The sun., 1912-07-07
JUST LEARNS HUSBAND
WAS KILLED IN WRECK
Wife, ~ Years Old, With Baby,
Left a Widow by Corning
Disaster.
FINDS HIS DAUGHTER DEAD
kcarney Man Identifies Bodies
Of Girl and Fiance-Official
Inquiry Begun.

Mrs Anton Nelson Of Grove street
and Park avenue. Fast Orange, learned
only last night when the body Of her
husband was taken home from Corning.
n. Y. that he had been killed in the Lack
awanna wreck there early Thursday
morning.
lie was taking a short trip to Niagara
Falls. whittier he had started in obedi-
ence To the urging Of his young wife. 1t
was his one opportunity Of the summer
to get IA vacation.
The reports sent out from Corning
gave the name Of Anton Nelson. but
stated that he lived in Jersey City. Mrs
Nelson noted the name and realized
there was only a small chance of another
man Of the same name being on the train
Friends obtained information from the
railroad officials that convinced them
the dead man was from East Orange.
but they forebore to tell Mrs. Nelson
while any doubt remained.
Carl Nielsen Of Newark. who had been
friend of Nelson. went to Corning and
identified the body. which he took home
last night.
Nelson was a machinist at the Edison
plant in West Orange. The plant was
closed Wesdneday night not to reopen
till Monday and Mrs. Nelson urged her
husband to take advantage of the low
fare to soc Niagara Falls. He reluctantly
consented and only had fifteen minutes
to catch the train at Grove street sta
ton To connect with No. o.
The widow ia 10 years old and il left
with a baby 10 care fors Her relatives
are in Copenhagen. where she was mar
red three years ago. She has few friends
in this country.
thomas Brookes of Il Maple street.
kearnv. y. j.. returned 10 his home last
nigh! from Corning. where he had iden.
iiiied The bodies of his daught er tmma and
her finace. john Kennedy of Harrison
Mr.. Brookes's fourteen year -old son
Leonard IL III the Corning hospital and was
not able TO recognize his father. Tine
boys death ia expected AZ any moment.
Miss Brookes. who was - years old
and Mr.. Kennedy. who was about 2s,
Wednesday night for a trip to Niagara
Falls. They were TO have returned last
night and there was a party planned at
he Brookes house to celebrate Leon
ards fourteenth birthday.
MIR. Brookes went TO Corning Friday
in search for news Of his daughter
He ran across kennedy's body in the
Corning morgue and had it shipped back
70 Harrison. II was not until he had
searched for some time that he found
his daughters body in the morgue Of one
! of the ANAL towns near by. He brought
his daughters body hack with him.
kennedy was assistant Superintendent
OF the Marshall Thread Mills at Kearny
julius Sampson. whose body is re-
ported to have been identified among the
dead. lived al 382 Central avenue. Jersey
| City Heights. and was employed at that
address by Leopold Baumann. furniture
mann went to Corning 20 make sure oi
the Identification and TO take charge OF
the body.
Chester s Messerve, who with his bride
was killed in the wreck on the Lack
awanna railroad near Corning, y. y.
on July T. was clerk in the stock and
transfer department of the Chicago
Milwaukee and ST Paul Railway Com
pany. He had been with the company
| for ten years.
SCRANTON. Pa. July s.-To determine
the exact cause of the wreck at Corning
y. Y. Thursday morning and definitely
| fix the responsibility. officials Of ths
Lackawanna company and representa-
tives Of the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission and the Public Service Co m.
mission of New York State met in the
offices Of General Superintendent f. NJ
Rine OF the company here to-day.
| With the exception Of engineer William
Schroeder. the man who is blamed directly
by the Lackawanna company. and fire.
man Mack Huntley the members of ths
crews on the three trains which fguret
| in the disaster were called before thu
probers during the day. Schroeder anc
Huntley are confined TO their homee il
Elmira. suffering from shock and bruises