Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-25
WRECK.
Fatal Oversight Of q Railway 10.
motive Driver.
DIsREeARDs THE DANGER SIGNAL

And Crashes Into . Train Ahead, killing
One Person. FATALLY wsu.Aisg Another
md More or Less Ip3uring Dozen more
Representative More Among the
Tightly Hurt-Crew Of IN Ocean Steamer
Rescued-Chicago Fire Inperils Many.
HYDE PARK, Mass, Oct. 25.-A rear-end
collision occurred here on the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railway at Sis
p. M. in which one man was killed, a
woman fatally injured and twelve other
passengers, including Congressman Elijah
A. Morse, were more or less seriously hurt.
The list Of dead and injured is as follows:
Dead-G. NJ. Austin, brakeman. In
jured-Mrs- William Ross. Of Cambridge,
fatally injured internally: Congressman
Elijah A. Morse, of Canton, both hands
and arms badly cut; A. w. Bragg, Rox-
bury, injured about head; Miss Ella Dom
ovan, Boston, chest injured; j. F. Ma
guire, Roxbury, injured about head:
Mrs. j. +. Mcguire, injured about head;
Mrs. Mary Barnes, Maiden, injured inter
nnlly; Mrs. j. Burnes, Hyde Park, in
jured about head; Mrs Cannon, Cam
bridge, internal injuries; Thomas. j.
Burke, Norfolk Station. injured about
head; William Esler, Chnrlestown. in
juretl about head; William b. Hoyt, Rox-
bury, internal injnrics; Roscoe Rines,
ROxbury, internal injuries.
Took Place on . Straight Track.
The regular Mansfield accommodation
train due in Boston Mt 5:47 was just lcav.
ing the Hyde Park station ten minutes
late when the New Tendon and Providence
express, due in Boston ut 6:lO, came
running down from Canton Junction ON
perfectly, straight track and crashed into
the rear Of the Mansfield train. The en-
CINE Of the Providence train plowed into
the end car for distance Of five or six
feet, and caused this chr to telescope the
one ahead. Between these cars was Brake
man Austin. who was caught and re-
manned jamnied in the wreck for nearly
an hour. As soon xs the dazetl people
about the station realized what had &C.
CURED n rush was made for tho train and
the work Of taking our the wounded be-
gun. A wrecking train with General
Superintendent Allen on board was at the
scene within half an hour.
Release Of the Unfortunate Brakeman.
All the phyA cians In Hyde Park, Ded-
ham and Milton were summoned by tcle-
phone and the police department OF Bos-
ton notified Ambulances were sent out
from there, and others despatched to tho
Park Square station, Boston, to remove
those OF the wounded who were sent to
that city by special train. All the serious
ly injured, including Mrs. Ross, were sent
to the Mass General hospital in Boston.
1t was nearly half-past before the un-
fortunate brakeman could he extricated
from the mass Of debris between the tele.
scopcd cars, and he died shortly afterwards
in the station waiting room. Both his
legs were broken and he was jammel
frightfully about the body.
Engineer Clearly to blame.
In speaking Of the wreck to an Associ-
ated Press reporter the general superin-
tendent said: "Enginccr Burnham must
have deliberately run by two electric block
signals showing red lights, one Of which
is just north Of the Readville station and
the other south Of the Hyde Park station.
Besides this the rear lights on the Mans
field train were burning, SO that there can
he no excuse for Burnham's negligence"
Representative Morse was not seriously
injured and returned home after his hands
and arms xyare n rocSod