The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-27
~ DEAD; q HURT,
IN TRAIN WRECK
Three Missing and Many Injured,
in Addition to Listed
Casualties.
Trains on the Boston & Maine
Railroad Crash Together
in a Fog.


list of thu, dead, missing and injured
in connection with the Boston & Maine
railroad collision at Bakers Bridge sta
tion last night follows:
The known dead number nineteen, the
missing three and the injured twenty
two.
The Dead.
James Wetherbee, Acton, Mass, as
SCISSOR; leaves widow and three chill
Miss Annie O'Brien, 20, of Aver,
Mass. --
May Campbell, Maynard, Mass, 25;
single; millhand.
Margaret McSweeney, Concord, Mass
Charles E. Barnard, Charlestown,
Mass, fireman first engine.
Annie w. Hartwell, Littleton,
Mass, 21.
w. J. Barris, Maynard.
-- Barris, 2 years old, son OF above.
Byert Tydeirier, Russian.
Josephine Karlson, %, Maynard.
Six unidentified men at Briggs, un-
Fragments of skull at Lincoln.
Unidentified man found in ngine,
believed to be Donor Gauthier, rear
brakeman, Marlboro.
The Missing.
Albert John, Maynard.
May Burt, South Acton, years old.
L. Mabel Campbell, Acton.
The Injured.
The injured include:
Albert Bailey, Maynard; fractured
thigh and skull; dangerous.
Mrs. Albert Battley, Maynard; leg
fractured; dangerous.
Matthew Campbell, Maynard; thigh
fractured; dangerous.
Mrs. Margaret Campbell, dangerous.
Alice Paris, Maynard, dangerous,
Harvey Bent, South Acton, danger
Clara Fuller, Leominster, dangerous
Andrew Carlson, Maynard, dangerous
Mrs. Andrew Klavu, Maynard, right
arm amputated.
The wounds of the others injured in
the wreck consist chiefly Of decorations
and bruises.
Many Others Hurt
Many in addition to- those nameC
were attended by surgeons at the scene
homes. Early today no deaths had oc
Cured at the hospital in Boston, altht
at least half a dozen of the victims are
in critical conditions.
s.>.. Aside from the work of identifying
tTeH
centers this forenoon in the investiga
tion of the causefof the disaster Pres
ident Lucius Tuttle Of the Boston
Maine railroad stated that orders hat
been issued to institute searching IN
quiry. He said: 81 cannot nnderstan'
have happened, unless the signals wer
in n'some way misunderstood
Those who were witnesses of the col
lision said the local train, which con
sisted of four cars, three Of them pas
senger coaches, had just pulled out o
Baker Bridge depot, a small flag sta
ton about a mile and a half west o
station is a highway bridge over tn
railroad. ,~
Crashed into Rear.
The train had entered deep cut at
ter passing under the bridge and tn
rear car had just cleared the structur
sisting of nine cars and two loeome
tive5, crashed into the rear.
The impact was terrific, and prOl
ably majority Of those killed me
death almost instantly. :. -.
The forward locomotive telescope
the rear car and passed part Of the wa
second car Of the local train was ais
badly damaged, but the first car an
locomotive escaped g..
The leading engine of the EXPIRE:
was practically destroyed in the coll
sion, and the wreck was complete
when fire Immediately broke out anon
the wreckage, consumed all the Woo
work of the two rear cars which r,
manned on the roadbed and incline
ated a number of the victims. f
The fireman of the leading locom
tive, Charles E. Barnard. was burne
to death in his cab, but Engineer Coz
ners managed to escape in scme strang
manner. He was found under a tire
on the embankment near the seen
His injuries were not regarded as s
rious.
No Injury on Montreal Train.
The second locomotive of the expires
fireman of this engine escaped iniul
and no person in the coaches. of Il
Montreal train was injured. All tt
cras remained on the rails. Many
the passengers of this train assisted
the work of rescue.
The glare Of the burning wreck ligl
ed the awful scene, and above the hi
of escaping steam and the cracking
the flames arose the shrieks and groa
of the victims and the excited cries
the rescuers. Several passengers in tt
rear car of the Marlboro train we
caught III CQe ruins OF the lOCOmOtl
and coach and the flames prevented he
from reaching them. s.
Calls. for assistance and medical a
were sent to Boston, Concord and OF
er places. The fire department. of Ii
coin arrived within half an hour, b
the men were unable to make mu
impression on the burning pile TIL
succeeded, however, in saving porto
of the third car
Pullman as Hospital.
The Pullman car of the express w
used as Temporary hospital. Two
the victims, little Anna Hillbridge Al
a man, died in this car.
AS the flames from the burni,
wreckage died down, bonfires we
lighted to assist the surgeons and i
reseuers. Many Of the injured we
carried to the nearest dwelling hou
and to the little station house.
About 1880 special train. whi
has brought dozen surgeons wi
stretchers and otker appliances fro
Boston, returned with thirteen bodi
of the dead and fourteen of the mo
seriously injured. The living were ia
en- to the Massachusetts general i,e
j pital.
Appointments of rural carriers commence
son. route 2; Goodhre, William Schultz. ronte
ST Cloud Mrs lillian "A Stroot ro,,+r, O.