New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-10
TRAIN KILLS FIVE;
CUTS THROUGH AUTO
EXPRESS Strikes Machine Square
IN Between Wheels and Grinds
1t to Bits at Cape May.
VICTIMS FROM BALTIMORE
E. w. Feldner and Wife, Daugh-
ter and Son-in-Law, Fritz
Mergenthaler, Son of In
ventor, Die Instantly.
TBv Telegraph TO The Tribune. ]

cane MAY. y. ]. Aug a-Five persons
were instantly killed tonight when an
express train on the West Jersey & Sea-
shore Railroad struck an automobile in
which they were riding squarely between
the wheels and hurled the machine and
SIS occupants clear Of the tracks. The
accident occurred at the Mill Lane cross
Ing
The dead are Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
" Feldner: their daughter. Mrs Fritz
Mergenthaler and her husband. and NJ
c Jones. the chauffeur. All lived in Bal
tir7ore. They had been spending few
DAYS at Atlantic City. and started out
this afternoon for a trip to Cape Nav.
NJ. Feldner was until last April presi-
dent Of the Care MAY Real Estate Com
peny. which built the new harbor filled
in four square miles of land here and
erected the Hotel Cane May
According to the occupants of two
other autorn obiles which swerved to one
side 70 allow Feldner's car TO PASS. the
IT fated automobile was speeding along
tbs new state road at q rapid rate. ap-
psrentlv unconcerned as to its prox-
Unity n the railroad tracks or the ap-
proach Of train. ON the left hand side
Of the new road and close to II at the
crossing is field Of corn SO we'll grown
that the engineers and drivers Of vehicles
cannot see each others approach
Did Net Heed Wonan's SionzI.
Shortly before o'clock Mrs. Thomas
NacNeill, who lives near the crossing.
noted the coming Of the express which
Is due from Philadelphia al 5:46. and at
the same time she saw an automobile
speeding 10 certain destruction at the
crossing unless its occupants were
warned OF their danger. She ran for
uerd to warn the party in the Feldner
machine, but either the chauffeur did not
understand her signal or thought that
he could cross the tracks before the
train reached the crossing. for he
dashed on.
The engineer Of tbs express. Joseph
Wheaton. saw the automobile PASS the
edge Of the corn field, 2 few Yards from
the track on which he was running Al
though aware Of the fact that an acct
oe-,t vas inevitable. he tried 70 shut of
The mower. but his efforts were bound
q fail and, HnChecked. ms engine
crashed into the automobile and smashed
= squerelv IN two.
So great was the force Of the collision
that both parts of th= automobile were
smashed 70 bits. The piston cocks and |
the iron steps leading 70 the cab Of the /
locomotive were torn off The pilot and /
driving wheels were covered with blood /
and particles Of flesh when the train /
rolled into the Cape Nav station.
All Killed Instantly. I
L X believed that al the occupants #
tbs automobile were instantly killed All /
the bodies were badly nlutilated and /
pieces Of them were scattered along the
railroad tracks for a distance of two
hundred feet. Feldner's face was literal |
u torn of The bodies were quickly |
gathered together and physicians sum
rnoned 70 the scene. II did not take them
long 70 see that medical aid was OF nc
avail. and Coroner Reeves was Informed /
Of the accident. He took charge of the
bodies and brought them 70 the Morgue
here 70 await instructions from Balti-
more
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