The sun., 1893-07-26
ACCIDENT TO 4 MAIL TRAM
One Clerk Killed on tho N. r., N. II. d HI.
and Another Fatally Injured.

One Clerk Killed on tho N. r., N. H. d H.,
and Another Fatally Injured.
PROVIDENCE. July 25.-At Dodgeville. on the
Old Colony division of the Consolidated Rail-
road just before o'clock this morning. tho
nrst section of the midnight train from Boston
to New York. going at the rate OF forty miles
An hour. struck freight car and knocked it
into kfndling wood. while the engine and
every car Of the train were shattered badly.
Neither engine nor cars left the track. The
sides Of the cars were either stove in or torn
of. and nearly every window was broken on
one side Of the train. but no passengers were
seriously injured. In the first mail car ono
route agent was killed. two others were prob
ably fatally Injured. and the fourth was
slightly hurt
The train consisted OF two United States
mail cars. baggage and express car. a
Smoker, and one passenger coach. Charles
train; A. Z, Billings was the engineer and
Charles A. Barrows was the fireman. There
Poar the
Dodgeville depot the engine struck the
treiGht Sar The, engineer says he saw moth
irsisht. ear was oT the track. T The areman
The frst the passensers s sSH Knew the Windows
WR Sss aynF Sase g"ss The hef 9e vars
sscond see.Sn Of the % Train % Which a was come ae
n time 70 avoid S more Serious accident. '''u
IT wss Gnnd at several II the mail
quickly turned into a hospital Efforts were
cess, No telephone could be found and II was
yearly Was Two h4urs before medical assistance
InD boiler extension Of the Gina c0
The cab torn from tho top and rear ~ the boiler.
front end and all the side for fully two-thirds
o. ts length torn off. and mail matter was
The second mail car looked as though It had
peen struck at the first window by something
EhiGh crashed along through All The windows.
anem. nnt Tho two men In the car escaped with
i:alis;hns.ISy damaged. The men in it were @ an-
- The smoker was stove in on the side and
~ piece OF the freight car was found In one
Sera v, ,S sb"mt seats Which was unoecnpisd There
no one was seriously hh" hurt. - 'A' '4'' '0'
car contained about the sane
wss wssa badly Injured by the flying glass There
o rsrS tT9 n the
trucks and about half the bottom. Ii The pieces
we're SO small that 1t was little work TO clear |
bat asr on
Iall was broken. but no cars were thrown out |
q place The ,Wreckage was strewn from ths |
far inmMo was not loaded. The one killed and those
Walton wsRI.sri r,'. My mail clerk killed. belonged in
s.s.sd BY conclusion OF ths brain He was about 50
rEI3:.ap6: Mun,rr. mail clerk and q rs.lden. of
s .y S ; base OF the
;ssSmDSqna the sfai and so%poand esse ifso
sn.aL.s BUCErsGnIs of Milford. MAss. Gu. on tho
sf n,ss
}ossarsa.soi so:lon' % isis isa injured and Gu.
Gssisii q ths. city. struck in tho rsh. .y.
,D1.IO, n.yIO hErirns4s of oAmbriassporu left knee
as shs sss :sfy I'll sss fac. by
p's'e OF timber and badly cut
toR RIbya boat = G Blake; suPsrRtspdsnt Of tho Bos
,n Then the tracks were cleared at %:45 o'clock
Hospital The remains OF Miller were taken
sSnafs By a. AsbsS 81 prov
tSp the rrsse Se' ssly AT is.sS tSs snS
oaS ass1S Re hss
a are two side:traoks on the easterly side OF the
RhG!n RnMn line On tho siding nearest the sopth:
ssr d one q tie @ wsstsan lo.as a. '% %Rs body q
sn,S sns car was resting upon badly worn springs
Level with the boiler extsnsion S Of the iooomo. @
y s,N~, eNma and whan the train passed the car top
''bbsPTH 'bs At Is6t saalss across ihs raqdSed p