The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-08-27
KILLED IN A WRECK.
Seven Passengers Slain and Twenty
SIX Injured I'm IA Collision mt
sharon, Mass.

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rear-end collision occurred in the
Sharon station of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad at 1890
Sunday night, when an express train
which was running as the second por-
tlon of long train crashed into the
first section, composed of local cars.
AS n result seven persons were killed
and 20 seriously injured The injured
were nearly all removed to Boston on
a special train, which was met by am
balances and surgeons. The rear cal
of the local train was completely de-
molished and portion of the second
car, while the engine of the express
train was crippled.
The dead are:
C. b. Fry, selectman OF Revere. Mass.
! Franklin NJ. Waters. Somerville. Mass.
| Mrs William ]. Fitzpatrick. Boston. her
granddaughter. Mary Fitzpatrick. ten
years OF age. and her grandson, Is years
| old.
A woman supposed to be Mrs. Watson. OF
Westerly. r. ].
Mrs. C. II. Briscoe. Revere, Mass
The two trains which were in the
collision were usually combined into
one long train, but as the traffic Sun
day was so heavy it was divided. the
first section running as local ac-
commodation, while the second, which
started from Mansfield IS minutes
later than the first, ran rs an express.
The local train, due at Sharon at 1909.
was - minutes late. 1t left Mansfield
on time, making two stops, and had
lost - minutes between Mansfield and
Sharon. 1t was due in Canton june
\tion, the next station beyond Sharon,
two minutes ahead of the express
train, which should have passed it
there. Sharon is situated. on n curve,
and both the outward and inward
tracks are protected by electric block
signals.
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 train noticed anything wrong.
He Immediately set all brakes and
whistled the warning, but it was too
late 10 stop the express. 1t crashed
into the rear car, splitting it asunder
and completely demolishing it, with
the exception of the roof It's speed
penetrated fully five feet in the rear
of the second car. The escaping 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 in
tact. "aMl
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 Mans
field 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
slut off all steam. Meanwhile he had
whistled for brakes and used every eff
fort 20 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 for
ward end of the car, in the act of
aiighting at the station. There were
about 80 people in the last car. and
most of them NJ the time of the acct
dent ;ere either upon the front plat
form or standing by the door
Mary Fitzpatrick, ten years old, was
taken from the wreck, but uncon-
scious, and died Just as the special
train bearing the injured started for
Boston. Twenty-Five of the injured
were taken on this train, and four 9TH
ers, whose names they refuse to dis
close remained in Sharon.