Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-08-24
TRAINS COLLIDE
Seven Persons Dead and Twenty-Six
Wounded. Some Fatally.
A Passenger Train Was Standing Mt the
Station When An Express. withoas
Warning. Rounded Curve and
Crashed Into the Standing Train

SHARON, Mass, Aug. GA frightful
rear-cnd collision occurred in the
Sharon station of the New York. New
Haven & Hartford railroad at 7:3o
sunday night, when an express train
which was running as the second sec
ton of long train. crashed into the
first section, composed of local cars
AS result six persons were killed
and 90 seriously injured. The injured
were nearly all removed to Boston on
special train. which was met by am
balances and surgeons The rear car
of the local train was completely de-
molished and n portion of the second
car. while the engine of the express
train was crippled. The dead are:
Franklin NJ. Waters, Somerville,
Mass.
Mrs William j. Fitzpa trick. Boston,
he's granddaughter. Mary Fitzpatricl<,
10 years of age, and her grandson, five
years old.
woman supposed TO be Mrs. Wat
son, OF Westerly, r. l.
Mrs C. III. Briscoe, Revere.
The injured, some 90 in number, are
mostly Boston people.
The two trains which were in the
collision were usually combined into
one long train, but ms the traffic sun
day was SO heavy il was divided. the
first section running as local accom-
mediation, while the second. which
started from Mansfield 10 minutes
later than the first. ran as an express
The local train due at Sharon at 7:0a
was Is minutes late. 1t left Mansfield
on time. making two stops, and had
lost Is minutes between Mansfield and
Sharon. 1t was due in Canton June
ton, the next station beyond Sharon,
two minutes ahead of the express
train, which should have passed il
there. sharon is situated on "A curve
and both the outward and inward
tracks are protected by electric block
signals
After the accident it was thought
the block signal protecting the inward
track was set at danger, showing. as
1t was intended, that there was IA train
In the station.
There was no warming given by the
conductor of the Mansfield local TO
show the approaching train that the
track was not clear at the station, and
IL was not until he was within 400
feet of the station that the engineer of
the express noticed anything wrong.
He Immediately set all brakes and
whistled the warning, but it was too
late TO stop the express.
1t crashed into the rear car. splitting
1T asunder and completely dcmolishing
IL with the exception of the roof Its
speed was not Stacked until the engine
had penetrated fully FIVE feet in the
rear OF the second car. The escaping
steam entered the car and badly scald-
ed n number of the occupants. The
roof of the last car was forced on top
of the engine of the express and re-
manned there as the only portion OF
the ear intact
Engineer Getchell and Fireman
Holmes, of the express both jumed
when they saw that collision was un-
avoidable. 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
shut off all steam. Meanwhile he had
whistled for brakes and used every eff
fort TO stop his train.
Every one of the killed and in iured
were 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
alighting at .he station. There were
about so people in the last car and
most of them at the time of the acci-
dent we're 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 started for Boston. TWENTY-FIVE
Of the Injured were taken on this
train and four others, whose names
they refused TO disclose. remained in
sharon
a large corps Of surgeons and two
arrived soon after the ac.
rident and Immediately set 70 work to
relieve the suffering and care for the
bodies OF the dead There were very
few lights about the portion of the
track where the accident occurred and
the surgeons were compelled to do
their work in total darkness
G. Frye. select man OF Revere.
Mass, one Of the injured brought 10
this city, is dead making the total
number OF dead seven.