Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-21

Jumped from the engine rs IL crashed into
the smoker, the foimer being slightly in
jured. lie was able to take care Of his
engine.
Horrors That Followed.
The tnnnei was Allied with wre ckase BY
the collision. The nemeot afeer IL oc-
CURED a light switch engine on the down
track ran into it, jumped ihe track and
turned hardly scross the tunnel. OF the
six men on il none were hurt. The tele-
scoped cars. y mass Of broken timbers and
sphnters. caught FIRE Immediately. TIE
smoke attracted the attention Of the people
In the neighhofhood, Those who were
| near heard shIiets and calls for help and
rendered all possible assistance. Two Are
alarms brought six engines, which aeon
begsn playing on the il,mes. ladders
| we're brought and let down through the
| opening. and burned and bres,hless men,
coal biaek with smoke and with clothes
biszlng, began to crawl through,he air vent.
When no more came up the french went
dowa with axes and hose snd broke i,o the
wreck from which the flames were rising
| Out Of broken window in the last car,
where the engine OF the accommodation
train pinned him fast, hung a man crying
wildly for help. No other cry rose then
from the pile. A dozen axes smashed the
| woodwork thst held him and he was taken
out, He was a ear cleaner. The work of
taking out the dead proceeded. Every body
brought gu. wss steamed, as IL parboiled
| in addition 10 being burned.
1t was bard work 10 identify the remains.
Mrs. Nellie Supple, Of JsS Third Avenue,
was found by her con At SSH Street police
| staA lrna hnr IL, h,. has
ring, which was all the flames lett upon her
body. Another victim, was a man legiess
with both lower limbs burned off. No.
likely tho names Of all the victims will be
known til the census OF employees OF yard /.
taken and the missing ones accounted for.
Without exception, all were employed
directly or indirectly by the organization
known As Grand Central Station
Most were csr cleaners. -Four
men were injured.
Dispats About tho eiguaIs
Supt. Shepard Of New Haven road says
Fowler aud the fireman reported to him Ms
soon as possible after the accident. Both
claim that the sgnsis showed ciesr; they
we're white lights. Neither knew OF the
existence of the yard train until their CO.
eine crashed into it. The statement made
by Vice president Webb Of the New York
Central ray the acciden. happened ia wl,a,
is known IS the Harlem lice, operated and
msnsgsd by IN organization known ne
the brand Central Station, which
inciudesssll tracks between Forty second
street and Mott Haven Junction. There il
a general manager of this iiue elected
by the Central aad part Of Harlem and
New Haven Roads. lie has entire coz
troll Of the opera.ions OF the ling between
the points named Ia his report OF the nc.
cident, he says tile enaioeer and fTemen on
the New Haven train clsim the signal clear
The operator had not cleared the signsis
and bis statement IL substantiased by the
track walker and track foreman who say
they saw Rad street signal at danger when
the New Haven train passed, The signals
sre in'erlocked sDd it !, impossible to clear
ICED street signal when traio Is in this
section. which was the case OF this occa.
SION