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Show EXPRESS TO ETERNITY. Terrible Railroad Wreck in New Jersey Jer-sey by Which Several Lives Are Lost. And Another Sinash-Up in New Ilainp-shire Ilainp-shire by an Express Telescoping a Fast Freight, Which Kills the Engineer aud Brake-man, Brake-man, and Severely Shakes Up the Passengers. Two Frightful Railway Collisions Yesterday. Jebsey. City, N. J., October 18. -The southern south-ern express on the Pennsylvania road ran into an emigrant train to-night near the Hackensack river bridge. Several persons "were killed and many wounded. The cars are now burning. All ambulances in the city have been called out for the relief of the wounaea. Some of the dead and injured are being taken to Newark. TWO MEN AND A WOMAN WEKE KILLED, And they and three of the wounded have been brought to this city. The accident occurred oc-curred to the western express and the southern south-ern express. Philadelphia, October 18.-It is announced here that after the southern express ran into the emigrant train this evening, near Jersey City, a Lehigh Valley train dashed into the wreck. Jersey City, October 18, On the meadows mead-ows four miles west of this city, a collision occurred between two trains this evening which resulted in the death of five persons and the injuring of several others. The Pacific express leaving here at 8:15 o'clock, ran into the western-bound emigrant train, which had stopped at a coal chute on the east side of Hackensack bridge, knocking a portion of the latter across the track of the Lehigh Valley road. Shortly afterwards the Lehigh Valley train, eastward-bound, came THUNDEEING ALONG AND CBASHED INTO THE WEECK. The dead were all on the emigrant train, as were also the injured. The brakemanof the latter train was among the victims. Three of the dead have been brought to Jersey City; they are a man and a woman, both decapitated, and terribly mangled, and a boy of about twelve years old, who had both legs cut off' Their names have not yet been obtained. It is impossible now to obtain ob-tain a full list of the number of injured. It is said there are more under the wreck. The latest information places the number of killed at eight. New Yobk, October 18. The Tribune of this morning has the following additional particulars of the wreck on the Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania road. Four cars of the Pennsylvania and locomotive and two cars of the Lehigh Valley tram were wrecked. &. a. .tsowers, foreman of the Pennsylvania, is among the wounded, some of whom it is believed will die. The accident occurred on the meadows, in a desolate place, not near any habitation. The train which took out the physicians carried also a large number of railroad men. Before its return ambulances from the city hospitals and St. Francis and Christ Hospitals Hos-pitals had been summoned, and were in waiting in the Pennsylvania station at jersey City. Ulinas Arnaes was taken to St. Francis hospital, and died immediately after reaching there. The railroad officials were reticent about the accident. It was stated that a number of the wounded had been taken to Newark. THE WEECK MADE A TEEBTBLE SCENE, All the tracks being littered. Travel was not interrupted, as there are four tracks at the point. Two of them were blockaded. The latest information is that there, were eight killed. Owen Hall, engineer of the Lehigh Vallev train, had his leg broken, and was taken to Newark. TEBBIBLE WOEK ON ANOTHEB BO AD. CoNCOBD, N. H., Oct. 18. An accident on the northern division of the Boston & Lowell Railroad, by which three persons were killed and five others injured, occurred this morning morn-ing between East Andover and "West Ando-ver. Ando-ver. The Chicago fast freight left here with the double-header, and when it reached "West Andover, at which place it was to be side-tracked for the down passenger train, it was discovered that the train had broken in two. Engineer John P. Emerson started back in search of the missing miss-ing cars. The passenger train men were informed in-formed of the mishap to the freight train. The express stopped at Andover centre to leave off some passengers, and then pulled out again. About half a mile further on the collission between the passenger train and the section freight train occurred, both going at a high rate of speed. The recoil was very heavy, and both engines were badly smashed. The tender of the passenger locomotive telescoped the baggage car, and the latter telescoped the mail car. As soon as possible train men were sent to the scene. Both engineers and brakemen, after a long search, were found dead in the the debris. The express messenger and baggage bag-gage master were imprisoned in the wreck, and it was necessary to cut them out. Both of these were in the baggage car, which took fire, but the flames were extinguished with out damage, xuere were iwu uiwm m mail car, one of whom was injured. Aside from a severe shaking up none of the passengers pas-sengers were hurt. A wrecking train and medical assistance went from here and the track was cleared before night. Following is a list of the killed: L. Graves, engineer of passenger train, of Concord, aged GO years: John P. Emerson, engineer of freight train, of Concord, aged 30, and WiUiam H Jebsey City, N. J., October 19 The emigrant emi-grant train was just pulling away from the coal chutes when the accident occurred. A DENSE FOO PEEV AILED AT THE TIME. The bodies of the man, woman and boy which were brought here were taken to Speer's morgue. They have not jet been identified. The wounded were brought to the Jersey City depot, where available ambulances ambu-lances were awaiting and were conveyed thence to St. Francis Hospital, iney were Eulena Arneas, Norwegian, aged 35 years, en route to Madison, Wis., both legs cut off and injured about the head. She died in ten minutes after arrival, ilannus Klinger, Norwegian, aged 18, en route to La Junta, Cal., where his uncle resides, crushed about the head and shoulders, died at midnight. Christian Balsted, Norwegian, 30 years, en route to Minneapolis, compound fractures of both legs, probably fatally hurt. Steward A. Bower, fireman of the Lehigh alley train, aged 35 years, married, resided at South Easton, Pa. . , . The passengers on the Lehigh Valley tram were brought to Jersey City on a relief train sent to the scene at midnight. The fog was still prevailing in the meadows, and it is feared others will be found beneath the debris. The full extent of the disaster will not be known till morning. , Jebsey City, October 18.-Supt. Crawford, of the New York division, furnishes the fol- 1 lowing official report to the Associated Press: , The particulars regarding the accident are as follows: About 8:35 to-mght, the Pacific Express No. 3 West-bound, ran into the rear end of an extra train, consisting of seven cars, loaded with baggage, and eight j cars carrying emigrants, at the west , end of the Hackensack river bridge, throwing the rear car of the latter over on Lehigh Valley road's track. Before the track could be protected, a Lehigh Valley I east-bound passenger tram, No. 19, i ran into the wreck. Three emigrants were uea, and four emigrants and three employes were injured. The employes were, passenger passen-ger conductor E. E. J. Uberoth, wrist f rao- tured; theL. V. engineer, Owen Hall, injured about mouth and legs, and L. V. fireman, S. A. Bowers, cut about the head and neck. The damage to engines and cars was not heavy. The injured were brought to Jersey City and taken to the various hospitals here. The cause of the accident has not as yet been fully determined. There was a dense fog at the time. (Signed) Joseph Cbawfobd, Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Kail-way, Kail-way, a ; MOBE BODIES FOOND. " The bodies of two boys and a woman were found this morning under the Lehigh Valley engine. The bodies have been brought to this city, but as yet have not been identified. Thomas P. Pratt, telegraph . operator at Meron, has been arrested. Pratt is 26 years old, and is an experienced operator. He admits he did not give the right signal and says he was advised by his friends to desert, but he refused to do so. He is held to await the action of the coroner's jury. He resides in this city with his wife and three children. THREE BODIES WEBB DISCOVEBEMHTS MOHNINO Buried beneath the front of the Lehigh Valley Val-ley engine. They were brought to this city and placed in the morgue. The woman is unknown un-known and unrecognizable, and the two boys were apparently about ten years of age, |