Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1901 — Railroad Wreck and Bad Fire. [ARTICLE]

Railroad Wreck and Bad Fire.

New York, dhpatch: W.th a crash that was heard a mile two freight trains laden with petroleum came together in a rear-end collision on the Central railroad at Cranford, N. J. A rush of flame, as the oil burned, lighted up the village, and the burning oil set fire to the adjacent houses. Jerry Harrison, a brakeman on the caboose of the leading train, was burned to death. That section of the village in the immediate vicinity ol the collision was wiped out.