Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-17
3 ARE KILLED
BY FAST TRAIN
Express Bores Through
Crowd al Elizabeth Station
Several Others Injured.
BAGGAGE MAN DEAD HERO
Mrs. A. E. Stone and Mrs.
Hannah Cosgrovs Of Bel
ford Are Victims. -

A special Lakewood express train
while running by the Elizabeth ave-
nue. station at 9:10 o'clock last
night bored through a crowd of
people boarding and alightin8 from
local train No. 355 of the Central
railroad, due in this city at 1923
O'Clock, killing three people and in
| juring several.
The Dead.
The dead are: Mrs. Ann Eliza
Stone, about eighty years old, of
Belford; Mrs. Hannah Cosgrove,
her daughter, of Belford; and Ed
ward S. Saunders, baggage master
of the local train, who lived at Point
| Pleasant.
Gave Life Trying Rescue.
Saunders, an old and well-known
railroad man who has Travelled
through this city for a number of
years, was killed in futile attempt
to save the aged woman and her
daughter. His efforts came too late,
however, as soon after he had start
ed on his good journey the train
bore down on him, hurting his form
with that of the women in various
directions. Passengers on the local,
/ d
local people, were eye witnesses to
teh accident. DR.. NJ. Greenwald, OF
this city, saw the victims and pro-
nounced them dead
Local People Witnesses.
The spectacle is one that the local
people who saw it declare they will
not soon forget. Seated in the pas
i senger coaches of the local train
| they witnessed the Lakewood ex-
press bear down on it's victims and
hurl them along the track. Mrs.
Stone, the oldest victim, had the
scalp and hair torn from her head
and was otherwise mangled, as was
her daughter. They were moved
down as they were going to the west
track to board the local train, en-
route to their home in Belford They
had paid an Easter visit to Chauncey
Steward Watson, of $50 First ave
nue., son-in-law of Mrs. Cosgrove
He later identified the victims at
Engel's morgue. Christopher j
Cosgrove, of 81 South Reid street
later identified Mrs. Cosgroye as his
mother and Mrs. Stone as his grand
1nurnrr. Iuey u3u VISITED AT Une
Watson home and left about $3.50
o'clock to go to the station. Harry
Mount, sixteen years old, nephew OF
Mr.. Watson, accompanied them but
returned to his uncle's home before
the catastrophe.
The two women had spent most OF
the evening with Mr.. Watson and
had called on Mr.. Cosgrove early in
the day. Mr.. Cosgrove was told OF
the accident by Watson Mrs. Stone
HI hnnr1 rria ai he
ond time Mrs. Cosgroye was a
widow. Mrs. Cosgrove is survived
by one son, Christopher J. Cosgrove
and two daughters, Mrs. Watson and
Mrs. Mount, of Sandy Hook. The
trolley lines on Elizabeth avenue
were blocked for more than an hour
because of the accident.
Mrs. Stone lived with her daugh,
ter, Mrs. George Hilliker, of Main
street, Belford. The funeral ar
,rangements are being made.
Crowd is Attracted.
Thousands were attracted by the
accident, so that it was almost i'm
possible for morgue attaches to
reach the mangled bodies Police
men Kelly and Hulsenbeck were
compelled to use force to keep back
the cFOWQ. Local people went from
their seats. Among them was DIR.
Greenwald, who hastily reached the
side of the victims, while others
took care of the injured He looked
them over while policemen played
searchlights on them, but his SER
vices were not required as they were
dead.
| DIR. GreenwaId Aids.
Among the local people on the
train were DR.. N. Greenwald, his
brother, Joseph Greenwald, John
Slobodien. Leo jacobson, Miss Anna
Dover, Meyer A. Friedman, James
Kelly, Samuel L. Wagner and Man
Wurtzel. A few minutes before the
accident some of them had joked
with Baggagemaster Saunders. He
had collected tickets and one of the
local people asked him if he gave q
receipt. He laughingly replied and
a short time later lost his life in
trying to save the women who tried
to board his train.