Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-07
WOMEN INJURED
IN ODD ACCIDENT
At CENTRAL DEPOT
Train shoves Huge Bumping
Post Into Platform Crowd
ed With Excursionists.
HOSPITAL TREATMENT FOR
TWO OF FEMALE VICTIMS
Panic Among United German
Presbyterian Churches Mem
bers as Crash Comes.


-Four women exeursionisfs from fsaa
United German Presbyterian churehze
Of this city were injured as the result
Of a train mishap at the Broad street
station Of the Central Railroad Of
New Jersey today. Two of them were
so seriously hurt that they we're taken
to the City Hospital in ambulances Of
that institution.
The injured women we're.
Mrs. Dora Alexander 30 Geneva
street, Newark She was taken 70
the hospital in an unconscious con
dition, but recovered her senses later
She may have sustained fractured
skull
Mrs. Matilda Baker IS Dickinson
street. knocked down and bruised.
Also taken to the City Hospital. but
later went home
Mrs. Ena Leopold. "a Wallace stree.
bruised and shock. After being AT
tended by an ambulance surgeon she
was taken home.
Mrs. Lena Boettner. $50 South Eixh-
teenth street Mrs. Boettner, who IL
sixty-six years old. suffered ffen
bruises and shock, but insisted on CO.
ing 10 HeT nome
The accident was caused by Al
empty train which was backing into
the station to take local passenee
to New York Running too far inzn
the humping block, Il ripped Il from
its foundation and hurried it di<-
tanee of tv eilty feet The big biocis.
which. with its steel rails fastening
ii to its foundation weighs about tMD
tons, burtled down the wooden stepS.
splintering them. and stopped on fzs
lower platform.
The lower platform. al the time II
the accident. was crowded with men.
women and children. members OF the
excursion party which was goinE 10
East Long Branch. These peopls
were Immediately thrown into pane.
and crowded, turbulent fnaea
toward the main door Of the station
Women and children were thrown -
the ground and pandemopiufn
reigned for a few minutes.
Policeman Gus Klos. 5r., OF tsze
First precinct. who was standing II
the doorway. rushed In to calm the e.
cited thronf Aided by several al7s.
he then picked up the injured Wefz3
en- and car fied them 10 q waiting
room. He s9s notified police head-
quarters of tie accident. Two arr
bUtdHEeS were 2 HTttil DUN sittltL tE1t<<<
the City Hospital. as wei as the aEs7s
balances OF the First, Second and
Fourth precincts. The reserves Of
the First precinct, under Captain
William Stueky. were also called 70
the scene.
Mrs. Alexander was the most eefi-
ously hurt She had been struck BY
the humping block. and iar uncon-
scious on the floor of the station. She
was picked up and carried to fhe
ambulance without regaining CON-
sciousness.
There was some doubt as to fi1e
exact cause Of the accident At fir5t
Nathan G. Campbell. superintendent
of the station. expressed the belief
that the engineer had been negligent
and had not set his air brakes IN
time. Later. however, he said that
he had been told that the brakes had
been set and that the train did not
halt in time because OF the condition
of the rails. A light rain had fallen.
and, according to Mr. Campbell, tl1&H
had caused the tracks to become slip
perry
Harry RAIDER, the engineer OF the
train. was promptly ordered to Jersey
CITY with his locomotive There an
investigation was Immediately start
ed. The conductor of the train was
Frank Goger and he had as assist
ants, Brakemen NcCann and KrEn-
nan