The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-08-27
FATAL REAR IND COLLISION.
SIX KILLED TwENTY-sIx HURT
Terrible Accident In Rallroad sta
tien AZ sharon, AIasa.-TsEa see-
lions OF q Train smaahed Hate
Each Other. Teleaeepang Cars.

49, 49,
Sharon. Mass, Aug. ga frightful
rear end collision occurred in the Sharon
station Of the New York. New Haven 4
Hartford railroad at 7;S0 O'Clock hast
night, when an express train which was
running a. the second section Of long
train crashed into the first section. com.
posed Of local cars. Az result six per.
sons were killed and 20 seriously injured.
The injured were nearly all removed 10
Boston on q special train. which was met
by ambulanees and surgeons The rear
car Of the local train was completely de
molished and q portion Of the second
ear. while the engine Of the express train
was crippled.
the Dead.
The dead are: Franklin N. Waters,
Somerville, Mass; Mrs. w. J. Fitzpatrick.
Boston; her granddaughter, Mary Fitz.
patrick, a lO-year-old girl; her grandson,
10 years old; woman supposed to Be
Mrs Watson Of Westerly, R. l.; Mrs. H.
c. BriscOe. Revere.
. The Injured.
The injured are; James ii. Fitzpatrick,
Is years old. Boston; j. H. Whitcomb.
Boston; Mrs. ]. II. WhiteOmb, Boston;
Mrs James Ray and her aged mother,
Jamaica Plains; MIR. Crockett. SOmer.
vile, Mass; Mrs. Alice Braman, South
Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. Ericsson and child;
Daniel c. Cantor, d. G. Mccain. South
Boston; Fred Tudor. South Boston; j.
Ogden, Lowell; Mrs J. Ogden, Lowell;
Mrs. Maggie 0Connor and two children;
George Quinn, Providence; Mis- Etzpat
rick, Boston, 8 years old; MIR. and Mrs.
John Gordon, Boston; C. w. Dadman,
Boston; Mrs. Ida NJ. Walker, Waltham;
J. Philips, Boston; A. L Newark,
Pittsburg; Joseph NJ. Mann, Providence;
Mrs Della v. Brennan. South Boston;
Marguerite NJ. Grimshaw. Somerville.
How the Accident Occurred.
The two trains which were in the col
hsiOn were usually combined into one
long train, but as the traffic today was
50 heavy it was divided, the first section
running as a local accommodation, while
the second, which started from Mansfield
Is minutes later than the first, ran as an
express. The local train due at Sharon
at T;O2 was Is minutes late. 1t left Mans-
deld on time, making two stops, and had
lost Is minutes between Mansfield and
Sharon 1t was due in Canton Junction,
the next station beyond Sharon, two min
utes 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 elee-
trie block signals. After the accident
it was thought the block signals protect
ing the inward track were set at danger,
showing, as it was intended. that there
was a train in the station.
There was no warning given by the
conductor OF the Mansfield local 10 show
the track was not clear at the station,
and it was not until he was within 800
feet Of the station that the engineer Of
the express noticed anything wrong. He
Immediately set all brakes and whistled
a warning, but it was too late to stop
the express. 1t crashed into the rear
car, splitting it asunder and completely
demolishing it with the exception Of the
roof. Its speed was not slackened until
the engine had penetrated fully five feet
into the rear Of the second ear. The es-
Gaping steam entered the car and badly
sealded a number Of the occupants The
roof Of the hst car was forced on top
of the engine Of the express and remain
ed there, as the only portion Of the car
intact.
The Engineers story.
Engineer Getehell and Fireman Holmes
Of the express train both jumped. Get
chell was cut and bruised about the head.
He stated after the accident that he left
promptly on time, and there
was no incident until he was within 400
ieet Of the Mansfield train Then he saw
The red lights Of that train and shut of
'team. Meanwhile he had whistled for
brakes and used every effort to stop his
rain
Every one Of the killed and injured was |
IN the Mansfield local, and the only ex-
'anatiOn Of the fact that the num-
'er Of fatalities is not larger is that the
passengers were all in the forward end |
Il the car in the act Of alighting vt
he station.
There were about 30 people in the hast
ar, and most Of them at the time Of the
ccident were either upon the front plat
Orm or standing by the door.
Mary Fitzpatrick, 10 years old, was Ia
en- from the wreck unconscious and died
ust as the special train bearing the in
lred started for Boston. Twenty-one Of
he injured were taken on this train and
'ur others whose names they refuse to
isclose remained in Sharon.
The scene about the little station at
haron was a terrible one. A large corps
surgeons and two undertakes arrived /
ION after the accident and Immediate {
: set to work to relieve the suffering and I
IRE for the bodies Of the dead.
There were few lights about that por. L
on Of the track where the accident oe-
Irred and the surgeons were compelled /
} do their work in almost total dark. Q
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