The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-06

} The Dead.
John spille, engineer on the pas-
senger train, 80 Chambers street.
Trenton.
Charles Monroe. engineer on switch
engine, Jersey City.
John H. Mcclure, fireman On
switch engine, "a Thoma street,
Newark.
Stainslaw Bzeyonski. g. track
walker, of 11s Dey street. Jersey
City.
The Injured.
An unidentified man, thrown from
the smoking car. crushed and injured
internally, will die; taken TO City Hos
pital.
Max Donaldson. AZ West 135th street,
New York, cut on legs and arms; City
Hospital.
L. H. Clark, Am5oy avenue,
Metuchen, cut and bruised; City Hos-
pitaL.
Miss A. G. Brook. "A years old, 81
Elm street, Elizabeth, injuries to back
and head. not serious; st. Francis Hos
pltal.
A. c. Allen, IS Nassau street. New
York, back injured; ST. Francis Hos
pital.
George L rench. So years old. "a
Wright street, Newark, brakeman IN
one of he passenger coacheH- back an1
legs injured; st Francis Hospital
George B. Spite, 80 years old. 1871
East Broadway, Elizabeth, back and
head injured. not serious: St Francis
Hospital.
William Ewing. II years old. AIler-
dale, injured on back Of head; Christ .
Hospital.
S. zeibrorski. As Herman street. back
injured, not serious.
George Smith. 107 Elizabeth street,
Newark, shoulders and head injured.
not serious.
Frank Binns. So Sayre avenue. Eliza
beth, N. J.. legs injured
The Pennsylvania railroad oficia;s
gave out the following report concern-
ing the accident. This report does not
agree in every particular with tho
testimony of ey~e-witnesses. 1t follows:
1.-THE accident happened at s:45
o'clock this morning to express
train No. 104 from Philadelphia due
at Jersey City at s.47. The train
at the time of the accident was
coming in on its regular track, Mo-
5, on the elevation. At the same
time engine No. 3175 was coming in
light from Waldo avenu to take
out the regular 9 o'clock train TO
Long Branch. As the train and
engine were passing each other for
some un~accountable reason they
fell over or each other. causing b
wreck All the cars. with the ex-
ception of the rear one. were de-
rallied, thereby blocking the entirs
four tracks, in and outward bound.
Engineer J. Spille, of the Philadei-
phia train, n Engineer J. Monroe.
of engine No. BITS, and his fireman
n n man, supposed to be a
track walker, were killed. Thirty
passengers occupying the smoking
car at the time of the accident were
badly shaken up and Slightly fn
jured. 1t is said tina the accident
might have prove far more serious
had 1t not been for the steel equip
ment of the passenger coaches
making up the Philadelphia train.
The train left Philadelphia at rs
and passed through here at S:32. Many
Newarkers boarded 1t here. It wss
made up of a combination baggage and
AlAto 0aA a Nv oACCt B0E0CLAS-s
coaches. two of them parlor cars.
1t is understood that the engineer ce
the passenger train had the order %.
enter the station on track No. 2. Ffe
was running on track No. 3 and We
Just entering the switch to No. 2 at
Brunswick street when the light en-
CINE, which was on track No. 2 nun
ming In the same direction. ran into It.
1t is believed the accident may have
been caused by a misplaced switch.
The light engine and the passenger
train crashed together. the light en-
CINE sideswiping the inward-bound
train. Practically all the injured pas
sengers were In the smokiug-car, which
was overturned. Six were badly enough
hurt to require hospital attention Tts
others injured sustained cuts from n.y.
ing glass and minor commissions and
shock
Engineer Spille was taken out dead
from beneath the tender of his over
turned engine. He was Identified by
his. brother Matthew, of Jersey City.
The light engine was also overturned
by the crash. and Engineer Monroe and
his fireman killed
Mcclure, the fireman of the Phiia-
delphia express, lived at % Thomas
street, this city. He was 30 year. old
and had lived here all his life. HIS
wife has been i'll for a long time. and
was not told of her husbands death
Besides the WIDOW. Mcclure is SUR
vived by a son9 Watson II. Mcclure,
A steel box containing $4,000. the
property of the Adams Express Co,5'-
pany. in the express car. was ma
mediatel placed under guard when sfle
collision occurred and later safely ~
moved from the wreck.