New-York tribune., 1907-08-14
NEAR TUNNEL HORROR.
I1CKaW4NN4 COLLISION.
Rergen Bore, Piled soith Wreckage
Keeps Commuters Hungry.

--.o,ssnds Of Jersey commuters were kept
80, their homes last night from one to five
.n-s t,v what might have been one of the
- serious railroad accidents this city
:. ,aa~s The rear cars of a coal train were
- slantwise across the westward bound
.-oots of tie Delaware, Lackawanna & West
= ,unnel outside OF Hohoken. missing only
= . matter Of inches wrecking Boonton local
- ond killing and prounding hundreds of pas
-o-s bomeward bound. AS il was, only the
.sne driver of the local train was hurt. and
- no, seriously, but the panic which resulted
"a the difficulty experienced in getting the
o,,,re crew to work indicated what a horror
might have resulted
-.e train known the Dover local" the
,,o,,.on division left the Hobol1en terminal at
.y, m It entered the tunnel a train Of
.u.artv-tvo heavy coal laden gondolas entered
:. she western end. AS the coal train pulled
40 the tunnel, the last three cars broke loose
-, seu behind the main string. Their loss was
,,.,ox,a-ad in a few minutes. and brakes set on
- f-ssqfr. AS the train slowed up the three
---ov cars. still moving rapidly. crashed into
sse train and were flung siantwise across the
,,,el and on TO tf,e westbound tracks As they
.-r,,g over the locomotive Of the passenger
,oir crashed into them The train was barely
-o,ang and the impact Of the stray cars as they
xe-e whipped against the locomotive did most
n< .be damage. The engine driver, Dore Miller.
,es tanned between his locomotive and the
vsu Of the tunnel He squeezed bit
e-s painfully bruised. but not seriously hurt
TIRE wreckage filled the tunnel the cars Piling
N onto the passenger locomotive until there
z.as not room enough for cat to wriggle
,hroush al TOP sides.
In the crowded passenger train there was wild
elsr,, for few minutes. That there was not
serious panic was due to the conductor, Amos
Sellers who. with his train crew. hurried
through the train So successful were their ef-
s,rts that by the time locomotive had been
sent in from the east end OF the tunnel 10 pull
OFT the train. quiet had been entirely restored
Traffic both ways was blocked for hours The
breakdown gang could not get their big der
-jok into the tunnel TO right the cars, and the
work Of clearing away the wreckage had to be
done by hand There was no room at the side
Of the tracks tn which to place the stuff, anu
syl the wreckage had 20 be piled flats" and
carried out Of the tunnel that way.
Half do n trains had pulled out Of the sta
.on after the 5:55. and these had to be sent
back Every three or four minutes the big
hoars Of the Barclay. Christopher and ed street
lines landed thousands of passengers. until the
bsg terminal was tarnrned- Then the railroad
officials made arrangements with the Erie and
Pennsylvania roads 10 accept Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western tickets as far as Newark
The eastbound trains on the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western stopped at Newark. and the
passengers were sent to New York over the other
.wo lines. Then they were switched on as near
.ae regular schedule as possible The trolley
cars also cared for thousands 1t was close 70
sidnigft before the blockade was raised