Evening journal., 1907-12-27
BY THE JOURNALS Special wire.


CAMDEN, n. J., Dec 27.-While the
Atlantic City express was standing in.
the yards of the Pennsylvania railroad
at Third street and Bridge avenue at
$50 this morning, awaiting the signal
to enter the station, the Pemberton To-
cal crashed into its rear car. The 20
cal was coming down grade and at
tached to it was a long string of cars.
The force Of the impact drove the en-
gine and tender back into the smoking
car of the local, killing three persons
OUT MT and injuring a number of 9TH
ers, one OF whom subsequently died.
The car took fire, but the flames were
extingu shed. Ambulances took many
of the victims to the hospitals. The
accident was due to the dense fog, the
engineer Of the local claiming he could
not see the signals.
The Dead.
Theodore l.. Webster. Merchantville,
of Warren, Webster & Company. Cam
den.
c. T.. Sontgen, Stanwich. N. j.
A James ]. Gabarina, Mt. Holly, n. ].
\ Unidentified dead man in Cooper
rs Hospital.
10 Injured.
robert Clark, of Merchantville, N. J.;
hral contusions; West Jersey HON.
lthic Hospital.
81. Burnett Stuart, 20 years old.
e, Chestnut street, Merchantville; leg
~ Dken; Cooper Hospital.
4 E. William II. Mason, SO years old, 27
'on street, Mt. Holly; bruised back
fsag; Cooper Hospital.
.iSmith, 6 years Old 230 Walnut
NIerchantville; contusions;
\ pspital
endenhan 54 years old, Lam
J.; broken arm and dislo-
~ Cooper Hospital
Dix, 80 years old. 100 Maple
Merchantville; struck in nose
ing timber; Cooper Hospital.
Iert Pitcoe, Merchantville; badly
Brown, Moorestown; badly in
iPAbbey, Moorestown; slight in
huei Dobbins. Mount Holly. slight
"a sGces
= A. Y, Mulford, Merchantvine; badly
injured.
H. R. Cooper. Mount Holly; leg and
back injured.
j. D. Roberts, Moorestown; slight in
jufies.
Is. NJ Page. Moorestown. both legs
? broken.
John t. sleater Merchantville; slight
injuries.
]. L. sleator, Merchantville, slight
injuries.
Two Of the dead were pinned under
the wreckage for fully half an hour,
for despite the efforts of willing hands
they could not be removed until the
steam crane arrived to lift the tender,
While awaiting the arrival Of the
wrecker the helpers at the scene took
turns in supporting a portion of the
weight of the tender. keeping it off
the unfortunates beneath as much as
possible. A number of the passen-
gers continued their journey, although
cut and bruised
Withstood the Shock
The heavier cars of the express train
withstood the shock of the collision.
The locomotive of the accommodation
train was jammed back into the car
in the rear of it, telescoping it COM
pletely. 1t was in this car that the
three men who were killed and most
of those injured were seated.
The boiler of the locomotive of the
accommodation train burst in the col
lision and the escaping steam filled
the smoking car, scalding the passen-
gers. The crash of the cars was heard
half mile away and hundreds of per-
sons ran to the wreck
A general police alarm was sent out
and ambulances from the Cooper Hos
pital, the West Jersey Homeopathic
Hospital were rushed to the scene of
the accident. Business wagons were
impressed into service and converted
into ambulances in which the injured
were placed and taken to the hospitals
The police also notified more than a
score OF Camden physicians and they
hurried TO the scene Of the wreck and
assisted in treating the injured.
The rescuers had great difficulty in
reaching the injured, owing to the fact
that the wreck took place on the ele-
waited structure. Ladders were pro-
cured and in this way the policemen
firemen and physicians reached the
wreck
The fremen chopped away the de-
bris of the steam filled smoking car
and one by one the injured were car
ried out and taken down from the ele-
waited and placed in ambulances. The
rescuers were spurred on by the agon-
lied cries OF the men pinned down by
the wreck OF the cars.
Official Statement.
Victor Wireman, superintendent OF
the Amboy Division, said:
During a dense fog this morning