The Portland daily press., 1893-02-28
TWO BAD ACCIDENTS.
Three Men Killed on a Pa III
Railroad.
A FIREMAN FATALLY INJURED ON
THE CONSOLIDATED.
Orders-In tho Other Case No Danger
Signal Was shown.

A Collision Results from Disobediepce Of
Orders-In tho Other Case No Danger
Signal Was Shown.
ST. JoHNsBURY, Vt, February 27.-
The worst accident that ever occurred
in the history of the Passumpsic rail
road division of the Boston & Maine,
took place just above st. Johnsbury Cen
ter sat $50 this afternoon, when two
through freights coli;ded at a culvert.
Fred Clark, engineer of the up train,
and Charles West, engineer, riding on
the same engine, and Fred Green, fire.
man on the down train, were killed.
William Bowling, brakeman, was hurt
about the head, not seriously and Engi-
neer Napoleon Bedard of the down train,
saved his life by jumping. None of the
other traiu hands were hurt. The down
train had so cars, most of them loaded,
very heavy. The train was going down
heavy grade, giving it fearful inn
petus. When the crash came the up
train was slowly steaming up grade.
The cars were loaded with baled hay,
dressed beef, corn and flour. Fred
Charles West had recently been married
and was about 30 years old. Fred Green
was new man on the road. The cause
of the accident was the forgetting of Or
ders. Conductor Drew had been ordered
to wait at St. Johnsbury, but left after
the air line train came down. The dam
age to rolling stock will be large The
two engines locked together just over
the crlvert. About twenty cars in all
were smashed. Those that tumbled into
the culvert were completely demolished.
The baled hay can be saved all right.
Cars at the rear of the down train were
not badly injured. Conductor Drew has
fled to parts unknown.
The Accident at New Haven.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, February 27.-
The worst railroad accident happened
in this vicinity in several years on the
consolidated road, about this afternoon
in the ''cut'' between Court street an
Grand avenue. Locomotives, cars and
merchandise were piled almost to the
height of the street, which is about Is
feet at this point.
The tracks of the Northampton divi-
sion enter the cut about 100 yards above
the scene of the accident. At this point
the tracks of the three divisions run
parallel. The regular through freighi
from Northampton, due here at 4.45,
10 minutes late. Closely following
came the extra freight, hauli
When the extra freight entered the
no danger signal was shown. Sudo
Engineer Allen saw the danger flag al
moment later the rear end of the re
freight, 80 feet ahead. His engine
instantly reversed, but in moment mo
the trains collided. The rca
cars of the freight were thrown
squarely across the track, blocking all
the tracks. Fireman Frost was thrown
on the Shore Line tracks. Almost be-
fore Frost could realize his perilous po-
sition the Shore Line through express
came dashing along at 30-mile gait.
Fortunately for Frost he was enabled to
roll over just in time to escape being cut
in two. A second later the express ran
into the already huge pile Of wreckage,
jamming and wedging the cars and
engines into chaotic mass.
Fireman Charles Bedell Of the express>
was crushed by his falling cab and re-
ceived injuries supposed to be fatal. The
passengers were violently thrown sbout.
A scene of great excitement followed. No
one was injured in the passenger COACH