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The Details of the Fearful Collision
Near Atlantic City.

LIST OF DEAD NUMBERS 43.

Heartrending Sights About, the Scene of
the “frock—How the Abcident Oc-
curred—A Full List of the
Identified Unfortunates.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.——The awful
railroad accident near Atlantic City re-
calls a similar horror in almost the same
place 16 years ago.

On Aug. 11, 1880, the second section of
an excursion train on the West Jersey rail-
road, returning from Atlantic City,
crashed into the first section at May’s
Landing, injuring 32 persons, of whom 25
died. The excursionists were members of
the congregation of St. Anne’s Roman
Catholic church, this city.

The first section, consisting of 16 coach-
es, left Atlantic City at 6 o’clock in the
evening. At May’s Landing, a few miles

“above the scene of last night’s accident, it

was run on the siding to allow the passage
Of the Atlantic City express from Phila-
delphia. With the exception of the last
two, all the coaches had safely passed the
switch when the engine of the second
section crashed into the rear car. At
.18 moment of the collision the cylinder
heads of the locomotive were blown out,
and the escaping steam scolded nearly ev-
ery passenger in the car.

It was raining at the time, and the en-
gineer of t'se second engine afterward as-
cribed the accident to the wet rails and to
the fact that he was for the first time us-
ing a new automatic brake in place of the
Westinghouse airbrake that he had been
accustomed to.

Before the collision occurred the engineer
and his fireman leaped from the engine
and fled, and it was well for them they
did, for searching parties were at once
formed, even in the presence of dire disas-
ter and suffering, and several hundred
men, armed with knives, revolvers and
ropes, started in pursuit.

Several years ago two freight trains col-
lided at the scene of last night’s accident.
The wreck was something awful, but for-
tunately there was no loss of life.

The Latest Collision.

The Reading railroad train which col-
lided with the Bridgeton excursion last
night was the regular 5:40 express, one of
the fastest trains on the Reading system,
and classified among the fliers. As it
drew out of the station at Kaighn’s Point
ferry, Camden, all the coaches were com—
fortably filled. The tracks were badly
torn up by the accident, and it was not
until this morning that an attempt was
made to run a train over the Reading
tracks into Atlantic City.

Dr. Charles A. Smith of Harrisburg,
who was near by when the awful railroad
accident occurred, passed through Phila-
delphia on his way home today. He tells a
graphic story of scenes he witnessed.

‘ ‘It was an awful sight. " said Dr. Smith.
“Only four or five bodies had been taken
from the wreck when ‘I arrived there. The
Reading express had struck the excursion
train on the Pennsylvania, cutting it clean
in two. The Reading engine struck the
second passenger coach of the excursion
train with a terrific force impossible to
imagine. The coach was smashed into
bits. There was nothing left of it except
a tangle of splinters, mixed up with which
were the mangled and torn bodies of men,
women and children. Death had come in-
stantaneously as from a lightning stroke
to most of them. There was no semblance
of a railroad car in this heap of kindling
wood. The third coach had not received
the full impact of the blow, but it was
ripped up badly and lay overturned. with
one side torn off. The engine and bag-
gage car of the excursion train stood on
the rails unharmed, as did the cars at the
other end of the train.

A ankless Car.

“The train had been cut in two, and in
the only luckiess car which Opposed the
great Reading engine rushing on at near-
ly a mile a minute scarcely one passenger
was not killed or severely injured. I saw
the remains of the Reading engine in a
heap of scrap iron and rubbish piled up
with the smashed car. The engine was
crushed so completely that it looked sim-
ply a scrap heap. I could not see whether
the engineer and firemen were killed, but
they could not have escaped. The wreck-
age caught fire from the ruins of the en-
gine, and a fire engine from Atlantic City
was brought out. The flames were soon
subdued, although I could not tell wheth-
er any of the victims had been burned to
death. I saw one little boy laid out on
the bank with his clothes burned quite off
him. but he might have been dead before
the flames reached him.

“The Pullman car on the rear of the
Reading express did not leave the track
with the cars in front of it, and the in-
mates sufi'ered little harm beyond bruises,
cuts and sprains. Those who had been
spared on both trains stood about dazed
and helpless until the screams of the
wounded and dying brought them to their
senses. The physicians who, had been
summoned from Atlantic City and brought
by special train over the Pennsylvania
road came in thick and fast. I assisted

them in temporarily dressing wounds in .

the field, but it seemed as if almost every
victim pulled from the wreck had been
killed at the instant of the collision. I saw
the bodies of five children lying side by
side on the grass as they had been lifted
out.

A Heartbreaking Scene.

“The sights all about me were heart-
breaking and horrible. Mothers were
looking for children and husbands for
wives, and the air was filled with groans
I was asked to go to the hos-
pital at Atlantic City, where the injured
were brought and put in bed. As soon as
I found that there were enOugh physicians
in attendance I completed my interrupted
trip home. ”

John Peters of this city, who was on the
West Jersey train, and who jumped when
he saw the collision was inevitable, arrived
here today. Said he:

“The trains were crossing the meadows
at a terrific rate, and it seemed to me as if
one was racing to catch the switch before
the other. So far as I could see, the red
light in the signal tower was up, blocking
the Reading train and giving the right of
way to the Pennsylvania.

“Neither train stopped, and then the
Reading train plowod its way through the
center of the other. The escaping steam
covered the wrecked trains for a few min~
utcs, and when it lifted I could see the
broken cars‘and the dead and injured.

“1 saw the rescuers lift out bodies scald-
ed from the trunk upward, and others,
with their heads crushed to a pulp, hang-
ing at the side. ' Several'men were taken
from the wreck, and before they could be

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placed in acomfortable position they died.
The demand for vehicles was so great
that in many instances wagons were
hauled to the wreck by men and the bodies
taken away in this manner.”

At; the Hospital.

A, Philadelphia physician who arrived

from Atlantic City today told an interest-
ing story of the scenes at the hospital after
the injured were brought there. He said
that he assisted in caring for 35 people.
- Soon after the accident at least 50 doo-
tors who were sojourning at Atlantic City
hurried to the hospital and assisted in car-
ing for the injured. Many of those taken
to the Atlantic City hospital were in a dy-
ing condition, and some of’tlnem survived
only a few minutes. -

Among the interesting stories told of
the scenes immediately after the accident
by the passengers who arrivedin Phila-
delphia was one descriptive of the manner
in which the injured were taken to the
hospital. Near the scene of the horror
were a number of wagons of every descrip-
tion.

Willing hands wheeled those up to the
track, and as soon as a wagon was filled
with the injured a dozen men grasped the
shafts and pulled the human freight to
the hospital. As soon as the sufierers were
removed the wagons were hurried back for
more people, and in this way much time
was saved in securing the proper treat-
ment for the bruised and bleeding victims,
many of whom were in the agonies of
death.

William Mayhew of Bridgeton said he
was in the first car. He saw the engine
of the express train coming. and it first
grazed his car, and then pitched it over. It
was full of men, women and children,
who were screaming, and there was a
pandemonium. It was with difficulty that
he crawled out the rear end of the car.

J. Eustiss of Bridgeton, who was in the
fourth car from the engine, and who was
badly out about the head, said that the
roof on the front part of the car was peeled
off, and he climbed out of the top as soon
as he could recover from the effect of the
blow. This was the only way out, as the
doors were jammed and the entire front
end crushed in.

Miraculous Escapes.

Thomas Shinn of Bridgeton, son of the
sheriff of Cumberland county, and a brake-
man on .the excursion train, was saved
from instant death by but a few seconds.
He was passing from the center of the car
that was struck to the rear. As he reached
there the shock came, and he attributes
his escape to nothing less than a miracle.

J. Ohl of this city, bartender, was a
passenger on the ill fated train on the
West Jersey road. He had secured a seat
in one of the cars before leaving Atlantic
City, but seeing a lady with a child he
surrendered the seat to her and went to
the rear car. This act of courtesy saved
his life, as that portion of the train which
he first occupied was completely wrecked.

The horrible experience of Miss Lydia
Pancoast of Bridgeton almost resulted
in her prostration. She was in the fifth
car, and after the collision she scrambled
for the door at the front. A man stag-
gered against her from the rear door of the
car in front, with a stream of blood gush-
ing from his mouth and his head laid open
by a deep out. Miss Pancoast’s dress was
covered with blood, and as she stepped
back the man in front of her fell dead.

A Dangerous Cro‘ssing.

The crossing where last night's accident
occurred has long been a bugaboo to trav-
elers between this city and Atlantic City.
It is located about 2% miles from the At-
lantic City terminals of the two rival rail-
roads, and a block tower, occupied by an
operator, is placed as close to the crossing
as safety will permit. This tower is occu-
pied by an operator, who is charged with
the duty of seeing that the train having
the right of way crosses first, and that the
other train is flagged. There is a differ-
ence of opinion as to which of the ill fat-
ed trains had the right of way last night,
but Telegraph Operator William Thurston
and Switch Tender Hauser are in the At-
lantic City jail now and Will remain there
until an official investigation definitely
fixes the responsibility.

The competition between the West Jer-
sey and Reading railroads for Atlantic
City business is very keen, and both roads
run fliers which average nearly a mile a
minute between Camden and Atlantic
City. There are frequent races across the
stretch of open country a few miles out-
side of Atlantic City known as the mead-
ows, and passengers on the rival trains
who are not timid regard the race on the
homestretch as one of the exhilarations of
the trip to the seashore. The timid ones,
however, are always apprehensive that
something will happen as the dangerous
grade crossing is approached. Last night
the long looked for accident occurred, with
awful results.

A railroad man who came to this city
from Atlantic City today is reported to
have said that the Reading train which
ran into the Bridgeton excursion train
was racing across the meadows with a
train on the Camden and Atlantic railroad
which left Pini""ielphia at about the same
time. Rail: ad officials, however, deny
that there v. s a :aoe.

How the Accident Occurred.

The details are slowly coming out.‘ The
exact number of the killed and injured
has not yet been ascertained. It is vari-
ously estimated that the number of killed
is between 35 and 60. The railroad ofii-
cials say that 37 persons were killed, but
the latest report gives the number as 43
and the injured as 42.

The accident was probably the Worst
that ever occurred on a railroad in this
state. There are conflicting stories as to
what caused it. Thus far it is impossible
to get a straightforward statement from
One of the engineers
of the trains is dead, and the other engi-
neer blames him.

The West Jersey railroad train, having
on board excursionistspf Red Men from
Bridgeton, left the West Jersey station in
this city at 6:30 o’clock on its way to
Bridgeton. After the train had left the
station and was on its way to the mead-
ows the engineer stopped and then waited
to get the signal to go ahead.

This was displayed, and he pulled the
throttle. The Reading express was com-
ing along at a rapid rate. The first part
of the West Jersey train had got beyond
the crossing in safety, but just as the third
car was going over the crossing the oolll-‘
sion came. The crash was terrific. The
engineer of the express train, Edward Farr
of Atlantic City, saw that a collision was
unavoidable, but bravely stuck to the lever
and died at his post. His body was taken
late last night from beneath several tens
of broken iron, which had crushed his life
out.

By the collision the Reading express
train was thrown from the track and fell
to the right, burying some of the excur-
sionists who had managed to jump from
the West Jersey train before the collision
occurred. Many of the cxoursionists saw
the approach of the express, and, knowing
there would be a collision. tried to jump
from the’car. Bute few were successful,
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they were buried beneath the wreck. The
third carvof the excursion train was dashed
into pieces. It was in that car that many
of the people were who Were killed. The
car was thrown over, and in a few minutes
it had been set on fire from the lodomotive
of the Reading train. Those people who
were not killed outright by the collision
and were pinned beneath the wreck saw
the blaze about them and“Eried piteously
to be either killed or rescued, as they did
not want to be burned to death.

There were many rescuers on hand by
this time. At once they Went to the as-
sistance of those imprisoned while others
fought the fire. They succeeded in put-
ting out the flames in a short time and
before any one was burned. The baggage
car of the Reading express was wrecked,
and the baggage and the cargo of the
United States Express company were
wrecked and strewn about on all sides of
the tracks. The baggage master of the
Reading railroad, when he saw that the
accident was bound to happen, leaped from
the baggage car and landed in a ditch, only
to be caught by the locomotive and crushed
to death. He was Samuel Thorn and a
resident of Atlantic City.

The Killed.

The following is a revised list of the
dead: Charles Muta, Bridgeton; John
Griver, Bridgeton; Charles Eckler, Salem;
Charles P. McGear, Bridgeton; Mr. and
Mrs. Trenchard, Bridgeton; S. P. Mur-
phy, Millville; Joseph Petus, Bridgeton;
J. D. Johnson, Bridgeton; Charles D.
Burroughs, Bridgeton; body supposed to
be Charles Soley, Bridgeton; H. F. Bell,
Bridgeton; W. C. Looper, Bridgeton; Mr.
and Mrs. P. C. Goldsmith, Bridgeton;
Samuel Thorne, Atlantic City; Franklin
Dubois, Clearfield, Pa.; J. Earnest,
Bridgeton; woman's body, supposed to be
that of Miss Jennie Sheppard, Bridgeton;
Mary Mentzeil, Alloway, N. J.; Lidie
Carr, Bridgeton; Pearl Muta, Bridgeton;
Mrs. Elmer May, Palatine, N. J.; Mrs.
H. F. Bell, Bridgeton; Anna Frets,
Bridgeton: Edward Farr, Reading rail-
road engineer, ‘Atlantio City; man sup-
posed to be Charles Sebert,'Bridgeton;
Charles May, Palatine, N. J.; D. E.
Wood, shipping clerk, Camden. N. J.; G.
B. Taylor, address unknown; James Bate-
man, Bridgeton; part of a shirt was found
with name stamped “A. H. Fox;” there
are now nine bodies at the Excursion
House, where the dead have been gathered,
not identified; a boy about 12 years. sup-
posed to be A. Peters: Reva M. Looper, 12
years, of Yorktowu, N. J.

The Injured.

The revised list of the injured is as fol—
lows: Harry Watson, 12 years, Yorktown,
N. J., legs broken; Albert H. Taylor,
Bridgeton; Mary Pittman, 12 years, York-
town, N. J.; John S. Kelly, 28 years,
Camden, fractured femur; William Spald-
ing of Philadelphia, Reading railroad
transfer agent, will die; Belle Johnson, 11
years. Shiloh, N. J., collar bone fractured;
J. S. Watson, Yorktown; Mrs. J. S. Wat-
son, Yorktown; W. Jones, 23 years,
Bridgeton; Mrs. Lizzie Muta, Bridgeton;
Charles Helmslee, 28 years, Bridgeton;
Mrs. Richard Freese, Yorktown; Samuel
Mute, 14 years, Bridgeton; Wesley Lee, 56
years, Bridgeton; Howard Woodlin, 18
years, Bridgeton; Samuel Wentzell, Allo-
way. N. J.; Almer Wentzell, Alloway, N.
J.; Charles W. ngner, Lillian Tyler, Liz-
zie Smalley, Caroline Smalley, Howard
Small'ey, all of Bridgeton; Rachel Abbott,
Bhodestown, N. J.; William Sheney,
Bridgeton; J. S. Johnson, Shirley, N. J.;
Samuel Pittman, William C. Helmslee,
both of Bridgeton; Samuel Wilson, Allo-
way, N. J .; Frank Morevllle, Bridgeton;
H. Muta, Bridgeton; Hanford Wilson, Al-
loway, N. J.; William Boughton, Edward
Seeley, William Winkler, David Kitch-
man, S. P. Frazer, all of Bridgeton; Ir-
vfln Dubois, Woodruff, N. J.; Chester
Burksall, Bridgeton; Mrs. Fannie Fralin-
gar, Philadelphia; Jacob Johnson, Shir-
ley, N. J.; Howard Woodland, Bridgeton;
C. Homer, Alloway.

The Engineer’s Statement.

CAMDEN, N. J., Aug. 1.—John Greiner,
the enigneer of the ill fated Bridgeton ex-
cursion train, brought his locomotive to
the roundhouse in this city early today,
and later he was interviewed at his home.
He said: .

“My train left Atlantic City at 6:46
o’clock. It was about two minutes later
when we reached the drawbridge. Just as
we were leaving the drawbridge I looked
out of one of the cab windows and saw
the Reading express flying shoreward. It
was then probably two miles away. There
was a Camden and Atlantic accommoda-
tion train running in the same direction
that the Reading flier was going. From
what I could observe the trains were rac-
mg.

“I looked up at the tower and saw that
I had a clear track. The signals are inter-
changeable, and the fact that the white
was against me would throw the red
against the Reading express.

“As the express came thundering down
the crossing I saw that a collision was un-
avoidable.

“ ‘My God, Horace,’ I said to my fire-
man, “he’s not going to stop!’

“Then I left my seat and jumped quick-
ly on to the engine's steps. For an instant
I was undecided whether to jump or not.
Something prevented me from jumping,
however, and I sprang quickly into the cab
again. The next minute the collision
came.

“Had I followed my first impulse and
jumped I would have been crushed to
death alongside the track.

“The engine of the express struck the
excursion train about the middle of the
second coach.

“Four of the cars left the track. It was
in the second coach from the engine that
most of the people Were killed. They were
simply ground to death in their seats.
Neither I nor my fireman was hurt.

“The engineer of. the express was liter-
ally smashed to pieces. When the crash
came, my engine was severed from the
rest of the train, and the locomotive ran
down the track for several hundred feet
before it was brought to a standstill.
When I got back to the scene of the acci-
dent, the sight which ‘met my eyes was
appalling. Dead bodies were strewn about
everywhere. and the cries of the dying and
injured filled the air. It was a heartrend-
ing spectacle.”

,The Third Ticket Movement.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.—There will be an
important meeting of the executive com-
mittee having in charge state organiza-
tions of gold standard Democrats at the
Palmer House headquarters tomorrow.

General Bragg, chairman, issued the call, ,_
and it is expected reports will be received

from states enough to give an indication
as to what extent the third ticket move-
ment has gone and will go.

The Jacobs-Sire Case.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.—The famous Ja
oobs-Sire breach of promise case will prob
ably never be heard of again. A satisfac
tion of judgment for $52,128.90 was flleé
in the county clerk's emce. Miss Jacob: ‘
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