The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-22
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SIX KILLED IN WRECK
TWO TRAINS TELEsC0PED ON
THE NEW HAVEN ROAD
Come Together With Terrific Force
and Both Were DemoIished by
the Force Of the Crash-Names
OF Nearly Thirty People Included
in the List of the Injured-List
of the Dead.

SHARON, Mass, Aug. 21.-A rear.
end collision occurred in the Sharon
station Of the New York, New Haver
& Hartford railroad at 1880 tonight
when an express train, which was run.
ming as the second section Of long
train. crashed into the first section
composed Of local cars.
AS a result, six persons were killed
and twentys1x seriously injured The
injured were nearly all removed to Bos-
ton on a special train which was met by
ambulances and surgeons. The rear
car Of the local train was completely
demolished and a portion of the second
car, while the engine Of the express
train was crippled. The dead are:
BOSTON, Aug. a. = Fifteen ambu-
lances awaited the arrival of the train
which brought the injured from the
scene Of the railroad wreck at Sharon.
A crowd Of fully 1900 had assembled
by the time the first train from the
wreck arrived, and force Of fifty po-
! licemen was sent to keep them from
crowding down onto the tracks.
Lined up on the platform were four
teen stretchers with their white pill
lows and crimson blankets, ready for
the reception Of the injured. Thirty
hospital attendants and a number of
| surgeons were also on hand.
| Quite number Of patients were TAX
en- in charge, but the greater number
were taken to their homes.
Daniel G. McCann, an express mes
senger on the New Bedford train, had
his right hand and arm badly lacer-
ated and his right knee injured in ex-
Treating a man who was pinned be-
tween the engines head plates and
the flooring Of the telescoped car. Just
in front Of the prisoner lay his wife,
crushed and bleeding, and he was un-
able to move hand or foot to help her.
! The woman died in a few moments.
Steam was rising as in Turkish bath.
The heat from the escaping steam wAs
intense. Mr.. Mccain said that many
people were slightly burned, though
in their heroic endeavor to assist the
injured the workers did not notice it.
THE DEAD.
FRANKLIN M. WATERS, somerville,
Mass.
MRS. VIM. ]. FITZPATRICK, Boston, her
granddaughter, Mary Fitzpatrick, ten years
Of age, and her grandson, fifteen years old.
! MRS. G. H. BRIsCOE, Revere.
A woman supposed to be Mrs. Watson of
| Westerly, R. I.
| INJURED.
James II. Fitzpatrick, eighteen years old,
Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Wh:tconb, Bcstcn.
Mrs. James Ray and her agld mother, ia
maica Plains.
Mr.. Crockett. Somerville, Mass.
Mrs Adie Braman. South Boston.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Ericsson and child.
Daniel C. Cantor
D. G. Mccain. South Boston.
Fred Tudor, South Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. Ogden, Lowell.
Mrs Maggie OConnor and two children.
Boston.
George Quinn, Providence.
Miss Fitzpatrick, years Old, Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gordon, Boston.
C. w. Dadman, Boston.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Walker, Waltham.
J. A. Philips, Boston.
A. E. Newmark, Pittsburg.
Joseph NJ. Mann Providence.
Mrs. Della V. Brennan South Boston.
Marguerite NJ. Grimshaw, Somerville.
The two trains which were in the
collision were usually combined into
one long train, but as the traffic TO-
day was so heavy it was divided, the
first section running as a local accom-
mediation, while the second, which
started from Mansfield fifteen minutes
later than the first, ran as an express
The local train due at Sharon at 1909
was thirteen minutes late. 1t left
Mansfield on time, making two stops,
and had lost the sixteen minutes be-
tween Mansfield and Sharon. 1t was
due in Canton Junction, the next sta
ton beyond Sharon two minutes ahead
Of the express train, which should
have passed it there. Sharon is situ-
ated on a curve, and both the outward
and inward tracks are protected by
electric block signals.
After the accident 1t was thought
the block signal protecting the inward
track was set at danger, showing, as
1t was intended, that there was a train
in the station. There was no warning
given by the conductor Of the Mans
field local to show the approaching
train that the track was not clear at
the station, and it was not until he
was within 400 feet Of the station that
the engineer Of the express noticed
anything wrong. He Immediately set
all breaks and whistled the warning,
but 1t was too late to stop the express
It crashed into the rear car, splitting
1t asunder and completely demolishing
it.
It's speed was not Stacked until the
engine had penetrated fully five feet
in the rear Of the second car. The es-
Gaping steam entered the car and badly
scalded a number Of the occupants
The roof of the last car was forced on
top of the engine Of the express and
remained there as the only portion Of
the car on the track. Engineer Getchell
and Fireman Holmes. Of the express,
both Jumped when they saw that a
collision was unavoidable. Getchell
| was cut and bruised about the head,
He stated after the accident that he
left Mansfield promptly on time and
| there was no incident until he was
| within 400 feet Of the Mansfield train.
| Then he saw the rear lights of that
train, and shut off all steam. Mean
while he had whistled for brakes, and
used every effort to stop his train.
Every one of the killed and injured
| was on the Mansfield train, and the
| only explanation of the fact that the
| number of fatalities Is not larger Is
| that the passengers were all in the
| forward end of the car IN tho aOt nf