New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-25
FATAL WRECK NEAR BOSTON.
AN EXPRESS DAsHEs INTO A WAITING
TRAIN.
TWO PERSONS RECEIVE FATAL INJURIES AND
MANY BADLY HURT-CoNGREssMAN
MoRsE.s NARROW ESCAPE.

MORSE y MARROW fc'Nlf.
Boston Oct IA tail-end collision on the
Providence division of the NewYork. New-Haven
and Hartford Railroad at Hyde Park about $50
o'clock this evening, resulted in fatal injury 70
two persons, serious injuries to three or four
others. while about twenty were slightly hurt.
D. c. Willis. OF Roxbury. and II. c. Merritt were
the engineer and fireman respectively OF the walt
ing train, while John Brumman was engineer OF
the express from Providence
At nine o'clock tonight C. VI. Austin the brake
man. died. list Of the injured includes Mrs
Werst. Of Mount Hope. injured internally; A. w.
Bragg No IS Clford-st Roxbury, injured inter-
nally and head and face badly cut; William
Esser No. Al Austn-st, Charlestown. head badly
TANNED. with internal injuries; W. H. Hoyt,
Roxburv head and chest injured; Thomas J..
Burke Mount Hope hands and head badly cut;
Mr. Lowell Crescent-ave., Boston; Mrs. James
Burns HYDE Park head and arms battered up;
Mrs Mary Barnes address unknown, Internal
injuries: Mr. and Mrs ]. F. MCGUIRE, Roxbury,
wounds on hands and scalp and the formers leg
broken; Mrs William Ross, OF Cambridge, severe
internal injuries probably fatal Roscoe Zines.
No 90 Myrtle-st Boston. head injured; Ella
Donovan No 973 Harrson-ave., Boston, nose and
scalp badly cut; Miss German, a wel-known
singer of Cambridge, head and chest bruised;
Mrs W H. MCGOWAN. No. IS White-st, East
Boston, spine and back badly injured; Miss Gran
mar. Cambridge, internal injuries and leg broken
When the crash came the scene was terrifying
The escaping steam and smoke covered every
thing with a dense cloud. In an instant the nre
bells Of Hyde Park were ringing and general
alarm was given for help along the streets 10
which nearly all the physicians responded. There
were many women on the train, and their snrieks
were agOnizing The quick response or the Hyde
Park fremen with crOwOdrs and every available
implement served 10 relieve the situation at once
The injured passengers were removed as fast as
possible 10 the station, where their immediate
wants were attended 10 by the physicians and
nurses That no instant death occurred is mlrac-
ulOus, when the crash threw passengers, seats
and chairs into such confused mass.
Congressman Elijah ~ Morse was passenger
on the Sharon train He received some slight
cuts on his fingers, but otherwise was unlnJured
He occupied one Of the rear seats In the train
and received a thorough shaking up, his escape
from death being narrow
wedding had been sOlemn!zed at the Church
of the Most Precious Blood in the morning. the
principals being H. EDWARD Ross. of Cambridge,
and Miss Bresnahan. Of Hyde Park. The weu-
ding party was returning to Boston and had Just
entered the train when their JOY was turned 10
sorrow by the serious injury u two members
OF the party Mrs ROsT, the mother 81 the bride
groom. and Miss German. The newly welded
couple were Just late enough entering the car
10 avoid injury in the terrible crash. Mr.. and
Mrs J. F. Mcclure also a newly weddei
pair and their wedding trip was sadly married
by the injuries they both sustained.
SO far as can be learned no good reason could
be given for the fatal occurrence The first
train being late, there should nave oeen sen.
back a rear signal. which II is said, was not
done Engineer Brumman says that darkness
prevailed to such degree that he could not see
the signals for any distance.