George W. Mousley's survival of the Scotland train wreck

On the third day after arriving from England aboard the steamship Scotland, missionary George W. Mousley was traveling by train from New York to Wilmington, Delaware, when a switchman’s neglect caused a derailment near Newark, New Jersey. Three cars were crushed, three people were killed, and twenty-two were wounded. Mousley was considered the worst of the wounded, suffering internal injuries that initially kept him from walking or moving one arm. He received care at an adjoining house for twelve days, was then pronounced out of danger, and subsequently recovered his health and movement. George Stringam is also named in the records as involved.

Fuller account of this event (in the witness’s own words):

On the morning of the third day, I took train for Wilmington, Delaware, brother George Stringam accompanying me to the station. We had only travelled nine miles, to Newark, New Jersey, when, through the culpable neglect of the switch man, the train was thrown off the main track, on what is called a turn table, the locomotive running through heavy gates and into the ground over the fenders. Three cars were heaped, one above the other, in a common mass; the dead and wounded passengers lying among the debris until assistance came, when they were removed from the wreck. Three were killed and twenty-two wounded; I was considered the worst of the wounded. After some delay I was taken to an adjoining house, where I remained twelve days. While there, I received very good attention from the neighbors, and also from the Railway Company’s medical men. At the expiration of the above time, I was pronounced to be out of danger, and able to ride to Wilmington. I came to this place nearly five weeks ago, and was then unable to walk, and could only move one arm, but I have since improved rapidly.