Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-26

rex, Boston, S years old; Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gordon, Boston; c. w. Dadman.
Boston; Mrs Ida NJ Walker, Waltham;
j. Philips, Boston; A. E. Newark,
Plttsburg; 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
lision were usually combined into one
long train, but as the traffic today was
so heavy it was divided, the first section
running as local accommodation, while
the second, which started from Mansfield
10 minutes later than the first, ran as an
express. The local train due at Sharon
at I :02 was l3 minutes late. 1t left Mans
field on time, making two stops, and had
lost - 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 curve and both the outward
and inward tracks are protected by cleo
trio 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 train in the station.
There was no warning given by the
conductor of the Mansfield local to show
the track was not clear at the station,
and it was not until he was within 800
Soc h., ~ h. 3
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 car. The es-
Gaping steam entered the car and badly
scalded number of the occupants. The
roof of the last 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 Getchell 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
Mansfield promptly on time, and there
was no incident until he was within 400
feet of the Ma nsfield train. Then he saw
the red lights of that train and shut off
steam. Meanwhile he had Whistled for
brakes and used every effort to stop his
train.
Every one of the killed and injured was
on the Mansfield local, and the only ex-
PLANTATION of the fact that the num-
Der of fatalities is not larger is that the
passengers were all in the forward end
of the car in the act of alighting 1T
the station.
There were about 80 people in the last
car, and most of them at the time of the
accident were either upon the front plat
form or standing by the door
Mary Fitzpatrick, 10 years old, was Ia
ken from the wreck unconscious and dice
just as the special train bearing the in
jured started for Boston. Twenty-one o
the injured were taken on this train ant
four others whose names they refuse t,
disclose remained in Sharon.
The scene about the little station a
Sharon was a terrible one. A large corp
of surgeons and two undertakes arrive,
soon after the accident and immediate
" set to work to relieve the suffering ant
care for the bodies of the dead.
There were few lights about that por
ton of the track where the accident oc
CURED and the surgeons were compelled
to do their work in almost total dark
ness