The Portland daily press., 1895-11-04
TERRIBLE RAILROAD WRECK.

A hight enSued, In Which several Oh pooA
sides were killed and a number woundeo.
TERRIBLE RAILROAD WRECK.
Boston & Maine Engines in Heap-One
Man Killed and Over Twenty Injured.
| Maiden, Mass, November 2 "A bad
railroad accident occurred opposite Edge
worth station, mile below this city at
s. % this evening. The $40 passenger
train, due at Edgeworth, had nine load
ed passenger cars bound for Reading. 1t
is one of the heaviest trains over the
Western Division of the Boston & Maine
railroad. AS it approached Edgeworth
station tonight, a'shifting engine, with "A
cars was crossing over from the outward
to the inner track, when the D. 10 train
from Boston, known as No 81, crashed
into the shifter. Both engines were
wrecked. The passenger cars jumped the
track, and about eight cars of the shift
| ter S train were piled up in heap, COM
pletely blocking both tracks 1t is said
about 90 people were injured. Engineer
Parker of the passenger train and Engi-
neer F. Tibbets Of the shifting engine
were badly injured.and taken..to the hos
pitaI H. H. Newcomb of Greenwood re-
ceived bad cut on one hand and was
bruised about the body. The accident
caused intense excitement in this city,
as a large number of Maiden people were
on the train.
The chief of police sent ten policemen
and the ambulance to the scene. The
shifter had just completed its work in
the Edgeworth yard. The passenger train
was in charge of Conductor Pinkham of
Reading. and the shifter in charge of II.
B. Porter 1t was raining hard and was
very 9alh mleohi naai lanH Teso So
doctors Lo, nmr we're e'seg sent Ito to the seen scene. W
| The latter was recovered apouU an nouf
later; when the news OF the aecioen1 was was
saSeraI srrse ne"ine ners I burriad ' 70 the scene
rendering valuable assistance. The fol-
lowing is a complete list OF the
casualties; 1,11rn
|
John hlarlty' prakeman ol oos'oh'
Ohester rarAer' enslheer VI 'ho pas
sonser olain' u A'ns' p e
anu paoiy nuiO apou' eno sAou,ooi
nhsinsoi =. AioDoo.s VI ono sl.'o-'
ooinersiiio' inJo'o'i ooo" oo
snoui40is ~ oaD =, :, =, ~. ~
b. +. COOK OF OaK Grove, MASS, Daaly
cut over the right eye, five stitches being
raouirad also injured about the hack.
- IoL, 90 washin,ton
Aseiooo T. ooAison' % "s w.
street, Maiden, very bad spraln OF the
knee and hip; back also injured.
r. T, podnock fireman of the Messenger
- - .' i
train, Wrlst spralned ana severely III
jured about the face.
csooroo Smith of Maiden had cut on
Uiio iaoo
Lew Pollard, nreman, padly snaAeh
I'D,
wo1tor Th.vo, of Ma,den in inred
"ai'ei
apou1 tne heau anu ouo w Ayins glass;
A. E. Steers of Maiden, badly wrenched
and a bad cut on the arm.
CIV -. I,s.te - ,ro,a. ont
"iiia'n
about the neau.
L. johnson of Maiden, injured inter-
,.un
iies.i'. .,
Brakeman dresser ana several pas
sengers were more or less out and bruised.
The accident was caused by the con-
- ~ shif+or rnnnino on the
uuoloi VI WIG
passenger traln, tlme. Ihefe 10 an
automatjc signal connected with the
switch and it throws a danger signal
shout 600 feet below the switch. Engi-
neer Parker of the passenger train claims
That the signal was thrown just as he
reached ID and he had no time to stop
1,sIna bis train He saws he applied the air
,rs nrakes se'a and threw the lever over, but the
rails iisVS We're , slippery and the wheels would
not r"llI hold Old The responsibility for the acoi.
dent dan seer seems to rost with the conductor,
orter, of the shifter and his engineer.
Snneri ntendent William Merritt of the
Waetarn Division was early upon the
scene e and it is expected that the wreck