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An HUNT XT ('WoYHoX TWOV amoah-up occurred fit Croydon Station on tlir* I*. It, It, on Sunday evening about half-past six, which killed Joint Mi'Nultv, of I’ii o street, and Stephen Deni, i*f Fr.mk-lin street, Bristol, and injured nnumber of otliet a. A fast frttg train on No. *2 track crush* d into apassenger ear of a construction train, in it hie h were a number of workmen on their wax home at th«oh mo* of tin u labors,I«*put Coroner Brennan held aninquest **n U tnllu *tltiv, at which the eiexvs of both trains, tin* opera tor at lt;no don, tin baggage master and a Harman at tlie crossing justalmve the station were examined.From th« testimony tuk* n it apja arsthat the construction train slatted frotu Taeony at ti ll with a numberof workmen who had been repairing the tracks at that |***int, ami wasstopped at Croydon on orders from Jersox City, to pi * k no another lot of wot kmen who were fixing a eross-mo just above the station. The eon-stnietion train had not yet come to a full stop when it was struck by the locomotive of the fa*t freight,the engine plowing its way halfthrough the car. I’lo* headlight of the approaching train was seen half a mile !elow.lmt it was sup-posed to have been on thf passenger track until too late for ail tnc occupants of the car to make their escape. The crew of tlie constructiontrain, with the exception of the fireman. escaped without injury, andthe engineer and fireman of the fast freight jumped in time to save their lixes. The baggage-master at the old Slt; bench's station, a shortdistance lelow, saw the freight train coming on the track behind the construction train, wdiich lie knew was to stop for the workmen, and signalled the train to stop, The engineer j ut the air brakes on the seven ears of the train thus equipped and Mi xv down brakes to the crew, but he was then so close on to the train that they could not ubev the gual. H id it not been for the winning gowi by the hag-gagn-master several more wuid have been killed. The engineer of the freight train had dear signals all the way lroiu Muntau, and was running at a rate of 18 to 25 miles an hour, an ! had n» intimation tb t the construction train xxas on the same track ahead of him. The green markers were on the rear end of ihe construction train, but must liaxebeen obliti rated by the smoke fromits own engine, for he testified tout he first noticed tb ■ lamp swing across the t;... k that something was wrong. He had no orders concerning the construction train, and was governed s hly by signals which were clear and in his favor all thexv iv. In reply to questions put tohim by the jurymen he could notsay who was to blame, but was forced to acknowledge that if Jersey City had notified the operators xxhowork the signals to hlt; 11 him back on account of the eonstru* tiou train having to stop at Croydou, that theaccident would imt have happened.- - , , . w - - - Nr - - «*• - - , . •» . ~ - -V «iug and Frank W lately, After bearing the evidence presented theyretired, an i in u .L .rt muu returuei)the folluxving x* uliet:“ i h it John McNulty and StephenDeni came to tin ir deaths on con*• Rtruetiou train No. ldfrW bv being i run into bv extra 1117. We, the‘ jury, censure the dispatcher I sex City for allowing two trains tc* follow each other slt; closely, and- running at such a rate of speed or 5 the same track,”
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Bristol Observer
Bristol, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Nov 03, 1894
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