New-York tribune., 1885-10-19
KILLED BY i COLLISION OF TRAINS.

TWO ENGINEERS AND \ BRAKEMAN LOSE THEIR
LIVES NEAR WEST AND JvER. y. II.
Bosroy, Oct. Is (SpeciGD. "A serious railway
accident ho,pencd at o'clock this morning Wcst
Apdoycr. n H. A dispatch TO The Journal says: Tho
sxpress freight M" due to leave Concord north at
A. H. was late. If it had been on time 1t would nave
passed tho down passenger night train at Grafton
II went out with clearance order with locomotives
When the train reached West Andovcr 1t was discovered
that the last eight missing. having broken TIC
coupling and run back. As there was no telegraph
office thcrcit was decided to send back o. the loco
motives ~ charge Of John p EucrSon engineer ana l.
c. Wells fireman. to Gnl the missing cars. Before he
started it is said that Emerson told Daniel Scoun H. tho
engineer OF the other lOcomJtv', TO sIop the
passenger train at West Andoycr and hold there until
he (.lerso) returned with the missing freight cars
sejnnell says that he did instructed stopping the
passenger train aud delivering message to conductor
j. Henry Drake. sconne denies tlat he WAS
instructed to hold the passenger train until
Emerson returned. Supposug th1t lie would Keep
ont OF the way passenger train had the right oil way
aud in the absence Of positive orders to remain at west
Andover it proceeded with caution Emerson found tho
missing cars about seven miles distant and at once
h!tdhed ON and started back suppOsn2 the passenger
train was to be kept West AndOvc Thef5g was thick
The conductor Of the train stopped at Andoycr
centre to OF passengers and was again under good
hcadway when he collision occurred.
The freight train running at good speed ara owing
TO the fog the within few rods OF each
other before the danger discovered The passengers
were shaken up but seriously hurt The express
and mail cars teoscOped about thnd OF the way
through the second car Three freight cars were in
ruins and the locomotives thrown OF side Of
the track and their positions exactly reversed.
Two engineers and a brakeman were killed.
The body of Emerson, the freight train engineer,
was cut through, barely hanging together Near the
body Of Emers that Of the freight train brake
man, Eben Harvey. The body OF Lucius
Graves, engineer Of the passenger train,
was nearly covered by debris and
was not discovered for half hour His clothing Had
been torn from his body His face badly scalded.
but the step his locomotive proved guard and pre-
vented his body from being jalnmed.
William W. Stone of Concord, who was lying down
BY his feet securely that nearly an hOI was CON
sumed In eXtrcating him. lie was not seriously In
Jured. In the Eia were Mr.. Perkins route agent,
ana Frank H. stevens, paper clerk or west Lebanon
The former thrown through window ard escaped
unharmcd, while the latter hurt IL knee aud
one ankle badly broken. William Turner the
baggage master of West lie banon. had hts hip broken
Among the passengers was Warren Emerson, Of
Concord engineer and brother of Engineer Emerson
who killed The former left the train at West
AndGver, and when he learned that hs
brother had gone down the track for
by the passenger trains he exclaimed The trains have
come together and know that my brother IA killed
Tho accident happened at some distance from any
house, AID Ii required considerable time to secure mcdi
cal aid. wreCkng train was sent out AMI the bodies
OF the dead and the wounded men were taken to Con