Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-12
THE ENGINEER BLAMED
Said He is Responsible for the
 West Cambridge Wreck.
THE DEAD NOW NUMBER NINE.

 Three of the Hurt Died Yesterday- Horrible Scenes at the Wreck Engineer Goodwin Had No Right to Run by the Signal. Even Though it were'Foggy. BOSTON, Sep. 12.-To dense fog and apparent carelessness on the part of the engineer of the freight train is to be charged the fatal accident on the Fitch burg Railroad shortly before Il o'clock Saturday evening, at West Cambridge, by which six were killed and many in- jured, three of whom have since died.
 The official investigation into the cause of the accident will undoubtedly result in placing the blame where it belongs, but the railroad men themselves do not hesitate to charge Engineer Goodwin of the freight train with the responsibility. The switches at the junction of the Water town branch with the main line are moved from a signal tower and are pro- tected by signals, which, under the in terlocking system now in such general use by the railroads cannot be wrongly set, and which, if seen and obeyed, will prevent even the possibility of accident. That Engineer Goodwin ran by one of these signals set at danger is clearly ap- parent. It is also evident that had he seen and obeyed the signal and brought his train under control, as the rules of the road require, he would never have crashed into the rear of the passenger train.
 While the fog may have obscured the signal from Goodwin's sight, it is said the rules of the road require that he should come to full stop if necessary to see and read it before passing.
 The complete list of killed and the in jured so far as known follows:
 KILLED.
 S. J. SULLIVAN, 5U years old, pawn broker, of No. 12 Norman street, Boston. LEON O. RAYMOND, of Winchendon, brakeman on the freight train.
 JOHN HUDSON, 51 years, of Watertown, leaves wife and eight children.
 JAMES LANE, of East Watertown.
 JOHN H. BARNES, Maple street, Newton. Mss RETTA FEYLER, of Waltham.
 BENJAMIN TUCK, an old man, of Wal than, died on the way to Cambridge Hospital.
 Mss MARGRIE ADAMS, of Waltham, a watch factory employe. died at hospital. H. H. MERRIFIELD, of Watertown, died at his home. Cornelius Doyle, Waltham, receiving clerk on Fitchburg railroad, left arm broken in several places and fatal in juries.
 John Reagan, Watertown, sprained arm and knee. Frank Mills, Watertown, very bad scalp wound, hands cut and sprained knee. Andrew Doyle, Watertown, bad frac- ture of leg, severely scalded on side and hip.
 Edmond Doyle, son of above, scalp wound and cut near the right eye. G. M. Spear, Waltham, scalp wound and contusions.
 Thomas O'Connell, Waltham, scalp wound and contusions. Fred Warren, Waltham, slight face | wounds and badly shaken up. Robert Orr, Newtown, fractured collar | bone and scalp wound. Thomas Hinds, Waltham, badly bruised.
 Herbert P Goodwin, engineer of the colliding train, cracked rib, injuries not | serious.
 Mary Dardis, Watertown, slightly cut and bruised.
 Eleanor O'Hearn, head injured and burns.
 Florence Clark, Boston, legs and feet | injured.
 Kate White, Cambridge, slightly cut and burned.
 G. $. Murphy, Waltham, cuts on head and face.
 William O'Hearn, Watertown, cut on hand and facial injuries.
 Peter Whitney, Watertown, hip in jured.
 John Melee, Watertown, broken ribs and bruises.
 Patrick Oates, Watertown, side and head injured.
 Patrick Downey, injured about the head.
 Thomas E. Berry, head cut and bodily injuries.
 George Good, ribs broken.
 Mrs. Fahey, slight injuries.
 James Smith, slight injuries.
 c. s. Hall, Waltham, head cut.
 Mrs. George Wright, Concord avenue, Cambridge, slight injuries.
 Mrs. Mary Ann Elliott, 69 Moore street, Newton, badly shaken up and cut
 Harry Elliott. 69 Moore street, New ton, cuts and bruises.
 Thomas Cane, Watertown, painful bodily injuries.
 Thomas Lennon, Watertown, cuts and bruises.
 John Cullin, Watertown, slight irju- ries.
 Michael Mullin, Watertown, ba lily hurG.
 Mrs. Stevens, painful injuries. MfS. Welch, WatertOWn, back injured.
 Richard Hollis, Watertown, side and chest hurt.
 The passenger train was heavily loaded, as is always the case on Satur, day night, and had arrived at the june tion, where it was waiting for an east bound freight to pass before crossing , the main tracks to the Watertown branch road.
 While the train was standing on the main line, the express freight, which had followed from the Boston yard crashed into the rear car, crushing it tc pieces, and jamming it's human freight beneath the ruins.
 The force of the collision smashed tn, front end of the boiler and cylinders, anC the escaping steam added horror to tn, ' situation of those already imprisoned. As quickly as possible, word of the ac cident was sent to Boston, Cambridge Waltham and other points within reach P and physicians were on the spot as quick ly as they could get there by differen modes of conveyance . The work of removing the dead and in