Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-09-28
GLASSBORO.
West Jersey Train Runs into Open
Switch and CoIlides With
Freight Train.

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Monday morning, local passenger
train, known as train No. 98s leaving
Bridgeton at 725 and due here at
SOP, side swiped into a south bound
/ freight train No. II, overturning two
steel aBattleships,' loaded with soft
coal. and also striking box car
loaded with tin, smashing it almost
beyond repair. The front end" of
the passenger engine was damaged
/ somewhat, and was later towed to
Camden for repairs. Clarence w. Let's
known throughout the country as the
Sunshine Engineer" who was the
engine driver, prevented serious in.
juries to the passengers by promptly
applying the brakes before leaping to
safety. He sustained badly sprain-
ed ankle and other slight injuries.
Herbert Compton, the fireman. also
/ jumped and perhaps saved his life by
doing so, as the whole damage oc-
CURED on his side. A rear 1agman
on the freight train received a bad
cut over the left eye by being thrown
/ against the back" when the crash
came Traffic was tied up for some
time. The wrecking crew arrived in
/ due time and in few hours had the
wreckage cleared away, and the de-
molished cars were taken to Camden.
| Engineer Let's received temporary
| treatment at the scene of the wreck
and was later taken to his home at
Bridgeton on the 8.5S train, where he
is doing very nicely at present. The
accident was due to a switch being
left open by member of the shifting
crew. Martin NJ Fitch, of Bridgeton
| was the conductor of the passenger
train, and is well known here.
William Shaw will work at Wilcox,
Pa. the coming glass season.
| The estate of the late Isaac Morgan
on North Main street, will be sold at
public sale next Wednesday
| Samuel Richie, who has been sick
since last May, at his home on Broad
street. is improving, and is able to
| be out of doors on nice days.
| Joseph Doughty, huckster, mar
rowly escaped being killed or injured
at the Chestnut Ridge grade crossing
| by the 1,25 p. m. south bound electric
train on Monday. 1t is thought that
AIR. Doughty failed to see or hear the
approaching train and started across,
and after getting on the crossing saw
his danger, and whipped up his horses
Just as the train swept by.
Allen Scott and wife left on Monday
evening for Hamburg, N. Y. where
Mr.. Scott will work the coming glass
season.
| The Ushers' Union of the First NJ.
3. Church have received an invitation
from the Wenonah NJ. E. Church to
attend their pipe organ dedication on
Friday evening, Oct 9th.
| A slight fire which broke out at the
pumping station at the w. j.. & S.
R. r. Depot on Saturday morning
caused no little excitement among the
station employees Pumpman McFad-
den called for aid, and c.. J. Crowley
ticket clerk in responding slipped on
a stone and turned his right ankle. the
result being a bad sprain, which COM
PEELED him to report off duty. The
injured member is doing nicely at this
writing under the care of DR.. Duffield.
Daniel Collie, who has lived here
for the past eight years. and a well
known glass worker, moved his fam
/ lily to Philadelphia on Monday.
| Raymond Harbert, a nine year old
son of George Harbert, received a
broken leg while playing ball with
some playmates on Saturday after
noon, at the old ball field on Wilmer
street, going after a fly ball Ray
mond coilided with chum, Edgar
Brown, and in some way young
Brown stepped on Raymond's leg
causing it to break He was taken to
the home Of his parents on Wilmer
and Church streets by his playmates
in small express wagon, where Drs.
Pedrlck and Iszard attended his in
Jurles. Raymond is doing as we'll as
can be expected at this period.
Messrs. CORTLAND and Raymond
Shute have moved into their new
property on South Main street.
I. Allen Ham has the ground brok-
en- for his new house on Reading st.
Rev. Charles H. Barnes, who is con-
Quoting the tent meetings at Railroad
ave., and Main street, occupied the
pulpit at the NJ. E. Church on Sunday
morning
| Campbell and Patterson. who re-
Gently bought the DR.. Trenchard
property at High and Academy Sts..
viii take possession in a few days,
and the property will be greatly i'm
proved. Edw. Burning, who has oc-
cupied the premises several years,
moved to Pitman on Tuesday.
| After spending the summer at
Beach Haven, Frank B. Annadown and
family have returned home.
AT the Pomona fruit farm they clos
ed out all of their peaches last week,
and are now shipping from four to
SIX loads of tomatoes daily to the
Fort Stanwix Canning factory.
The large plate glass for the show
windows for Voeker. Bros, has ar
rived and will be placed as soon as
the workmen get the frames com
pleted.
Harvest Feast Day or autumnal SER
vices were observed at the First Nj.
D. Church last Sunday. The church
was beautifully decorated with the pro-
ducts OF the soil. The pastor preach