New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-20
EIGHT GIRLS KILLED.
TRAIN HITS NEWARK CAR
Thirty Hwt-Brai'e Slipped on Ice
Probing at Once.

became unamanageable at Newark shortly De-
fore nine o'clock yesterday morning. and plung-
ing down a sharp incline, ran into the engine
Of A train on the Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western Railroad Eight were killed and scores
injured There were in the ~ the time ot
the collision more than hundred persons, and
it vas almost miraculous that more deaths did
NJ resuIt The trolley was torn from us
tracks. and the front was ground under the
wheels of the engine and railway cars
THE DEAD
r,KE.r 1iaude walanan. sixteen years 10. ''s
I'LL. HEh Eail' 81 seventeen s-ars No Il Sterling st
KARscHNER Mabel r. eyvsatssn sear.. 40 Al Hum
xoHT Rosetta. eighteen years. No 50 Janes-s'.
LoEHNBERG. Alma. sixteen yea1s No III Ll5s'on-
MUELLER Ernss,iue +. fifteen years. 40 80 FAIR
wERPEFFUE. Ella. nine'ee" years. No i'' South
EASTWOOD. Evan jr. sixteen years. No $50 clinton
THE INJURED At ST. MrcHAELs HOSPITAL
BAEGdFF oSsar 5ss Of and 1tns SodS crushed uaeonso
will probably
LIN DsIfsY rederte Old ,, 80 IS Ayon 5
PRICE Marian ff5een years old No "a Humboil'-s'.'
slight AT THE CITY HOSPITAL
BRADY rster s4 old No a:si & Irsaaaa 91s5,s
bssv bs5; m9i2fei'i IDintered " will probably
BULL. Nina. seventeen years DID, No 81 AUSTIN So
coMERFoRD' Margaret nineteen year. Old. No; go
south s5sns dssP 2ot cut ecoRer5 ON
FOX. Edith sixteen years old. No III Bank-s sisnt.
GERAGHrT Lily. seventeen years old. No ao0 Plane
1.YT1.E Mariaa fourteen years DID, No. I5 Flame
head slight.
mcoRD Helen. sixteen years old. No. Il Burnett st;
6hhaR 5sRnti s9a tssct4a tin9 years DID, '
NEvIUs Frances sixteen years old. No AS Broad 81
slight: went home
OTHERS INJURED. LESS SERIOUSLY.
AL1soP. FREDERICK. No 7s RdssWood-a'e-. injured
DUERMANN walter seventeen years No. . stratford!
co1rRgF.N .Iina No 40 Rosevire-ave leg broken.
De CAMP. susan. No i2S seymour-ave- left arm fao-
DOLL ssa 5ss hurt @ oss So .sa T E si s55a P ankle brokers
Fox Edith. No. no Bank-s5-. slightly: sent home.
KNIGHT. Emily. No 1s walnut-st. ankle broken cue
LELAND. Arthur No 81 Avou-avs-
RACQUET. Carl No 81 wavsriyavs. about face and
bruised about body
SMITH Mabel, fourteen years. No. 81 Elizabeth
SMITH fra:,9i.q sGrs 'o'oed No 70 Monmouth left -
VAN ALIEN. Maud seventeen years No. 81 Hlsfl=-ass.
bruised about head and
The accident occurred at the Cufton-ave-
crossing of the Delaware Lackawenna ard
Western Railroad. which is only three blocks
from the high school TIE CHfton-ave- Itne -
the only ore which runs to the school. and the
passengers are many at schcoItime that t5s
North Jersey Street Railway Company rurs
special cars to accommodate the pupils. One %
these cars, No. 291, was crowded TO the plat
forms with merry Young people. The cars avs
built 70 hold about fifty. but the fare register.
picked up after the collision. tndioa 123. and
accounts say that there were at least one hun
dred persons on the car
At Orange-st and Clifton ave. less than ors-
hundred yards from the railroad. = sharp down
grade begins. Down this the car hsstensd.
Witnesses say that VIXEN it was half way down
the hill the gates at the railroad track We're low
cred. Brady. the niotormau. promptly pUt on
tho brakes but the car. its momentum incress-
ing at every foot dashed on the brake shoes
unable to grip the ice covered tracks. breaking
through the gates. and crushing and grinding
against the locomotive Of the Passaic and DeIa-
ware express which leaves Summit at 500 q m.
Tearing the body Of the trolley car from ia
TRUCKS. the engine surged on crashing over tho
car. tearing and nsnslinE the bodies of rhs
passengers. SpIinters of wood twisted iron and
broken glass flew in all directions. Grinding
ahead. the train dashed on. each car increasing
the destruction. Fragments Of nangled bodies
were caught in he wheels, while the snow
crinso1ed with tho blood Bits of clothing.
schooIbooks aud Iu1chboxes we're scattered
p bout 0rcniscuousy.
The train was stopped within hundred Yards.
Passengers. crovdfrs out. turned faint at the
stGEt which uar them Ore-ha1f of the trolley
car was lying on it's side, the other was ground
into indistnGuishahe mass. The passengers.
first stunned INTO insansibiiity. recovered their
faculties. and began the work Of relief. FROM
a srovbank thirty feet away. where he had been
hurled. q boy ran. shrtekius. 70 a fire alarms
box, and turned in an alarm
Mounted Policeman William Stucky. stAtionsf
at CHftou-ave. the collision. He sent IA
alarms. and police reserves. with all the avail
able am6ulauCes in the city. we're rushed to th-
aC cident- Doctors from nearby streets respond
ed and the injured were lifted into the arnbu-
Iances load after load. while the dead were laiT
at one side Of the track Physicians improvissd
field hospitals treating those not seriously hur-
in nearby stores. homes and in the streets III
many cases. The work moved quickly. Ths
police pressed sleighs INTO service me ambu-
lances worked heroicalIy. and as many not serf-
ously hurt went to their homes. within an hour
there We're no signs of the fatality other than p
morbid crowd. trampIed blood stained snow and
a little knot of policemen.
The news spread rapidly. Anxious parents
besieged the morsues. visited the hospitals and
police headquarters. seeking Information of their
relatives. Witnesses told conflicting stories.
which caused worse confusion. So that groups %
people remained at the scene OF ths
accident. or despondentIy went home. believing
that their children were killed. At the high
school, after the rolls had been called the hor-
ror stricken pupils were dismissed There viii
he no further session until Tuesd4y
Although Newark is convulsed with horro.. AZ
the accident, prompt action is bein3, taken to fix
the responsibility. county Physician William H.
Mckenzie. Chandler w. Ftiker. the county prose-
cutor. and the police were working on the case
yesterday within an hour after the collision. and