The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-01-30
Ran ? ASI SIGNAL
DEAD ENGINEER HELD RESPONSE
BILE FOR DISASTROUS NEW
JERSEY WRECK.
1TWENTY-TWO PEOPLE KILLED

Victims Were Principally WelI-to-De
Residents Of Plainfield, N. u, Re
turning From Their Places Of Busi
ness in New York city7Fire Breaks
Out in tile Wreckage and Some OF
the Bodies Are unrecognizable.
New York, Jan. 29.--Up to noon the
4 total loss Of life by the wreck on the
Central Railroad Of New Jersey at
Graceland, N. T.. was believed to be
/ twenty-five. OF these fifteen bodies
had been identified and seven were
held at Plainfeld for identi tification.
From the wreckage twenty-one bodies
/ were taken, and one man, w. e. Davis,
engineer of the Philadelp lphia and Read.
ing express, died in a hospital during
the day.
More than fifty persons were injured,
some of them very severely.
Two wrecking crews worked all
night taking the bodies from the
wreck. In all twenty one bodies were
taken out and the following Identified
/ tions have been made: !
/ Rowland r. Chandler, Plainfeld, N.
~; Thomas A. Cumming, Plainfield,
Nj; Edward Flynn, Plainfield, N. j.;
Harvey S. Patterson, Dunellon, N. j.;
George E. Reed, Scotch Plains, N. j.
1SG. P. Thayer, Plainfield, N II. w.
Tomlnson Plaiaaatl, n. A.. u. g y " ".
iillams, P;aia;se.a, .:.-sf3 s~i::s'a S.ii:ssa.
fAValzer, Plainfield, N. j.; Harry Rog-
yers, Plainfield, N. u; Frederick Hard
|7ingham, Plainfeld, N. j.; Craig Bald
win, Plainfeld, N. j.; H. G. Hand,
Plainfield, Nj; r. B. Shanade, Plain
field, N. J.. rs ..3 3 & n
Engineer Davis to- Blame.
q The blame for the accident is placed
BY the officials Of the Jersey Central
on. w. e. Davis, engineer of the Phila-
delphia and Reading express, and ac-
cording to policeman who took Davis
from the smashed up cab Of his engine
Davis admitted that he had taken
chances and disregarded the danger.
signals displayed because he expected
to zee the red and green lights change
TO white as he neared them. They did
not Ghange, but it was too late to stop
aAd&fn an; instant almost the crash
came, caiTYf death TO more than q
score Of hIiinan beings. &. y ~
The scenes following the wreck were
unusually horrible, because the cars
were splintered almost to .kindling
wood by the force of the collision, hot
Goals from the engine hre box poured
out and the wood was soon burning
fiercely. What hope there had been of
rescuing the wounded In the last car.
of the local express had to be given up
as the flames spread and undoubtedly
some Of the wounded, who were impris-
oned by the piled up debris, were
burnedto death.
Most OF the passengers on the local
express, on which all Of those killed
were riding, were well-to-do residents
of Plainfield, N. j.. and neighboring
towns, who were returning to their
homes from their places Of business
in New York. OF the identified dead
seven lived in Plainfield and in the
long list Of injured Plainfeld is given
as the home OF majority.
I. = (. <(.s
Hundreds Assist in Rescue Work.
The wrecking crews at work clear
ing the tracks and getting out bodies
were assisted by hundreds OF persons
from Westfeld, Crawford, Plainfield
and other places who had been
brought to the scene by the news OF
the. collision. Big bonfres were built
of the wreckage and Of old railroad
ties to light up the scene and enable
the men. to see to do their work. More
than 200 persons remained at the
spot all night and there were many
pitiful scenes as bodies were dug out Of
the Wreckage and recognized by rela-
tives and friends. 5
g. z. Thayer, who was killed, was
secretary TO United States Senator
Thomas g. Platt. "A y s3 .S
Ai train conveying the bodies OF thir-
teen victiEas of the wreck arrived at
Plainfeld at 5 LOS g. m. Many OF them
were not Recognizable. 81 n.
The people Of the city we're in / AZ
frenzy OF grief: ALL sorts OF rllmofs
were af1oat and 1t was reported that
the number Of dead would reach s. hun
'dred or more. The great maj GRITTY Of
the dead and injured were elthar resi-
dents OF PlSlnfield or lived in neighbOr-
ing places and were we'll kAown In
Plainfeld, Many Of them are wealthy
commuters who h.s 4 4 their places Of
business III New York. \ 1T Isl known
that more than fifty persons were In
jured hut many of them after they
had their wounds dressed, went to-
their homes without giving their
names ssSss