The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-22
FRIGHTFUL COLLISION

On New York, New Haven and HGFtfoFA
Railroad at sharon. BiaS,aehusotts-SlA
Persons IkllIsd and Twenty y-slx injured,
SHARON. Mass. Aug. 2l.-A fright
ful rear end colaslon occurred In the
Sharon station of the New YORK; New
Haven q Hartford raRroad at 1850 to-
night when an express train wl1ch was
running as the second section Of
long train crashed into the flrSt section.
composed OF locaf cars.
AS a result six persons were killed and
twenty-slx seriously injured The In
jured were nearly all removed to Boston
on special train, which was met By
abufances and surgeons. The rear car
Of the local train was completely de-
mCeished and O portion Of the second
car, while the engine Of the express
train was crippled,
THD DEAD: Franklin N Waters,
Somerviile, Mdse.
Mrs. WliAam j. Fitzpatrick, Boston;
her granddaughter, Mary FitZpatIc6
10 years or age and her grandson 5
years old.
A woman supposed to Do Ma Wat
son, OF Westerly, r. /.
Mrs. G. II. BriscOe, Revere.
INJURED: James Fitzpatrick, BoS-
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H, whitcomb. Boston.
ATTs Ray and her aged mother, JGs
maica Plains,
Mr.. Crockett, Somerville, Mass
Mrs. Alice Braman, South Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs, Ericsson and child
Daniel c, Cantor.
D. C. McCann, South Boston
Fred Tudor, South Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. O'ConIlor, LoWell.
Mrs Maggie 0CoHnor and two chile
dTen, Boston.
George Quinn, Providence.
Miss Fitzpatrick years, Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs, John Gordon, Boston.
c. ". Dadman, Boston.
Mrs. Ida NJ, Walker, Waltham.
]. A. Phillips, Boston.
A. L. HewmaFk, PlttsburG.
Jos. N. Mann, Providence.
Mrs. Drella v. Brennan, South Boston.
Marguerite NJ. Grlmshaw, somerss
Vile.
The two trains which were in the COLI
lision were usually combined into one
long trnin, but as the traffic to-day was
so hcavylt was divided, the first section
running as local accommodation, while
the second, which started from Mans
field fifteen minutes later than the frst,
ran as an express. The local train due
at Sharon at 1909 was thirteen minutes
late. It left Mansfield on time, making
two stops and had lost the thirteen min
utes between Mansfield and Sharon. Il
was due at Canton Junction, the next
station beyond Sharon two minutes
ahead OF the express train, which should
have passed It there. Sharon IB situated
on n curve and by the outward and in
ward tracks are protected by electric
signals. After the accident 1t was
thought the block signal protecting the
inward track was set for danger, show
ing as 1t wes intended, that there was Q
train in the station.
There was no warning given by the
conductor of the Mansfield local to show
the approaching train that the track
was not clear at the station. and 1t was
not until he was Within 400 feet Of the
station that the engineer OF the express
noticed anything wrong. He tmmedis
ately set an brakes and whist4ed the
warning, but Il was too lata.
1t crashed Into the rear car, splitting
It asunder and completely demoliShlns
II with the exception OF the roof. Ita
speed was not SEackened until the en-
gine had penetrated fully five feet into
the rear on the second car. The escaping
steam entered the car and badly scaid-
cd n nunIber Of the occupants. The root
OF the last chr was forced on top OF the
engine of the express and remained
there as the only portion Of the car In
tact.