Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-22
WATER WILLIE.
A SMALL WRECK.
Maine Contra! Shiiier no. I72 Goes OF lror
With Tao Cars.

>niftin. curin. ~" i.1 t.uk shoot
on tn" iron t'',u',.u ti.It city and Fair
h"ld, yesterday afternoon. that bur.-d
IL a. The tops ~ TIL" drivers in th" san !.
Thr rnpia., in ,hlrg- uf Engine
FIi.-r. WAS s.rt tn Fairfield during
III" early part No tha afternoon after
i couple - mill wa-t,. cara which wcg@
NEEDED iu South Gardiner. Mynd4 :
morning. III" cngiu" carried the regu-
Ira cr.H ~ 'ir" n,n With the addition
~ Assistant Iatd Master p'DnnIII.
After g,t;ing TIN sata the In.u gather
ei III the dab ana were pluggiug Along
The ftLr III tl- clumsy way that ward
engines have when out ga the road.
hen something happened. It IS n.t
known exactly what TINS Was bat H..
result was very evident. Tnc engine
continued auDut 40p feet after leaving
TIE rails ana dragged thc ears ulDnE
, Win il. Many s,ce,pcIs were yur
@qu1iely 81 two ia the middle and tn.
track was ripped up in great shap-
| Thor" is 4 sh2llo,. cut At the paint
y here N" accident happened and :hr
iailJstinE brings the rails within a feU-
feet ~ THE tops NJ the banks 4 short
distance from whore the engine left the
rails tn" bank on tho left turns sharply.
! Tie engine followed this curve. iinauy
coming to a standstil At almost =
right angle ~ the track with its driv-
ers buried in the sand This probably
prevented il from tipping over. Tho
tender piled up against The rear Of the
engine on the track ana one Of the cars
bumped into il.
The trucks under the tender We're
piled m in heap ani the tender itself
rested on a tangled mass of iron. one
eni WIS rammed NJ into the cab 70
that il was rather difficult climbing in.
one Of the waste cars was easily re-
pia ced. but the other bumped up
against tn" wreck of the tender ana
was also of the iron in bad shape.
Those who saw the wreck have been
wondering ever since how the six men
WHO Were in tnr sab crCaped rs easily
as they did Mr.. p'DOnald was sitting
on the frem"n'a sat filling his pipe.
and was thrown bodily through the
narrow window in the front Of the cab.
taking sash ana all with him. The
others went ,ut on the engines side
and none were "rIinuSly injured. NJ
though al eceiv,d cuts ana bruises IN
abundance th3t viii leave them sore
and lame for several days. Engine +
Frie2e suffered an injury to one shout
der that is very painful. but not unus-
ually dangeronr. His arm rapidly
swelled to several times its natural
size. Fireman Tilson was also badly
shaken NJ ana received several bad
cuts ard bruises. None escaped with
out some marks. but none were dan
Il
I'll right ana q very lucky one at that
The mon Went INFO the neighboriny
houses and had their cuts washed ana
attended to ana somc took the elcctrics
back to the city, while others returned
on the engine sent from here.
The wre,king train was soon on he
scene and then the methodical. ma
chne-like work Of Strengthening things
out was commenced. Beside the raCu-
lar wreckinG crew and some extra n n
the Fairfield section crew with extra
help was at work, but even with The
available crew it was expected that it
would take all night to clear the track.
The morning trains fill doubtless be
able to get through all right.
The most plausible theory as to the
cause of the accident, and the one
which seems to be supported by the ev-
icenCe is that III" rails spread. The
eeepcrS Where TIE engine left the rail
were old ana Of course at this season
there IS more danger Of trouble of this
kind.
The news Of the accident spread rap
idly, and there was soon n big crowd
at tee scene watching the work. TIE
clectiicS until dark We're crowded both
ways and 2 large number walked down |
from Fairfield. After the engine had |