The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-02-24
The Railroad Wreck,

The Railroad Wreck,
The last sad rites over the charred
and mutilated remains of the two vic
Tins of Washington Crossing herri-
BILE railroad wreck which occurred on
Wednesday morning by two coal trains
meeting in head-on collision have been
said. the funeral of William Warmau,
fireman, being held ON Saturday, and
Charles Herbert, engineer, borne 70
his last resting place on sunday. The
fireman was Inferred at Pennington
and the engineer at Phillipsburg. The
injured men, who miraculously cscap-
ed death, are getting along nicely.
Burroughs Sproat. engineer, of this
city, is still confined TO his home. but
his condition is favorable aud nothing
is considered alarming by his physi-
clans. His fireman. Edward Tenni-
clitc, of Phillipsburg. is improving
steadily and his bruises although pain
full, are not of a serious nature. Vim,
Broadback, chief brakeman, who re-
ccivcd a broken leg and othcs severe
injuries, is at st. Franei@ Hospital
and is rcgaining slowly, This gentle
man was thrown down a steep bank
to the river below, striking the ice and
rendering him unconscious. ON re
viving he was cold aud numb and he
realized his awful position. He could
not stay on his feet On account of his
broken limb and there was 10 one in
sight to give him aid. In feeble
voice he cried for help, but no response
came aud he attempted to climb the
embankment, and suffering fortunes
from his wounds, he slowly began
the ascent and had almost reached the
top when he slipped and fell back to
the ice covered river. Discouraged
and almost frantic with pain, he strain
ed every nerve and with loud cry he
cried again for some one to come to
him, and this time his appeals were
heard, three men coming TO his aid.
II was with difficulty, however, that
he was brought up on the bank, one man
raising them up and the third lying
on his stomach on the bank aud reach
ing down the prccipice to the wounded
man, drawing him up the steep incline
by the hardest kind of work. The
fatal accident is placed TO the dead
engineer in the disobeyancc of orders,
although unintcntionallv. Herbert
was considered one of the most trust
worthy engineers on the road, and eycu
went so far as to read his orders aloud
to his iircmanand then give them 10 the
fireman who would also read them out
On the day Of the sad catastrophe the
engineer was i'll and did not want to
make the trip, but being unable to Sc
cure substitute he concluded to run.
At Trenton he was attended to by a
physician for cramps and II is said
that he was seized with these Just be
fore the collision, and some assert that
he was stricken dead. No matter how
il happened it is sad indeed to sec the
souls of two men hurled into eternity
and three others injured almost with
out a moments notice. Both engines
were drawn from the river on Sunday
By the use Of steam derricks in the
hands of two work crews from the
New York Division and the crew from
this city, the men working faithful all
day. The engines were brought to
this city and are total wrecks
Mrs Hiram Niece, Of Stockton,
died ~ her home there OH Friday
last She had been cleaning down
stairs room md feeling tired laid
down on the couch 10 rest In fer
minutes abe was corpse Deceased
was ABOUT 20 years old and vas n sis
ter-in-law to Mira. Samuel Snyder, o
this city. Funeral services occurred
/ Monday from her late home.
"Lambertyile PufIH" are still gOinl
up IN smoke. Kline d Son sells them