The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
A RAILROAD CRASH.
An Express Rushes Into A Local at
Hyde Park.
TWO PEOPLE FATALLY HURT AND
NUMBER INJURED.
The Cause of the Accident Not Quite Clear
The Depot Turned Into Hospital
The Particulars of the Wreck.

The Depot Turned Into Hospital
The Particulars of the Wreck.
Hdye Park, Mass, October "a. "A tail
end collision, by which two persons were
fatally hurt, three or four eriously in
iured and some twenty others more or
less bruised, occurred directly in front of
the Hyde Park station of the Providence
division of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad about $50 p. IN.
today.
The passenger train which leaves
Sharon for Boston at 5.1S was a trife
late, and was standing at Hyde Park
station taking on and discharging pas
sengers, being directly on the line of the
passenger train which left Providence for
Boston at 4. 10. The latter train crashed
into the stationary train. The
forced through nearly half the
length of the rear car which was we'll
filed with passengers. Practically all
who were injured were occupants OF that
Car. After the accident all the physicians
in town were summoned as quickly as
possible to reach them. The depot was
temporarily converted into a hospital and
everything done to relieve the sufferings
of the injured, and make them as COM
Portable as possible.
Two persons, one brakeman on the
Sharon train, and the other woman, are
probably fatally hurt, being terribly in
jnrcd about the head and body. Their
names at present are unknown. No other
train hands as far as known were injured.
The passenger were mostly men, and
their injuries for the most part were in
the nature of contusions or bruises caused
by being thrown to the foo1 or against
the seats by the force OF the collision.
The trains were not deralled, and after
the injured were removed from the wreck
it to ok but comparatively short time to
cleal. the tracks.
The signals are said not to have been
set against the Providence train, as the
track on this section of the road is per-
fecthy straight for nearly seven miles, and
it is difficult to understand, with the in
formation at hand why the engineer of
the latter could not have seen the train
standing at the station in time to prevent
collision. 1t is believed that the recent
change in running trains on the right
hand track instead of on the left, may
have had something to do with the acci-
dent.
LATER
At nine tonight, c. NJ. Austin the
brakeman reported as fatally injured.
died. Seventeen are seriously injured and
all residing In Boston and adjacent
places Mrs. VIM Ross of Cambridge, is
probably fatally injured. After the crash
came escaping steam and smoke covering
everything with a dense cloud. In an
instant the fire bells in Hyde Park were
ringing and general alarm was given
for help along the streets. The quick re-
sponse of the Hyde Park fremen with
crow bars and every available implement
served to relieve the sad situation at
once The injured passengers were re-
moved as fast as possible to the station
where their immediate wants were at
tended to by physicians and citizens.
That more instant deaths did not occur
is miraculous. The crash threw passeners,
seats and chairs into confused mass.
Brakeman Austin of the forward train
was injured in an awful manner, both
legs broken and his abdomen pierced by
iron bars. He was jammed between the
two rear cars in such position that 1t
was nearly half an hour before he could
be extroated. He was carried to the rail-
road station, but his injuries were SO
serious that he lived only a few hours.
Congressman Elijah Morse was
passenger on the Sharon train. He re-
ceived slight cuts on his fingers and
otherwise WAS uninjured. He occupied
one of the rear seats in the train and re-
ceived thorough shaking up, his eacape
from death being very narrow. Mrs
Vose had attended the wedding of her son
10 Hyde Park this morning and the
wedding party was entering the Car when
the collision occurred. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc :.
Guire were on their wedding trip. AS far
as can be learned no good reason can be
given for the fatal occurrence. The first
train being late there should have been
sent back rear signal which it is
claimed was not done. The engineer of
the Providence train claims that darkness
prevailed to such an extent, he could not
SEQ the signals for any distance, and that
q cloud of steam obstructed his view.
The tracks were cleared before ten
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