Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-20
WRECK ON ERIE ROAD
One Young Woman Killed
and Many Injured.
TRAIN KNOWN ASFLYER
FIVE COACHES LOADED WITH
PASSENGERS WERE DITCHED.
Running at High Rate of Speed-Cars
Wrecked-Remarkabl Escapes
From Death.
TRAIN KNOWN ASFLYER

A commuters train on the Erie
road, carrying New Jersey workers
to Jersey City and New York, was
wrecked near Paterson, N. J., this
morning and one young woman was
killed and many injured.
The train was running very fast.
and it is regarded as almost mira
Gle that many were not killed.
Five coaches, well loaded with
passengers, were ditched.
PATERSON, N. j., February 20.-An east
bound way train on the Erie railroad jumped
the track three miles east of here today.
One girl was killed and many persons were
injured. In response to telephone mes
sage sent to Paterson special train with
physicians and nurses has started for the
scene of the accident.
1t is reported that seventy persons were
injured in the wreck Five cars were ditched
and some of them are said to have rolled
down an embankment. The train was
known as the Middletown flyer and was
coming from Middletown to Jersey City.
The accident happened between Fairlawn
and Warren Point, on the Bergen county
branch.
The dead girl was Miss Grace Matthews,
of Suffern, n. Y. An unidentified woman is
suffering from fractured skull and Will
die.
The first of the injured to reach Paterson
was man named Montgomery of Suffern
He was only slight hurt. He said: we
were running at high rate of speed when
the accident happened. terrible jolting
was the first intima ton 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.
Car Turned Over.
'The first car 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 a large
number Of persons We're injured and one
girl was killed. The work of rescuing the
injured was begun quickly by those who
escaped unharmed and persons living in the
vicinity. AS soon as telephone office
could be reached messages were sent ask
ing for assistance. When | left the scene
of the wreck almost all of the injured
seemed to be able to walk
Mr.. Montgomery said that the locomotive
tender left the rails first and was followed
by the cars. The train, he said, was going
very rapidly. About a thousand feet OF
track was torn up.
The Injured.
The injured include: A. c. Whitner Suf-
fern, N. Y. severe scalp wounds; Grace
Newell, Middletown, lacerated scalp, pos
sible fracture of skull; Miss Van Houten,
Suffern, number of scalp wounds, injured
hips Mrs. Noonan, Chester N. Y, scalp
wound
E. NJ. Post, broker of New York; Carlisle
Norwood lawyer of New York. The two
last named were cut about the head. Both
are members of the Tuxedo club. The
wounds of the injured consisted chiefly of
cuts and bruises. With a few exceptions
all the victims are residents of towns along
the Erie road between Middletown and
Suffern.
The first and second cars We're badly
wrecked The third car a smoker, was not
very badly damaged, but all the windows
were smashed.
The last car was a private car owned by
the Tuxedo Club. and, like the third car, it
escaped serious damage. A number of men,
bers Of the club were on the car and sey-
eral Of them who escaped injury helped to
care for the wounded.