said MI 1ouns
| while he was trying to get the Lackawanna COM
| pany to fulfil his contract. The CONTRACT eA-
| bihited bore the date OF June 80, 1898
| The investigation of the accident was com
| Melted Yesterday by officers of the Delaware
| Iackawanna and Western Railroad waiter =
| Ross. the general counsel for the railroad COM
| many gave out this summary of the result:
Our train had stopped at Rosevile5aye., station
| loss than mile from Clifton-aVe. When the tram
n.or+ad on automatic signal bell was rUng at CHI
ton-ave notifying the gatenan OF me dpploac VI
| tbn train He immediately lowered the gates, ana
STOOD with his hands on the handles knowing thdl
II was long established rule OF all street cars 70
! come To full stop that crossing ana also Know
np that it was the rule for street car conductor
70 60 ahead to the railroad tracks TO see that all
was clear and then to flag ms electric car across.
| the eateman assumed that the car he saw APP
| preaching would be stopped before II reached the
! track usual. , ,.-.
| When the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
train was within half block of the crossing. going
| at about the rate of fifteen miles an hour, the
| eateman saw the electric car had not come 10 a
| Ston The next moment it crashed through ana
struck the front end of the engine The time was
so short that the gateman could not do anything TO
anniied the emergency brakes The street car Itself
! coming down the grade of from TO ~ per cent
| could not be stopped by the motorman IN time TO
| avoid the collision. On board were ABOUT one nun
| dred and twenty-five persons -,
| The fact that the gates were down ana that the
! mot orman had ample warning is clear beyond
! doubt 1t has been verified by witnesses
Mr. Ross spoke of the elevation of the Della
ware Lackawanna and Westerns tracks In
Newark and said it was hoped now now that the
legislature would take the necessary action for
the abandonment of the Morris Canal, so that
the grade crossing at that point could be abol-
| ished The company, he said, expected to spend
large sums elevatng and depressing its tracks
thus wiping out grade crossings in Newark