The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-13
WRECK ON NEW ENGLAND
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN KYEEEn
AND TRAIN HANDS INJURED.

ENGINEER AND FIREMAN KYLEEn
AND TRAIN HANDS INJURED.
Two Trains Have a Head-on- -CoIlision
Owing to a Mistake in Orders aud 4
Thick Fog Which Prevailed ~ ~.
Time-TracEs Blocked for Hours.
Hundreds at the Scene
Naugatuck, March 12--In a head-on
collision between two freight trains near,
Bradley's station on the Highland divi-
sion of the New York. New Haven ana
Hartford railroad shortly after Z o'clock
this morning two lives were lost ana
several others of the trains crews se- N
verely injured, though none fatally. The
killed:
Engineer George Dean, twenty nine.
married, East Hartford.
Fireman Daniel Kennedy, thirty
eight, Danbury.
The injured
and scalp wound.
Conductor Edward Frank, cut in th0
head
Brakeman T. B. Jones, scalp wound
and broken nose.
Engineer Hickey escaped unharmed,
as did also Conductor Mott and the 9TH
er brakemen.
Thirteen cars mostly loaded with cot
ton, left the track and ten Of them went
down a very steep embankment. The
tender of the engine in charge of Dean
left the track and the cab was broken
off and went down the embankment,
and Dean was buried under it and IN
stantly killed. Kennedy had his. left
arm torn off at the elbow, had very
large hole in his groin and his hip frac-
tured. He was taken to Dr. Delaney's
office in Naugatuck, but died few
hours later. The damage to rolling
stock will not exceed $4,000. The cause
of the accident is alleged to be failure
to obey or misunderstanding Of orders
on the part Of Engineer Hickey, though
probably the accident might have been
averted were it not for the heavy fog
neers seeing each other until too late to
prevent the collision.
The trains were second 1872, eastbound,
Conductor Mott and Engineer Dean ana
Fireman Kennedy and 207, westbound, n
Conductor Frank and Engineer Hickey
and Fireman Dorer. 1t is alleged that
the westbound train was ordered to stop
as Osborntown to wait for the east
bound to pass. Engineer Hickey failed
to do so, however, and had arrived near
Bradley's station, which is about two
miles west of Naugatuck when his
heavy train got stuck on the grade. The
train was then divided and one-half was
taken to siding at Towantic. 1t is
claimed that a. brakeman was left to
flag the eastbound train and Engineer
Hickey then came back for the other
section. He was endeavoring to make "
the siding and going at a good rate on
account Of the light train, when the
eastbound train loomed up in the fog
and the collision followed. The impact
was so great that the forward trucks
of both engines came together and, as
previously stated, Engineer Dean was
carried with his cab down steep en1-
bankment and was so completely buried
in the debris that nothing but his fing-
ers and bend of the knee were visible.
1t was apparent that he was instantly
killed, SO no effort was made to remove
the remains until the arrival Of the
wrecker when they could be taken out
intact
1t was about 12 o'clock when the re-
mains were taken out of the wreck. All
the bones in Deans face had been
crushed in and also his chest Kenne-
dy, his fireman, endeavored to jump,
but was struck by the tender as it left
the track, with fatal results. Engineer
Hickey and his fireman both saved
themselves by jumping. Ten cars OF
the eastbound freight left the track,
and, topping down the steep embank-
ment were almost wholly demolished.
The carloads of cotton were but slightly
damaged. Only two of the westbound
cars left the tracks.
Two wrecking trains were hurried to
the scene and by p. m. the track wan
cleared. The wreck was viewed by
thousands during the day. Both of the
men who were victims of the collision
were well thought of in railroad circles,
and Dean especially had a splendid rec
ord Hickey is likewise an old railroad
man with good record An investiga
ton will be made by the authorities at
an early date. 1t is said that DR.. Kill
martin, relative of Deans, has AQong
the effects taken from the latter after
his removal from the wreck his train
orders, which indicate that he had the
right Of way.