The record-union., 1892-09-12
Appearance.
Special to the REcoRp-UN1ox.

Speclal TO The RECORD-ONI0N.
Boston (Mass.), Sept. 1.-THE horror
OF the great Quincy accident was recalled
last night when a through freight express
train, west-bOund, on the Fitchburg Rail-
road. ran into passenger train standing
on an outbound track at West CAM
bridge junction, telescoping the rear car,
killing eight persons outright and injur-
ing nearly forty others, three of whom
are reported to have since died.
Passenger train No. 13l, due to leave
Boston at 1915 P. NJ, started on time.
When West Cambridge junction was
reached the engineer found it necessary,
owing to the dense fog, to run close to
the cross-over in order to see if he had
the right of way from the signal tower.
While standing near the cross-over an
express freight train, bound west, came
laundering along, and just as the pas
senger train started to cross to the Water
town branch the freight train crashed
into the rear of the passenger train, with
the result above described.
When the engine struck the rear
car it entered it like a wedge, spill
ting it in two parts, each of
which fell outward upon the track. The
whole roof of the car lodged on top of the
locomotive. The recoil from the collision
drove the heavily loaded freight cars
backward, and although the two cars
nearest the engine were not injured. ten
or twelve cars behind them were smashed
into kindling wood. Cars were piled
upon one another in undesirable
confusion. completely blocking both
tracks TOR fully hundred wards.
As soon as the accident occurred word
was dispatched TO various police stations
in Boston, SOmerville and Cambridge,
asking them to send surgeons to the
scene.
The relief and wrecking trains, on ar
irving on the scene, found six of the
bodies removed from the debris and laid
out in the West Cambridge passenger
station. They were removed by the un-
dertakers, as were the bodies OF two others
recovered later. by o'clock this morn
ing all the visible bodies were removed
from the wreck, and the wounded cared
for by willing hands.
On the rear end of the Inflated car a
mans legs were dangling, the trunk be-
ing found quarter of mile down the
track.
The rear brakeman of the passenger
train, who shortly after the accident was
sent back to notify the engineer OF the
freight train that there was danger ahead
states that he went back as directed and
Signaled the freight train, and the signal
was answered by two whistles, which is
the usual answer that all signals have
been seen and noted. The reason for the
collision, he feels sure, was that the en-
gineer OF the freight train could not con-
troll his train, which was of thirty cars, q
greater part containing lumber All were
very heavy. Engineer Goodwin, of tho
freight train, is in the hospital suffering
fro. hal nal- hut 60
ously injured. He says: ''As soon as L
saw the signals on the rear OF the pas
senger train l reversed the engine, but
the momentum OF the freight carried it
into the passenger train. "
The passenger cars, other than the rear
one, were not very much injured, but the
shock to the occupants was only little
less severe than that sustained by those
in that car.
AS soon as the crash came frantic men
and women rushed about in purposeless
way, shrieking and grooming. Flames
soon began to burst from the wrecked
freight cars. The fire department soon
put out the flames. The work OF rescue
then began. One by one bodies were
brought in and placed on the depot floor.
Mangled 10y the crash of TIMBER scalded
by steam and blackened by hre they
presented a sickening appearance.
The groaus of theiinjured and cries of
those who were searching for missing
friends added to the horror Of the scene.
Most of those on the passenger train
were residents OF places on the line of the
Watertown branch, and nearly all were
working people.
1t will be a difficult matter to identity
some of the dead. Some were burned TO
crisp, while others were frightfully
mangled.
A complete list of the killed and in
Jured, as far as known, is as follows: 5.
j. Sullivan, Boston: Leon G.. Raymond,
Winchendon, a brakeman on the freight
train; John Herdson, Watertown: JAMES
Lane East Watertown; NJ. ii. Barnes,
Newton; Miss Retta Feylor, Waltham;
Benjamin Tuck, Waltham, died EN- route
to the hospital; Miss Margerie Adams,
Waltham, died to-day; 81. ii. Nerriheld,
Watertown, died to-day.
Injured = Cornelius Doyle, Waltham
probably fatally; John Regain, Water
town; Frank Mills, Watertown; Andrew
Doyle, Watertown; Edmond Doyle, G..
NJ. Spear, Waltham; Thomas O'Connell,
Waltham; Fred Warren, Waltham, Rob
ert Orr, Newton; Thomas Kinds,
Waltham; Herbert r. Goodwin, engineer
Of the freight; Mary Dardis, Watertown;
Elenor O'Hern, Florence +. Park, Bos-
ton; Kate White, Cam bridge: L.. ).
Murphy, Waltham; Florence Clark, Bos-
ton; William OHerne, Watertown;
Peter Whitney, Watertown; John Nc
Phee, Watertown; Patrick Oates, Water
town; Patrick Downey, Thomas f.
Berry, George Good, Mrs. Fahey, James
Smith, G. >. Hall, Waltham: Mrs.
George Wright, Cambridge; Mrs. Mary
Anne Elliott, Newton; Harry Elliott;
Newton; Thomas Came, Watertown;
Thomas Lennox, WATERFOWL; John Null
lin, Watertown; Michael Mullin, Water
town; Mrs. stevens, Mrs. WEIGH, Water
town: Richard Hollis, Watertown.
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