The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-22
TELESCOPED.
Frightful Railroad Wreck at
Sharon, Mass.
Engine of an Express Train
PIunges Into
PASSENGER COACHES.
Killed and Injured Estimated
at Forty.
Railroad Officials Withhold In
formation.
PASSENGER COACHES.

sharon. Mass, Aug. ga local train
from Providence, R. L, on the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad,
due in Boston at 7:45 p. m, while stand
ing at the depot last night was tele-
scoped by an express train from New
Bedford, and between 80 and 40 people
were killed, besides a large number in
jured.
Engine Plunged Through Cars.
Taunton, Mass, Aug. PA message to
the railroad Office received here told of
a frightful railroad accident at Sharon,
but the list of the dead is placed a.
three and the injured at 49, A later tel
ephOnic message from a survivor of the
wreck places the list of victims at 40 or
over.
The running of the trains is explained
as follows: The train which leaves
Taunton at 6:26 runs to Mansfield,
where it is generally met by the train
which leaves Providence at 6:08. This
latter train usually takes up the two
rear cars of the Taunton train. Owing
to the heavy travel it is said that the
Providence train was run in two Sec
tions. At Sharon, according to the re-
ports received here, the rear section ran
into and telescoped the first section, the
engine plunging through the rear cars.
1t is almost impossible to get partic-
ulars from the railroad officials.
Train 20 Minutes Late.
Canton, Mass, Aug. .22.-Word was re-
ceived here at 7:3O o'clock last night of
a fearful railroad accident at Sharon,
on the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford road, and an urgent request made
for physicians and undertakers' wa
gons. All the physicians in town. as
we'll as three undertakers and their
wagons, We're Immediately dispatched
to the scene of the accident, followed by
a large crowd of sight-seers. The sur
rounding country has been thoroughly
aroused, and a large quantity of sheets,
bedding and rude hospital supplies were
dispatched from this town to Sharon,
distance of about four miles
1t is said that the train due at Sharon
at o'clock was 20 minutes late. and
while standing at the depot was crash
ed into by the express. The rear-end
collision has almost completely wreck
ed both trains.
A Later Account.
Sharon, Mass, Aug. ga frightful
rear-end collision occurred in the
Sharon station of the New York. New
Haven & Hartford railroad at 7:3O last
night when an express train, which
was running as the second section of a
long train, crushed into the first section.
composed of local cars.
As a result six persons were killed
and twenty-siX seriously injured The
injured were nearly all removed to Bos-
ton on a special train which was met
by ambulances and surgeons. The rear
car of the local train was completely
demolished and a portion of the second
car, while the engine of the express
train was crippled The dead are:
Franklin M Waters, SomerviIIe, Mass.
Mrs. William J. Fitzpatrick Boston.
Her granddaughter Mary Fitzpatrick.
10 years of age, and her grandson, Is
years old.
A woman supposed to be Mrs. Wat
son, of Westerly. r. /
Mrs. c. H Briscoe, Revere.
The injured:
Boston.
]. H. Whitcomb Boston
Mrs J. H Whitcomb. Boston.
Mrs. James Ray and her aged mother,
Jamaica Plains.
Mr.. Crockett, Somerviue Mass.
mrs Alice Braman, South Boston
MI and Mrs Ericsson and child.
Daniel Q. Cantor.
D. G. Mccain. South Boston
Fred Tudor, South Boston
J Ogden, Lowell.
MIS-. J. ogden, Lowell.
Mrs. Maggie O'Connor and two chill
dren, Boston.
George Quinn, Providence.
Miss Fitzpatrick, 8 years old. Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gordon Boston
Z. W. Dadman, Boston.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Walker, Waltham.
J. A. Phillips, Boston
A h Newmark, Pittsburg
Joseph NJ Mann, Providence
mrs Della V. Brennan, South Boston.
Marguerite NJ. Grimshaw, Somerville.
How 1t Happened.
The two trains which were in the COL
Ilslon We're usually com mbined into one
long train but as the traffic was so
heavy it was divided, the first section
running as local accommodation vvhila
the second, which started from Mans
field 10 minutes later than the first "a n
as an express. The local train 5ne of
Sharon at 1902 was Is minutes late IT
left Mansfield on time, making two
stops, and had lost the 13 minutes he
tween Mansfield and Sharon It was
due in Canton Junction, the next sta
uon beyond Sharon, two minutes ahea d
of the express train, which should have
passed it there. Sharon is situated on
curve and both the outward and in
ward 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 at it was in
tended, that there was a train in the
station
Ihere was no warning given by the
conductor of the Mansfield local ia
show the approaching train that the