Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-04
NINE KILLED IN
A TRAIN WRECK
Boston Express on Way to
New York Jumps Track
at Full Speed.
SIGNAL WAS IGNORED
Wreck Catches Fire and
Many of the Dead We're
Roasted.

Of persons today visited the spot where
burned to death, and about forty in
jured, many Of them seriously, when
the second section of the Boston ex-
press jumped the tracks Of the New
Haven railroad a short distance west
of the station here. Among the dead
are the following:
Mrs. James P. Brady, who is thought
to be Mrs. James Cox Brady.
George K. Clark, engineer.
Mrs. Palmer Gavitt of Albany.
Miss Mary Hamilton Of Albany.
Motrach, first name unknown, of
Springfield.
Molker, fireman.
Mrs. G. 8, Ransom Of Albany.
Mark A. Wheeler, mail clerk.
Unidentified man.
1t will not be until those who know
their friends and relatives were on the
III fated train have all come forward
to speak perhaps that the full death
list will be known. Between the num-
Der Of charred bodies now in the I'M
dertaking shops Of the town, the num-
Der of injured In the South Norwalk
hospital and the number Of survivors
who have been sent to their homes
along the New Haven line and to New
York there is a great discrepancy.
The dead may equal twice nine;
the missing may be many more, for
lie cars which were In the wreck are
burned to ashes. They were wooden
cars. albeit parlor cars Of ancient
heavy construction, and the hot Goals
OF the engine over which they were
damned exploding the Pintsch gas,
with which they were lighted. caused
the fire to spread from one end of the
affected train to the other almost In
q twinkling. As 1t turned out only the
parlor cars were destroyed, and only
those riding in the parlor cars were
burned or injured. with the exception
of the engineer, fireman and other
trainmen, one mail clerk and his as
sistant. The passengers Of the still
fimsier day coaches escaped with only
superficial bruises and Jars.
Engineer Making Up Time.
Behind the engine was a baggage
car. the second a mail car. Following
came a combination parlor ear, smok-
er and buffet. then four Pullmans,
while three day coaches and a smoker
completed a train which consisted of
eleven cars. The trainload was very
heavy. Before Boston had been left
the train had been divided into the two
sections. and the second section was
filled to overdowinR long before 1t got
to New Haven. There was not a seat
left in the Pullmans. according to all
the passengers. except two. which had
been reserved by Bridgeport mer-
chants. There were even extra chairs
in the Pullman smoker and the car
just behind It, and out Of these two
cars have come all the dead 10 far
identified.
The train was just twelve minutes
late when 1t reached Bridgeport, and
George W. Clark. the engineer who
has paid for any mistake he may have
made with his life. left with the idea
Of making Up the time by the time
he should reach New York. He In
creased his speed at once, and by the
time he was well clear of Bridgeport
he was travelling very close to sixty
miles an hour. while the ears behind
were swaying and rolling like small
boats at sea. The train whizzed by
the stations In a cloud Of dust.
ignored Slow Down Signal.
For about 200 yards the old Boston
post road passes under the tracks with
other streets Of the town. and that ele-
Yates the tracks about twenty-five feet