Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-08-25
TRAINS COLLIDE
Seven Persons Dead and Twcnty-Siy
Wounded. Some Fatally.
Passenger Train Was Standing at the
station when An Express, without
Warning. Rounded Curve aud
Crashed Into the Standing Train

SHARON, Mass, Aug - A frighIful
rear-cnd collision occurred in the
sharon station of the New York. New
Haven n Hartford railroad al 80
sunday night, when an express train
which was running as the { 'ond sec
ton Of a long train. crashed into the
first section, COMPOSED of local cars.
As a result six persors were killed
and - seriously injured. The injured
were nearly all removed to Boston on
srccial train, which was met Toy am
balances aud surgeons. The rear ear
of the local train was completely de-
molisncd and portion of the second
ear. while the engine Of the express
train was crippled. The dead are:
Franklin NJ Waters. >omcrvillc,
Mas.
Mrs William J. Fitzpa trick, Boston,
her granddaughter, Mary llilrairick,
10 years of age, ami her grandson, live
years old.
\ woman supposed To I've Mrs. Wat.
son. of Westerly. Il. |.
Mrs & II. Briscoc Revere.
The in jurcd. some 20 in number. are
mostly BOSTON people.
The two trans which were in the
collision were usually combined into
one long train, but as III, traffic sun.
day was so heavy it was divided. the
first section running as a local accom-
notation, while the second, which
started from Man Sticld II minutes
later than the first. ran as an express.
The local train due at Sharon AT ZOO
was Is minutes late. Ii left Mansfield
on time. masking two stops, and had
lost Is minutes between Mansfield and
sharon. II was due in Canton june.
ton, the next station beyond Sharon,
two minutes 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 electric block
signals
After the accident it was thought
the block signal protecting the inward
track was set at danger. showing. As
it was intended, that there was train
in the station.
There was no warning given 10y the
conductor of the Mansfield local To
show the approaching train that the
track was not clear at the station, and
it was not until he was within 400
feet of the station that the engineer of
the express noticed anything wrong.
lie Immediately set all brakes and
whistled the warning, but it was too
late to stop the express.
Ii crashed into the rear car, splitting
IL asundcr and completely dcmolishing
it with the exception of the roof Its
speed was not Stacked until the engine
had penetrated fully five feet in tho
rear OF the second ear. The escaping
steam entered the car and badly scald
ed a number OF the occupants Tho
roof of tine last car was forced On tor
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 jumeG
when they saw that a collision was un'
avoidable. Getchcll was cut and
bruised about the head. lie stated
after the accident that he left Mans
field promptly on time ami there wa
no incident, until he was within 4O(
feet of the Mansfield train. Then ho
saw the rear lights of that train anC
shut off all steam. Meanwhile he haC
whistled for brakes and used every eff
fort to stop his train.
Every one of the killed and injured
were on the Mansfield train, and tn,
only explanation of the fact that tho
number of fatalities is not larger i.
that the passengers were all in the for
ward end OF the car in the act o
alighting at the station. There were
about so people in the last ear anC
most of them at the time of the acct
dent were 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 spccia
train started for Boston. TWENTY-FIVE
of the injured were taken on thi
train and four others, whose name
they refused to disclose, remained il
Sharon.
A large corps of surgeons and tw'
undertakers arrived soon after the &c
cident and Immediately set to work Il
relieve the suffering and care for tn,
bodies of the dead. There were yer!
few lights about the portion of tn
track where the accident occurred AM
the surgeons were compelled to d.
their work in total darkness.
c. H. Frye, select man of Revere
Mass, one of the injured brought t
this city, is dead, making the tota
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