Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-10-21

Yes, she Shas.' My fireman neard tnat.
After he said that No. . had gone through
asked him how the boari was. He said:
All clear; look out for the board at Belle
vue.' got upon my seat and started the
engine. l did not pass any switch engine,
as had been reported, on the double track.
After / got into the yards | saw head
light thought at first il was the switch
engine, but In a moment ! saw she was
coming too fast.
Il shut the throttle and stopped the train
and was standing still when No Q struck
my engine. went To get off, but before l
could do So was thrown against the tank
aud my side was hurt. l asked my fire.
man after the wreck IL he remembered
what Conductor Scott had said to him. He
said be did. He told Inc that No. o had
gone through. Isaw Conductor Scott after
the wreck. He was much excited. i
asked him in regard To the order again.
He muttered something and said that he
thought that No. had gone"
Railroad men say, however, that even IL
Scott had made the statement attributed
to him by Wooley, this would not have
Justified the engineer in disobeying his or
ders.
The coroner's jury will begin an inves-
tiRatlon next Monday.
After the accident the MANNED and In
jured were conveyed To the Nicholas Me-
mortal hospital in this city.
While everything was done that expert
enced hands could do To relieve the re-
mains of their ghastly appearance, the
scene at the mergue after the dead were
tasel out appttiod .re s,uuttst hearts.
Ia. uC "a wt ragged 1lols ne side OF
dark basement, which was illuminated by
feeble, flickerng jet. They rested on
sheets of canvas, aud n covering Of the
same material was over them.
No one. after careful examination Of
some Of the bodies, could say which was
the male and which female. Not a shred
Of clothing was lefa upon them. The best
preserved corpse was that of a boy about
II years OF age A fringe Of hair was left
about the ears and the base of the skull.
The upper part of the head was gone. 1t
had been con n,umed by the flames.
a portion Of tie brains protruded and
was Of d whit .-yellowish color. They
had been literally 60 ked The boys body
was free from any bruises OF cuts. The
upper portion of the body and legs were
not b.dly burned, and an examination
would lea To the belief that the poor lad
any blow severe enough 10 cause death,
and must have perIehed by fire In full con-
sciousness OF his fate
c. T. Beardsley OF Springfield, Mass.
pne Of the passengers on the wrecked cars,
pays DR.. Carter II. Osborne and wife Of
Southport, Conn, and Castor Rice Of
Brookside, VI, were In the car with him.
He has searched for them unavailingly
since the wreck. They are supposed to be
among the dead.
A Dangerous Spot
From Nicholas a curve begins which
forms almost spiral between there and
the point where the trains collided, SO it
was impossible for either to see the other
until their headlights were near enough
together to blind the eyes OF the engineers.
They had scarcely time TO reverse, apply
the airbrakes and save themselves before
the collision occurred. The Raymond 81
Whitcomb stood the shock without more
than a shudder excepting the baggage
car, which Lad its front end stove in
None of the passen gers on that train were
injured beyond a severe shaking up.
On the other train all the horror was ex-
perienced. The frail day coaches behind
the baggage car went TO spllnters. The
train was made up of l3 coaches, the first
four of them being telescoped The pas
sengers were caught in their seats ard the
general mass Of ruins, and to add TO their
misery the bUrning lamps exploded, aud in
a moment thu four cars were a sheet OF
flames. The two engines were total
wreck. The Battle Creek fire departme Mt
did heroic work