New-York tribune., 1912-12-15
Big Jersey Auto, Filled with
Crowd Singing, Smashed
to Bits at SeWaren
Grade Crossing.
VICTIMS GET NO WARNING
Chauffeur Sees Danger Too
Late-None in Machine Is
cape - Two Children,
Brother and Sister,
and Woman Killed.
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and Woman Killed.
By Telegraph to The Tribune
Perth Amboy, \. j.. Dec 14.-Three
persons were killed and thirteen in
jured, two of them probably fatally,
when an auto bus Of the Perth Amboy
Transportation Company was struck
tonight by an express train OF the
Jersey Central Railroad at grade
crossing in Sewaren. n. ]. OF the six
teen persons who were in the machine
at the time Of the accident none es-
capped injury.
The dead:
THORNTON, Daniel, seven years oa, No. s
Emerson street, Roosevelt, y. j.
THORNTON. Margaret, thirteen ysrss ols. sis
ter OF Daniel.
Unidentified woman about forty-ny. years old
The injured:
ELY. John, Holn1dell, y. j.; cut about hands
and face
FAUST. Jennie, Chrome. y. j.; scalp wound
GLOVER Elmer, Roosevelt, n. j.; scalp
wound.
HYDE. Aaron, No 30 Amboy street, Brooklyn;
injured internally
OLSEN. Laura, Roosevelt n. j.. badly lacer-
ated arm.
ROONEY. Andrew. Roosevelt, n. j.; scalp
wound and bruises
ROONEY. Mrs Mary. Roosevelt \. j.: con-
tusions about the head and face
=
bruises about the face and shoulders.
WHITE. Louis E.. No. 12ss First avenue, New
York city; internal injuries.
The other four were only slightly in
jured. After receiving medical aid they
went home before the police could learn
their identity. All the injured were
taken to the Perth Amboy City Hos
pital. II was said there late last night
that, with the exception Of White and
Hyde, they were all resting comfort
ably and would probably be able 70
leave the hospital within few days.
White and HYDE were said TO be in
critical condition.
Crowd Sings Away Happily.
1t was shortly before o'clock when
the party entered the bus at Roose-
Welt, n. j., and were heading for Perth
Amboy, with Glover in charge Of the
vehicle. The party seemed an unusu-
ally happy one, humming the latest
popular songs.
Ho al,
crowd, who a minute before appeared
exceedingly happy, were sent sprawling
all over the tracks. The train had
struck the vehicle with such force that
only kindlng wood remained.
At the time Of the accident the train,
too. was filed with passengers. Their
mingled with the cries Of The
dead and dying Of the bus. Many Of
the women passengers on the train
on the train was Dr. Coble OF New
York. When the train was stopped the
surgeon got off and rendered all the aid
in his power. The injured persons were
were treated, pending the arrival OF
physicians and nurses who had been
summoned from the hospital.
The report Of the accident spread
rapidly. 1t was at first believed that
many more had been killed. The po-
lice, who got on the scene shortly after
the accident, sent out a call for physi-
clans and nurses from nearby towns.
Half an hour later there We're n score
or more on hand. After the injuries
were temporarily cared for, a number
of automobilists volunteered their SER
vices, and the removal to the hospital
then began.
Just who is responsible for the acc-
dent could not be determined. There is
no gate at the grade crossing and there
Is no fagman there TO warn pedestrians
and vehicles Of approaching trains.
But there is bell which rings auto
at the approach Of trains.
Track Clear, Chauffeur Thought.
Late this evening Glover, the chauf-
feur, had somewhat recovered and was
able to give a few details regarding the
accident. He said that he had stopped
his vehicle within few feet Of the
track and looked around TO see that
there was no train in sight. Assured
hat everything was all right, he started
across. Like a fash, he said, his bus
was struck by the train, and that was
he last he remembered until he was
revived in the hospital.
IL was the opinion OF many OF the
passengers that when the train
crashed into the vehicle IL was going
AZ least fifty miles an hour. 1t has
been the custom Of drivers approach
ing this crossing to stop and see If
here is train In sight.
Many of the passengers in the vehi-
lie declared that the chauffeur never
stopped. So far as they could see there
was no train in sight, and apparently
Clover had every reason to believe that
ne had a clear road and went on, they
said.
Miss Olsen was the only one OF those
injured who had sufficiently recovered
20 see newspaper men at her cot.
1T was shortly before o'clock" said
Miss Olsen, when we got into the bus
At Roosevelt, and were heading for