Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1875 - 1954), Wednesday 2 August 1882, page 4


Railway Accident.

A terrible railway accident occurred on the 30th June, on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, at Long Branch. While a train filled with passengers was crossing a bridge over a branch of the Shrewsbury river, the bridge gave way, and the cars were thrown on their sides into the water, which was about 4ft deep. Mr. James W. Bradley and. Mr. G. W. Demorest, well-known citizens of New York, were killed, and 100 others more or less injured. Ex-President Grant was among the injured. He was pulled out from the smoking car by a brakeman.