The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-25
brakeman Crushed and Thirteen Pas
sengers. Including Congressman
Elijah A. Morse. Injured.
DUE TO ENGINEERS BLUNDER
PART OF PENNSYLVANIA MAIL
TRAIN WRECKED AT NEWPORT.
Engineer and Fireman Killed and
man Hurt-FOur Mail Cars Burned.

HYDE PARK, Mass, Oct. A-There was
a rear-end collision on the New York. New
Haven & Hartford railroad at 51s p. M,
in which one man was killed, a woman Ia
tally injured and twelve other passengers,
including Congressman Elijah A. Morse.
were more or less seriously hurt. The
dead is
G. NJ. AUSTIN, brakeman.
The injured are:
MRS. WILLIAM ,ROSs, Cambridge. fa-
tally injured internally.
CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH A. MORSE.
Canton, both hands and arms badly cut.
A.. W. BRAGG. Roxbury. injured about
MRS. ELLA DONOVAN. Boston. chest
]. F. MAGUIRE. Roxbury, injured about
Nils. F. J. MAGUIRE. injured about
Mrs. MARY BARNES, Maiden. injured.
MRS j.. BURNS, Hyde Park injured
MRS. CANNON. Cambridge, internal in
THOMAS j. BURKE. Norfolk Station.
WILLIAM EsIER, Charleston. injured
WILLIAM B. HoYr. Roxbury. internal
ROSCOE RINEs. Roxbury. internal in
juries
The regular Mansfield accommodation
train, due in Boston at 547, was just
leaving the Hyde Park station, ten min
utes late. when the New London & Prov
idence express, due in Boston at 6:10 came
running down from Canton Junction on a
perfectly straight track and crashed into
the rear of the Mansfield train. The en-
gine of the Providence train plowed
through the end car fora distance of five
or six feet and caused this car to tele-
scope the one ahead. Between these cars
was brakeman Austin, who was caught,
and remained jammed in the wreck for
nearly an hour.
AS soon as the dazed people about the
station realized what had happened a rush
was made for the train and the work of
taking out the wounded began. A wreck
ing train, with General Superintendent AL
len on board, was at the scene within half
an hour. All the physicians in Hyde Park,
Dedham and Milton were summoned, and
the police department of Boston was noti-
fed Ambulances were sent out from there
and others dispatched to the Parl-square
station, Boston, to remove those of the
wounded WHO were sent to that city by
| special train. All the seriously injured, in
Guiding Mrs. Ross. We're sent to the Massa-
was nearly 6:sO o'clock before the unfortu-
| nate brakeman could be extricated from
the mass of debris between the two cars.
ana he died shortly afterwards. Both his
| legs were broken. and he was jammed
| frightfully about the body
! In speaking of the wreck to a reporter
| General superintendent Allen said En-
| gineer Burnham must have deliberately run
! by two electric block signals showing rcd
! lights, one of which Is just north of the
Readville station, the other south of the
| Hyde Park station. Besides this, the rear
| lights on the Mansfield train were burning.
! hams negligence" The track was cleared
within an hour after the accident and the
/ loss to the road is estimated at not over
| 5000. All the passengers who were in
] jured were I'm the rear car CONGRESSMAN
| Morse was not seriously injured and re-
| turned home after his hands and arms
were dressed.