THE ENGLISH MAIL

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 265, 14 November 1885, Page 2

THE ENGLISH MAIL

THREE TERRIBLE RAILWAY

ACCIDENTS.

Thirteen Persons Killed and Many Wounded.

Jersey City, Oct. 18.-On the meadows four miles west of this city, a collision occurred between two trains this evening, which resulted in the death of eight persons and the injuring of several others. The Pacific express, leaving here at 8 IS o'clock, ran into a western-bound emigrant train which had stopped at the coal shute on the Hackenßack bridge, knocking a portion of the latter across the track of the Lehigh Valley road. Shortly afterwards a Lohigh train, eastward bound, came thundering along and clashod into the wreck The emigrant train was just pulling away from tho coal shutes whon tho accidont occurred. A dense log prevailed at tho time. The bodies of a man, woman and boy, which woro brought here, have not yet boou identified. Tho wounded were brought to the Jorsey City depot, wnoro availablo ambulances were in |waitiug, and were conveyed thence to St. Francis Hospital. They wero : Misa Arnals, a Norwegian, aged 35 years, 6n route to Madison, Wis. Both her legs wore cut off, and injured about tho head. She died in ton minutes after arrival. Marinus Klinger, a Norwegian, aged 18, en route to La Junta, Col., where his uncle resides, was crushed about tho head and shoulders; died at midnight. Christian Bolsted, a Norwegian, 30 years old, en route to Minneapolis, sustained a compound fracture of both legs and was probably fatally hurt. Stewart A. Bower, fireman of the Lehigh train, aged 35 years, ia maried and resides at South Easton. Pa.

A Disaster in New Ham shiro.

Conookd, (N. H.), October 18.—An accident on the northern division of the Boston and Lowell ltailroad by which threo persona were killed and five othors injured, occurred this morning between East Andover and West Andovor. The Chieargo faßt freight loft here with a double header and when it reached West Andover, where it was to be side tracked for the down passenger train, it was discovered that tho train had broken in two. Engineer John P. Emerson started back in search of tho missing caro and tho passenger train mon wero informod of the mishap to the freight train. Tho express stopped at Andover Center to leavo off some passengers and pulled out again. About half a milo further on a collision between the passenger train and a section of tho freight train occurred, both going at a hitjh rate of speed. Tho recoil was very heavy and both engines were badly Bmashod. The tender of tho passonger locomotive telegraphed to the mall car. As soon as possible trainmon wero sent to the scone. Both engineers and brakemen, after a long search woro found doad in the debris. The express messenger and baggage-maßter were imprisoned in the wreck and it was necessary to cut them out. Both of them woro in a baggage-car, which took fire, but the flamos were extinguished without damage. There wore two clerks in the mail-car, one of whom was injured. Aside from a severe shakiug up nono of the passengers wore hurt. Graves, aged CO years ; John P. Emerson, ongineor of the freight train, of Concord, aged '30, and William Harvey. St Paul, October 4.—A terrible accidont happened on the Forgus Falls branch of the Northern Pacific Kaijroud, seven miles west of here, this morning, by which five metr lost their lives and thirty or forty more wero moro or less injured. John Robinson's Bhow left Wohpeton, D T., for this place in two sections. When within seven miles of Fergus Falls, near a small place named French, the head, or baggage, section broke in two whilo going up a heavy grade, and ten or twelve cars wont flying back at a terrific rate. On the rear train woro throo sleeping care occupied by workmen, over 2,000 in numbor all of whom wero sound asleep and not aware of tho impending danger. The cars which had broken loose increased their spued as thoy approached tho second or cago section, and probably had run a mile boforo thoy struck it. Tho engineer of tho roar section saw the cars approaohing, but only had timo to stop his train beforo it struck him. Tho result was soon apparent. Moro than a hundred men woro buried in tho debris. Tho scene can hardly bo described. The night was fearfully dark, and tho groans of the men wero appalling. Tho peoplo in tho rear section at onco bogan tho work of removing the men, live of whom wero found dead and many others wounded and bleeding. Word was at once despatched to this city, and a train, in charge of superintendent Vining, nt onco hastened to tho scene, and the dead and wounded wero brought to this place. Tho work ot removing the men from tho debris was a sorry task. A man, alive and uninjured, was taken from under two dead ones, and it was simply a miracle that ho escaped.