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New Jersey News - 1899 - Killed By A Train
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Killed By A Train
Three Persons Meet Instant Death at Seabright
A wagon containing six persons was struck by an express train at the railroad crossing at the north end of Seabright borough last Wednesday afternoon. Three persons were instantly killed and two of the others were injured. The party consisted of Mrs. Charles Trippe; her son Charles, aged seven years; her infant baby, her two sisters Louise, aged 22 years and Juanita, aged thirteen years; and Miss Louise Farre, a nursemaid.
The Trippe family live in New York. During the summer they live in Greorge M. Sandt's house at Monmouth Beach. They had been out driving in a two-seated surrey and were returning home when the accident happened. They approached the crossing just as the West End express from Atlantic Highlands was due. There are no gates, no flagman and no warning signals of any kind at this crossing, which is about a half a mile north of the Seabright station. A high hedge fence and a group of trees shut off a view of the track.
The front wheels of the surrey were about in the middle of the track when the train struck it. Miss Louise Terry, Miss Juanita Terry and Charles Trippe were sitting on the front seat. They were thrown to one side of the track and killed instantly. Their bodies were mangled beyond recognition. Mrs. Trippe, her baby and the nursemaid were sitting on the rear seat. They were thrown on the opposite side of the track. Mrs. Trippe and the nursemaid were both injured and knocked unconscious but their condition is not considered dangerous. The baby was not hurt. The horse was cut in two and the wagon was reduced to splinters.
The train which struck the party was due at Seabright at 5:50. It is the same train that killed James H. Fowler at the Highlands last Saturday night a week ago. Martin Maloney is the engineer. The people of Seabright will try to make the railroad company put gates at the crossing where it occurred.
Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, August 30, 1899
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