Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-20
TRAIN OFF TRACK.
One Person Killed and nauy Passen.
 gers Were Injured,

TdlerSOn, N. d., rep ZO.-An east bound way train on the Erie railroad jumped the track three miles east of Eere to-day. One girl was killed, and lnany passengers were injured. In re spoDse to telephone message sent to Paterson a special train with physi- clans and nurses has started for the scene of the accident.
 It is reported that seventy persons were injured in the wreck. Five cars were (.itched and some of them are said to have rolled down an embank- ment The train was known as the Middletown flyer and was coming from Middletown to Jersey City. The acci. dent happened between Fairlawn and Warren Point on the Bergen county branch.
 An official statement from the offices of the Erie railroad in this city Sad that the train which was wrecked was a commuters train which ran as local from Middletown to Suffern and as express from Suffern to Jersey City. Near Fairlawn all five of the cars jumped the track, but the locomotive remained on the rails.
 
 caused Dy the breaking of 1ange on one of the car wheels.
 Official reports to the Erie offices say one girl was killed and twenty-seven persons injured. The train carried 15O passengers, most of them commuters bound to New York for the days bus! ness.
 Physicians were rushed to the scene of the wreck from all directions. Seven doctors were driven in haste from Paterson to Fairlawn in all am. bulance; six doctors were taken from Jersey Ciu on q special train, and iivs went from the same place on another train. Others drove to the scene from Paterson and Hackensack.
 Three relief trains were dispatched to the scene of the accident with ah possible haste, one going from Jersey City, another from Paterson and a third from Waldwick.
 The dead girl was Miss Grace Mat. thews of Middletown, \. Y. An un identified woman is suffering from a. fractured skull and will die.
 1t was announced at the offices of the Erie Railroad Co at II o'clock that the injured in the wreck numbered forty-four and that they were being brought to Jersey City on relief train.
 The first of the injured to reach Paterson was man named MontgOm, cry of Suffern. He was only slightly kurt. He said:
 We were running at a high rate of speed when the accident happened. A terrible jOlting was the first intimation that something was wrong and then the whole train except the engine went off the rails onto the ties and then toppled down an embankment. The engine broke away from the first car and kept on the rails. The first cal turned completely over and lay bottom up at the bottom of the ditch, while the three other cars turned over on their sides. The train was well loaded and large number of persons were injured and one girl was killed. The work of rescuing the injured was lie' gun quickly by those who escaped un- harmed and persons living in the vlcin- ity. As soon as a telephone office could be reached messages were sent asking for assistance. When I left the seen" of the wreck almost all of the injured seemed to be able to walk"
 Mr Montgomery said that the loco- motive tender left the rails first and was followed by the cars. About thousand feet of track was torn up.