Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-11
KILLED,
FOUR HURT WHEN
TRAIN HITS AUTO
Returning to Paterson from a
Wedding Party in New
York.
REV. AND MRS. HAMILTON
ARE AMONG THOSE INJURED
Doctors Keep News of Rev. C.
L. Merriam's Death from His
Injured Wife.
FROM a stan Correspondent.

from q stan Correspondent.
HACKENSACK, Dec. u.--An auto
mobile containing two ministers, their
wives and chauffeur, returning to
Paterson from wedding in New
York, was run down by train at 6
o'clock last night at the point where
spur of the Susquehanna railroad
crosses the Market street road In Ber-
gen county. The automobile was torn
to pieces and its occupants scattered
along the sides of the track.
The Dead.
Rev. Charles L. Merriam, pastor Of
the Auburn Street Congregational
Church, Paterson.
The Injured.
Rev. David Stuart Hamilton, fifty
five years old, Of 452 Van Houten
street, Paterson, pastor, of st. Paufs
Episcopal Church, Paterson, lacerated
legs and body, cut about the head, be-
lieved to be internally injured.
Mrs. David Stuart Hamilton, wife
of the pastor, skull and limbs frac-
tured, condition dangerous.
Mrs. Charlotte L. Merriam, wife of
the pastor, bruised and cut about the
sibly internal injuries, condition dan
gerous.
James Kane, eighteen years old, of
SS Paterson avenue, Paterson, chauf-
feur, fracture of the left thigh and
bruised about the face and body
condition not regarded as dangerous
The party left Paterson yesterday
afternoon for New York, where Rev.
DR.. Hamilton officiated at the we'd
ding of DR.. Archibald F. Alexander,
of 379 Union avenue, Paterson, to Mrs.
Emma Mclean Glib, widow of Rev.
Joseph Glib, at one time pastor of
the Totowa Presbyterian Church,
Mrs. Gibb for the past two years had
been supervising nurse at the Pater-
son General Hospital.
The ceremony was performed in the
Grace Episcopal Church, New York.
In the party that made the trip to
Manhattan besides the bride and
bridegroom We're DIR. Robert r. Arm
strong, of Passaic. county physician
of Passaic county, and Miss Bessie
Close, of Paterson, who were the wit
nesses.
After the ceremony Rev. DR. Ham
iltoD said he was scheduled to make
an address in Paterson at 8 o'clock
before the Rotary Club, and would
have to leave early DIR. Alexander
offered him the use of his Franklin
touring car. 1t was accepted, Rev.
and Mrs. Merriam deciding to ac-
company them home. While the
bridal party started for the Hotel
Astor, where a wedding supper was
TO be served, the party of clergymen
and their wives departed for Pater-
son.
With the car heavily curtained to
-
Chauffeur Kane started for Paterson.
He reached Hackensack and took the
Essex road. A short distance from
the railroad crossing the road in
clines.
DIR. Merriam Instantly Killed.
The train reached the crossing at
the very second the automobile was
on the tracks. It struck the machine
amidships, smashing it completely.
Pedestrians ran to their assistance.
Rev. DR.. Merriam was picked up
dead. the others unconscious.
Automobiles who were passing con-
veyed the injured persons to the
Hackensack1 Hospital. A general
alarm was sent out for physicians
and DIR. Alexander F. Mcbride, for
mer mayor of Paterson; DR.. Francis
H Todd, also of Paterson, and Drs
OI. JOHH anu II. w Hllcp IL
Hackensack, responded. In some way
word was received at the Hotel Astor
of the accident and DIR. Alexander
and his bride made the trip in an
automobile. The honeymoon trip to
the South was postponed.
Drs Mcbride and Todd took charge
of the patients. In an effort to save
Mrs. Hamilton's life, trepanning was
performed.
At the hospital today, it was said
that the news of Rev. Dr. Merriam
had been withheld from Mrs Mer-
riam, fearing the shock would affect
her seriously. She asks for her hus-
band continually, and insists upon
knowing his condition, the attending
nurse said. The patient believes that
her husband is badly hurt, but i'm
proving.
No Bell or Gate at Crossing.
The railroad on which the accident
occurred Is a one-track affair over
which four trains run daily. between
Lodi and Hackensack. There is
neither bell. light nor gate at the
crossing. The spur is maintained for
the purpose of conveying freight back
and forth between Lodi and Hack
cnsack. In the morning and evening
employees OF the Lodi piece dye works
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