The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-11-29
FIFTEEN KILLED,
THIRTY INJURED
Fog Caused Rear-End Collision Near
Boston.
THE VICTIMS BURNED IN WRECK.
Accident on the Boston and Maine Railroad
at Lincoln, MasS-A Double.header Crash.
es Into Another Train at High Speed
The Cars Are Smashed Into K,ndliug Wood
and Then the wrseksse Takes Fire.

Lincoln, Mass SpeciaD The nosi
disastrous railroad wreck in This state
for many years occurred at S.1s o'clock
at Bakers Bridge Station. mile and a
half west OF Lincoln, ON The main line
OF the Fitchburg division Of the Boston
and Maine Railroad The regular Sun
day night express which left Boston at
AS O'Clock for Montreal Via The Rut-
land system crashed into the rear OF a
loca train which started from Boston at
zI5 for points ON the main line and the
Marlboro branch
At least 1S persons were killed outright.
burned TO death or sufoca,cd. and 20 or
more were seriously injured. Many pas
sengers sustained minor cuts. bruises and
burns.
The wreck was primarily due TO thick
weather, which apparently obscured sig
mails SCI by thc forward train which at
the time of the disaster was standing
n front of Bakers Bridge Station The
Montreal trsin drawn by two locomo-
uves and consisting also OF nine cars.
crashed into the rear Of the Marlboro
branch local, dcnoishing the two rear
cars
All ot the passengers killed and seri-
ously injured were in these The passcn-
gers lived In Concord. West Acton. May
nard. Hudson. Marlboro and several
smaller towns IN the Assabei Valley
None of the passenger, ON the Montreal
train was seriously hurt, but the engineer
and fireman Of he leading locomotive
were killed.
The wreckagc caught fire, and some of
the passengers were incineratcd Few
persons live in the vicinity OF Bakers
Bridge Station and no fire department
was available SO that the flames practi-
caly burned themselves out The unin-
Jured passenger, and q number oi train
hands, assisted by villagers, went TO the
and OF ihe injured and many persons were
rescued
A special train was sent from Boston
oy The Boston and Maine management at
g35 o'clock and reached here inside OF
q haii hour The train brought Num-
Der Of doctors, while many doctors from
Waitham and other places in this section
were sent 10 the scene in carriages and
by other trains.
he railroad station and a number OF
dwelhng-houses were turned into tempor-
ary hospitals and many volunteer nurses
assisted IN relieving the suffering OF the |
injured Just before II.3o o'clock spc- !
cial train carrying those who were the |
most seriously hurt. who could be moved |
IN safety, lett for Boston. where arrange |
mcnts were made to have all the avail |
able ambulances convey them TO the hos |
ptals.
The train upon which practically all !
'he casualties occurred left the North 1
Station in Boston az us o'clock with |
four cars filed with passengers, most OF |
whom had been visiting relatives in that |
city and vicinity The train runs over |
inc main line OF the Fi,chburg division |
and stops at way stations
Tho second train which figured in ihc |
collision is known as the Sunday night
Montreal express, with ST. Hyancinthc.
lucbcc, as its destination
The Montreal train does not stop al /
'hc small tations. and after passing
Naiham does not stop ordinarily until
q reaches Concord two Mules west OF
Baker, Bridge Station Owing 10 the
heavy local traffic he Marlboro branch
train "as behind time when It reached
Baker Bridge According TO the state
ucut of persons who were at the depot /
here brakeman was sent 10 place a
usc or rcd-fire torch in The rear
The night was unusually dark, partly
owing TO Q dense mist which came up the
,undDnry River According to those al
The station at the time the torch had
lot been 60 more ihan q minute before
he roar 0i heavy train around a curve