New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-30

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COOK Ioseph aged eighteen son Of Mrs. Fannie Cook
s"uthbridgc employed in the American Optical Works
GArHlER chare, aged Sd thirty lg ytbdFen III
PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED.
rc,,rs Alfred = aged nineteen OF southbrdge; skull
fractured. internal injuries. -
NELSON Victor aged twenythrer ,,5s s8uor'dSe Skull
SIMPSON charles aged seventeen of Andrew sImp
son Souhhriige leg broken in TWO places anu Il"
tcrna Injuries.
STREET John age twenty-five. Lee Mass skull fract-
ured internal injuries.
TAYLOR Andrew souhbridge skull fractured both eyes
lost Internal injuries.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
p,-ps,vv william ,bys!ca instructor southbrdge Y. NJ
. a. injuries to head and back. badly cut and In
terna injuries.
=" Sriigc: hp broken face and head cut.
CLEMENT Herbert aged twentythree. southbrdge knee
injured. split seriously injured
DURGIN Edward aged eighteen southbrdse; face badly
EDWARDS Jacob aged eighteen. sou'hbrige; scalp and
MORSE. Frank aged eighteen southbrage; rib broken,
body bruised
NEWELL. Lester southbridgc; body bruised.
ROSE Harry Sou,hbridge head and face and posi-
bly, conclusion OF the brain
TAYLOR. James. jr, age nineteen. souihbrdge; flesh
wounds head cut. Internal injuries
The train for Worcester due to leave South
blluPt at va II. H. WIS ufldN 'l ~ NhF Tli'i'''
by an accident 10 Brakeman f.. f. Carlson. whose
foot was crushed. and the train Was running fast
to make up time. The football eleven Of the Y.
NJ. G. \. had started from they rooms to walk TO
the grounds and meeting the barge that had
carried their opponents. the Worcester Poly
technic Institute eleven. returning. they tumbed
in and urged the driver To hurry. as they were
late The horses were on the tracks at the
r., ch uliGfis from
the locomotive hidden by a curve and high
block on the left side Of the street. was the first
warning to the sixteen occupants Of the barge.
T.. D. Chamberlain the driver lashed his
horses and the man ;he seat by his side
Jumped Both were too late. The engine struck
th. barge on the left side between the wheels.
and tore along FOR $50 yards crushing the barge
and it's occupants into mass II broken splin-
ters and Of dead and dying humanity.
The crowd The football field could see the
engine when II came to a silndstil. and dozens
OF people were soon at work searching for
friends and relatives in the wreck. Charles
Gauthicr was found dead near the CROSSING
evidently instantly Killed BY being dashed agaisst
the rocks Further along were found Joseph
Cook william j. Dursaw. Frank Morse H. Dur
gin Andrew Taylor. ana mis- brother. James
Taylor Leslie Newell. Henry Relknap JACOB
Edwards Harry Rose and Chamberlain, bleed
ing profusoly and moaning Pinned ~ the wreck
I'm front II the engine was John street quar-
icrback II the Williams College eleven. who was
visiting the Taylor boys
sImnson. Nelson and Hughes were all terribly
manglcd.
Joseph cook died In twenty minutes AT IN"
electric light station. where the injured men were
taken Impr0vised ambulanccs conveyed most
of the men to their homes. and Flskdale. Stur-
bridge Webster and Worcester were called on
FOR physicians Everything possible was done
for The injured men. bat little hopes OF recoN-
.ry are expressed for four or five Of them
The Central-st. crossing has long been CON
sdercd very dangerous, but to-iays disaster
completely srrpasses anything the people of
Southbrdge ever dreamed could happen.
The Worcester Technology team returned 10
the city on the noon train completely unnerved
by the accident. .,,,,
Colleges quarterback. and Is haIback OF the
Williams freshman team. James Taylor Is END
rush on the Williams College eleven.