Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-28
WAS IN THE WRECK,
Daniel H. Elinn Of This city Injured
Perhaps SerlUusIy, Tells Of Collision,

While confined to his bed as the result
of Injuries sustained in Yesterdays wreck
near South Royalton. Daniel ". Finn
was seen by Il Free Press reporter last
evening, TO whom he told the following
story of the collision:
81 was returning to Burlington from
II few days stay in Boston and was
travelling in the smokin. car at the time
OF the accident. The shock Of tho col
lision threw me to the floor and am
SUFFERING from injuries TO my back and
lower limbs as Il result There were. I
should say. about . or 30 mon
in the car with mc and many
of them sustained injuries like my
self. while others escaped unhurt.
| do not know 10 what extent people were
injured in tho coachcs back of MS. The
train consisted of a baggage. mail. OK
press and smoking cars. vcstbulcd day
coach and three or four slccpcrs.
IL wish to say a good word for the
engineer of our train. am not acduaint-
cd with him in any way but am thank
ful to him in that he saved us from IL
terrible collision. In spite of all reports
to tho contrary our train stopped at the
South Royalton station and remained
there ten minutes or more. When we
We were running 50 slowly. Roughly csti-
mating. ! should think that VIC were not
making more than eight or ten miles an
hour.
"This SLOW. pace kept UP for ton or
fifteen minutes. when suddenly the air
brakes wc,c PIT on ana tho crash came.
If tho engineer had started quickly af-
ter leaving South Royalton and been
4. ~. 81 hn,i
there would have been a sorry story to
toll tonight In running slowly I be-
love the engineer saved the whole train
fun of people.
"Tho collision occurred at 80 minutes
Of two yesterday morning. From that
time until seven o'clock there was no
medical help whatever on hand to aid
hc injured. Three doctors arrived on the
scene. one from St, Adams. Then one
from Royalton and one from South Royal
ton. There were plenty ~ people who
needed their help. but they had to wait
for it. In our car we waited all that time
in comparative darkness, for there was
but ono light left hurning in the car. The
backs Of the seats had been strown along
The moor and the platforms at both ends
of tho car were demolished.
"Anoth"r thing that seemed rather
queer to mo was the fact that We saw
none Of the train men after the acct
dent. since those that were not ON duty
elsewhere seemed to he at the rear of
tho train. We in tho smoker had no as
sistnncc from outside until scNcn O'Clock
in the morning
so far rs know there were no other
burlington people on the train. TWO men
from Wjnooski and a soldier from the
fort wofc in the smoker. bat l do not
know whether they were hurt or not. As
to the other injuries sustained by pas
cengcrs. know of but one case which
seemed very serious to me. that of a man
who after III. collision found himself
hung NJ on u hook in n closet.
Mr.. Finn is Spectator and lives at
10 George street.
The Winooski mon referred to by Mr..
Finn were Patrick Mc,iraih and his
son. Eugene. who We're Oh their way from
Lowell Mass, to Winooski, where they
were called by tho illness. with pneuno-
mia of Mrs. Mct;rath. They were in tho
smoker and were we'll shaken up but not
seriously injured