New-York tribune., 1921-05-30
Crowded Excursion Train
From Atlantic City Tel
escopes Cars OF Another
at Burlington, N. ].
Missing Sought
Inn Pile of Debris
Engineer of Express Said
10 Have ignored Track
Signal Set Against Him
Special Dispotch to The y,,bu,,e

Railroad, bound to New York from At
lantlc City, crashed into the rear of a
local train from Camden at the station
here little after 8 o'clock tonight
running at an estimated speed of from
forty to sixty miles an hour. Two per-
sons were killed, eight were severely
injured and fifteen others received
minor hurts.
The list of the dead and seriously in
jured is:
The Dead
John G. Nebbut, Trenton, killed out
right.
William Kessling. Of Camden. Train
dispatcher, employed by the Pennsyl-
| vania Railroad at Trenton. Died on
the way to the hospital.
Among the injured were:
Mrs. John G. Nebbut, wife of the
man killed. She has broken leg, and
internal injuries, and is the most seri-
ously injured.
Francis H. Kelly, of Belleville, N. J.,
injured about the head.
Margaret Hettigan, of Bordertown.
j. G.. Slatterly, Harrison, N. j., frac-
ture of knee.
Viola Pellinger, of New York.
Catherine Gangham, of 337 South
Orange Avenue, Newark; contusions of
face and body.
M. G. Rusa, address unknown.
w I ShIIry 500
Trenton.
All the injured except Margaret Het-
tigan were taken to the hospital at
Bordentown. She was taken to ST.
| Francis Hospital, Trenton.
Cars Are Telescoped
The impact of the heavy excursion
train, composed of twelve crowded
coaches, telescoped the two rear coaches
The rearmost coach was driven over
the one ahead for its full length, and
more than q third of the overset coach
was snapped soff and hurled bodily to
the station platform.
Cook admitted, officials said tonight
| that he saw the signal set against him
1000 feet west Of the station, but he
was unable to bring the heavy train
to stop in that short distance. He
escaped with minor physical injuries
but is beside himself from shock and
remorse. He is under the care of ply
slcians, who hope to get his nerves
into such shape that he can testify at
an inquiry which railroad officials will
make tomorrow, probably in New York
So great was the force that jammed
the two local coaches together that for
more than two hours it was impossible
TO separate them, although powerful
! locomotives were used in the attempt
While the cars were heaped in a
tangled mass it was thought that sew
eral persons might be imprisoned in
the wreckage and rescuers worked
frantically to clear passage, firemen
/ policemen and volunteers coming to
the assistance Of the railroad crews.
The local train had almost reached
the end Of its run. It's next stop, South
Burlington, would have been the last
! Consequently, there were few pas
sengers in it. l.. F. Fox, its conductor
said that when the train left Edge
ing Burlington, the only persons in
the rear coach were three women.
Two of Three Missing
Fox said the car ahead of the last
one had several passengers in it, some
men and some women, when the train
left Edgewater Park. He was unable
to say how many had got off at Bur
I! lington, and it is not known how many
lie buried in the tangle of splinters
and sts,l, at which the rescuers are
hacking and hauling.
The orders of the local train placed
it between two sections of the excur-
sion. 1t had just started out of the
station and had progressed not more
than five or six feet when the locomo-
tive came tearing into it from the rear
G. Pancoast Smith, chief of the Tren-
ton division of the railroad and o coun-
Gilman of this city, had just swung
down from the rear coach of the local
when the collision came. Glass, splint-
ers and steel hurtled about him He
escaped without a scratch, however
and was among the first to start at the
work Of rescue.
It was only q few minutes before
hundreds Of men were at work. The
crash had been heard for blocks, and
volunteers came running from all di-
rections. Several physicians were on
hand without delay, and the injured
were carried into the station and laid
on the floor for their preliminary ex-
animation.
Some were carried into dwellings or
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