Evening journal., 1898-08-22
A TERRIBLE WRECK.
A Passenger Train Telescoped
at Sharon, Mass.
ATLEAST FIVE LIVES REPORTED LOST
Many More Badly Hurt-None of the
Train Hands Injured-ExpIanatio OF
the Collision-A Partial List of
the Dead and Injured.


SHARON. Mass, Aug. ga local
train from Providence on the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad due
In Boston at 7:45 p. m, while standing
at the depot last night was telescoped
by an express train from New Bedford,
and at least five people were killed. be-
sides a large number Injured.
In the darkness and terrible excite
ment little headway appears to have
been made in clearing away the wreck
age to determine the loss of life and
limb.
Among the dead are: c. T. Rowe
Weymouth House, Booth Bay, Me; ;
Mrs. J. Fitzpatrick and child of 215
Huntington avenue, Boston; a woman
believed to be Mrs. Washburn of West
erly. r.. l.; Mrs. Bristol Of Winthrop,
Mass; Mr.. Waters of Somerville, iden-
titled from receipt found in pocket.
Among the injured are Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitcomb of the Castle Square hotel,
Boston (badly injured); James Fitz-
patrick, son of Mrs. Fitzpatrick, who
was killed (badly); c. II. Bristoe Of
Winthrop, A. c. Frye of Revere, NJ.
Crockett Of Washington street. Somer-
Vile; Mrs. Bernard of 454 East Third
Mrs. Fitzpatrick (besides James Fitz-
patrick
Mrs. Della V. Bradley, South Boston
4 scalp wound and bruises on body City
hospital; Edgar S. Bristol. aged 3d.
4 Winthrop, Mass. compound fracture OF
left leg; Mrs. c. II. Frye. Revere, Mass.
( Margaret M. Grimshaw, aged s. Somer-
vile, Mass, foot injured, City hospital
Mrs. James Gray and mother, Jamaica
Plain, badly injured; Mr.. Harding
4 Sharon; Mrs. Harding, Sharon; Mrs. ]
H. Mccarthy Boston, internal injuries
A. S. Nichols, Omaha, severely burned
Frederick Tudor, aged q, Boston, hanC
. bruised and scalded; Mr.. Whitcomb
Castle Square hotel, Boston; Mrs. Whit
4 comb. Castle Square hotel. Boston; un
known man. unconscious, seriously in
jured.
The cause Of the accident is said t,
be due TO the failure of the flagman a
Sharon Heights to stop the express
train there when he received notice tha
the Mansfield train was late in arriving
at the Sharon station. II is understood
that no signal of this kind was showi
at the Heights. and as a consequence
the engineer of the express believed h
+ had the right Of way as usual and di
II not slacken speed.
The engine of the express completed
a telescoped the rear car OF the Mansfiel
train and went at least five feet int
the rear of the second car.
The engineer and fireman Of the ex
press saw that a collision was unavoid
able and jumped for their lives TIL
fireman escaped unhuEt, but the eng
neer was badly injured about the hea
and body None Of the train hands wa
hurt
William II. Crouch of the John Far
cock Mutual Insurance company wa
on the second train when the locomC
tive of that train crashed into the rea
of the other.
IT don't think anybody on our tral
was injured" said Mr.. Crouch shortl
after he reached Boston. There was
shock. but 1t was not severe, and W
did not realize at first that anything 81
rious had happened. But people bega
to scramble from the platforms and tf
excitement then ran high for a minut
or two. There was no stampede frol
our train. The shock of the collisio
brought us to our feet. and we got OF
of the car without much delay.
"The locomotive of our train con
pletely telescoped the rear car of II
train in front and went half wa
81 through the second car. The scene
the wreck was most heartrending.
saw a mother and her little girl take
from the ruins. The mother was dea
and the child seemed to be badly inju
ed. The cries Of the little one were mo
pitiful
"Wreckers were working on the pi
of debris when we left Sharon. The
had taken out several dead bodies az
many injured. The forward part of Il
local train was not damaged and can
into Boston. Ten injured men and w
men came in on the uninjured portiC
Of the first section and were sent to Il
City and Massachusetts, General no
pftaIs