Re: (erielack) Passaic, NJ Orphans Prevent Train Wreck, May 1933

["Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>]

Interesting illustration of the prevailing attitude of the time, when for 
the most part, people cared about each other. Things had changed somewhat by 
the 60's and 70's, when teenage boys tended to make the news by tampering 
with switches, sending trains into sidings and killing crew members.

Paul B

From: Fred Stratton <erief7_@_msn.com>
Subject: (erielack) Passaic, NJ Orphans Prevent Train Wreck, May 1933

Found this interesting story, among others at:
http://www3.gendisasters.com/mainlist/newjersey/Train+Wrecks+and+Accidents?page=1

Passaic, NJ Orphans Prevent Train Wreck, May 1933
Orphan Boys Prevent Wreck of Train Carrying 500 Persons.


Passaic, N. J., May 4.---Quick work of six boys from the Passic Orphan 
Asylum was credited today with averting a wreck of an Erie Railroad express 
train carrying 500 commuter passengers.
The boys, watching from the asylum windows during a heavy cloudburst last 
night, saw that the rush of water had carried away ballast under the tracks 
and left about 50 feet of tracks and ties hanging ten feet in air. They ran 
down the track in the rain, knowing the 7:50 express from Jersey City was 
due.
Engineer John McGlin, of Nutley saw the six boys frantically waving. He 
stopped the train within 50 feet of the washout.
The boys were Jacob Merinizek, 15, John Murdock, 11, Douglas Fleming, 15, 
Rudolph Borsche, 14, Frank Mazzola, 13, and his brother Michael, 11.
Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, IL 4 May 1933


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