The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-30
NO LOSS OF LIFE
FOUR HURT IN WRECK-TWo
LEAVE HOSPITAL.
No Alarm Felt for others-Newark
Traffic on Central Tied Up
by Collision.

Although four men were hurt IN a col
iisioD at The Brill crossing of the Central
Railroad last Saturday, when a locomotive
and eight empty passenger coaches missed
a switch and crashed into a freight train
on a siding, wreclking the passenger engine
and making J1indling wood of four freight
cars, non of the men was fatally injured.
The smash-up tied up traffic on both
tracks. and delayed commuters got in from
New York with strained appetites for din
ner and worse tempers.
Two of the men hurt left the hospital
where all were taken yesterday, and the
other two will pull through. William
Bengaloy. n fireman. was the first to
leave the hospital. He lives at 432 Vast
Jersey street. Elizabeth. Bengaloy left the
hospital against the advice Of the ply
sicians. He was burned on the back Of
the neck and on the right hand. The fire.
mans solicitude for the anxiety of his
family led him to leave the institution be-
fore he should have done so, as he wanted
to- convince them that his injuries were but
trivial.
George Hendrickson, of East Forty
sixth street, Bayonne. also has left St
James's Hospital He was a brakeman on
the passenger train, and escaped with
bruises.
The other two men who are still in the
HObplldl are lllOAldS T. oGbJdmiif VI
Roselle. engineer of the passenger train.
and Charles Bracken, 10 years old, Of
Hayes street. Hoboken. Bracken was the
most seriously injured, sustaining a frac-
tured arm and nose and scalp wounds. His
skull was not fractured, it was said at st.
James's Hospital today. Bracken was a
brakeman on the freight train.
Bracken was pinned beneath a freight
car for nearly half an hour before q
rescuing party succeeded in digging
him out. When the crash came the
freight was preparing to leave the siding,
and Bracken had gone ahead to a switch
control. Whether Bracken opened the
switch was not learned. The passenger
train pitched violently as it swerved onto
the siding and Bracken shouted for all
hands to jump.
The passenger train rushed full-tilt TO
ward the freight car, which was Standing
still. Bracken, In his anxiety to warn his
fellow workers. ran toward the freight,
and when the meeting crash he was
caught In the wreckage of the rear freight
car.
After SCATTERING the four rear freight
cars and derailing three passenger cars
the locomotive toppled over on its side and
slid into the meadows. Benjamin
jumped out Of the cab before
the ensine went off the track, but
Bengaloy was NOT 30 fortunate. He was
enveloped in escaping steam, and had
considerable difficulty In reaching a safe
spot. Hendrickson, who was in charge
Of the passenger train, was caught In
one OF the cars that toppled over.
A hurry call was sent In for the Third
Precinct police ambulance. and the crews
of both trains went TO Bracken's assistance.
He was unable to help himself, and it was
- ~ l,,rPnrrr m hands and KnGaq
to reach him. The injured man requested
that . priest be summoned, and a
message was sent to the rectory of st.
James's Church. Before the arrival OF
Father Michael ]. Donnelly the men were
on their way to the hospital. Father Dom
nelly. of this, searched in the
rain before he was able to ascertain the
whereabouts of the men. Henderson was
able to go home later.