The age-herald., 1898-08-23
FOUR KILLED IN A WRECK First Section Express lFain Crashed
 Into the Second Section A LONG LIST OF INJURED Occurred on New York, New Haven & E Hartford Road. CAUSE OF WRECK WAS NEGLIGENCE No Warning Given to Approaching
 Train That Track Was Not Clear Until It Was Too
 Late to Stop.
CAUSE OF WRECK WAS NEGLIGENCE

Sharon, Mass, Aug. 22-A frightful rear end collision occurred in the Sharon sta
 tion of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad at 7:3O last night when
 an express train, which was running as
 the econd section of a long train, crashed
 into the first section, composed of local cars
 As result four persons were killed and a number seriously injured. The injured were nearly all removed to Boston on special train. which was met by ambu- lances and surgeons. The rear car of the local train was completely demolished and portion of the second car. while the en- zine of the express train was crippled
 The dead are:
 Franklin M. Waters of Somerville, book keeper, Boston, age 25.
 Mrs Mary Fitzpatrick of Boston, wid- ow, aged 70.
 Mrs. c. H. Frye, wife of c. H. Frye of Revere.
 Mrs. c. H. Bristol of Winthrop,
 The bodies of the victims were removed to Stoughton today. The Identification of the body of Mrs. Frye and that of Mrs, Bf1stoi was delayed and rendered difficult by the fact that both Mir Frye and MT.
 brlstol were among the injured and were taken to Boston last night. The number or injured Is still undetermined owing to the fact that many who were hurt were able to go to their homes for treatment While others who received medical attend ance near the wreck were only slightly in Jufed. It is thought that not more than tWelVe or fifteen can be included among those seriously injured. Seven of them \ were taken to the Boston hospital The i list is as follows:
 \ Edgar S. Bristol, Windsor, left leg crushed. amptation probably necessary N James Fitzpatrick sharon, right leg leg crushed amputation probably neces- N sary.
 \ charles H. Frye. Revere, previously re- ' ported dead through an error. back and spine injured probably fatally l Della Vernon, South Boston, lacerated scalp, severe internal injuries K R. J. Crockett, Somerville multiple iniu- ries.
 Mary N Grimshaw, Somerville, multiple \ injuries
 Mrs, Murray of East Boston, leg badly crushed.
 All the other injured are being cared for at their ,places of residence in Sharon, | Waltham and Boston.
 IA c& ss,. Cause of Wreck X The two trains which were in the collision were usually combined in one long train, but the traffic today was so heavy it was divided, the first se6tion running as a local accommodation, while the second, which started from Mansfield fifteen minutes later than the first ran as an express. The local train, due at Sharon at 7:O2, was nIleen minutes late. II left Mansfield on time, making two stops, and had lost thir- teen minutes between Mansfield and sharon It was due in Canton Junction, the next station beyond sharon, two minutes ahead of the express train, which should have passed it there. Sharon is situated on a curve, and both the outward and inward tracks are protected by electric block sig nalS.
 After the accident it was found that the block signal protecting the inward track was not set at danger showing, as it was intended, that there was a train at the sta- tion. There was warning given by the conductor of the Mansfield 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 rear of the accommodation that he noticed the call for brakes. He set all the brakes and
 whistled a warning, but it was too late
 to stop the express. It crashed into the rear car, completely demolishing 1t with the exception of the roof It's speep was not slackened until the engine had penetrated fully twenty feet in the rear of the second car The escapting steam entered the car and badly scalded number of the occu- pants. The roof of the lasx car was forced on top of the engine of the express and re-
 mained there as the only portion of the car
 intact Engineer Getchell and Fireman Holmes of the express both jumped when they saw that a collision was unavoidable.