Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
FAILED TO SEE LIGHTS
Rear-End Collision on Boston
and Maine Road.
l9KILLED IN THE w RECK
HELPLESS VICTIMS BURNED IN
CRUSHED COACHES.
Montreal Express Dashed Into Delay
ed Local Near Lincoln, Mass
l9KILLED IN THE w RECK

vised list of dead, missing and injured in
connection with the Boston and Maine rail-
road collision at Bakers Bridge station
last night follows:
The known dead number nineteen, the
missing two and injured twenty-five.
The dead:
James Wetherbee Acton, Mass, assessor;
leaves widow and three children.
Miss Annie O'Rrien, twenty. of Aver.
Mass.
May Campbell, Maynard, Mass, twenty
five. single. Mil hand.
Margaret McSweeney Concord, Mass.
Charles E. Barnard, Charlestown, Mass,
fireman first engine.
Annie w Hartwen, Littleton, Mass,
twenty-one.
w. ]. Barris Maynard.
- Barris, two years old, son of above.
Byrert Tydfrer, Russian.
Josephine Karlson, twenty-three, May
nard.
Lena Belle Campbell, South Acton.
Six unknown men al Briggs undertaking
establishment here.
Fragments skull at Lincoln.
Unknown man found in engine. believed
to be Donor Gauthier, rear brakeman, MARI
boro Ohio.
Missing-Albert John, Maynard; May
Burt South Acton. seven years old.
The injured include: Albert Battley,
Maynard fractured thigh and skull; Mrs.
Albert Battley, Maynard, leg fractured,
dangerous; Mathew Campbell, Maynard,
thigh fractured, dangerous; Mrs. Margaret
Campbell, Maynard, dangerous; Alice Par
ris, Maynard, dangerous: Harvey Rent.
South Acton, dangerous; Clara Fuller, Leo
minister, dangerous; Andrew Carlson, May
nard. dangerous: Mrs. Andrew Klavu,
Maynard. right arm amputated.
The wounds of the others injured In the
wreck consist of decorations and bruises.
Investigating Cause Of Disaster.
Aside from the work of identifying the
remains which were removed from the
charred ruins the greatest interest centers
this forenoon in the investigation of the
calse of the disaster. President Lucius
Tuttle of the Boston and Maine railroad
stated that orders had been issued to in
stitute a searching inquiry.
He said: Il cannot understand how such
a frightful accident could have happened,
unless the signals were in some way mis-
understood
Those who witnessed the collision said the
local train which consisted of four cars,
three of them passenger coaches had just
pulled out of Baker Bridge depot, a small
flag station about mile and a half west
of Lincoln station.
Just west of the flag station is a high
way bridge over the railroad. The train
had entered deep cut after passing under
the bridge. and the rear car had just
cleared the structure, when the heaN.i Mon
treat express consisting of nine cars and
two locomotives, crashed into the rear
Impact Terrific.
The impact was terrific. and probably
ma iority of those killed met death almost
instantly The forward locomotive tele-
scoped the rear car and passed part Of the
wav through the coach Immediately ahead
The second car of the local train was also
badly damaged but the first car and loco
motive escaced.
The leading engine of the express was
pra cticaHy destroyed by the COLLISION, ana
the work was completed when flre, whiGh
Immediately broke out among the heaps OF
wrecka ge. consumed all the woodwork of
the two rear cars, which remained on the
roadbed, and incnerated a number or the
victims The fireman of the leading loco
motive Charles 4. Barna rd, was burned to
death in his cab, but Engineer Connors
managed to escape in some strange man
ner He was found under a tree on the en-
bankment near the scene. His injuries
were not regarded as serious.
The second locomotive of the express was
badly DANA ged. The engineer and fireman
of this engine esca ped injury, and no per-
son in the coaches of the Montreal train
was injured. All the cars remained on the
rails.
An Awful Scene.
Many of the passengers of this train as
sist ed in the work of rescue. The glare of
the burning wreck lighted the awful scene,
and above the hiss of escaping steam and
the cracking of the flames arosa the shrieks
and groans of the victims and the excited
cries of the rescuers Several passengers In
the rear car of the Marlboro train were
caught III the ruins of the locomotive and
coach. and the flames prevented help from
reaching them. Calls for assistance and
medical aid were sent to Boston, Concord
and other places The fire department of
Lincoln arrived within half hour, but
the men were unable to make much impress
sion on the burning pile. They succeeded.
however, In saving portions of the third car
The Pullman car of the express was used
as a temporary hospital. Two of the vic
tins little Anna Hilbridge and a man, died
in this car AS the flames from the burning
wreckage died down, bonfires We're lighted
to assist the surgeons and the rescuers.
Many of the injured were carried to the
nearest dwelling house, and to the little
station house About il 80 a special train,
which had brought dozen surgeons with
stretchers and other appliances from Bos-
ton, returned with thirteen bodies of the
dead and fourteen of the most seriously
injured The living We're taken to the
Massachusetts, General Hospital.
When the Accident Occurred.
When the accident occurred the local
train was said to have been a few minutes
late, and knewing that the express was
close behind it is claimed that the rear
brakeman Donor Gauthier, who was killed,
set out red torches indicating danger. When
the express train passed Lincoln station,
about a mile and half east of the scene
of the wreck, the Montreal train was rum
ming at it's usual rate of speed, estimated all
the way from thirty-five to fifty miles an
hour 1t is said that a signal calling for
caution was set against the express at Lin
coin station.
The theory of railroad men today is that
smoke from the engine of the local train
as it passed under the Baker highway
bridge obscured the red lights In the rear.
From the bridge all the way back to Lin
coin station, the track is straight The
night was dark and at times during the
evening mist hung over the tracks. What
ever the reason, the first engineer of the
Montreal train, whose duty 1t was to scan
the signals, failed to observe any warnings.
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