The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-09-12
The ENGINEER BLAMED
Said He is Responsible for the
West Cambridge Wreck.
THE DEAD NOW NUMBER NINE.


Horrible Scenes at the wrook-- ngineer
Goodwin Had No Right to Run by the
Signal, Even Though it Were Foggy.
Boston, Sep. 12.-To a 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 II 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 APP
parent 1t 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 a 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. II Norman str et Boston.
LEON o. RAYMOND, of VI iucheudOn,
brakeman on the freight train.
JOHN HUDSON, 81 years, of Watertown,
leaves a wife and eight children.
JAMES LANE, of East Watertown.
JOHN II. BARNES, Maple street, Newton.
Miss RETTA FEYLER, of Waltham.
BENJAMIN Tuck, an old man, of Wal
than. died on the way 10 Cambridge
Hospital.
MISS MARGRIE ADAMS, of Waltham, a
watch factory employe, died at hospital
II. II. MERRIFIELD, of Watertown, died
at his home.
INJURED.
Cornelius DOYLE, Waltham, receiving
clerk on Fitchburg railroad, left arm
broken in several places and fatal in
iuries
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 ana
hip.
Edmond Doyle, son of above, scalp
wound and cut near the right eye.
G. M Spear, Waltham, scalp wound
and cOntusiOns.
Thomas O'Couneu, Waltham, s calp
wound and contusions
Fred Warren, Waltham, slight face
wounds and badly shaken up.
Robert Orr, Newtown, fractured collar
bone and scalp wound.
Thomas Kinds, Waltham, badly
bruised
Herbert P Goodwin, engineer of the
colliding train, cracked rib, injuries not
serious.
Mary Dardis, watertown, slightly cut
and bruised.
Eleanor OHearn, head injured and
burns
Florence Clark, Boston, legs and feet
injured
Kate White, Cambridge, slightly cut
and burned.
G. S. Murphy, Waltham, cuts on head
and face.
William O'Hearn, Watertown, cut on
hand and facial injuries.
Peter Whitney, Watertown, hip in
jured.
John McFee 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.
e. S. Han, Waltham, head cut.
Mrs. George Wright Concord avenue,
Cambridge, slight injuries.
Mrs. Mary Ann Elliott, go Moore
street, Newton, badly shaken up and cut.
Harry Elliott. SO Moore street, New
ton, cuts and bruises.
Thomas Cane, Watertown, painful
bodily injuries.
Thomas Lennon, Watertown, cuts and
bruises.
John Cullin, Watertown, slight inju-
ries.
Michael Mullin, Watertown, badly
hurC
Mrs, Stevens painful injuries.
Mrs. Welch, WATERFOWL, 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, whore 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 to
pieces, and jamming its human freight
beneath the ruins
The force Of the collision smashed the
front end of the boiler and cylinders, and
the escaping steam added horror to the