The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-11

the city, was packed. According 10
schedule, Conductor Manchester should
have waited few minutes at the turn
out at Warwick to allow the up-bound
Oakland beach car to pass. He rang the
signal 10 60 ahead and Motorman Edward
ID. Burroug hs put on his power and the
car was soon speeding at lively rate OF
speed. just beyond the station, ,is curve,
then straight stretch of road, and then
comes a sharp curve In q deep cut, where
the hill was cut through TO make way Tor
the rails. 1t is impossible for motor
man to see beyond the curve as on the left
is high bank, hiding the rails beyond
from view.
The regular car left Oakland beach on
it's trip to the city and Motorman Harry
Hanlon was making his regular time 70
the turn out ut the Warwick station. He
was unc onscious OF the fact that the
rand OF death and destruction. Suddenly
there flashed before his vision car
sweeping toward him. The curve seemed
to lend additional speed to the cars.
Quick as n flash Hanlon shut OH his pow
er and applied his air brakes which
stopped the car INSTANTLY. The down
bound car came ON in spite Of the efforts
of the motorman to check Its speed.
There was crash and the car teiescoped.
The Oakland beach car tore its way
through the other car, crushing all before
it like an egg.shell. On up to tne nl.n
carrying death and injury in its wake.
Motorman Burroughs was instantly
killed. The scenes that followed We're
heart rending. Under the wreckage We're
inanimats bodies, while groans and
shrieks of the inj Ired filled the air.
Those who were not injur ed were frantic
in their efforts to locate their compan-
ions. Calls were sent on t for assistance
and corps Of doctors were soon at the
scene. Willing hands helped extricate the
injured which We're conveyed to the War
wick station. A couple Of cars were
rugged with cots and with doctors and as
sistants were dispatched from the city TO
the wreck The wounded were placed
ON the cars and conveyed to the Elmwood
station, Just on the outskirts OF the city,
in waiting. Lewis 9. Sanborn, who was
injured internally, died on his way to the
city. A woman who was afterwards
identified as Mrs. Fred Andrews, and q
daughter of Sanborn, was conveyed to the
hospital In precarious condition. Her
injuries consisted OF a left arm and right
foot crushed. Her spine was also injured.
She was, at last reports, delirious and is
not expected to live.
The fifteen months old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Baker, was killed and
Mr.; Baker Is probably fatally injured;
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with slight injuries.
The fourth victim was Arthur G. Lis
comb. Among the passengers was Lieut..
Governor Charles ID. Kimball. He was
hurt internally and received concussion
of the brain. He was unable to be moved
from the Warwick station and IL Is
thought that his injuries will prove fatal.
Mary Tourtillot Is also fatally injured as
her back was broken.
While the list of the injured 10 now
numbered at twenty six, there are nu-
merous persons whose injuries cannot as
yet be determined. At the hospital
where eight of the injured We're con-
veyed, it is stated that 1t Is expected that
two will not survive the night.
The fact that the regular car stands
higher on It's trucks than the car wrecked
added to the seriousness of the collision,
for instead of the bunters meeting the
bunter Of the regular car slid over and
crashed into the body of the car. The
down bound car was not equipped with
ale brakes and hand brakes were not
equal to the emergency.