Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-21
THE smAsHUP

Yesterday Near the Old Tin Bridge
Locomotives Crash Into Each other
-Fortunately No One Seriously In
jured.
A northbound freight train and an out
going passenger collided near Tin bridge
shartly before o'clock yesterday morning.
The trains were moving slowly and the
collision resulted in two damaged engines.
Three Of the passengers were burned
slightly, but nothing serious is apprehend-
ed.
The passenger train was on the Air Line
division and was due in this city at 9:15.
The freight was leaving the Belle dock
tracks at the Tin bridge junction on the
way to Hartford. The system of signaling
apparatus at this point is as good as any in
the country. The switchman in the signal
box, from which all the switches and sig
nails are operated, signslled for the Air
Line train to stop and for the freight to
go ahead. The engineer on the Air Line
train did not heed the signals, but kept on.
Near the Tin bridge the Air Line trains
are switched on to the track which comes
through the cut into the city. The two
| engines met at this point and the result
was disastrous, although the Air Line en-
| CINE suffered the most. The engineers had
discovered their danger and had reversed
their engines. When the locomotives
came together their speed was consider
ably abated. The engineers jumped, saw
| ing themselves.
The engines did not strike head on.
They came together diagonally, each tear
the side of the other after the Yale ar-
ward style. The Air Line train was drawn
by engine No. 113, with George Il. Allen
of Willimantic in the cab. The Belle
Dock freight train was drawn by the big
wheeler No. 10, with Engineer John
Taylor of Hartford in charge.
The trucks on the Air Line engine were
knocked completely from under he,
allowing the forward end of the loco
motive to drop down upon the roadbed.
The cylinder on the right side was broken
and other parts of the engine bent and de-
ranged. The cab and other parts of the
woodwork were also broken. The engine
was so completely knocked down forward
that it appeared to be complete wreck
when as matter of fact 1t was not. The
monetary cost for damage will not be &c
very great.
Superintendent Ostrander, of the All,
| Line division, when asked the cause of the
accident, said: cit is easily enough ex
plaiced. Engineer Allen simply ran by
the signals, which had been properly set.
The freight engine was not much in
jured, as it was the heaviest engine by fa1
. aud was also going the fastest. 1t wa
showing at the time, and it is thought tina
Engineer Allen could not very we'll dis
, tinguish the signals. An investigation o
the circumstances will be made by Genera
Manager Plat.
One of the brakemen on the frsigh
. train seeing the collision was inevitable
and that he would be knoct ed off the trail
anyway by the force of the shock, leapet
from the top of the train going down tn
q steep embankment which Is twenty fee
high. He was much shaken up when b
, | got to the bottom of the bank, but was IN
a hurt.
The accident occurred about midway be
a tween Tin bridge and Cedar Hill depot
The tracks were blocked except one, owe
n | which the delayed Air Line passenger
\ were brought to the depot by the Hartfor
+ train, next at the scene. Superintendent
a Ostrsnder and Superintendent Denver ha
+ a large force of men at work and made 9
n rapid work as possible in clearing up tn
a | wreck.